by Debbi | Oct 24, 2011 | Famous Folk, KU Basketball
This is long overdue, but still very relevant.
We told you about the boxing skit at Late Night in the Phog already, and how one of our shirts made an appearance in the skit. Rob Riggle, famous comedian and KU alumnus, was the referee of the boxing skit.
Later that night, Rob made an appearance at the Sandbar.
Blair says that he was busy bartending when all of a sudden someone started shouting his name. You all know how much the bartenders hate it when customers shout their name (and if you don't know that already, consider this your lesson. Don't do it.) He ignored the person shouting at him, until he glanced down at the end of the bar and saw none other than… Rob Riggle.
And now for the really exciting news: we found out that night that Rob actually worked at the Sandbar while he was going to school at KU! (That's what we meant by "again" in the title of this post.) It was before Dave started working here, so he had no idea that a former bartender is now a famous celebrity…Peach is the only person who's been here longer than Dave, and she had lost track of Rob. Of course she remembers him and said "he was always a funny guy."
Thanks to Twitter follower and frequent customer Molly for posting the above picture on Twitter.
When Dave and Blair discovered that Rob used to tend bar here, they quickly offered to let him reprise his job from twenty years ago and he hopped behind the bar with them.
Another funny anecdote that Blair shared: Mr. Riggle has a scar underneath his chin that is usually covered up with makeup when he's on screen. Where'd it come from? Well, back when he worked here, he was drinking out of a big gusto mug (something we had back in the early 90's) and an AC/DC song came on the jukebox. He started headbanging, and banged his chin right onto the top of the mug. It required stitches, and now he has a scar from the Sandbar.
We've had a number of famous people wander through our doors, but Rob Riggle might be the most famous yet. And finding out that he used to work here was pretty cool!
by Debbi | Oct 23, 2011 | People
Sometimes, our staff members like to pose for funny pictures.
Bartender Blair, boxing with regular customer Britt. Not really sure what they were trying to do here, but it made for an amusing picture.
by Debbi | Oct 20, 2011 | Guest Blogs, Halloween, Sandbar Stuff
Our second Halloween 2011 pint glass was designed by Chelsea, a KU student.
Here's her design:
Here are some fun facts about Chelsea:
Favorite Sandbar drink. Shark Attack, for sure. Delicious and the shark toy gets me in touch with my inner child.
Favorite Sandbar memory. This is hard to narrow down. Probably the pub crawl I went on this past spring where I alternated between dancing my heart out, eating popcorn and drinking shark attacks.
Funniest moment at Sandbar. Any time fake mustaches are involved because people do some weird stuff under the disguise of fake facial hair.
How long have you waited in line. It's never been a long time but probably 15 minutes when the Lawrence Bar Band was playing.
Favorite jukebox song. I can't narrow this down. Every song that comes on makes me sing or dance. Or both.
Thanks for the great design and for being a good customer, Chelsea!
by Debbi | Oct 18, 2011 | Around the World, Famous Folk, KU Basketball, Newsworthy
One of our Sandbar shirts made a surprise appearance at last Friday's Late Night in the Phog.
We printed a special white shirt with a red Sandbar logo for KU Athletics so they could use it in a skit. The skit featured boxer Victor Ortiz taking on Barry Hinson, the men's basketball team's director of operations. Barry wore the Sandbar shirt and was knocked out by Victor.
We weren't at Late Night to get a picture, but here's one from KUSports.com that photographer Nick Krug shot:
You can view the original picture (and the rest of the gallery) here. (Dear KUSports.com: if it's not okay that we used this picture here, please let us know and we'll take it down. We try to be very careful about proper online attribution.)
It's kind of hard to see his shirt, since he's lying on the ground, but it's definitely a Sandbar shirt. If anyone out there got a better picture, please let us know!
And yes, that's Rob Riggle serving as the referee. We've got a story about him, too, so come back for that one. It's good, we promise.
by Debbi | Oct 17, 2011 | Halloween, Sandbar Stuff
Our first Halloween pint glass for 2011 is from Mike in Lombard, Ill.
Here's his design:
Here's what Mike had to say about the Sandbar:
I would say that all of my memories at the bar were great. I'm a simple guy who will always enjoy beer, but if your at The Sandbar, you have to have a Bahama Mama at least once. Play anything on the jukebox and you will be in a good mood, and just like at the beach, you can't go wrong at The Sandbar.
We couldn't agree more.
Halloween pint glasses will be available later this week. They're $3 each. Get yours before they're gone! Next up, Chelsea, who designed our second pint glass.
