
The first round breezed by finishing with some Films of 2016. We started the night off with our Winner’s Choice of “There’s Something About Mary” – I hope you guys had fun studying for that one. Football, trivia, and the second Presidential debate made for QUITE the entertaining evening. It was a BIG night at Captain Benders this week. Tolkien (excluding “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit”). Jon will return next week with an opening question on the work of J. We sincerely apologize for the last-second cancellation of the Saturday night game at Pretzel and Pizza Creations in Hagerstown. Pretzel and Pizza Creations in Hagerstown, MD
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Next week’s first category: MLB World Series History Uncle Jack pulled away in the second half, clinching the victory with a correct response on the final question, as they were able to name the only actress to have won an Oscar before portraying a Bond Girl. “Well I love a rainy night”, but it was nice n’ dry inside here at Belles’ for our Saturday edition of PHT! It was pretty much a standard game with great times. (you’ll find the answers later in this blog)

–> What was the first music video from Michael Jackson to be played on MTV? –> Since Judi Dench doesn’t technically count as a ‘Bond Girl’, who is the only actress to have portrayed a Bond Girl on the big screen AFTER winning an Academy Award? SUNDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (40.0% success rate): –> Perfect 21 (correct on all wagers and final): Uncle Jack (Belles’) and Boh’s and Hoes (Benders) SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (83.3% success rate): –> Highest First Half Score: Uncle Jack (Belles’) with 90 –> Highest Score after Round 4: Uncle Jack (Belles’) with 168 –> Highest Overall Score: Boh’s and Hoes (Benders) with 173 On to the recaps! WEEKEND STATS AND FACTS (15 teams across three venues): Use your imagination for the more accurate meaning. At least that’s the version I can print on this blog. Here’s a fun fact, the word SNAFU is actually a military acronym which stands for ‘Situation Normal: All Fouled Up’. So let’s forget about those little SNAFUs that life brings us and talk about a little trivia. It was a remarkably short turnaround, as these episodes aired only a month apart from each other.Let’s face it, sometimes things don’t always go as planned. ** Ron Glass made two appearances in the show-once as Michael's school principal, and once as an encyclopedia salesman pulling a scam. ** Theodore Wilson, the actor who played local gangster "Sweet Daddy" Williams, also played a club owner in season four. went and got a library card, within days hundreds of viewers, primarily African-American, went and did the same Even when Rolle passed away in 1998, Walker was the only former ''Good Times'' castmember not to attend her funeral.

The producers acquiesced, but Rolle and Walker still had a chilly relationship for the remainder of the series. to grow up and become the man of the house. When ratings sank due to viewers feeling the show had JumpedTheShark without its two original leads, the producers begged Rolle to come back, but one of her demands was for J.J. Rolle went into fourth season, thinking J.J., now as man of the house, would mature up a bit, but, if anything, he only got worse, leading to her leaving after the fourth season, her own disappearance explained as her ] with her new husband. Amos was released from his contract in the third season due to his disagreements, with the explanation that James ]. However, Walker had the producers on his side, who encouraged his ] behavior because J.J. Amos disliked the direction of the show, feeling it steering away from family valyes, focusing rather than J.J.'s antics, and Rolle felt J.J., being womanizing, illiterate, unemployed, and less-than-honest, was a bad role model for blacks. * HostilityOnTheSet: Jimmie Walker (J.J.) often clashed with the actors playing his onscreen parents, John Amos (James) and Esther Rolle (Florida), as they felt his slapstick comedy reeked of UncleTomfoolery. ] when he started playing the middle-aged James Evans Sr., making him ] than the actor playing his eldest son and 19 years younger than the actress playing his wife. Stanis was actually 21, and Creator/JimmieWalker was 26.

were supposed to be 15 and 16, respectively, when the series began. * TheDanza: Two episodes featured ] as Penny's classmate Gary. ** Keith frequently shows off his impressions. In fact, at the time Carter began playing Michael, he was actually co-starring in a Broadway musical called ''Raisin'', which was an adaptation of ''Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun''. Ralph Carter's pre- and post-''Good Times'' career was mostly musical theatre. * ActorLeavesCharacterDies: James' death followed actor John Amos' dismissal from the show over negative comments he made in ''Ebony'' magazine concerning its direction.
