Party at Kitty and Stud’s

Those of you in attendance at last night’s quiz show will remember that as the original title of the 1970 porn film that gave Sylvester Stallone his big break. (After “Rocky” rocked the box office, it was re-released as “The Italian Stallion.”) Congratulations to the Milltown Codgers and the Mensa Maniacs on their wins. Tributary anthems in their honor will open the next Throbbing Brains quiz show on July 26th.

I can’t stop myself from publicly acknowledging the excellence of so many of you; Lainie for showing up with smart friends while incredibly ill (and winning Round 1 despite her suffering), Janet, Whitney, and Erin for prettying up the place as well as raising the IQ average in the room (you are all going to Ewok Heaven), Elizabeth and Soraya for invaluable behind-the-scenes contributions, Tim for being a charming, stand-up friend (and commemorating my stage time on video – you flatterer!), Jen and Tom for making it seem more like the whole thing was a scene in an urban movie full of well-costumed beautiful smart people, Newtong for blending high-brow and low-brow into some sort of Fifth-Dimension-brow, France for excelling in every way except promptness, Shara for joie de vivre (by which I mean tenaciously fighting with the photo booth), Patrick for esprit de corps (plus driving my friends home and then giving me the best meal ever) and ANDY HEIDEL for making it happen. See you all next time – unless I find some brown M&Ms backstage, in which case it’s off!