Gonna be contrarian and say the TV edit of Christmas Vacation is the best way to watch. You don't lose any of the good jokes, and the profanity doesn't really add much. Plus if you taped it off TV like my family, you get to watch the same '90s commercials every year.

Hi friends, join me Monday night on YouTube for a livestream marathon of our documentary *PLUS* live AMC trivia! www.youtube.com/live/UUxTjob...

The World is Enough

Charging my Hummer EV at home:

Actually, there should be a whole game show filled with environmental challenges. -Hypermiling Priuses -keeping the thermostat as low as possible -washing hair with low-flow showerhead

I'd watch this.

@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Guess the Walmart brand purple ube dinner roles weren’t a big hit this year.

The Spy Who Wanted to Be Just Friends

I listened to the DVD commentary for Die Hard, and they’re discussing Shakespearain themes and 15th century feudal Japanese architecture, and you realize the people who made this movie were actually really smart and cared a lot about it, which are the secrets to why it’s so good.

It happened one day at December's end Some neighbors called on an old-time friend And they found his shop, so meager and mean Made gay with thousand bows of green And Conrad was sitting with face a-shine When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a twine

There's a GIANT farm toy auction going on right now, and this guy's collection is crazy. Over 1000 pieces of toys, brochures, and memorabilia.

Dang, even TOY International pickup prices are getting out of control...

Me and the boys getting ready to celebrate Christmas

Let the (Christmas) Spirit move you! ◤▍ 🎁🎅🏻🎄⛪⛄🦌🎁🎅🏻🎄⛪⛄🦌🎁🎅🏻🎄⛪⛄🦌🎁

All this talk of inflation, interest rates, and affordability reminds me of this story I did on small cars in 2024. Thanks to @theautopian.bsky.social for letting me do this deep dive that seems more relevant every day. Bring back small cars! www.theautopian.com/how-the-smal...

They made it $70,000 during a recession

Feels like a good weekend to watch The Insider.

Pregnant lady at a party was loudly talking about scheduling an induced labor, and I totally fumbled the chance to ask if she’d considered a permanent magnet labor instead.

Had a guy email me to say he enjoyed our AMC doc and wanted to know more about the Dodge Omni / Plymouth Horizons that were built in Kenosha before Chrysler closed the plants. Turns out he's a collector and has like a half dozen of them in mint condition!

The season is upon us now, a time for gifts and giving. And as the year draws to its close, I think about my living. Christmas time when I was young, the magic and the wonder. But colors dull and candles dim, and dark my standing under.

UPDATE: After a slightly harsh (for me) email, they FINALLY sent the photos I requested... ...and also told me that 3 other people have appointments to see the car before me. Classic.

UPDATE: Never got contact info for the 2nd salesman. So I called the dealer directly, and the secretary said she'd have someone get me photos. 3 hours later, I get automated email from her with no photos, asking, "why they hadn't heard from me in a while" and "if I had any questions or concerns."

UPDATE: I finally got hold of a salesman, who promised to get me the 3 photos I asked for. The car was "at the reconditioning center" so he drove all the way there, only to find out that it was at their other dealer in another town. He said...

It's sadly ironic that The Grinch was created as a critique of holiday materialism, and now his face is plastered on zillions of decorations, toys, clothes, and ad campaigns.

UPDATE: The guy I messaged on Facebook yesterday said he would help, but it was his day off. Today when I messaged him, he didn't respond. BUT, the AI has continued to send me spam emails, saying they "wanted to personally follow up" and make sure "all my questions were answered." (They weren't)

Best looking car I've seen on @motorweek.bsky.social in a while.

UPDATE: When I said I wouldn't share my phone number until I got photos, they stopped emailing me. So I snooped on their sales staff on Facebook until I found a guy that looked nice, then sent him a DM about the car. We'll see how this goes.

"Just back it up to my place, guys" Engineer: Ummm, we can't do that...

Can't believe Ken Burns did an entire 12 hours on the American Revolution and didn't interview this guy once.

teach you to be popular

"Nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror; which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

UPDATE: I've gotten 2 emails from an AI and 1 email from a human (the was just a template with my name filled in), all of which kept asking for my personal information but still failed to give me either the Carfax or the specific photos of the vehicle I asked for.

Ain't nothing busted about that ride. 💙

So far my neighbors' inflatable Santa decorations include: -Santa -Santa in a monster truck -Santa in a bathtub, washing himself -Santa in a boat, being pulled by a large fish instead of reindeer

Me, trying to find out more about a dealer listing VS the "sales associate" responding instantly at 6pm on a Sunday promising they'll email me the Carfax as soon as I give them my social security number:

TRON Legacy was not a *great* movie, but watching it again, I concede that it was very cool. It has a unique, coherent, and audacious art style, decent action scenes, and incredible music. And while the story is lacking, the overall idea of a son rescuing his dad from his dad's evil clone is solid.

Thanks again to Gary for having me join him to talk about the AMERICAN side of American Motors.

I’ve played enough SimCity 2000 to know how this ends. @lgr-yt.bsky.social

Great things are happening on Marketplace

I realized *everyone* has a podcast now, but I'm still excited to announce our behind-the-scenes podcast series, detailing how we made our AMC documentary, "The Last Independent Automaker!" Learn how we all met and got this project off the ground: youtu.be/jW6YWX7xdDo

"perfect 2 car garage"

Trust me... we know where this ends.

Oh hey its great deal on a Cadillac Lyriq that underwent a complete teardown and rebuilt at a GM training center. What could go wrong?

Despite working in TV, I'm a luddite when it comes to owning them. Smart TVs are annoying, and 4K doesn't matter when most shows aren't in 4K anyways. Thankfully I found this 60" plasma on Marketplace. It's from 2008, weighs 1000lbs, and TRON Legacy looked amazing in the dark. And it was free.

I wonder if this is what the early days of hotrodding felt like in 1950s California. Just regular guys spending thousands on wild builds that were both incredibly dangerous and borderline illegal, for the sole purpose impressing their friends.

just guys being dudes

30 years ago, my dad bought a brand new Ford 5610 tractor for Christmas. Ford sold its ag division to Fiat in 1991 with the stipulation that the products be rebranded as "New Holland," but there was a brief transition period where they continued to use Ford. 30 years later, it's still going strong.

oh no