SUNDAY FUNNIES: WAXY DRAGON LOOKS AT "THE BIG GAME"

Is it baseball season yet?

Hello Everybody! Waxy Dragon here!
Sports fans are excited about today, because it's the end of the football season with the 49th Super Bowl, I mean, "The Big Game".
Sorry for the editing, but only licensed sponsors can use the official title.
I do agree with the fact that they always try to play the game someplace that neither side calls "home", but I'll tell you one thing. Considering the average size of adult dragons, I've seen much bigger bowls than the one they're playing football in today.

It all comes down to two teams in one final contest, until it starts all over again later this year. Fans are divided between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
Hmm... birds versus people. Geez, flying creatures will always have the advantage over anything stuck on the ground.
The one thing I don't understand is, why do they call it "football"? The players rarely use their feet, except for kicking. There is a whole lot of running around during a game, so why didn't they just call it "race ball" or something like that?

And why do they call the lead guy on each side the "quarter back"? Is that all the change he got after treating the team to lunch?

Did you hear about the football player who had an emergency and tried to get a hold of his coach at home.
When the wife answered the phone and told the player the coach wasn't home, she then asked the man for his number.
"3," said the player, before he hung up.

Can you imagine a grade school coach explaining football to kids?
"The game helps you develop individuality, initiative, and leadership skills. Now go out there and do exactly what I tell you to."

How do football players stay cool during the game?
They don't have to worry about that. There's lots of fans at the game.

And now, to conclude this special look at "The Big Game", we present a true comedy classic courtesy of YouTube, as Andy Griffith explains What It Was, Was Football. The illustrations in the video are by George Woodbridge, from the 1958 adaptation of Griffith's routine in Mad magazine!

Have a great week everybody, and please be back here again next weekend for more Sunday Funnies.--wd.

THE PUZZLE CORNER, JULY 14, 2012

Actor Ernest Borgnine (McHale's Navy, the television version of Airwolf, and other TV and film  productions) passed away this past weekend, so this week's Puzzle Corner is in his memory with this brief quiz.


01. Borgnine actually served in the United States Navy until the end of World War 2. What was his real life Naval ranking?
02. What was McHale's rarely used first name?
03. What was McHale's naval rank on television?
04. For what did Borgnine win an Academy Award?
05. Ernest Borgnine reteamed with his former McHale Navy costar Tim Conway to do what in 1999?


We'll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let us solemnly peek into THE ANSWERS BOX, as we reveal the results from our memorial Andy Griffith Puzzle Corner of July 7.

TRIVIA TIME
Practically everybody remembers Mayberry first and foremost when thinking about Griffith. But do you know on what show Andy Griffith appeared in character as Sheriff Taylor first?
An episode of The Danny Thomas Show ("Danny Meets Andy") served as a backdoor pilot for Griffith's series.

COMMON BONDS
Believe it or not, Andy Griffith did a lot more in his career than just Andy Taylor and Ben Matlock.
Each subset below contains a list of costars that appeared with Griffith in the past.
Can you name each production?

01. {Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick} = A Face In The Crowd, 1957 movie
02. {Anita Corsaut, Hal Smith, Howard McNear, Jack Dodson} = The original Andy Griffith Show, 1960-1968
03. {Jerry Van Dyke, Claudette Nevins, Parker Fennelly} = The Headmaster, 1970 TV series
04. {Lee Meriwether, Ann Morgan Gullbert, Lori Rutherford, Marty McCall} = The New Andy Griffith Show, 1971 series
05. {Abby Dalton, Nick Nolte} = Adams of Eagle Lake, 1975 series
06. {Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart} = Salvage 1, 1979 series
07. {David Ackroyd, Guy Boyd, Kevin Brophy} = The Yeagers, 1980 series
08. {Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford} = Matlock, 1986-1995 series

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 7, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen. Earlier this week, the world lost entertainment legend Andy Griffith.
This week's Puzzle Corner is themed in his memory.

TRIVIA TIME
Practically everybody remembers Mayberry first and foremost when thinking about Griffith. But do you know on what show Andy Griffith appeared in character as Sheriff Taylor first?

COMMON BONDS
Believe it or not, Andy Griffith did a lot more in his career than just Andy Taylor and Ben Matlock.
Each subset below contains a list of costars that appeared with Griffith in the past.
Can you name each production?


01. {Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick}
02. {Anita Corsaut, Hal Smith, Howard McNear, Jack Dodson}
03. {Jerry Van Dyke, Claudette Nevins, Parker Fennelly}
04. {Lee Meriwether, Ann Morgan Gullbert, Lori Rutherford, Marty McCall}
05. {Abby Dalton, Nick Nolte}
06. {Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart}
07. {David Ackroyd, Guy Boyd, Kevin Brophy}
08. {Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford}


We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's cut the cake and open THE ANSWERS BOX as we reveal the results from THE ANNIVERSARY QUIZ from the June 30 Puzzle Corner.
And while I played fair and noted the studios were first, no one tumbled on to the fact that the questions were listed from oldest to youngest item.


01. Universal Studios is famous for its original monster movies and Woody Woodpecker, amongst other things, and started business in 1912, celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.
02. Paramount also started entertaining the world in 1912, and branched out into television production when it acquired the Desilu Studios (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, etc) in the late 1960s.
03. The 1980s remake of Scarface starred Al Pacino in the title role. The original gangster movie was released in 1932, to celebrate its 80th anniversary this year!
04. Elmo Lincoln originated the role in the silent movie adaptation of Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but you couldn't hear the yell until the talking picture was made in 1932 too.
05. "We'll always have Paris." is a famous line from Casablanca, as that classic movie celebrates the 70th anniversary of its 1942 release this year.
06. "But Moses supposes erroneously." because "Moses Supposes (His Toe-is Are Roses)" during the great MGM musical Singin' In The Rain, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of its original 1952 release.
07. Doctor No was the first movie in the James Bond franchise, but is actually an adaptation of the sixth book by Ian Fleming, and was released in 1962, making the movie 50 years old this year, and it still holds up well on screen!
08. "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them, but remember: it's a sin..." To Kill A Mockingbird admonishes Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the 1962 motion picture.
09. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." vowed Marlon Brando in The Godfather, as that movie celebrates the 40th anniversary of its 1972 release this year.