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Question #1 has been “modified”

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Question #1 (Modified Aug 2)What D-List did Paul Castronovo meet in Miami-Dade County on Nov 192, 2006.

You Can’t Win is BACK today!

Update: They will start the game at 8:10AM today.

They’ve been talking about it on the radio. They will announce the prizes for you can’t win at (well, about) 7:45AM. The prizes are listed on the website now (if you want a sneak peek). We also have them listed on the Current Season page.

Paul did make an interesting comment – “No question will go beyond 30 days”.

Also, the forums are back up.

You Can’t Win is coming back!

Commercials are playing – tune in Monday morning (July 25th?) at 7:45AM. I’m assuming You Can’t Win is coming back this Monday?

We will be here to keep you posted!

Note: One of the commercials you hear Paul say “Answer all 5 questions and you’ll win” – it seems like they’re just doing 5 questions now.

The new season is “coming soon”

Paul has been hinting a lot recently that the new season of You Can’t Win may be starting soon and we will be here to give you all the answers (right and wrong!).

Due to a spam attack all member accounts were deleted :( but new measures are in place to prevent it from happening. Also, the forums are still down as we perform some updates and back-end enhancements but it will be back online when the game starts back up.

They did You Can’t Win twice today!

I guess Paul got frustrated with how “10 Seconds of Hate” was going and the final caller stated that he hates he never gets though for You Can’t Win so Paul decided to play it again. At least this guy caught the hint yesterday.

Since one of the prizes is a pair of season tickets to the Marlins (for this season), I think they’re going to try to rush though the final questions so the winner doesn’t lose out.

Welcome back – a New Year and a new YCW!

Today they are starting up the new season of You Can’t Win. My update may be a little late due to work but I’ll get it up as soon as I can.

Tommy is now gone…

Paul announced on his Facebook today that Tommy is now gone from the show. It’s a sad week for the Paul and Young Ron show. First, they lose Steve and now Tommy. Who next?

Ok friends, Tommy Owen is out. We wish him well in his future endeavors. He wants to be a Hollywood screen writer! so, the search for the next member of the P/R show is on…I have two candidates that I love so far. Will fill you in when I can…

Also – the podcast form today is very poor in quality and extremely choppy – it took me 3 tries just to get the wrong answer but there was a lot of comments from the staff on her answer (like she was extremely close).

Lastly, the You Can’t Win update tomorrow will also be late (I pray the quality of the podcast is MUCH better). More work at work (yeah, it sucks when I have to do that during YCW, but work does pay the bills). :)

Today in Rock (Aug 12) and news about Steve.

Paul posted though his Facebook account that Steve Branzig is no longer with the show:

Before it becomes a huge issue and the lead story all over the news. Steve Brancik is no longer with the Paul and Young Ron show. Unfortunately, do to the legal issues surrounding this issue, I cannot comment at this time. And you know me: I comment …about everything. Sorry, but I certainly hope you bear with us and our show during this difficult time. That being said, we have already reached out to Tommy!

Before any rumors start on this site – “due to legal issues” does not indicate that he did anything illegal, it could just be HR (human resources) reasons why he left but this does lead us to believe that he left involuntarily. Steve will be missed.

Also, YCW update will be late tomorrow, the boss is in town and I need to behave while I’m here, that means no streaming audio or non-work related work. I’ll catch the podcast later in the day (evening) and post the update then. :(

Now, for today in rock!

  • 1949 – Mark Knophler (Dire Straights – leader / guitar / songwriter / vocals) was born.
  • 1960 – Pete Best begins a (short) career with the Beatles as their drummer. He is later replaced with Ringo Starr.
  • 1961 – Roy Hay (Culture Club) was born.
  • 1963 – Sir Mix-A-Lot was born.
  • 1966 – The Beatles begin their last American tour.
  • 1967 – Fleetwood Mac make their stage debut at the UK National Blues and Jazz Festival. Also appearing are Cream, Small Faces, Ten Years After, Donovan, and Pink Floyd.
  • 1972 – The first ever rock concert for charity begins. The Festival of Hope in Garden City, NY has Jefferson Airplane and Stephen Hills on their bill but the event loses $100,000.
  • 1972 – Derek and the Dominoes enter the UK charts with “Layla”.
  • 1993 – Red Hot Chili Peppers hire Jesse Tobias. He only lasts 3 months before they replace him with Dave Navarro. Spinal Tap, anyone? At least he didn’t die.
  • 1994 – “Woodstock ’94″ opens in Saugerties, NY. Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers all perform. Candlebox, Collective Soul, Live, Blind Melon, the Henry Rollins Band, and Melissa Ethridge all perform on the opening day. Tickets are $135 each yet people get in for free and the “event” has an exclusive deal with Pepsi. Yep, exactly like the original Woodstock.