Category Archives: Diversions

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RIP Mitzi Shore

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Steve

Mitzi’s name may sound familiar to many, she’s (not-funny) comedian Pauly Shore’s mother. For those who follow comedy (like me), she’s more famous as being the owner of The Comedy Store, a venue which made the careers of David Letterman, Robin … Continue reading →

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The Orville, it’s Star Trek with lame, pointless jokes

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Steve

Everyone knows Seth MacFarlane is a huge Star Trek fan because he got the opportunity to play a minor engineering crew member on Enterprise over a decade ago. However, I guess the Paramount people weren’t interested in letting him lend his clout to … Continue reading →

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Breaking Bad turns 10 today

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Steve

I didn’t get around to watching Breaking Bad in its entirety until I think 2015, maybe 2016. It’s a hard show to stop viewing because the writers excelled at making you want to know what’s going to happen next with … Continue reading →

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Me as a Family Guy character…not even close

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Steve

To celebrate Seth MacFarlane’s American Dad beta achieving 300 episodes, Fox put together a a little Web app to make yourself a character in the style of the rarely funny Family Guy. This is the best I could do given the pieces … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman crossovers/team-ups

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Steve

It has been a great year for Wonder Woman! Beyond her killer film, DC Comics featured the princess in three team-ups with complimentary heroes. Thankfully, Zak Snyder couldn’t screw them up. First is the a team-up we could only have … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Bob Givens

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Steve

Bob was one of the many unsung heroes in animation because his biggest legacy was re-designing Bugs Bunny at Tex Avery’s request to debut in “A Wild Hare.” He started out at Disney, went to Warner Brothers (aka Looney Tunes) … Continue reading →

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Michael Rooker

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Steve

Michael has been a frequent guest of Austin’s WizWorld but I decided to finally meet him because I seriously enjoyed his portrayal of Earle from The Walking Dead. At the beginning, he was a cartoon character, the redneck racist sowing discord … Continue reading →

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WKRP Reunion!

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Steve

It’s time to start showing off all my WizWorld encounters for 2017! Kicking matters off are two stars from the well-loved, nostalgic SitCom WKRP Cincinnati with Lonnie Anderson on my right (this was her break-out role) and Howard Hesseman on my … Continue reading →

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MST3K renewed for another season!

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Steve

I know it’s old news. Joel and the gang announced it on Thanksgiving during the traditional marathon via a Shout stream, I think. Let’s hear it for Netflix and its mystery algorithm that can determine whether or not to continue … Continue reading →

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Krysten Ritter

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Steve

Currently Krysten is best known as Jessica Jones on Netflix (a show I need to restart) but for me she was Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend Jane on Breaking Bad plus I remember her in Big Eyes. Krysten was stopping through Austin to promote … Continue reading →

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I’m Mr. Meseeks! Look at me!

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Steve

Target of all places had Rick and Morty figures so I had to score everyone’s favorite laborer Mr. Meseeks. This mini one I summoned through the Meseeks Box is present to make sure I left the Pflugerville Public Library on time, … Continue reading →

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My MST3K perks

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Steve

If you haven’t heard by now, Netflix has renewed MST3K for another season since the Return was a success by their mysterious algorithms. Meanwhile, as a proud Kickstarter backer way back when (I chipped in enough to get the Blu-Rays), I had … Continue reading →

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Michelle Wolf

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Steve

Last weekend I had the honor of briefly meeting while laughing constantly to The Daily Show‘s Michelle Wolf. Besides being a prolific writer, Michelle was incredibly funny, especially when she was covering gender politics and the weirdness of NYC; when Austin … Continue reading →

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No hole to China

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Steve

Here’s a fun little exercise at this link. What you do is put in your ZIP code, or other information for my friends in Europe, and the site will show you what is on the opposite side of the world.

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Big Mouth

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Steve

Nick Kroll has finally done something funny! I’ve seen his stand-up, feh. His characters are mediocre. The movies he’s co-starred, I haven’t read any rave reviews. Big Mouth seems to work better as a vehicle for what he likes to do … Continue reading →

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