My Application For The Pop Culture World Series

THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE 2007
CONTESTANT APPLICATIONTAKE YOUR TIME & ANSWER HONESTLY, COMPLETELY and TYPE/PRINT CLEARLY

NAME: Paul Shields
AGE: 34
BIRTHDATE: 7-29-1972
COLLEGE ATTENDED/ING: Central Missouri State University
COLLEGE MAJOR: The Ladies
MARITAL STATUS: Single (please let the ladies know)
OCCUPATION: Singing Comedian
DESCRIBE YOUR JOB – I perform drunken love songs that flippin rock

DESCRIBE HOW YOU KNOW EACH OF YOUR TEAMMATES AND HOW THE THREE OF YOU DECIDED TO FORM A TEAM FOR THIS COMPETITION. Good friends. It was destiny. We watched season one and knew we could have destroyed any of the teams competing.

WHAT ARE 3 REASONS YOUR TEAM WANTS TO (OR SHOULD BE) A PART OF THIS COMPETITION?
1.We enjoy crippling others with our knowledge of Karate Kid I, II, III, and IV (TNKK)
2.We’re pretty sure there will be a movie deal for us some where (WE ARE THAT GOOD)
3. We need beer money

WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU WERE A POP CULTURE JUNKIE? HAS IT EVER EMBARRASSED (OR AFFECTED) YOU SOCIALLY? EXPLAIN. When I looked in my closet and realized I had the complete collection of Cindy Lauper trading cards all 152 (I can make the puzzle on back and everything), and also when I realized I knew every word to the “Charles in Charge” theme song, oh and I also dressed as Natalie from the “Facts of Life” for Halloween once. As far as embarrassing goes, please refer to the “Charles in Charge” theme song.

TELL US WHAT (IF ANYTHING) IS INTERESTING/CAPTIVATING ABOUT YOUR LIFE? Besides being a singing comedian, I also work at a Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility

YOUR TEAM DYNAMIC? Yes, we are very dynamic

YOUR OCCUPATION OR HOBBIES? Watching movies and disposing of hazardous waste

WHAT POP CULTURE ICON(S) DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH MOST? Jack Black man that dude rocks it just like me, also Skreech from "Saved by the Bell", if for no other reason than we both find Tori Spelling strangely attractive

If you could only have one tv series, one movie, and one album on a desert island, what would they be AND WHY? The tv series would be “Party of Five” because when it comes to family drama you can’t beat it, also I kind of have a thing for Jennifer Love HewittThe movie would be “Garfield 2- Tail of 2 kitties” because it freakin cracks me up, and I like the word play using Tail instead of Tale, also I kind of have a thing for Jennifer Love HewittAnd on the album I was gonna pick Paul Simons “Graceland” but then I though for a while and I’m now going with Jennifer Love Hewitt’s “BareNaked” (the Japanese import version with the bonus track)

What is your greatest tv memory from childhood? When I was little I thought I had some sort of weird tv super power where I would be thinking of a certain episode and it would come on, like one time when I was sitting in my room thinking how funny the episode of Brady Bunch was where Peter puts on a fake mustache to look older and it keeps falling off while he’s talking to some girls, and the next thing I knew that episode came on TV. Umm…Ok that may have been a little too much information- feel free to edit this part as you see fit.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE MONEY IF YOU WON THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE? Beer!! Oh and we’d end world hunger

WHERE DOES THE MONEY RANK IN THE REASONS FOR ENTERING THIS COMPETITION? We’re here for the fame and glory, not the cash, and I’m pretty sure if people saw us on tv they would buy us free beer

HOW WOULD YOUR TEAMMATES BEST DESCRIBE YOU? Chinese with a huge head

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE EACH OF THEM? They also have big heads, but they aren’t as Chinese as me

ARE YOU GLAD THIS IS A TEAM COMPETITION OR DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT YOU IF IT WAS SINGLE PLAYER EVENT? Oh yeah I like the team aspect. We are also trying out for the Tag Team Mexican Wrestling tv game show, but were not as confident with that because none of us are wrestlers or Mexican

WHAT IS ONE FLAW YOUR TEAM HAS; SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU NERVOUS IF YOUR TEAM WERE TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE? We are not really strong on Vin Diesel movies

WHAT TOPIC / CATEGORY WOULD SHOCK YOU IF YOU MISSED QUESTIONS? (ie; 80s MOVIES? RAP LYRICS?) EXPLAIN WHY. It would shock me if I miss any questions on the Beatles or any women in prison movies

EACH OF YOUR TEAMMATES? It would shock me if Aimee missed any questions about New Kids On The Block and if Josh misseed any questions about Skating With The Stars

WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON OF THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE? DID YOU THINK YOU WERE BETTER, WORSE, OR JUST AS GOOD AS THE TEAMS ENTERED? EXPLAIN WHY.We would have dominated every team out there, in fact I would blindfold myself when the show came on and still get all the questions right.

What did you think about the winning team last year, EL CHUPACABRA? Do you think they deserved to win? Is your team better than they were?You mean El-Chump-Acabra? Enough said

ARE YOU AVAILABLE WEDNESDAY MARCH 21- SUNDAY MARCH 25, 2007 TO BE FLOWN TO NYC FOR THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE TOURNAMENT? I'll clear my calander

POP CULTURE WORLD SERIES

My roommate Josh, Webmistress Aimee, and yours truly, have been accepted to compete in VH1's Pop Culture World Series!!! We travel to the Windy City on the weekend of February 3rd to kick some pop culture asses.

Now I need your help. Our original name was going to be "A Chinese Viking Named Aimee", but the name axers at VH1 rejected it, so they went with our back up "Domestic Blend". I think that name blows, so I've decided to have a contest to give our trio of dogooders a new name. It should probably have something to do with pop culture, but if it's catchy enough we'll go with anything.

...and if we use your name, you will receive a team shirt that proudly displays said name on the front.
This time you will for sure actually receive the prize, because VH1 says we gotta dress coordinated, so the shirts will have to be made.