The Friday Link for 10/27/23

I hope everyone has a nice Halloween on Tuesday and a lot of fun this weekend.

I remember the first time someone sent a VHS tape of an episode of the first Comedy Channel's season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Compared to how polished the show would become it still seemed somewhat amateurish, but Robot Holocaust was so funny. 

I didn't see much of the show in Germany, and it was only when I returned to MSP in 1992 did I finally see an episode on the now-branded Comedy Central, realizing it had become a cultural phenomenon. Long-time readers of Progressive Citizen X know I love the show.

But I have not seen too many of the original KTMA episodes. The early shows were very different from what would become the beloved later show, but this episode 'SST: Death Flight' was the episode where it all started to come together in regards to riffing.  I had a few other fans suggest it as a good place to start the KTMA season and it does not disappoint.  It does help that this pathetically bad 'Airport' rip-off has an easy-to-mock cast of celebrities. 

And how about Trace Beaulieu looking like Dan Gladden!

Enjoy!

Speaking of Dan Gladden, with the World Series starting let's revisit the greatest World Series of all time, the one the Twins won in 1991.  My roommate and I were the only Twins fans on the Army base in Nuremberg and we ended up making a lot of enemies with the Braves fans.  We celebrated the win at our morning PT where we had to do a lot of extra push-ups.  I made a lot of money on bets on that series.

Jolly Olive has this review.

Have a great weekend everyone.  Stay safe and watch for kiddos on Halloween night.

And remember to get your COVID vaccination and flu shots! 

The Friday Link for 10/20/23

Hi all! It is the spooky season and tonight I have a scare that has stayed with me from the first time I watched it, the short 'The Raft,' from Creepshow 2. 

The characters in this are fairly predictable, although the order in which they go is a little unique (at least it was for the time). What 'The Raft' does is prove you can get great horror and scares from a very simple concept and very simple effects. The creature in this is pretty much a garbage bag in the water, but it sure scared the crud out of me nearly 40 years ago and still does to a point today.

I remember being very freaked out about going in lakes for a year after watching this.

How about a more modern scare? The bloater outbreak scene in Kansas City from The Last Of Us is just fantastic. If you didn't watch that show, I highly encourage you to do so.  An amazingly well-done new take on the zombie genre. 

Finally tonight, a laugh. If you've never watched the original cinematic trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it is a freaking riot. Sweet Lord is Michael Palin funny. This one is updated for the rerelease, but the first half of this is the same as the original was presented on the extended Blue Ray. 

Have a wonderful weekend.  Remember the flu vaccines and the COVID shots. I don't want you to get sick, go to the hospital, be saddled with a lifetime of medical debt, or die. I really don't.

The Friday Link for 10/13/23

Happy Friday the 13th everyone.  This week I have something REALLY scary for you! ME!

I have spent my day dealing with the installation of a new water heater and now I have a ceiling fan dripping in my bathroom.  I am officially tapping out.

For you tonight are two of my better AM 950 radio rants from the last few years. First up is why you should have never named Lake Calhoun after John C Calhoun.

Afterwards was me exploding at Trump for his treatment of the four soldiers who were killed in Niger, and their families. 

Enjoy!

Have a great weekend everyone!   Make sure to get your flu and COVID shots!

The Friday Link for 10/6/23

Howdy all! 

This week we start off with a true American hero, General Mark Milley.  Thanks to him (and a few others) we still have a functioning Democracy.  When the bloated traitor that is Donald Trump took office, I made a few posts where I pointed out I could never see the military sacrificing this country for one egotistical narcissistic man.  I was right.  As the General says, the military serves the Constitution, not any one individual. Although Trump CLEARLY pressured to military to support him over the country, General Milley and the rest of the armed forces did not waiver. 

Thank you for all you did for our country, sir.  I salute you.  And General, if anyone does come after you, they'll have to go through me, and a heck of a lot of us too! God bless you! Go Army! 

Also tonight is John Oliver and the return of Last Week Tonight.

I wasn't planning on posting this video, as it seemed kind of contrived to post his segment from the week his show returned from the Writer's Strike, and it was a pretty heavy topic, the failure of prison medical care. 

But then we had the story emerge this week of a case in Minnesota where a man serving a sentence for vehicle and alcohol violations was so mistreated by the prison healthcare system the man lost portions of both of his arms (Story here: https://www.startribune.com/12-2-million-settlement-for-man-who-lost-limbs-after-deliberate-indifference-by-scott-county-jail/600309852/).  Once again John Oliver takes what seems like a fringe issue and shows us the ugly truth; it's happening everywhere.

I've had multiple fake Christian Rightos insist the guy got what he deserved and how we should stop concerning ourselves with this case and instead free the poor January 6th insurrectionists.  First off, no. Second, you are truly heartless, making me wonder if indeed you are digressing into a lesser form of human. Shame on you.  

I got vaccinated for both the COVID virus and for the flu on Thursday! 

Get your shots scheduled as soon as possible.

Have a great weekend.