Powell's Sweet Shoppe is having its grand opening Saturday at Sierra Vista Mall and found the perfect candy tie-in with "Willy Wonka." The first 1,000 people to visit get free Wonka Bars and someone will win free candy for a year.
Part of the event is one of the golden-ticket grabbing youngins in the "Willy Wonka" movie -- the glued-to-the-screen Mike Teavee. Paris Themmen, the child-actor who played Mike, will be on hand to sign autographs and have lunch with a raffle winner.
The Beehive's Mike Oz and Heather McLane recap the Fresno Grizzlies' Totally Rad '80s Night with special guest William Zabka (aka Johnny Lawrence from "The Karate Kid") ...
Mike: I was more excited about Billy Zabka coming to Fresno than pretty much anybody ever. I love "The Karate Kid" so much that I dressed up as the shower for Halloween once. What can I say? So Thursday morning, I put on my Cobra Kai T-shirt for the first time in a while and was amped at the prospect of saying whattup to and snapping a picture with Johnny Lawrence.
Heather: As excited as I was, I knew it didn't compare to what you were feeling. Prior to showing up at The Chuk, I imagined meeting Zabka for you would be the equivalent of me meeting Jim Halpert, though obviously with far more sexual tension between you and Johnny Lawrence. I felt like a proud mom, as I made sure to grab my video camera and extra batteries for the momentous occasion.
Welcome to another edition of Post No Bills, your flier gallery of what's going on in Fresno, compiled exclusively by FresnoBeehive.com.
Below you'll find the largest collection of Fresno concert, club and event fliers anywhere on the Web. It's our way of proving every week that anybody who says there's nothing to do in Fresno is either crazy or lazy.
As always, we welcome contributions bands, artists, venues, promoters and regular joes. Send flier links to mosegueda@fresnobee.com.
If neither of those interest you, here is some other stuff you could do:
The Inner Ear Poetry Jam marks its six-year anniversary with a big event at Full Circle Brewing Co. Poet Lorna Dee Cervantes is the headliner. You can also expect live music, spoken word, comedy, live painting and the usual open mic for poets. 7:30 p.m. $12.
As always: Stephen Colbert is more awesome than Bill O'Reilly
Since you guys liked the Bill O'Reilly temper-tantrum video, I'm sure you'll love this. It's a video that Stephen Colbert shared, a skeleton from his own pre-cable-fame closet. Let's do it live!
Note: Despite the picture I used, this incarnation of 2 Live Crew doesn't feature Uncle Luke, just Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis. Still don't expect to see a lot of people from Church Row (aka Nees Avenue) at this one.
We usually hit the blogosphere with these installments of Fres-Know, but today fresnobee.com has had enough fun updates that it warrants and entire Fres-Know all to itself. Even better, the headlines speak for themselves -- and they're saying it's been a wacky day.
So can we all agree this is one of the greatest videos ever?
Every once in a while, the Interwebs bring us something so wonderful that I have to get on my knees and bow before my modem. Such is the case with this video of Bill O'Reilly going ballistic back in the '90s. (Warning: Language NSFW)
p.s. I know YouTube is pulling these videos, so if this one gets zapped, leave a comment and let me know, so I can update.
Here's something new I dreamt up the other night. I was thinking about Kopi and his 10-day forecast (don't ask why) and I thought about doing a forecast of my own.
I don't know anything about the weather (though, I can tell ya it gets hot here). So I figured the best forecast I can offer would be about what's going on in Fresno. Thus, the Mike Oz 10-Day Forecast -- it looks at concerts and other cool events coming up in the next 10 days through words, pictures, fliers, videos and links.
Feedback would be appreciated. Do you guys like this? Should I do it more? Anything you'd change? Obviously I didn't cover everything going on, so please feel free to shout-out something you're anticipating in the next 10 days.
Totally rad, indeed. Zabka and I talked about his involvement in this promotion, why people still love "Karate Kid," what else he's got going on and even more "Karate Kid" stuff. A shorter text version was in the paper today, but you can listen to the full interview right here at The Beehive.
You'll hear some mentions of "Sweep the Leg", which is a 'Karate Kid'-inspired song and video by No More Kings. Zabka starred in and directed the video. It's definitely worth a watch, if you dig the Cobra Kai and the Miyagi Trilogy. Watch it after the jump. But first, download and listen to my interview with Billy Zabka.
Local news, echoes from the blogosphere and other stuff that's amusing today:
BRAINIAC DUM-DUMS: The Brain Drain Chronicles are big talk on the Fresno Internets these days -- from Mindhub to Famous. Tell me if I'm wrong here, but I thought leaving home, going to college and talking crap about where you used to live was just part of growing up? [Fresno Famous]
SORRY, KOPI: TV stations KMPH and KFRE are part of a bankruptcy filing by parent company Pappas Telecasting Companies. What? You mean five hours of Great Day isn't paying the bills? [The Bee]
I'LL CUT YOU: See the problem with stabbing someone while arguing about who's going to pay the bills is that it just means you're gonna have to pay more. [The Bee]
NEW ISH: Another new entry into the Fres-Blog world: Blog Me Down. It's not locally-focused, but it's locally produced and should be of interest to hip-hop fans, skaters and people who like to stare at Kim Kardashian's behind. [Blog Me Down]
DO NOT ASK GIRLS: Fresnocentric almost made me LOL (I don't LOL) with this picture. Brain drain? That's some good writing right there. [Fresnocentric]
Put The Beehive on that list, because I'm calling out H-Mac in a staring contest. Here's my entry:
While filming, I didn't realize I blinked at the 1:14 mark and kept going. But after reviewing the footage, my official time is 57 seconds. Bring it, McLane! Oh, if you want to challenge us, record yourself and upload to videos.fresnobee.com.
Welcome to another edition of Post No Bills, your flier gallery of what's going on in Fresno, compiled exclusively by FresnoBeehive.com.
Below you'll find the largest collection of Fresno concert, club and event fliers anywhere on the Web. It's our way of proving every week that anybody who says there's nothing to do in Fresno is either crazy or lazy.
As always, we welcome contributions bands, artists, venues, promoters and regular joes. Send flier links to mosegueda@fresnobee.com.
Your Mom ... is not respected by the service industry
I'm a good son. I try to be, at least. It almost being Mother's Day and all, I was putting in some long-distance work this week to plan some fun for my mama back home in the Bay Area.
Mom wanted to go to one of those Mother's Day brunches at a hotel, so I thought of a hotel in our area that's part of a large chain. I remember going there for Mother's Day brunch once when I was like 12. Moms like to remember their kids when they were actually kids, so I figured this was perfect.
I called the hotel in question the other night. I didn't figure this would be a big deal. In fact, I threw some dinner in the oven and fired up Mario Kart in the Wii, thinking no way making a reservation would interfere.
Staring contests are the coolest thing on the Internet or Have you ever wanted to look into Jessica Alba's eyes for 90 seconds?
Did you know that staring contests are like the coolest things on the Internets? Yeah, I know, the thumb-wrestling people are pretty bummed. But check it, it all started when Golden State Warriors basketball star Baron Davis challenged some Interweb dude named Kev Jumba to a staring contest. This video pretty much sums it up:
If you didn't watch because you're just waiting for the Jessica Alba part -- Jumba then issued a challenge to Alba. Apparently aside from being super hot and super pregnant, Jessica is also a super starer, as you can see in this video:
Beehive Poll: Which notorious Valley white rapper guy is more lame?
Anytime I see "hip-hop" in a headline in The Bee's local section, you best believe I'm reading. Such was the case today, with "Hip-hop video played in pot trial."
Here are the basics: Two guys are up on federal drug charges involving a medical marijuana dispensary they ran in Modesto. In Wednesday's portion of the trial, happening at U.S. District Court in Fresno, prosecutors played a rap video from defendant Luke Scarmazzo. In the video, Scarmazzo flips off the camera and says some bad words directed at The Feds.
Much like I had to peep the story after reading headline, once I read the story, I had to find the video. I learned that dude raps under the name Kraz and the video in question -- "Business Man" -- depicts him in a courthouse. I learned that actual pictures like the one above are on his MySpace page. I learned he's been on "60 Minutes" to talk medical marijuana. Oh, and I learned that he's also one of worst rappers I've heard.
Seriously, folks, I think this guy is worse than K-Fed. In fact, I'm putting this up to a vote. Who's worse? Kraz or K-Fed? Check the videos after the jump, then leave a comment with your vote.
Fres-Know: We've got all the proper blog licenses and permits
News you should know, echoes from the blogsphere and so on:
HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?: The biggest difference between the Fresno sports media and the Boston sports media? In Boston, there are numerous blogs watching your every move. In Fresno, there's only "Famous Guest." Right, Heidi? [Deadspin]
OOPS:Ray Appleton's motorcycle was seized after he was pulled over and found to be riding without a license. "I just plain dropped the load in my aging brain cells," Appleton said. Uhhh ... that's what she said? No? OK, I have no clue what he's talking about. [The Bee]
Here are some snippets of songs from Michael Bublé's concert Tuesday night at Save Mart Center. If you haven't read the various reviews or added your own yet, head over here.
A couple other videos I found on YouTube are after the break ...
Wednesday was both a good day and a bad day for our Bring Barry Zito to Fresno campaign. You see, the Giants fibbed on that sending-him-to-the-bullpen thing. Maybe he became bros down there with Brian Wilson (them both being beach boys and all), but that's it. The Giants stuck Zito back in the starting rotation for Wednesday's game against the always-lowly Pittsburg Pirates.
The upshot? Zito didn't do half bad. The Giants lost 3-1 and Zito took the L, knocking him to 0-7. Let's examine the ramifications that had on our Bring Zito to Fresnomovement.
Bad: Zito gave up only five hits and equaled that in strikeouts. And the two runs he submitted came on a homer, so you could make the case Zito didn't pitch too bad at all.
Good: Zito is still 0-7 and that's still the worst mark in the league -- by far. His ERA is still at 6.95 and the only way he's seeing 90 MPH anytime soon is if it's in Hilary Duff's Benz.
Fresno? It doesn't look likely in the immediate future. Fact is that after the way he's been rocked this season, yesterday's loss is a mini-victory in Zito Land. Oh well, we still have Zabka.
Who wants a Golden Ticket?
Here's something new I dreamt up the other night. I was thinking about 
Local news, echoes from the blogosphere and other stuff that's amusing today:
Anytime I see "hip-hop" in a headline in The Bee's local section, you best believe I'm reading. Such was the case today, with 
