The Fresnan

Did they just say Fresno...Bee?

Because the FresnoBeehive can't catch every Fresno mention, even if it was in the paper:  The Fresno Bee got some product placement action a couple Sunday's ago in the comic Pearls Before Swine.  If you click the pic on the right, you can see what I'm talking about.

We could have something to do with it too.  Some time ago I did a vlog about the Bee removing Get Fuzzy for Pearls.  I didn't like the move and I did some Swine bashing.

A couple days after posting the vlog, the creator of Pearls, Stephan Pastis, emailed me and said he saw the video - whoops.  Except he wasn't pissed, he thought it was funny (kinda).  He was just worried because most people who like Fuzzy, like Pearls - Stephan happens to be best friends with Fuzzy creator Darby Conley by the way.  He later relayed that he and Darby were bummed Get Fuzzy got bumped from the Bee at the same time Pearls caught on.

But it all ended happily because the Bee saw their error and brought Get Fuzzy back while keeping Pearls Before Swine.  So now, we can get stuff like this:

Fresnan Famous

This past Sunday, FresnoFamous.com was gracious enough to kick out some Grizzlies tixs to TheFresnan.com.  We gave Famous nothing in return.  Well, we do help with this thing.

Check some video of Sunday's Chucker experience:

And peep some pics after the break...

Dollar your guilt away

How many Kids Day papers does it take to quiet Catholic guilt for a day?  Four.  The answer is four.

Monday Hangover: Batesole's Boys blow

This was supposed to be Fresno State Baseball's year.  A year the Dogs get a regional and finally return to Omaha.  At the moment, that looks unlikely. 

Coach Batesole's Bulldogs stunk up San Diego this weekend and AGAIN will need a week of Pepsi Johnny Quick t0 try and right things.  If Batesole can't turn this team around, it may be time to bring in Ron Scott.

In happier weekend news, the Rogue Festival has yet to disappoint and there's still plenty to see. We asked the Fresno Bee's Mike Osegueda what the best shows are so far:

Monday Hangover - Starline Studed

Media Nerds and actual cool people mingled at Friday's Dalloways show at Starline.  The Fresno Beehive's Mike Oz, Heather McLane and Will Albritton were spotted.  As too was the music/nitelife writer from the now dead "Get Out", Dave Childers.  Along with local author "Art Farkus", Fresno band The Same Shape and various other Fresno musicians we're not cool enough to know. 

If you spotted someone Fresfamous this weekend, or at any time, let us know!

Also this weekend, Fresno State had their own private Idaho nightmare.  But baseball is coming to save the day - if they can actually get off to a decent start for once.  And tickets went on sale to see the Barryless Giants play our Grizzlies.  I guarantee Bonds would have found a way out of coming to Fresno if he was still with the team.

Peep a little bit of video The Fresnan did from the Starline Friday night:

Fresgeek Weekend - Leave it to the pros

This weekend's Fresgeek is pointless.  Pointless because it's already been done by a professional:  Mike Oz of the Bee.  Check out what he suggests a Fresnan should do this weekend.

I like the Same Shape at Starline, might have to hit that one.

Monday Hangover - Flight Rambo

On the cover of Friday’s “7” - the Bee’s entertainment guide for the weekend - was Sly Stallone. John Rambo is kicking ass for the fourth time, and by putting him on the cover, the Bee is telling you this is the number one thing to do in Fresno this weekend.

This when about-to-be-signed Fresno area band Flight 409 is having two CD release parties over the weekend.  Yet, the Bee feels the top event is the opening of a retread movie.

Yes, Mike Oz did a nice article on Flight 409 inside the 7, but the Bee Overlords ignored that. Why couldn't Flight 409 make the cover over Rambo?

Flight has major buzz around them. Record companies are watching them and were watching this weekend. Like their music or not, when you listen to their songs, they scream for radio airplay. The Bee’s own music critic voted them Fresno's most signable band. So doesn't that deserve the cover over fucking Rambo?

The Bee thinks of itself as being a champion for local issues. I guess Rambo must be from Fresno or something.

Columnist humbles blogger

Bill McEwen's Tuesday column makes me look like crap.  It was great piece about Fresno.  The gist of it is this:  Even though Fresno has become more of a big city and less of a small town, it still manages to cling to its small town charmes.

It's a point that's been rolling around in my Fresno Nerd head forever.  But I lack the Mad Mac skillz to put it on blog.  Well done Bill, you've made a Fresno blogger look bad (I know, like it was that hard).

At least I've got something over B-Mac.  I can write things like "shit assfuck" anytime I want...soooo...you know...take that Bill.

They must Bee listening

Does the Bee actually listen to its readers or something?  The Fresno Bee made some subtle changes to the paper.  One is moving the editorial page to the back of the business section. 

I don't get that one guys.  Why would you move a total local thing out of the local section and into the business section?  Trying to find the logic there and...nothing.

One sweetass change in the Bee, they brought back GET FUZZY.  Best comic out there and it was stupid they pulled it out in the first place - I even told them so.  But, it would have been nice if they could have brought in a Fresnan's comic: Dead Days.

Oh well, one nerdy battle at a time.

Fresnan Nerd Issues Blog #1: BC sucks ass!

Are you going to be a dweeb like The Fresnan and vote on what comic strip the Fresno Bee should keep around? I'll hand it to the Bee, they picked the right ones to vote off the page, I'm having problems finding one to keep around:

B.C.: All time worst mainstream comic strip in history.
Beetle Bailey: Also terrible, but being in a time of war, there should be a military related strip on the page. Too bad it blows.
Blondie: I just can't axe Dagwood, call me a softy.
Born Loser: I think this one was funny at one time, I just can't remember when that was.
Family Circus: If somebody that spoke another language asked you what does "corny" mean, show them this strip. But the seven year old in me won't kill this one off.
Frank and Ernest: Sometimes funny.  Mostly lame.  Wouldn't miss it.
In the Bleachers: Mildly amusing if you're a sports fan, worthless if you're not.
The Wizard of Id: Never good. This one might go down if B.C. doesn't.

Whatever you do, just remember, in the name of all that is sane, don't vote for BC. I mean, look at this shit: