Name That Lyric Episode LXXIX: Should I Be Proud Or Ashamed ?

So, one of the categories on Jeopardy last night was Beverly Hills, 90210...And I got every fucking one right !!!

On with the game.

We have a winner from last week !!!! The lovely and talented Jeff correctly identified(and provided a link to a performance of)


"I'm putting tinfoil up on the windows
Lying down in the dark to dream
I don't want to see their faces
I don't want to hear them scream"

from "Splendid Isolation" by Warren Zevon. Bravo, Jeff, bravo !! And the lovely and talented Miss Ann Thrope gets an honorable mention for knowing that it was a WZ song.
You should hear the version on "Learning To Flinch", his live acoustic album-it's fantastic !

Onto this week's clue:

"Some folks say that I'm egotistical
Hell I don't even know what that means
I guess it has something to do with the way
That I fill out my skin tight blue jeans"

Good Luck, Crimestoppers !!!!

Name That Lyric:Episode LX: The Fear of Friday the 13th Is Called Paraskavedekatriaphobia.

Shit, I'm scared of that word. It looks like someone just kept adding letters. "Wait, wait,put a "v" in there. Perfect !"

On with the game.

We have a winner from last week !!! The lovely and talented Miss Ann Thrope correctly identified

"The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery
And spilled into the reservoir of the crushed capsule hotel
Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery
And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell"

from "Tokyo Storm Warning" by the brilliant Elvis Costello !! Brava, Miss Ann, Brava !!!

Onto this week's clue:

"And as the windshield melts
My tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend
Finally I understand
The feelings of the few
Ashes and diamonds
Foe and friend
We were all equal in the end"

Good Luck, Crimestoppers !!!

(Can you tell I've had a great morning ?)

Name that Lyric: Episode LIX:I Saved My Special Lady's Life Last Night...

I know, I'm just as shocked as you are. I always figured I was a massive pussy, but I stepped up last night.

I was sitting on the couch, watching baseball Tonight, waiting for the Mets highlights(they won, by the way, 6-2, John Maine won his 10th game, has an E.R.A. under 3, and he's not on the All-Star team- LaRussa's a prick), when I heard a blood curdling scream come from the bedroom.
Now, here is where I am sure you expect to hear that I ran out into the parking lot, but i did not. I jumped up and ran TOWARD(or TOWARDS ? I'm never sure which) the sound !! What the fuck was I thinking ?

I ran into the bedroom, and there was My Special Lady being menaced by a cockroach the size of an Escalade(it had squeezed threw the fan in the bathroom ceiling-tricky little bugger). In all honesty, she's probably lucky that it was not a spider, because I probably would have pushed her into it's waiting maw, and run away.

But, I was valiant, I grabbed my cane(yes, I actually own a cane, it was part of my wedding attire-along with tails,a top hat, and a tie dyed cummerbund and bow tie) and beat the beast back until I could drop a dresser on it. Then , the peril was over. I buried the corpse in the yard(and suffered another flashback to the "wasp" incident of my youth), and we went to sleep.

When's my parade ?

Okay, on with the game.


We have a winner from last week !!!!! The lovely and talented chlorinejenny correctly identified

"There goes my baby
She knows how to Rock'n'Roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat"

from "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen !!!! Brava,chlorinejenny,brava !!!!!

Now onto this week's lyric:

"The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery
And spilled into the reservoir of the crushed capsule hotel
Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery
And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell"


Good luck, Crimestoppers !!!

Name That Lyric: Episode LVII: Why Doesn't Voldemort Have a Nose ?

Does someone know ? I have read the Harry Potter books, and seen the movies, but I cannot remember if it is ever mentioned anywhere why Voldemort doesn't have a nose. It's quite disturbing to see in the commercials for the new movie "Harry Potter And Satan's Underpants" or whatever it's called.

Oh, and did anyone see the guy on Jeopardy either earlier this week or last week who didn't know the answer to Final Jeopardy, but wrote down "xelA keberT", which is Alex Trebek spelled backwards, and he said that he heard if he got Alex to say his name backwards it would send Alex into an alternate dimension(of course, a reference to Mister Mxyzptlk, an enemy of Superman)? The more I think about it, the funnier it is. I also think that Mister Mxyzptlk would be a great villain for another Superman movie.

Okay, on with the game.

We had no winner from last week, nobody recognized

"Nothing's for certain
It could always go wrong
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone"

from "High Time" by the good ole Grateful Dead.

Now, this week's clue:

"See the kids just getting out of school
They can't wait to hang out and be cool"

Good luck,Crimestoppers !!!!

Name That Lyric:Episode LVI: Hey, It's Friday !!!

That's right, it's Friday...Old FriPants !! Can you tell I'm stalling ? Waiting for inspiration ? I gotta tell you, I'm on fumes, here folks.
I'm thinking we just start the game, whaddya say ?


We have a winner from last week !!!! The lovely and talented Michele correctly identified

" Oh the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke"

from "Angie" by the Rolling Stones. Brava, Michele, Brava !!!!!!!!

Onto this week's clue:

"Nothing's for certain
It could always go wrong
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone"


Good luck, Crimestoppers !!!!!

Name That Lyric:Episode LV: I Got Nothing

Not feeling particularly funny or inspired today(which makes today different, how exactly ?) so let's just put uip the game.

We have no winner from last week, nobody recognized


" You said you were an actress
Yes, I believe you are
I thought you'd be a star
So I drank up all the money
Yes I drank up all the money
With these phonies in this Hollywood bar
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar"

from "The French Inhaler" by the genius Warren Zevon.

Onto this week's clue:

" Oh the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke"

Good luck Crimestoppers!!!

Name that Lyric: Episode LIV: Is That Ullmann or Tyler ?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....

Don't you just love Roman Numeral humor?

No ?

Really ?

I think it's gonna be the next big thing...

Oh, well...Onto the game...

No winner from last week, nobody recognized that

"Baby, see how I been living
Velvet curtains on the windows to
Keep the bright and unforgiving
Light from shining through"

was from "Fruits Of My Labor" by the fantastic Lucinda Williams. It's off of "World Without Tears". Great record.

Onto this week's clue:

" You said you were an actress
Yes, I believe you are
I thought you'd be a star
So I drank up all the money
Yes I drank up all the money
With these phonies in this Hollywood bar
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar"

Good luck, Crimestoppers !!!!!

Name that Lyric: Episode LI

Well, I guess it's time to start... Who wants to go first... Anyone ?...Anyone ?...Bueller ?...Okay, then i guess I'll start...This isn't easy, but I guess you all know that, don't you ?

Deep breaths...deep breaths...Okay, here we go...I think I first realized that I had a problem with lava lamps while I was in college...It seemed that everybody had one..And at first I thought that was fine, but then I started realizing that I was very uncomfortable around them...My throat would get dry, I would start to get really hungry, I would giggle uncontrollably,and sometimes I would even start to hallucinate...It was so weird, and it only seemed to happen when I was around lava lamps.

But then I noticed that it would happen around blacklights as well. And if anyone played the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Moby Grape or the Allman Brothers...And their would often be people wearing tie-dyes and beads and smelling of patchouli oil...But the one constant was the lava lamp, and that's when I knew that the dry mouth, the giggles, the munchies, they were all part of an allergic reaction to lava lamps.


Whoah, it feels good to get that out.


Onto the game:

No winner from last week. Nobody remembered that

"You may change a dollar bill
but let me tell you one time
You won't change the way I feel"

was from "You Can't Change That" by Raydio.


Onto this week's lyric:

"That night over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her"

Good luck, Crimestoppers !!

Name That Lyric: Episode XLII:Where is your bathroom ?

Thanks. I don't need to use it right now, but I'm brewin' up a doozie of a twosie, if you know what I'm saying.


We do not have a winner from last week. No one recognized

"Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth disribution ?"

from "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" by the almighty Clash(aka-The Only Band That Mattered).

Onto this week's lyric:

"You're such a secret, misty eyed and shady
Lady how you hold the key
Oh you're like a candle, your flame slowly fadin'
Burnin' out and burnin' me"

Good luck, Crimestoppers !!