Field Trip Time!

by Brad Lee on May 20, 2008 11:01 PM CDT

Come, witness the genius that is Rich Gould

By Brad Lee

If you're in the St. Louis area (sorry Marcus in Sweden), you've probably seen the ~~best~~ only low budget Sunday night sports show that broadcasts live from a bar. They even show drunk people in the bar behind the hosts and during crowd shots. It's totally our type of event. Did we mention it's in a bar?

Since some of us around here are old, married guys, most Sunday nights at 9:25 the last place we'll be is a bar. But this weekend is different -- it's Memorial Day weekend, so we'll be there! Here's the best part. Angella who hosts different fan activities during Blues games at the Drink Scotch Center is featured on the show. I actually talked to her electronically last week and she knows what Game Time is and read some of our friendly jokes about her this season. And she actually figures in to a great story from this season.

During the game, one lucky bastard gets picked to do the lucky puck shuffle. On the jumbotron, they have a cartoon of three hockey skates and they put a cartoon puck inside one. And then they shuffle skates. The person wins if they can pick out in which skate the puck ends up. Well we figured out early in the season that if you took the starting skate and subtracted one, that's where the puck would end up. It NEVER failed...until one of our readers blabbed to Angella after he didn't watch the skates and still got it right. The day after Thanksgiving, they changed it. Because she asked them to fix it. While that would tend to make us mad that she ruined the joke for us and our dozens and dozens of readers, it got her started reading the paper. And if her messages to me are true, she's not even that upset that we spelled her name Angelllla or that we suggested they trade her at the deadline. We've offered to buy her a beer. Maybe she'll tell us why the big blue mascot doesn't wear pants. We can't wait.

So Sunday night, make it down to the Stratford Bar and Grill in Fenton. The show starts at 9:30. We have no idea if it fills up before that or not. We might get there a little early and hopefully catch a seat close to this guy.

Mickey Carroll was in the Wizard of Oz. Thank you so neatly for doing it so sweetly.

That's right, Mickey Carroll, one of the last living munchkins from the Wizard of Oz was a regular at the Fan Show when it was downtown. We can only hope he knows how to get to Fenton.

See you there?

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not me, unfortunately.
don’t drive, too far to walk

by Dooks on May 21, 2008 1:33 AM CDT reply actions

Why don’t they ever host these things here in my hometown?

Discriminating bastards.

by Marcus Pettersson on May 21, 2008 7:11 AM CDT reply actions

clicked the bar link. welcome to 1985. we need to retro up this site a bit…

and how does wone get to fenton anyways?…….practice man, practice

by Childhood Trauma on May 21, 2008 7:51 AM CDT reply actions

That bar website needs some more polls on it I think.

by Mr. Particle on May 21, 2008 10:27 AM CDT reply actions

How does one get to Fenton? At the right time of year, a boat works best.

by Gift on May 21, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply actions

Technically Fenton is in So Co. I’m out. I am also on life time ban at the Fenton Forum. There was an “incident” on the ice. After a couple punches to the dome of some poor prick, I was asked not to come back.

There’s also a funny story that involves the Fenton Forum, AM and one of the owners of a certain bar in Brentwood that rhymes with OG Bark’s.

Make GT Proud. Give ‘em hell. I’ll be watching as long as Answer Mom has already seen the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond that is on.

by Answer Man on May 21, 2008 5:15 PM CDT reply actions

Fenton sounds scary. Bring it back Downtown where I feel safe.

by Ryan on May 21, 2008 8:23 PM CDT reply actions

Angella’s going to be there?

I’m in…

by GT Prospect Department on May 21, 2008 9:39 PM CDT reply actions

Answer Man, Fenton is NOT South County. Fenton touches Ballwin. You must be one of the people Miss Teen South Carolina was talking about not having maps.

I don’t think I will ever meet the Answer Man. That hurts.

by Brad Lee on May 21, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions

Since I’m new to the GT world.. I’d like to go to my first GT field trip.

but then the calculate probability of me going is 5%.. I really have to thank derivatives and integrals for once again killing my social life.

I think the fun center of my brain actually deteriorated from lack of use…. next time.. next time I shall go.

by Slagathor on May 22, 2008 12:25 AM CDT reply actions

Brad, does Fenton touch Gravois? Ecactly. Brad, we shall meet my my friend. When we do it will be a magical event of delight, intrigue, wonderment and Stanley Cups.

This is just not the right time or location. I shy away from TV Cameras, So Co and Rich Gould.

by Answer Man on May 22, 2008 5:33 AM CDT reply actions

it is all my idea, i think at the lat get together i said we should star the gt drive bar tour, you know do the highway bar by the brewert, paul’s maple leaf in maplewood, cotter’s s (kingshighway), etc.

seems we are starting out at stratford’s….

don’t worry, in about 6 mounths we should be in the am bar range of comfort.

and fenton doesn’t just touch gravois, it makes sweet sweet love to it.

by Childhood Trauma on May 22, 2008 7:47 AM CDT reply actions

And Childhood Trauma wins. Beautiful statement about Gravois my friend.

by Answer Man on May 22, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

The “lat get together” sounds like something AM does in his basement.

I might give up proofreading for Lent next year- when I get my Lindstrom jersey.

by Gift on May 22, 2008 12:40 PM CDT reply actions

Gift is right but I usually work my lats on Mondays and Thursdays.

by Answer Man on May 23, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions

Sorry guys – I will be helping out with the Stray Rescue party in Dogtown until 7:00 – then driving quickly to RibAmerica to get my blues groove on with Jonny Lang and my Hwood West flashback on with Night Ranger that night.

But hey, if you want to help out Stray Rescue – Barret Jackman is a proud backer of them – it’s at Jackson’s – $10 for music, you can bring your pooches, discounted food, drinks, games for kids & dogs alike. Starts at 2 and goes until 7:00 pm for a great cause! ;)

by Diana on May 23, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions

You have no idea what you missed.

by Chris Gift on May 25, 2008 11:54 PM CDT reply actions

RECAP, RECAP, RECAP!

I talked to Grvy and he said that Angela was really cool and ribbed a bit.

Lastly, Diana that is awesome you help out at Stray Rescue. The Answer Family donate to them every year. It will be amazing what they do with the million they just won. Answer Dog is contemplating creating a zootoo site. Good on ya.

by Answer Man on May 27, 2008 7:57 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah, recap…

I guess Mrs. GTPD reads this site more than I thought, because Sunday before I went to work, I told her that I was going to head out to the bar that night for the show, and she asked, “so who’s this Angella — with two ’l’s’ — chick that all you old guys are going out there to hit on?”

After recovering from the shock of hearing my fellow Game Timers described as “old guys,” I explained that Angella was the girl who did the in-the-stands promotions for the Blues.

“Uh-huh. And how old is she, and is she good looking?”

“I don’t know, and yes, I suppose.”

So I came home after work and Shop-Vac’d the seeping water out of our basement… :-(

by GT Prospect Department on May 27, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions