Welcome, ‏to Wednesday September 8, 2010.  Here are 10 things you may not know about our favorite video game character Mario:

– Mario was first seen in the video game Donkey Kong, but he was called “Jumpman.” He was also a carpenter then, not a plumber.

– Mario was named after Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo of America’s office, who barged in on a company meeting demanding an overdue rent.

– Shigeru Miyamoto drew Mario as wearing a cap because he found drawing hair difficult. He also drew in the moustache, because it was easier to see than a mouth
in the crude video game screen resolution back then.

– Mario and his younger brother Luigi are known as the “Mario Brothers.” This means that Mario’s last name is also Mario, so his full name is Mario Mario.

– Mario is voice-acted by Charles Martinet, who crashed the audition for “an Italian plumber from Brooklyn” character.

– Mario’s nemesis is Wario (a combination of “warui”, the Japanese word for bad, and Mario). Similarly, Luigi’s rival is Waluigi. Both are also voiced by Charles
Martinet.

– Mario has appeared in over 200 video games so far, has sold over 193 million units of games (all of the Mario series) and even has his own TV cartoon show. Super Mario
Bros. 3 alone grossed over $500 million in USA.

– TV Schmeve, you’re nothing till there’s an opera done on you. In 2003, Jonathan Mann of California Institute of Arts created The Mario Opera, a rock opera.

– Super Mario Bros. theme music, written by Koji Kondo, is known worldwide. It has inspired countless fanrenditions, including one played by Zack Kim on two
guitars (viewed over 4 million times on YouTube!), played by Jean Baudin on 11 string bass, beatboxed by Greg Patillo on the flute, and played by the Oregon
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra on the trombones.

– Mario is the most famous character in the history of video games, and perhaps is the most famous character ever. In a 1990 poll by Marketing Evaluations, Mario
was found to be more popular (and recognizable) among children than Mickey Mouse. 

Hey I’m just saying! Have a refreshing Wednesday people, and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace I am outta here!   
  
q u o t e s  o f   t h e   d a y

“Paris Hilton was arrested for cocaine possession. This
charge could be serious. She may face up to six months
of being talked about again.”
– Jimmy Fallon

“New York is facing an infestation of disgusting and
impossible-to-kill pests. That’s right, the cast of
‘Jersey Shore’ is in town.”
– Craig Ferguson

“Congress is very upset with Roger Clemens because they
feel like they were lied to. Good! Now they know how we
feel.” – Jay Leno 
 
“Beaches in Italy are now training dogs to become lifeguards.
That should work as long as someone throws a tennis ball at
you while you’re drowning.” -Jimmy Fallon
 
“A newspaper is a thing that people used to read. It’s like
a website, but all the information is from yesterday.”
-Craig Ferguson
 
“A new version of the Bible is being published that is
gender-neutral. For instance, the books of ‘Mark, Luke,
and John’ are now the books of ‘Kris, Jean, and Terry.'”
–Conan O’Brien

 
 W h a t ‘s  O n  t h e  W e b ? 

Lucky Discoveries: From Popsicles to Dynamite, learn about some of the most
world famous inventions and advances that came about by
accident.  Visit: http://bit.ly/9sMXrp
 
The Video Tweeter: If you love classic video clips from rock, film & TV,
then TheVideoTweeter is for you as the best YouTube &
EVTV1 clips are Tweeted daily.  Follow: http://twitter.com/TheVideoTweeter
 
Intelligence Tests: This site contains series of unique IQ tests. They may not
be so accurate, but should be very fun and entertaining to
do.  Visit: http://www.intelligence-test.net/   
 

G u a r a n t e e d  t o  R o l l  Y o u r  E y e s 

Back in the days of the Roman Empire, the famous Emperor Nero instituted a new game. The players would take those little
disks you set your glass on in order to protect the furniture, and see who could get the most distance rolling them across
the floor. They were the first roller coasters. Back in those days, the disks were made of iron, and they would bet on whose disk
would roll the farthest. They called them ferrous wheels.  

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Tuesday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer? What movie is this quote from????  “Must go faster. Must go faster. Go go go.”  

Answer:  “Jurassic Park” and “Independence Day”! Jeff Goldblum says this quote in both movies; in “Jurassic Park” (1997), it’s when the T-Rex is chasing the jeep, while Muldoon is driving away from the T-Rex pen, with Ellie and Ian. He says this as the T-Rex is snapping at the back bumper of the jeep. “Jurassic Park” is about cloning dinosaurs, and what can go wrong in doing such a thing.  In “Independence Day” (2004), David (Jeff’s character) says this when he and Will Smith are fleeing the mother ship, after setting the nuke in it, and they are trying to get out of the hanger before the door closes. They are being shot at by the alien ships chasing them, and the door is closing. “ID4” is about aliens coming to Earth to take over, and the world unites to send them away.

Wednesday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  What movie is this quote from????  “They’re all going to laugh at you.”

TODAY’S MOVIE DIVIA OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO MS. KIM HILLYARD! GREAT FILM SOLVING JOB KIM!

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Tuesday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2005, try and identify which song or which artist.”  “Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own”.  

ANSWER: This is the third single off of U2’s 2005 album “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb”. 

Wednesday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2005 try and identify which song or which artist.”  

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Tuesday’s Quizzler is..  

You are to create a series of 6 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted.

EXAMPLE
Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Stupor, 3. Desire, 4. Tug…

Answer: Void – Daze – Envy – Yank…

CLUES:

1. Uncommon, 2. Greek god, 3. Heavenly body, 4. A lodging or chamber, 5. An insect of the order Lepidoptera, 6. A crew member of a ship.     

ANSWER: 1. Rare, 2. Eros, 3. Star, 4. Room, 5. Moth, 6. Hand    

 Wednesday’s Quizzler is…  

In each group below, I have listed four (4) unrelated words. Your job is to try and find a word that can either precede or follow each word in each group.

Example:

1. picture, inner, top, test

Answer: picture TUBE, inner TUBE, TUBE top, test TUBE.

1. ankle, puppet, wind, away

2. draft, hall, belly, root

3. alphabet, bowl, spoon, kitchen

4. upright, wire, grand, tuner 

TODAY’S QUIZZMASTER AWARD GOES TO MS. ANDREA L. BANKS!  AMAZING INCREDIBLE JOB BANKS!        

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