Vince Guerrieri

@vinceguerrieri.com

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Journalist and author of three books, the most recent one on the weirdness of Cleveland sports. Husband, father, son of Chuck, equal parts role model and cautionary tale. He/him

The Corner Grill at the corner of Court and Main streets in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Text message that says, “For our longer-lasting friendship, please stop this behavior.”
Jay Leno as "Iron Jay"
Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."
The Dude in "The Big Lebowski" saying, "I'm just gonna go find a cash machine."
Then-Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers judging me for my poor handwriting.
Troy and Abed from "Community" suggesting a game of Yahtzee THAT WILL CHANGE THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT.
Downtown Clevrland, looking east from across the Cuyahoga River. Everything has a yellow tint due to smog.
Homer Simpson reading the newspaper and saying, “Oh, Andy Capp, you wife-beating drunk.”
A Mad Magazine editorial meeting, as depicted on “The Simpsons,” where a bunch of writers are gathered around a table, with one saying, “Why don’t we call it ‘Everyone HATES Raymond?’”
Big T tree from “The Simpsons.”
Skeets by Cooper Lund and Mike Bates asking about Brandon Marsh's moisture level.
Terry Rozier tweeting “Osama shouldve hooped instead of tryna kill ppl cause he tall as hell!”
Sam Neill as Malloy, the cat burglar, on “The Simpsons.”
Retief Goosen getting ready to tee off at the Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron.
Kearney from "The Simpsons" yelling "To the library!" as Jimbo and Dolph sit nearby.
Michael Keaton on the phone in “The Paper.”
Captain LInk Hogthrob in "Pigs in Space" from The Muppet Show.
Todd Flanders wearing a Butthole Surfers T-shirt.
They're dogs! And they're shooting pool!
"Bill and the Boingers Bootleg," a Bloom County collection, with cover art based on the Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-85 collection.
Monty Burns looking through financial records and saying, "I've lived through 12 recessions, eight panics and five years of McKinleynomics. I'll survive this."
Superman and Lois Lane kiss at the end of “Superman,” in a scene filmed at the Arcade in Cleveland.
Waylon Smithers saying “I’ll see you … at SABR 54 at the Cleveland Downtown Hilton.”
Title card for “Hardcastle and McCormick.”
Alan Brady (Carl Reiner) with his hairpieces in “Coast To Coast Bigmouth,” an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
“Food For Thought” by Alton Brown.
The cover of “Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher,” by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz.
Amber Dempsey, bring out the big guns.
Nicky Thompson’s shoes in the opening credits of “Boardwalk Empire.”
A chest freezer in the unfinished basement at stately Guerrieri Manor.
Me with my friend and mentor, the late great Joe Boyle, being formal and absurd at a DC-area art gallery.
Movie poster for “Bonfire of the Vanities.”
Abe Vigoda as Fish on “Barney Miller,” on the phone.
Facebook post from 2012: Just got an email from Mike DeWine (who ran for Ohio Attorney General — and won — on the basis of suing to repeal Obamacare) saying we need to support Mitt Romney. I think it's worth noting at this point that DeWine endorsed Romney in the primaries, smelled blood in the water, and switched over to that hypocritical scumwaffle Rick Santorum.
A Ford GT40 being auctioned at Barrett-Jackson in Columbus.
Postcard of League Park in Cleveland, at East 66th and Lexington.
The Miracles
Calvin eating cereal and saying, “It’s my new favorite, ‘Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs.’”
The Jack Rabbit roller coaster and the ballroom at Idora Park in Youngstown.
Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel in the hot tub. (Good Gawd!)
DVD cover for the miniseries “The Last Don.”
Peter Griffin in a jury box saying "Awful lot of honkies in here."
William Hootkins as Maj. Eaton in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
An older Bart Simpson looking for a high-five from Alan Greenspan in “Bart To the Future,” the episode also notable for a reference to “President Trump.”
Vito and Michael Corleone from “The Godfather,” as played by Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.