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Craig Shoemaker goes OT with JA

I had a great interview with comic/actor/writer Craig “The Lovemaster” Shoemaker on yesterday’s podcast.  It was supposed to go 15 minutes, but we had such a good conversation going that we went the entire last hour of the show!  If you go see “Shoe” live be sure to mention good ol’ Johnny Archive and you might just get a special treat!

Craig Shoemaker KLOS.jpgI have to admit, having Craig on the show was one of those experiences in life that I will never forget.  It was an accomplishment and benefit that happened as a result of all the hard work I have put into developing this Johnny Archive persona.  The Lovemaster is proud!

I understand that my chat with Shoemaker wasn’t exactly in-depth fantasy baseball analysis, but as I’ve stated before, one of my main goals is to aid in the growth of fantasy sports as an industry.  By having “Shoe” – who is a well-respected celebrity – on the show, I was hoping that I could introduce a new audience to my show and fantasy baseball.

Time will tell if that was successful or not.  But I tried.  I will say that I was a little dissapointed in some people for not being more supportive in this venture.  I was reminded that a lot people are looking out for themselves and could careless if other people succeed, unless they get something out of it.  I know, that is common sense stuff, but I have been so excited about life lately that I had forgotten that little lesson.

There is no doubt that I have a long way to go.  It’s really only been a couple of years since I decided to view fantasy sports as more than just a recreational acivity, even though in the past I had a tremendous amount of success in fantasy leagues – mainly because I took them very seriously.  I have been passionate about sports ever since I was a little boy and in my teens I discovered fantasy/roto sports.

It’s easy enough to start a fantasy sports blog, but much, much tougher to get established in this emerging industry.  Like any other business, there are personalities and politics involved.  You’d think people would want to work together so everyone could thrive, but there are people out there that think the best way to get ahead is to try and put others down.

What’s frustrating for me is that being right isn’t always the best thing.  I’ll leave it there, I actually deleted a long detailed rant, as I need to be grateful for where I am and for what I’ve accomplished.  Try as they may, there’s ultimately only one person that can keep me from getting to where I want to go, and of course, that’s me!

Thumbnail image for FSWA-60-120-1.gifThe reality is I love where I’m at right now.  Writing a blog, doing a show and getting to work with some people who I have been a fan of for many, many years.  I even have a few projects in the works that, if handled right, could turn into wonderful situations for me and my family.

I started out doing all this for the right reasons (not money) and as long as I remember that, I will be just fine.

Yeah, I’m in one of those Monday-moods we all stumble into from time-to-time, but hopefully some of you can relate and reading this will make you feel a little better because you know you’re not alone.

It’s June!  o/ Summer’s here and we should be dancing, dancing in the streets… o/ 

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Craig Shoemaker is Live with Archive

Craig Shoemaker, aka The Lovemaster, will be our special guest today on The Johnny Archive Fantasy Baseball Show This award-winning comedian/actor/writer/producer is one of my favorites, so I’m excited to have him on the show.

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on The Fantasy Sports Channel at BlogTalkRadio

Sunday May 31, 2009

5 pm – 7pm EST

Listener Line: 347-945-6845

 

Call in or ask “Shoe” a question via our chat room. And as always, Hack and I will be taking your questions as well. 

Headed to the H.A.L.L.

Hack came up with a great idea the other day and we talked about it last night on the podcast.  It’s just another example of how motivated we are to interact with you. Why?  Because we care, of course!!!

Don’tcha feel the love?

Seriously, we like chillin’ with like-minded fantasy baseball fans and we figured a mid-season listener league would be a great way to do that.  So, while the spots are filling up fast, if you are interested in joining a mid-season fantasy baseball league (Hack & Archive Listener League = H.A.L.L.) that will be run at Yahoo, shoot me an email at johnnyarchive@johnnyarchive.com.

It will be a FREE Mixed league that will have either 12 or 14 teams.  Even though there is no entry fees, there will be prizes given to the top teams, and we’ll probably do a few JAILBREAKS (Random events during the season that will allow any owner, regardless of position in the standings, to win a prize)!

Craig Shoemaker Smiling.jpgLast night’s show was a lot of fun, I want to say “thanks” to everyone who took time out of their Wednesday to listen to and participate in with the show.  If you missed it live, you can always download it at iTunes or click on the little player at the top of this blog.  The show is always better when YOU are a part of it!

FSWA-60-120-1.gifA couple of programming notes.  As you hopefully know by now, I am honored and thrilled to welcome comedian/actor/writer/producer/father and all around good guy, Craig “The Lovemaster” Shoemaker, to my show this Sunday May 31st.  The show begins at 5pm ET, so don’t miss the fun!  Also, I’m working on a roundtable event with fellow FSWA writers and members of one of my fantasy leagues for Sunday June 14th, stay tuned for more details.

It’s a lite schedule in MLB today, so take advantage of the free time and do something positive for your family or community!  Yes, doing laundry qualifies!

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Good News, Bad News 05/27/09

Good News, Bad News 5/27/09


Shoemaker with The View.jpgGood News
Craig “The Lovemaster” Shoemaker will be my special guest on The Johnny Archive Fantasy Baseball Show this Sunday’s show, May 31st 2009.
Bad News – I have to do everything I can to avoid being the “dorky show host” who tries to be funnier than the comedian.

*Good News – “Hack” has come up with a great idea to start a mid-season listener league, which we’ll be promoting on tonight’s (Weds) show.
Bad News – With several of my teams already sitting well back from 1st place, having the listeners pile on and pound on me could push me over the edge!


Insurance logos.jpgGood News
– Insurance companies are going crazy with advertising, especially T.V. ads, at least some are borderline entertaining.
Bad News - Their claims are nuts too, one insurance company claimed if you wrecked your car they’d actually pay to get you a new car!  Amazing, shocking!  Excuse me, but isn’t THAT what insurance is for!??!

Good News – Speaking of advertising, there are some legit email ads that will allow you to opt-out of future spam from them in the future by clicking a link at the bottom of their email.
Bad News – Then there’s those like the Internet dating industry where when you click  the opt-out link you are automatically barraged by every screwball online dating service out there!

Good News - Hey, there’s a Good News, Bad News post today!?!
Bad News – Yeah, I decided to give the ol’ GN, BN segment a little break and it’s amazing how many great topics I missed out on talking about during that time.


Kids running out school.jpgGood News
– All the little school children are entering that magical time of the year — Summer Break.
Bad News – Parents all over country are doing two things; 1) signing up for extended cable packages that include ALL “children channels” and 2) refilling anti-anxiety prescriptions.

Good News – My son Jacob is really enjoying his 1st grade graduation present, a basketball rim/pole/backboard.
Bad News – Mrs. Archive and I spent most of our ‘relaxing” holiday putting the dang thing together!

Good News – It’s only taken 2 months, but I’m fairly happy with the lineup I’m trotting out there in most of my fantasy leagues.
Bad News – I’ve already covered the bad news in previous posts. In case you’ve missed them, let’s just say I’m not exactly battling for the lead in most of my leagues right now.


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– Now-a-days, I can easily watch 5-6 different forms of stimulus at the sametime — I have 4 computer screens, 3 T.V.’s and a few other gadgets at my disposal at all times.
Bad News – I can no longer watch one program, no matter how entertaining, I go through withdrawals when I try.

Good News – When you process as much information as I do on a daily basis you can actually feel your brain expanding!
Bad News – There is a downside of course, for instance I immediately go into a seizure whenever I hear that bald-headed dork say,”try my product”!

 

Have a great day!  *If you’re interested in joining the mid-season league we’re going to start soon, shoot me an email at johnnyarchive@johnnyarchive.com.  It will be a free league, but we’ll have some cool prizes!

-Johnny Archive  

Craig “The Lovemaster” Shoemaker Cometh

It’s a done deal!  Craig “The Lovemaster” Shoemaker will be appearing on The Johnny Archive Fantasy Baseball Show, which is part of The Fantasy Sports Channel at BlogTalkRadio, Sunday May 31, 2009!  Not only is “Shoe” one of the funniest comedians currently touring in America, but he’s a huge sports fan.

Craig Shoemaker Smiling.jpgIf you happen to miss the live show you can always catch the archived edition at iTunes.com or at the Johnny Archive page at BlogTalkRadio.com.

Craig Showmaker Bio/Resume

 

Named Comedian of the Year by the American Comedy Awards on ABC, Craig Shoemaker’s half-hour Comedy Central special has been voted by viewers as one of the network’s “Top 20″ stand-up specials of all time.

Craig’s feature film credits include the box office hit Scream 2, co-starring opposite Patrick Stewart in Safe House and his featured role opposite Daryl Hannah as her love interest in 2007′s Dark Honeymoon. Last year, Craig won Best Supporting Actor at the Elevate Film Festival. His own film The Lovemaster (with Farrah Fawcett), won “Best Film” honors at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.

Craig began his career in his hometown of Philadelphia, where he honed his comedy and characters winning the “Best of Philly” Award while working as a bartender and attending Temple University. As a voiceover artist, Craig’s dead-on impression of Don Knotts was featured in the film Pleasantville (which he also played the narrator) and has voiced many hit animated series including Teamo Supremo, Monsters, and I M Weasel.

Shoemaker montreal_first_pitch_main.jpgCraig’s small screen credits include his one-hour special on Comedy Central titled, The Lovemaster… Unzipped, co-hosting duties on HBO’s Comic Relief 2006, roles on numerous prime time series and he was actually Joy Behar’s first guest in her Comedy Corner on ABC’s The View.

As a scribe, Craig most recently wrote, produced and starred in Totally Baked, a movie which was conceived from his own son asking if his dad had ever smoked marijuana. The film was distributed world-wide by Universal and can be found in all major retail outlets, including WalMart. Totally Baked was asked to be a featured film in the Austin Film Festival, was nominated for the 2008 High Times “Stony Award,” and is ranked in the top ten on Hulu.com. Craig’s writing credits also include ABC’s Just The Ten of Us, and Real Funny. He also wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed one-man show, Who’s Your Daddy? at the Coronet Theater.

Craig Shoemaker on computer.jpgInspired by his children, Craig has also published two hit children’s books, now in their third printing, entitled “What You Have Now…What Your Daddy Had Then” and “What You Have Now… What Your Mommy Had Then.”

Additionally, Craig has had his own nationally syndicated radio show, which after only ten months on the air, won the prestigious Communicator Award “Crystal” prize. Two of Craig’s stand-up comedy routines made it to the Top 10 list on XM Radio, with “Playing Army” ranking #1. His “Lovemaster” routine was voted Most Popular Comedy on XM Radio’s Big Schtick Awards.

In 2004, Craig opened a comedy compound and retail outlet inspired by his nonprofit organization LaughterHeals.org. The Laughter Store (http://www.thelaughterstore.com/) is a place to find all things funny – pranks & gags, CDs, books, DVDs – anything to make you laugh!

shoemaker don_knotts_main.jpgCraig’s new stand-up DVD and CD, The Lovemaster… Unzipped was released by Universal worldwide in early 2008. The CD was featured on the front page of iTunes and was in the Billboard Top 20 for six straight weeks.  

Inspired by laughter, Craig has created a new forum ‘Laughter Heals‘ where he combines his two decades of stand up into an uplifting seminar and humanistic forum to help those battling and suffering from cancer and other life threatening diseases use the gift of laughter for self -healing universal wellness.

Currently, Craig is producing and writing a feature documentary called Live to Laugh along with Mark Harris (Crash, Gods & Monsters) and Dr. Michael Beckwith (The Secret, Oprah).

 

So, as you might imagine, Johnny Archive is thrilled and honored to have this established celebrity on the show.  If you can, do yourself a favor and check out one of ”Shoe’s” live shows.

June 3 – 7   2009

Irvine , CA 
The Irvine Improv
Advanced Tickets Call: 949.854.5455

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June 18 – 21 2009

Sacramento , CA 
Sacromento Punchline
Advanced Tickets Call: (916) 925-5500

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June 25 – 28 2009

Denver, CO
Denver Improv
Tickets call (303) 307-1777 

 

See you all on the show!  And remember, you’ll be able to call in or ask “Shoe” a question via the chatroom.

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Looking Up with the ‘Lovemaster’

Yesterday’s Special Wednesday Edition of the podcast went great!  Thanks to everyone for dropping by and checking out the show.  We had some great dialogue in the chat room.  During the J.*****. (Johnny Archive Strategy Session) portion I discussed how to approach the rest of the season if your fantasy teams have not exactly flown out of the gate.  I mentioned that several of my teams were in that situation and someone asked if I’d post the standings of my leagues.

So, here you go.  I’m not thrilled with my results thus far, but there is a ton of time left and I am not by any means giving up on the season.  Two players, Mike Aviles and Carlos Gomez, who I was very high on have let me down big time.  With the disasterous starts that they have had, it’s no wonder my teams have struggled.  They are both young players and I wouldn’t be shocked to see a rebound at some point in their careers, maybe even later this season, but so far this year they are certainly not producing like I had hoped.

Let’s start with the J.A.I.L.

Rank Team Batting Pitching Total Dif Behind
1 Monster Mash 58.5 47.5 106.0 2.5 0.0
2 Lone Star State Looters 42.0 53.5 95.5 -0.5 10.5
3 Firewyrms Bad Mofos 58.5 25.0 83.5 7.0 22.5
4 Death Row Doggies 40.0 42.0 82.0 0.0 24.0
5 Fatheaded Felons 45.0 32.0 77.0 3.0 29.0
6 Jersey Hitmen 39.0 37.5 76.5 6.0 29.5
6 Green Mountain Boys 30.5 46.0 76.5 -7.0 29.5
8 PBR Streetgang 24.0 52.0 76.0 1.0 30.0
9 Don’t Tread On Me 40.0 34.0 74.0 2.0 32.0
10 Bombo Rivera AllStar Squad 57.0 12.0 69.0 -6.5 37.0
11 Ramblers in Hell 37.0 31.0 68.0 -7.0 38.0
12 Folsom Prison Blues 29.0 32.0 61.0 -5.5 45.0
*13 The Usual Suspects 10.5 48.0 58.5 6.0 47.5
14 Triple Slashers 14.0 32.5 46.5 -1.0 59.5

* – Johnny Archive

As you can see, my offense has been horrid.  I have made a few trades, the main one being when I sent Joe Nathan, Curtis Granderson and Matt Garza for Manny Ramirez and Chris Perez.  My last deal, I sent Chris Carpenter away for Juan Pierre.

Yes, I gave up a lot for Man-Ram, but I felt I was selling high on Grandy and felt I was getting Manny right before he was about to bust out.  He “busted out” alright…busted out of MLB for 50 games, which of course, is a killer.

The good news is even with just about everything possible going wrong, I’m less than 20 points out of 5th.  5th?!  Yeah, 5th.  I’m not even worried about the tip-top of the standings right now.  5th place is as far as I’ll let myself look ahead.  Once I get to 5th, then I’ll worry about getting into the money — top 3 places.

Okay, moving on to the NFBC…

It doesn’t get any better here, again Aviles and Gomez have left their marks.  Also, having blow-ups from pitchers like Scot Shields and Bronson Arroyo have not helped.

NFBC ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIP, APRIL 4TH, 4 PM LEAGUE 3 STANDINGS    (Last Update – MAY 14, 12:10 A.M. E.T.)
Rank

Team

Batting Pts Pitching Pts Overall Pts Change
1 HMS Dauntless 36.5 39.0 75.5 +1.0
2 Eddie’s Kingdom Killebrew 46.5 26.5 73.0 -3.0
3 No Soup For You 34.0 37.5 71.5 +2.0
4 Hackensack Bulls-3 23.0 47.0 70.0 +0.5
5 4-8-15-16-23-42 26.0 43.5 69.5 -5.5
6 House of Pain 37.0 31.5 68.5 -0.5
7 PAGDO and PINNY 34.0 33.5 67.5 +2.5
8 The End Game 27.5 40.0 67.5 +1.0
9 pluto_12′s 37.0 26.5 63.5 +2.0
10 Jack&Kami 32.0 27.5 59.5 -0.5
11 Phillies 2 34.0 20.5 54.5 -3.0
12 Johnny Archive Snips 22.5 17.0 39.5 +3.5

 

This league is the one where if I don’t win I have stated I will undergo a vasectomy, so I squirm a little everytime I look at the standings.

Pitching has been my downfall here.  I’m dead last in ERA (5.84) and WHIP (1.53).  I’m only a smidge better in K’s (216) and Wins (13), where I am second-to-last.  I’m hanging in there with Saves (23) which is 2nd.  My starters — C.C. Sabathia, A.J. BurnettUbaldo Jimenez, Scott Kazmir and Gavin Floyd –have hope and have begun to pitch better, well all except Gavin who is headed the wrong way.

Sadly, I had benched C.C. last week when he turned in that CG shutout.  But he had been struggling, so I still think it was the right move, even though it didn’t work out.  Overall, I think this group will be fine, though I need to find a SP or two on the wire to really give myself a few extra Wins and Ks.

My offense is decent, with Mark Teixeira and Adrian Gonzalez leading the way.  Matt Holliday, Joe Mauer and Big Papi are all proven hitters who have either struggled or have been hurt.  Also on the roster; Adam Dunn, Dexter Fowler, Brandon Inge, Michael Bourn and Kaz Matsui so there is a decent mix of power and speed.

I’ll share my other teams later.  Let’s set our calendars, May 14th.  Okay, we’ll check back in a month and see if there’s been any progress.  I am very confident there will be.


Lovemaster with Harry Kalas.jpgIf you are curious about the comic that I had on my show Wednesday, here is some more information.  His name is Craig Shoemaker and he is currently on tour.  He is well known for his “Lovermaster” alter-ego and is a very funny guy.  I strongly encourage you to take in one of his shows when he comes to a comedy club near you.  For more about “Shoe’ go to his website – http://www.craigshoemaker.com/

Have a great Thursday!  It’s almost the weekend! Hang in there.

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