BV Mobile: Inspiration...

The first snow fall is always surprisingly beautiful.  It's making me hum. And, I have a budding tune in my head. A totally original tune.  It goes something like...
" Dadada, Dadada, walking in a ventriloquist wonderland."
I'll keep working on it.

Gurus '11: Week 11 Thursday Special

Is it compulsion or integrity?

Dan and George just had to get their pick for Thursday night's match-up between the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos out there.  There's going to be no "oh sure... they wait for the game to be over and then pick" malarkey.

Or, they are just wacky with Guru fever and couldn't help themselves.

It was, however, only about 25 degrees outside.  So they (actually, just George) weren't in any mood to chit-chat.

So take a minute and watch it here, or in stunning GuruScope at http://youtu.be/m3HeeBsmBRY.

Really - it's only a minute long. Do it for Dan and George. 

Do it for yourself. You do deserve it.

Week 10 Recap: Gu-RUUU! Gu-RUUU!

"ESPN Football Analyst George Budding reports that..."

Yes, those words should be in your future viewing pleasure.

Week 10 seemed to baffle the best.  It baffled Dan and George, who were only 9-7.  But to everyone's surprise, that was some gosh darn good picking.

And overall, when you look at the ESPN "experts"... you have to be impressed. Sure, the Allen dude and that Pick'em character were 10-6, but when you look at the overall record, only some supercomputer program called Accuscore and that Pick'em hick-from-the-sticks are better.

That means among the humans, Dan and George are more that worthy. They rock.

So why aren't they on ESPN every week?

You've heard it before. Everyone, say it with me...

Politics.

But I hear you say, "But there are the guys on Sunday NFL Countdown.  They are some smart cookies."

Well, read'em and weep.  Only Tom Jackson, who will be the only man ever to go to the NFL Hall of Fame  both as a player and a prognosticator*, is better.  Dan and George are even with Cris Carter, but Carter is a former Minnesota Viking which means in the end he'll lose.

Dan and George will be keeping an eye on Iron Mike Ditka.  Since being mistakenly referred to as "Butkus" on a blog who will remain nameless, his dander must be up. He's closing in.

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* To be clear, Tom Jackson will be the first to be named to the Hall of Fame as a player AND a prognosticator.  Neither Dan nor George played pro football. So as far as "first prognosticator" goes... let's just say that Dan and George would look stunning in brass. Either or both.

Week 9 Recap: Let's talk about Week 10 instead

8-6.

It was the football prognosticator equivalent of being a ventriloquist and gritting your teeth.

I may run a contest for:

 Best explanation of what the analogy above means.

Let's here from you.  The lines are open. (Hint:  There are no "correct" answers, only really interesting ones.)

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You may be one of the few that missed the Week 10 edition of Gurus.  One of the few.  With 20 hits, the darn thing has gone viral!

Remember, you can also watch it in fabulous GuruVison at http://youtu.be/ePEPygbhKfw.

Would you call it being "il-lira-ate"?

As a budding ventriloquist does the math on the world ecomony from following the headlines...

Political headlines of an Italian sex scandal

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Financial turmoil in Roma reverberates into the American stock market

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A new movie...

Dan and George in

Fellini's Wall Street

A Budding Ventriloquist Production

Catchy? Think a bit of pre-production is in order? Maybe at least a poster?

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If European currency is called a Euro, should the U.S. change the name of its currency to an Amer?

I bet you're nodding.

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It's been quite a while since there's been a No Logo Thursday post. It took a bit to find the artwork for it. I hope you welcome its return.

Gridiron Gurus: Week 10

This one just has to be watched.

Watch it here or in spectacular GuruVision at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePEPygbhKfw.

Hang on to your socks! This one is ground breaking.

So hang onto the ground, too, I guess.

BV Mobile: Or maybe...

Helping on crew of the high school show is great, seeing young people committed to the show, helping each other, and problem solving. I'm even betting that the message of A Christmas Carol will fill them, too. 

Still, perhaps if Cratchet were a ventriloquist, and Tiny Tim was his dummy...
Admit it - you see it now too, right?
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These posts are bring sent off my smartiephone. This has such great potential. It really says travelogue to me. I think George and I are going to hit some Hudson hot spots soon... And keep you posted.
Good idea?
Knew you'd like it.

BV Mobile: Tis getting to be the season...

Our high school is performing a musical production of a Christmas Carol.  This show is huge, and the kids are doing a great job.
Here's a picture of the set. That big stage will just be bristling with energy, especially in the crowd scenes. Forty teens on stage will do that.
Though I keep thinking: Were there no ventriloquists in Dickens' time? I mean, to make this historically accurate...

Gridiron Gurus '11: Week 9

When the season began, there were two goals:

1. Be the best doggone football pickers the ventriloquism world has ever had, and
2. Do ventriloquism so good the ventriloquism world realizes Dan and George are part of the ventriloquism world.

And so far, the picks are soooo fine. Really second only to ESPN's Tom Jackson in fine-ness.

Now at week 9, it is time to conquer the other goal going forward. So with great commitment, Budding Ventriloquist Presents Gridiron Gurus takes aim at being just as good of a ventriloquist as ESPN's Tom Jackson.

Or something like that.

If this doesn't play here, watch it complete with Dummysound at http://youtu.be/rOlWWCb-AZ8

Week 8 Recap: Not to be Gu-Rude, but...

Dan and George guaranteed every pick this week, and when you consider that the Family Guru were unanimous in the believe that...

No friggin' way the Vikings were going to top Fig Newton and the Panthers, or that...
No flippin' way the Rams could stop the Saints from marching in, or that...
No freakin' way Philip Rivers could embarrass himself by screwing up and losing to the Chiefs on national television...

So if those three games are the only picks that went awry, 10 and 3 is pretty stinkin' perfect.

That's the story. It will de stuck to!

With 8 weeks in the can, an 80-36 record is the class of the webwave's* football  prognostication crowd by far. And that's includes the webwave's non-ventriloquist ilk, too.

ESPN: You know where to find George and Dan.  Phones still are phones.  They are for calling people who deserve to hear from you.  One that deserve to be invited to that table.

Do we have to say, "Come to papa?"

For the record, only Mike Golic ( the Golic brother who never wore a mullet, not the one who did), some dude who goes by "Accuscore" and some hick named "Pick'em" are doing a little better. Not by much, but a little better.

And in comparing to the vaunted ESPN "Countdown crowd", other the amazing Tom Jackson's 84-32 mark, it looks like the Gurus should be sitting at that table, too. 

And with all due respect, Mr. Ditka - though still looking up Guru talepipe - is staying in the game. I guess he caught a few touchdowns when he was a player, too.  It happens.

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Webwaves is my very own word for the internet as a "broadcasting medium".  When my buddy Merriam and his co-star, Webster, memorialize it in their next book, Blog:Budding Ventriloquist should be sited as the original source.