The Lists
-
The Lists #18: The Seven Strangest Moments in Disney Television History
The Lists #18 by John King The Seven Strangest Moments in Disney Television History Who is Bob Cummings kissing? Opening Day Ceremonies for Disneyland (aired on June 15, 1955). Television was a novel medium in 1955, and the ambition of trying to cover the entire festivities of the opening day of Disneyland was impressive. There were Continue reading
-
The Lists #17: Reasons to Watch Fifty Shades of Gray
The Lists #17 by John King Reasons to Watch Fifty Shades of Gray You have a personal grudge against one of the cast members. You like to masturbate to Architectural Digest. You hate women. You really hate women. You are really drunk, and bought a ticket to Selma, but ended up in the wrong theater and couldn’t make your Continue reading
-
The Lists #16: Notable Zombie Movies
The Lists #16 by John King Notable Zombie Movies Night of the Living Dead (1968):George A. Romero basically invents the genre in a low budget masterpiece that used actually news reporters to report on the zombie apocalypse in the film and used actual real entrails as props. A little zombie girl who looks like she’s Continue reading
28 Days Later, Bill Murray, Dan O’Bannon, Dawn of the Dead, Don Calfa, George A. Romero, Jesse Eisenberg, Linnea Quigley, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Nightmare City, Planet Terror, Rachel McAdams, Return of the Living Dead, Rose McGowan, Ryan Gosling, Shaun of the Dead, Sig Haig, The Notebook, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland -
The Lists #15: The Worst of the ’80s
The Lists #14 by Scott Hoffman The Worst of the ’80s “Kyrie Eleison” – Mr. Mister This bloated, pretentious mess reaches for great inspirational heights and falls far, far short of its goal. “Kyrie Eleison” is Greek for “Lord, have mercy.” Mr. Mister chose the phrase supposedly because they liked the way the words sounded. Continue reading
-
The Lists #14: Top 10 Things Not to Say to Your Theology School Comps Board
The Lists #14 by Scott Hoffman Top 10 Things Not to Say to Your Theology School Comps Board What’s it to ya?! Reading list? What reading list? Did you all find the envelopes I slipped under your doors? And now a reading from the Book of Mormon. Hey, did you hear the one about the Continue reading
-
The Lists #12: Literature Questions for Further Discussion (e.e. cummings “anyone lived in a pretty how town”)
The Lists #12 by John King Literature Questions for Further Discussion (e.e. cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town”) If e.e. cummings’s “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is an allegory for obscure figures from The Holy Bible, who would anyone and who would noone be? Recite the poem naked. Doesn’t that sound Continue reading
-
The Lists #11: Less-Than-Stellar Christmas Gifts That Actually Exist
The Lists #11 by John King Less Than Stellar Christmas Gifts That Actually Exist 1. Don’t “feed” Peanut Big Top water, please. Is this how Zayles creates its merchandise? 2. Compete with your friends to clean this dog’s feces. It’s just like real life. 3. According to child psychologists, one thing every matching game for Continue reading
-
The Lists #10: Your Won’t Believe What Happens Next After These Seven Facts About Taylor Swift
The Lists #10 by John King Your Won’t Believe What Happens Next After These Seven Facts About Taylor Swift Stonehenge was once a circle whose circumference was made up of standing-stone likeness of the Greek symbol ∏, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Within that circumference was a trapezoid made Continue reading
-
The Lists #9: Ten Reasons You Need to Stop Doing That
The Lists #9 by Scott Hoffman Ten Reasons You Need to Stop Doing That For the children. It’s unnatural. It’s the principle of the thing. I don’t care if the other kids are doing it. Because people can see you. I can see you. What will the neighbors think? Because what the neighbors think matters. Continue reading
-
The Lists #8: An Index for Bi the Book: How to Become Bisexual In Less than a Month
The Lists #8 by Chelsey Clammer An Index for Bi the Book: How to Become Bisexual In Less than a Month _______ Chelsey Clammer (Episode 49) has been published in The Rumpus, Essay Daily, and The Nervous Breakdown among many others. She is the Managing Editor and Nonfiction Editor for The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, as well as a columnist and workshop instructor for Continue reading
About
The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers.
The Drunken Odyssey 