Show Intro

Click play to hear opening theme by bandleader and announcer, Slim Volume.

Beer Frame

The new opening theme is up! It was written, recorded and announced by my friend, Slim Volume and it is better than I ever could have imagined. I’ve put it on the front page and I’ll start everyday’s posts with it as well. An official starting gun if you will.

This isn’t the first time Slim and I have collaborated on something. A couple of years ago, I sent Slim some lyrics I had written. Every now and again, for some reason, lyrics pop into my head. Since I’m not a musician, I would write them down and file them away. So, when I got to know Slim, I sent them to him and said, “If there’s anything you can do with these, be my guest,” and then promptly forgot all about it. So, imagine my surprise when about six months later I get an email from Slimbo, with an MP3 attached and it’s a song! That was a cool moment to hear my words come to life in a song. Elton John and Bernie Taupin always make a big fucking deal out of the fact that they’ve never written a song in the same room, well Slim and I have never even been in the same state! You can find the song over at Slim’s website, right here: Slim Volume. It’ll also direct you to his MySpace page.

So anyway, say hello to the Bandleader/Announcer of The Marty Wombacher Show, Mr. Slim Volume!

Look for the theme in tomorrow’s Intro post!

And now time for a Budweiser. See ya tomorrow, around noonish.

Cheers,

Marty

The Daily Video

John Belushi

I think this was John Belushi’s last interview before he died. I thought he was one of the funniest people ever. This interview is interesting to me, because he lets his guard down and says that to him being a celebrity made him feel like a freak. I guess it’s the old, be careful what you wish for syndrome.

Belushi, Aykroyd and Shalit (the comedic version of Peter, Paul and Mary)

Want A Chuckle?

I love Chuckles candy, but they keep shrinking them and it’s starting to piss me off. They used to be twice as big when I was a kid. Now they’re so small, I think they should change the name from “Chuckles,” to “Quiet Somewhat-Stifled Laughter.” Click.

I Love...

Joan Jett!

Barfly

There's a new bar entry right here. Check it out!

Good Morning

I’m just waking up and can’t really think straight yet, but I do want to announce that soon every morning we will have a theme song to start The Marty Wombacher Show. My friend, Slim Volume has agreed to be my announcer and band leader and he’s recorded a theme song with him announcing the start of the show. It’s really great and you’re going to love it, if I can ever figure out how to figure out how to post it here. I’m hoping to debut it tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a picture of Slimbo in mid-announcement.

Okay, I’ve got to drink some diet Mountain Dew and try to wake up. Postings will be happening soon, so check back often!

Here’s Slim’s website:
Check out some of his tunes and buy a CD or two, I wrote the lyrics to one of his songs on there! See if you can find it!
Slim Volume Website

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The Late Great Johnny Ace

I read an interview once where Paul Simon talked about writing this song. He said the night John Lennon got shot he was walking on the street here in New York and a total stranger approached him and asked him if he knew that John Lennon had died. Paul Simon said he was sure he went into shock (he was friends with John Lennon) and went to a bar with the guy, got shitfaced and then wrote this song the next day. Proving this old adage true: “When life hands you murder, make a song out of it!"

The Late Great Johnny Ace

LOL!!!!!!!!

We’ve all seen the letters, “LOL,” online. It means, Laughing Out Loud and it’s usually followed by three or more exclamation marks-- “LOL!!!!!!” LOL has become part of our culture, but few people know the inventor of this abbreviation. His name is Brian Lanahan, and one day in 1996 he received an email from his friend Charlie O’Shea. It was a cartoon Charlie had sent to Brian and 472 others on his email list. The email was a cartoon of Capt. Crunch blowing Col. Sanders with the caption, “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Brian was already late for a dental appointment, so he replied back with the simple reply of: “LOL!!!” Charlie replied back with, “What the fuck?” Brian wrote back and explained the LOL abbreviation and closed the letter with, “So I hope that clears up your WTF question.” Charlie was impressed and started to use the abbreviations himself in his daily gang emails. Soon everyone on Charlie’s list started using them and it spread like wildfire across this dumbed-down country of ours.

I recently interviewed Lanahan via email (he’s averse to meeting or speaking in person or on the phone and prefers to type his emails from his darkened bedroom in his parents house where he’s lived for the last 42 years). So now, acknowledged for the first time as the inventor of “LOL!!!” I give you, my interview with Brian Lanahan. Woo hoo!

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Marty: How are you today Brian?

Brian: DIKU???

Marty: No, you don’t know me, Brian, I’m just here to interview you.

Brian: LOL!!!

Marty: What’s so funny about me interviewing you?

Brian: LMAO!!!!!!

Marty: I’m glad you’re having a good time, but so far I really haven’t said anything funny, Brian.

Brian: SIS!!!!

Marty: Well, I don’t get why you’re even snickering in silence, but I’ll ask the first question. Brian, you invented the abbreviations, LOL and WTF and they’ve gone on to become part of our American culture, yet up till now you’ve received no credit. What do you say about that? Are you bitter about the lack of acknowledgement?

Brian: PTMM!!!!!!

Marty: Well...there’s nothing more for me to tell you, Brian, I just asked you a question, do you have an answer for it?

Brian: LOL!!!!!

Marty: That’s not an answer and I don’t understand what the fuck you’re laughing about. Are you high on something?

Brian: LMAO!!!!!!!!!

Marty: (angrily) I’m not joking here. You’re either high or retarded, or maybe both. I mean, it’s like you’re incapable of answering a question.

Brian: ROTFL!!!!!!!!

Marty: So now you’re rolling on the floor laughing, well good for you Brian. So far, from the tone of this interview it sounds like you’re rolling joints down there too.

Brian: LOL!!!!!!

Marty: Can you even spell Brian, or string together a simple sentence? Here, let’s try something. You type in the following sentence, you can even cut and paste it: “My name is Brian.” Okay, now let’s see you type that in.

Brian: ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marty: And what’s with all the fucking exclamation marks Brian? God, do you know how annoying that is?

Brian. LOL!!

Marty: Two is still one too many. One exclamation mark is more than enough. Have you ever considered just using a period, like a normal person?

Brian: RUOK?????

Marty: I was okay before this stupid-ass interview, but you’re giving me a major headache. I mean, you’re such a stupid motherfucker! And see, I only used one exclamation mark there and that was more than enough to convey my emotion.

Brian: SSIF!!!!!!

Marty: No, you’re not so stupid it’s funny, you’re so stupid it’s pathetic.

Brian: PTXXZNJJK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marty: Now those letters don’t even stand for anything. You’re just typing in random capital letters with a bunch of exclamation marks following them. This is just beyond pathetic, Brian. You are really the biggest moron I’ve ever witnessed. Sheesh!

Brian: LOL!!!!!!!!!

Marty: FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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