One last event at Illuminated, And we're finally done with soccer. #beeronaut www.beeronaut.com/2026/07/18/c...

Damn! They mentioned quicksand in the first reel, but no one got stuck in it. Chekhov's Rule was broken. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

This movie sure has a lot of obvious scene wipes. Did they do post-production on a Vide o Toaster? #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Bruno making Shemp noises! #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Confirmed! That was a Wilhelm Scream! Drink! #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

DCs Swamp Things debuted a few months after Marvel's similar swamp monster Man-Thing (in whose pages we saw the debut of Howard the Duck). Both were based on the Golden Age muck monster The Heap. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Apropos of last week's Village of the Giants, we visited the American Giants Museum in Atlanta, IL, where Muffler Men and Paul Bunyan's are rescued and restored. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

"Jam it to the Floor!" Sounds like something James Brown would shout on stage. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Adrienne Barbeau had a skinny-dipping scene that we won't be seeing here, obviously. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

I'm sure they'll work in a last-minute tribute segment for Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, whose death was announced just this morning. en.wikipedia.org/wik... #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Man on fire stunt! Drink! #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie (I bet those stuntmen are very expensive)

Quicksand! Movies taught us it was one of the most deadly threats in nature! In fact, maybe one person dies in quicksand every 5 years, by getting stick in the mud at the bottom and dying of exposure, or getting stuck on the beach and drowning when the tide comes in. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

Producer Michael Uslan taught one of the first accredited college courses on US comic book culture. He broke into comics in 1975 on DC's "Shadow," and a Conan-style version of "Beowulf." Also wrote a comics trivia book in 1977. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie 1/2

I braved the heat and humidity to walk 500 yards to Goldfinger Brewing Company and their 6th Lagerversary celebration. Chilled with their new Polish style beer, "Krakow," and some Midwest Smoke BBQ. #beeronaut

Final weekend of World Cup beer events. Black Horizon's 9th Birthday, Goldfinger's 6th, Fox Republic is 3, Horner Park Fest. #beeronaut www.beeronaut.com/2026/07/15/c...

One of 4 #allstartrek guest shots by Dey Young, whom I crushed on since she was in "Rock & Roll High School" with P.J. Soles.

NOBODY expects Anti-Neutrinos! Our chief weapon is surprise! Fear and surprise! Doh! Out TWO chief weapons are… #allstartrek

Pecan Pie! Definitely another of Earth's gifts to galactic civilization! DRINK! #allstartrek Hey, Captain! Does that library of Earth's great literature include Goosebumps? Asking for a friend.

Janeway: "Then why did you signal us?" Intercom: "Because YOU are in distress!" Janeway: "No I'm not! I'm in dese slacks!" #allstartrek

Hmm. That woman between Tom and Harry in the mess... she looks like the future-named Ensign Samantha Wildman? #allstartrek

"The dog didn't bark!" Thank you, Sherlock Holmes! #allstartrek

World Cup beer venues wind down, so were back to the regular routine of trivia and food trucks.Beats & Brews at Imperial Oak. #beeronaut www.beeronaut.com/2026/07/12/t...

Criticism of modern art goes back well before #metvbatman

Soundtrack composer Jack Nitzsche was a co-producer and arranger in Phil Spector's studio. Pretty big on those bass-heavy surf riffs. He was married to Buffy Saint Marie, with whom he shared an Oscar for writing "Up Where We Belong." #svengoolie

"Teen Takeovers" just hit differently in the 60s. #svengoolie

Toni Basil needs to be in SOME Hall of Fame. Just can't decide which one. #svengoolie

I know just how that guy holding on feels. #Svengoolie

Can't say Bert I. Gordon didn't know exactly what audiences wanted to see.

Quick, Henry! The FLIT! #svengoolie

Big Bird! NOOOOOOO! #svengoolie

Hate to break this, but a common carnival attraction was to make chickens (or ducks) "dance" by forcing them to stand on a hot plate. That was one of Col. Tom Parker's carny tricks before he got into music management. #svengoolie

Toni Basil is doing fine at age 82. In 2020, she was giving go-go dance lessons on YouTube. #Svengoolie youtu.be/Ay5OfDGi5mE...

"Those eddies are very dense!" #allstartrek

This episode was co-written by Bill Dial, writer and producer of many TV shows, and seen on screen as radio station engineer Bucky Dornster on "WKRP in Cincinnati". #allstartrek

Jean Valjean is on the lam from an obsessed pursuer, but still stops to help people. Exactly the plot of "The Incredible Hulk" TV show, "The Fugitive," "Branded," and without the pursuit plot, "Route 66," and one my favorite obscure shows, "Johnny Bago." #allstartrek

Tom PARIS has things about FRANCE. Makes sense. And he likes his women with a little bite? Hmmm. #allstartrek

Hey, I just noticed that when Kirk was putting his bamboo Cannon together, the Gorn was walking down a DIRT ROAD in this uninhabited planet. #allstartrek

Alarmist Brewing is returning under Pollyanna ownership, World Cup Quarterfinal action with beer. Revolution Deep Wood Release, Flossmoor Station turns 30, Square Roots Festival. #beeronaut www.beeronaut.com/2026/07/08/c...

From 2018: That time I "Applied" for an Onion internship by writing sample headlines. markmcde.x10host.com/wp22/blog/20...

Cleaning up spelling errors from my phone: Where do they stow all those #svengoolie art things fans keep sending? When they open the Svengooliewood amusement park, will it have a Sven-seum?

USA Soccer action on Monday. I'll keep adding venues as I find them. #beeronaut www.beeronaut.com/2026/07/04/r...

McCoy kept saying "I'm a DOCTOR!" But didn't day what he's NOT. No drinking game for you! #startrekanimated #metvtoons

The Dramians' design seems to be based on classic Golden Age SF aliens, especially by Frank R. Paul. #metvtoons #startrek #startrekanimated

TV lore claims that Bruce Lee was upset that he was supposed to lose to Robin in this bat-fight. But he and Burt Ward were actually sparring partners in the same apartment complex. And I think we can see that it was supposed to end up as a draw. #metvbatman

Edward G Robinson was an expert art collector, and of course dealt his collection pieces for others. #metvbatman

By the way, the real life Stately Wayne Manor is up for sale. #metvbatman

#metvBatman SMELLS pink? Isn't smelling colors something that happens on an LSD trip?

Hey! Col. Gumm created Goo Gone! But how does a guy with Bat Shark Repellent not already have some? #metvBatman

Where to they stay all those #svengoolie things game keep sending? When they open the Svengooliewood amusement park, will it have a Sven-seum?

Waiting for at least one German officer to say "I SEE NUTHINK!" #svengoolie