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Houston Shock Jock Moby died 9/12/23
Moby wasn’t as famous as the other equally boring, homophobic and tedious shock jocks who pollute FM radio nowadays…as FM radio dies. I know his schtick pre-dates Howard Stern, the king of loving his own voice, but was definitely after … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, History, Music
Tagged Arena Rock, Eighties, FM Radio, Houston, Rock
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1983: Dungeons & Dragons debuts on CBS Saturday Mornings
What a dumb (and somewhat brave) move by CBS TV and TSR to go forward with this Saturday-Morning cartoon. Brave? Dumb? It was in the middle of the moronic Satanic Panic so anything associated with D&D, especially a show aired … Continue reading
The King of Comedy
Before he became the grumpy grandpa who bitches about Marvel movies while all he does lately are Mafia flicks, Scorsese used to make other stuff such as this. When it was first released in 1983, it tanked! The movie cost … Continue reading
RIP: Bob Barker
Even I was formulating the easy layup joke every hack comedian was thinking. Bob died successfully without going over 100. What a life he had though! With his career hosting game shows and namely the one he was most associated … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged Animal Rights, Aughts, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Eighties, Futurama, Game Shows, Nineties, Seventies
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Valley Girl: 40 years later and not as bad as I feared
I remember this movie when it was released in 1983 and it just made me roll my eyes due to its title…Valley Girl. Hollywood was trying to cash in on a dead fad created by Zappa’s 1982 hit single but … Continue reading
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Now I’m catching up on my streaming queue since I ended my monthly Alamo Drafthouse pass; I promise you and them I will be renewing it when money and time allow, aka, when there’s a string of movies close together … Continue reading
Fellow Democrat’s shirt
Obviously, I had to get a picture for a friend who is a huge fan of Toto. Now that I think about it, Dorothy could’ve been funnier if she made Kansas (the band) reference. I’d go with their more pleasant … Continue reading
A birthday gift to myself from Fright Rags #2
In honor of War Games turning 40 along with how well the artist combined the artwork from all those awesome Atari 2600 game boxes…I wanted this! I was never wild about the movie when it was in theaters and I didn’t … Continue reading
RIP Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens
CRAP! I hate it when a link on Twitter leads to bad news but those bastards behind Social Media got us! Now to wait for the Fresh Air episode of when he was a guest. Paul was a very talented Comedian … Continue reading
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Movies, TV
Tagged Animation, Comedy, Eighties, Seventies, Stand-up Comedy, Voice Acting
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A birthday gift to myself from Fright Rags #1
It’s an obscure little joke from Weird Al’s movie UHF. Not sure why the only reseller I’ve ever found that make this focuses on Horror but I’m good. Much like my Star Wars shirt with Bea Arthur and Harvey Korman on it, … Continue reading
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Funny Ones, Movies, Shirts
Tagged Comedy, Eighties, Geek Culture
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RIP Sinead O’Connor and Randy Meisner
I’m going by order of the news announcing their passing, not by how much I actually enjoyed their work. First is the sad death of Sinead O’Connor. I was never a big fan of her stuff which mostly came out … Continue reading
RIP to Alan Arkin
One big overdue tribute to a comedy legend alongside two rather recent passings. I wanted to get them out of the way before my big 55 day tomorrow since nothing but fun, fun and happiness over the next 24 hours! … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Aughts, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Drama, Eighties, Nineties, Rock, Seventies, Teens, Teens (21st Century)
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Surrounded by Assholes!
My co-worker/friend Jason ran into these Assholes at the San Diego Comic Convention last weekend!
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Humor, Movies, Pictures
Tagged Comedy, Eighties, Parody, Science Fiction
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Traveller is 46 years old
Forty years ago, I got acquainted with the famous three little black books. Looking back, Traveller was my second RPG. I could’ve sworn Star Frontiers and Bushido preceded it but as I remembered my time at Strake Jesuit, nope. A classmate and … Continue reading
I lost all my money at Biff’s and only got this lousy shirt
Fright Rags’ ears were burning today too. I was going to post this latest design I bought from them and blammo! They brought back Spatula City! I’ll probably get Wargames too due to the anniversary of it. What’s really sad is how … Continue reading