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Why is Matthew Lesko standing ten feet away?

Went to lunch with a friend today, and when I step outside, THERE HE WAS. None other than Matthew Lesko himself -- the original Riddler -- assaulting light-stopped cars with a cameraman in tow, evidently filming footage for a new infomercial. He looks way older than I remember, but THERE HE WAS, question mark suit and all. Don't know who I'm talking about? Yes you do. Click here. See?

Meanwhile, the Kool-Aid Section introduces Soarin' Strawberry Lemonade and the Cereal Prize Project clocks up to Group 005.

Posted by Matt on 06/16/2005. E-mail me!

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Apparently that Lesko dude lives in the Washington DC area … or at least he used to … because a friend of mine worked at a book store on Connecticut Ave (Politics and Prose), and he said this guy would come into the store all the time. And yes, he was ALWAYS in his question mark suit. ALWAYS!

Chestnuts roasted by Sknyluv @ 06/17/2005 11:41 AM

Holy cow never knew that guy who screams on T.V about getting free money was the Riddler. That explains the ? suit he always wears. He shouldve played the riddler in Batman Forever instead of Jim Carrey. Not like it wouldve taken away from the mood of the movie or anything.

Chestnuts roasted by James @ 06/17/2005 12:27 PM

Loving the new sections more with every new entry, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Lumpy @ 06/17/2005 1:02 PM

Matt,
My sister got to interview Matthew Lesko when she worked for St. John’s University’s radio station about 3 years ago. She said he’s totally insane on the phone too…

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 06/17/2005 1:03 PM

I used to love playing Summer Games and Winter Games on my Apple //e. They were the only sports I could defeat my more athletic cousins in.

That said, for quite a while during my grade school years, I was convinced that there was a country called "Epyx", since you could select it as a country in those two games. It even had its own national anthem!

Chestnuts roasted by Brian Sebby @ 06/17/2005 1:51 PM

Same here on the Epyx = Magic Country thing.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/17/2005 1:52 PM

What I liked best about seeing the old Epyx packages on the shelves was the old artwork. I’d like to get a green Hawiian shirt with black question marks on it. I’ve never met a Kool-Aid flavor I didn’t like, but I haven’t tried those "cool without ice" flavors yet. Menthol?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash takes Purple Saturn Day off @ 06/17/2005 2:37 PM

When I was driving home with my friends after seeing Batman Begins,w e ended up talking about how Matthew Leskow looks like the riddler.

Anybody who hasn’t seen it yet, should check out Batman Begins. Its not the greatest movie in the world but it is still very good. The guy who plays the scarecrow did an awesome job.

Chestnuts roasted by BrightNoah @ 06/17/2005 4:37 PM

I went through a period where I was into Pound Puppies.I didn’t think of them as girly toys.I just figured they were unisex.Wouldn’t have mattered anyway,I collect doggie toys then as I do now,and any toy that had anything to do with dogs was fair game to me.I even had a dog Koosa,one of those cabbage patch kid animals.
Of course I had a Pound Puppy as well.Mine was a grey bulldog I named Elliott.Don’t understand why.I just liked the name for some reason.

Chestnuts roasted by weredog @ 06/17/2005 7:11 PM

As I understand it, weredogs follow their own laws of grammar. Us werewolves play it straight.

Chestnuts roasted by Werewolf @ 06/17/2005 7:12 PM

Sorry about that. I tend to type the way I talk when posting in forums. If it’s that bad I’ll try to improve in future posts.

Chestnuts roasted by Weredog @ 06/17/2005 7:28 PM

That guy should be band from TV or only shown after 8 so kids dont see the horror of him and his over the top acting.

Chestnuts roasted by Super_dex @ 06/17/2005 7:41 PM

Kidney, to answer your question from the last entry, it’s just a matter of being within driving distance of LA and keeping an eye out for these things…I’d be willing to trade it all for the opportunity to see Mr. Peanut and Matthew freaking Lesko outside my office door! Anyway, if you want to see the Reno 911! pictures they are http://www.livejournal.com/community/reno_911/206913.html">here.
Matt, I can’t imagine you living somewhere besides Staten Island even if it is as far away as 2012. You’re not thinking of joining us left coasters, are you? Speaking of geography, is the Delaware newspaper thing still going on?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/17/2005 7:59 PM

Pedro reminded me of a t-shirt they used to have, it had a one panel cartoon on it, it had a man at the kitchen table eating cereal with a box on the table that said ‘Nut N’ Bitch’ on it and this wife was asking what he was eating. Kazam.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 06/17/2005 8:49 PM

Lesko was not the Riddler. Frank Gorshin who was the original Riddler died on May 17 of this year. Although I believe Lesko would make an excellent Riddler or any villian for that matter…he is a villian to government money so i guess he has that base covered. sigh……ready for a loooooooong boring Friday night at home……..

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/17/2005 8:50 PM

Phunqsauce,
I think Matt was kidding when he called Mr. Lesko the RIDDLER. I did not know that Frank Gorshin died though…
I saw BATMAN BEGINS and liked it although the end kinda petered out.
Here’s one for you XE: I just finished reading SATURDAY MORNING FEVER by Timothy and Kevin Burke. It is a nice history and commentary on Saturday morning rituals/shows from the late 60′s to early 80′s. MY BIG BEEF is that the thesis of the book is that "our shows may have been crap but it was OUR crap so back off", etc. Fine, great, grand BUT they commit the sin of crapping on some of MY crap. "During those bleak years (’82-85), kids had to endur Pac-Man….Dragon’s Lair…" (pgs. 62-63). C’mon now. You can’t make fun of the HOWDY DOODY and discuss the virtues of LIDSVILLE and bash cartoons which you (the authors) didn’t like. I loved DRAGONS LAIR and PACMAN. Was Saturday Supercade forgettable and very commercial? YES but so what? It just didn’t sit well but I do recommend the book.
ERIK-3rd times the charm if you are still interested: http://www.msnusers.com/Manimal-aholics/shoebox.msnw?Page=2

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 06/17/2005 9:26 PM

OMG, I totally forgot to say anything about Pac’s b-day! I had a joke all lined up, too…oh well.

Happy belated birthday, Pac-Man.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/17/2005 9:40 PM

Phunqsauce,

Disregard that first part. I see now that you were only clearing the air regarding the RIDDLER’s "true" identity

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 06/17/2005 9:40 PM

i’m sorry, i feel like an a-hole. i really wasn’t trying to be mean….ugh…so is anyone else gonna be on all night besides me? i might start up a chatroom if so…

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/17/2005 9:46 PM

Hate to be a triple poster but I was just sent this one and had to post it. It is Triumph vs. The King of Pop’s supporters
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2672935?htv=12&htv=12

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 06/17/2005 9:46 PM

I know I posted this earlier in the blog but i really think people need to see this commercial http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=norton-web

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/17/2005 9:48 PM

Its been a long time since I posted here. Since Matt mention playing Summer Summer Games, has anyone played the Caveman Olympics? Basically, the games had varities of events like who can make fire with two sticks the fastest, track & field with a sabertooth tiger, cavemen hitting each other with a club, and maybe throwing a stonewheel. I remember playing on my computer after having being fix. Well, I have to go. Keep on smurfin’ Matt, keep on smurfin’.

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 06/17/2005 10:14 PM

Thanks for backing me up MuppetBaby!

To cover me bum, I of course meant that the hairstyle was a dime a dozen, not the women sporting it. But my poor word choice, though it makes me look bad only helps make a bigger point:

Let’s judge people as people and not by the color and length of their hair.

I now return you to your regular scheduled programming.

Chestnuts roasted by Hair Commentator @ 06/17/2005 10:18 PM

"Smurf Magic Berries Cereal"? I beg to differ. I’ve had the following lyrics, sung in a fruity British accent to the tune of the "Nutcracker Suite" theme, stuck in my head since 1983:

"Smurfberry Crunch is good to eat
A very smurfy breakfast treat
Made by smurfs so happily
It tastes like crunchy smurfberries
They’re berry-shaped and crispy too
In berry red and smurfy blue!!!"

I outsmurfed you, Matt! Smurf yeah!

Chestnuts roasted by Ultima Thule @ 06/17/2005 10:28 PM

The "Sealed Premium" pic on the Olympic bumper sticker is actually a link to the Willow coin trick.

Unless the bumper sticker came IN the Willow coin trick. Which would have been something you really should have mentioned in the blurb…

Chestnuts roasted by Cyclone @ 06/17/2005 10:40 PM

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