Dog and Pony show is a joint venture between Chris Olivieri and I, we have the assignment of adding the humor element to our school paper, The Banner. We have an esoteric, irreverent style so it may not be for everyone (but it should be). We have recently made our section available online. Links to DAPS in .pdf format with descriptions can be found below. Some of the files are very, very large, be patient.

DAPS from 09/04/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 10 & 11
Contains:

• “Back To School…Deal With It!” by Chris and Carlo
  • Deals with restarting the school year, pop culture, product placement.
• “Virgo Loves Stacy” by Chris
  • A spotlight on the drummer of the band Virgo Loves Cancer, Stacey Lee.
• Ask The CSI Hot Dog Guy volume 1
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Disney Channel Star edition
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: baby polar bear getting feet tickled

DAPS from 09/21/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 6 & 7 (in color)
Contains:

• “CSI ‘Angry’ Libs” by Chris and Carlo
  • A play on the Mad Libs format as a letter to CSI President. (Makes fun of students a bunch.)
• “Scientific Debate” by Carlo
  • An article that seeks to find an answer to the age old question “Why did God invent Scotch Guard?”
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Extended, Rapper edition
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: Two kittens popping out of a pumpkin
• Shameless plug for mikeandcarlo.com

DAPS from 10/04/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 7 & 12 (in color, back page)
Contains:

• “105% More Back Cover Than The Front!!!” by Chris and Carlo
  • We search through the campus for something interesting to write about, but don’t find it.
• Ask The CSI Hot Dog Guy volume 2
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Food Network edition
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: baby lemur trying to escape someones grasp.
• The Vincent Black Shadow ad. (We help WSIA.)

DAPS from 10/17/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 7 & 12 (in color, back page)
Contains:

• “Grab Your Midterms By The Bulls!” by Chris and Carlo
  • We drink way too many energy drinks and write an article about it.
  • (photos of the writing process)
• New President of Local 342 by Carlo (as Samuel James)
  • A Manalapan Union President invites the press into his home to take a look at his “sugars.”
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Justice League edition
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: puppy coming out from under a towel.
• a Turtle that doesn’t get it.

DAPS from 10/31/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 9 & 12 (back page in color, page 9 in b&w )
Contains:

• “Midterm Tips Professors Don’t Want You To Know” by Chris and Carlo
  • We expose the tactics students employ in trickng professors to pass them.
• Please Write Us, Please!!!! by Chris and Carlo
  • We plead with the student body to write letters to us.
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Muppet edition
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: Duckling in a set of hands
• a macro of a Sean Brandt in a bunny suit playing GH2.
• A short moment thinking about Tiffany Amber Theissen.
• A bat counting contest.

DAPS from 11/14/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 8,9 & 12 (back page in color, page 8&9 in b&w )
Contains:

• “Awesome Flying Dragons, a Jerry Bruckheimer Production” by Chris and Carlo
  • A Short Story about two knights and their awesome flying dragons.
• DAPS and the Island by Chris and Carlo
  • We borrow our friend Nicole Bonelli’s sex column for an issue.
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: TGIF Stars edition.
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters: Two Baby Penguins in cute sweaters.
• a macro of a Chris and Carlo in the WSIA interview studio.
• A short moment thinking about Miss Howard TV, Laura.
• Another interview with the infamous CSI Hot Dog Guy.

DAPS from 11/29/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 7 & 12 (both pages in color)
Contains:

• “We Challenge You To Read This (To The End Of The Story)” by Chris and Carlo
  • A conversation between Chris and Carlo about Chris’ cats.
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Beer edition.
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Colonna: Dan Colonna in a hoodie.
• a macro of a Chris and Carlo in the WSIA interview The DAPS gang after 1 guy 2 cups
• “We Actually Got a Letter!!!”
• “Hacky Jokes Suck Bad” by Matthew Broderick

DAPS from 12/14/07 (will open as a PDF document)
Featured on pages 6, 7 & 12 (all pages in color)
Contains:

• “How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Banner” by Chris and Carlo
  • A look back at CSI, this year and life ahead (syntax?).
• Celeb Sightings @ CSI: Cereal edition.
• Carlo’s Cute Cuddly Critters. Sleeping Kitten
• a macro of DAPS gang at Martini Red
• A letter from Tinnay Jeffrey
• “Our Trip to the Mall” by Chris, Carlo, and Andrew Sotiriou