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The Perfect Life #88
Dear Dr. Perfect, My husband told me he planned to train our labradoodle, which at first was welcome news because Petunia was awfully high-strung. But it turns out he meant he was training her to sing opera. I had my doubts, but he was successful. But now he is training her to sing German opera. Continue reading
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Video: The Drunken Odyssey Academy #3
Here is the third installment of TDO Academy, in which I instill a respect for sentences and paragraphs as units of meaning. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #359: Dark Fury
“I’ve been betrayed by my own brother,” the Revenging Manta said with incredulaty. “I must face them. It is a point of honor.” The traitorous Albert Simmons faded back into the hoard of gang members while the enforcer, Elle, reached behind his back and produced a mace that he swung to and fro. The Revenging Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #149: A Smack of Olives
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A Continue reading
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Video: Reaction to Mickey Mouse in Gallopin’ Gaucho
John and Samantha delve once again into the original Mickey Mouse cartoons seeking their literary merit. Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #346: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 38
There’s a variety of reasons comics end up in the pile. Some are longer series that I’m waiting to end before I dive in. Other series require important context that I can only get from reading another series first. And then there’s the few that end up there because I didn’t know they ended, partially due to Continue reading
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Episode 688: Schloctoberfest 2025 #3 (A Discussion of Seconds, with Jeff Shuster)
On this week’s show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss a 1966 John Frankenheimer thriller that really made us sweat in pleasantly unpleasant ways, like an existentialist episode of The Twilight Zone, or La Dolce Vita as a horror show. NOTES If you’d like to support this show with a monthly subscription that will feature bonus Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #345: Deadly Friend
The Revenging Manta threw a shuriken at the assassin speeding away on the red Ducati, but it was no use. Banana-Man was killed just as he was about to spill the beans on the Goose Lord’s big plans. I was thinking if only we had a vehicle to chase after that assassin when I saw Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #119: Flooding
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A Continue reading
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Video: Ridley Pearson Interview
Back on episode 657, John spoke with New York Times best-selling author Ridley Pearson at Miami Books Fair 2024. Here is a video of that interview in which they discuss Ridley’s long-running Kingdom Keepers series. Continue reading
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