The Friday Link for 10/30/26

Hi all!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween.  PLEASE do not drink and drive. There are too many ways for you to get around that don't involve being stupid.  

Also, remember to turn your clocks back one hour when you go to bed on Halloween night!

I have to start off with Patrick Stewart.  I loved him on Star Trek, and he made a great Professor X in the X-Men/Marel movies, but he was so good in so many other things.

With his passing, this clip from Sesame Street where he does a Shakespearean version tribute to the letter 'B' came up in my timeline, and it is one of the most perfect things I've ever seen. 

Here are a bunch of clips of his appearances on various talk shows and some of his comedy bits.  His brutal honesty and charming conversation style made him so enjoyable to watch. Side note: the image that promotes this video post doesn't seem to be in the video.

One of the funniest things he ever did was stand in for John Oliver on The Daily Show. This video is very hard to find, but I did find the complete bit posted on Reddit.

Full Clip of Sir Patrick Stewart on TDS as John Oliver
by u/ScottRodgerson in DailyShow

I will miss him. 

With it being Halloween tomorrow, I had to put something scary in here, so we head over to Monstrum with Dr. Emily Zarka and her tale of a haunted house in England, which became the beginning of ghost hunting and supernatural investigations!  

Have a wonderful Halloween weekend.

Nothing is scarier than ignorance.  Please make sure you keep up to date with your flu shot and vaccinations.