Category Archives: Pranks

Shit-canned: Remembering the Preakness Toilet Races

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Tom Warner

“You can’t kill stupid; you can only attempt to contain it. Like on a very large infield.” – (Source: “The Quotable Tom Warner Omnibus.”) “In 2009, the first year without B.Y.O.B., attendance plummeted to 77,850 from 2008′s 112,222…” (Source: Maryland … Continue reading →

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Remembering Atomic TV’s answer to the Preakness

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Tom Warner

The Atomic TV Classic Pimlico Race Course June 16, 2001 Anticipation of today’s 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course made us think back to the biggest thoroughbred race in the history of Baltimore public access television. … Continue reading →

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National Enquirer: “John Waters NOT Dead!”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Scott Huffines

By Dick Siegel (The National Enquirer, 3/7/2013) Acclaimed filmmaker cult icon JOHN WATERS is DEAD – but is he? He’s NOT, The ENQUIRER happily reports. Social media erupts after a report surfaced online saying John Waters was dead, The Baltimore … Continue reading →

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Michael Edward ‘Mick’ King (1964-2012)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Bartender made art and music with the same dexterity and measure of whimsy he brought to his bartending By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/2012) Michael Edward “Mick” King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore “Batman” Interrupts Ravens Game With Half-Naked On-Field Dance

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Benjamin R. Freed (DCist, 9/24/2012) What is it with people from Baltimore dressing up like Batman and running afoul of the law? Well, the occasional traffic violation is OK for Lenny B. Robinson, a philanthropist who spends his hours … Continue reading →

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