Jeffrey Shuster
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The Curator of Schlock #105: The Substitute 3
The Curator of Schlock #105 by Jeff Shuster The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All There’s no substitute for Treat Williams. Yeah, we’re stuck with him again! Look, I like Treat Williams. I just don’t know that he was the best pick to play a hardcore mercenary turned high school teacher. How many hardcore mercenary turned… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #90: The Legend of Billie Jean
The Curator of Schlock #90 by Jeff Shuster The Legend of Billie Jean I’ve always loved outlaws or the idea of the outlaw. Maybe it’s because my dad was a police officer. The idea of a hero that is heroic for the defying the law has always fascinated me. Heroes like Robin Hood, Lupin the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #71: Scanners
The Curator of Schlock #71 by Jeff Shuster Scanners Now with More Asterisks! It’s New Year’s Day and I’m trying to think of something significant to say about the movie Scanners. Actually, it’s technically the day after New Year’s day, if you want to get technical. I think it’s almost 2 A.M. and I have… Continue reading
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Episode 131: A Christmas Radio Play
Episode 131 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week’s episode got a bit out of hand. Jared Silvia tells me that, for legal reasons, this needs to be called a radio play. Anyway, I talk to Santa, have an interview you… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #60: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales
The Curator of Schlock #60 by Jeff Shuster Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales (Like twice-baked potatoes, except totally different) I have a passing familiarity with Nathaniel Hawthorne, and by passing familiarity, I’m referring to time I read the first couple of chapters of The House of the Seven Gables in my 8th grade English class. I remember there was… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #50: Jeff’s 7 Reasons Not Curate Schlock
The Curator of Schlock #50 by Jeff Shuster Jeff’s 7 Reasons Not Curate Schlock Curating schlock is not for everyone. I get a lot of would be schlock-meisters poking around this museum, looking for internship opportunities. Well, we just don’t let anyone through these doors. Frankly, if your idea of Schlock is a movie featuring a… Continue reading
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Episode 102: A Roundtable in Honor of Donald Duck, on his 80th Birthday!
Episode 102 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Sean Ironman of Heroes Never Rust fame, Jeff Shuster, who is the Curator of Schlock, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me for a roundtable discussion of… Continue reading
102 Ways to Save Money at Walt Disney World, Der Furher’s Face, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Donald Duck, Donaldism, Dumbbell of the Yukon, Early to Bed, George Plimpton, Jeffrey Shuster, Lewis Hyde, Lou Mongello, Mary Blair, Mousterpiece Theater, RObert Benchley, Saludos Amigos, sean ironman, Teege Braune, The Band Concert, The Clock Watcher, The Symphony Hour, The Three Caballeros, Trickster Makes This World, Walt Disney -
The Curator of Schlock #39: Van Damme and Trejo, Together Again for the First Time
The Curator of Schlock #39 by Jeffrey Shuster Desert Heat: Van Damme and Trejo, Together Again for the First Time In Desert Heat from director John G. Avildsen, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Eddie Lomax, a motorcycle enthusiast who has given up on life. He drives his Indian out to middle of the desert with a bottle… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #35: Mortal Kombat
The Curator of Schlock #35 by Jeffrey Shuster Mortal Kombat = Mortal Komplicated! Okay. Time to roll out the big guns (err, fists) with 1995’s Mortal Kombat from director Paul W. S. Anderson. Oh man. Where do I even begin? Mortal Kombat was the game back the mid 90s. I remember getting my copy of Mortal… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #34: Double Dragon
The Curator of Schlock #34 by Jeffrey Shuster Double Dragon: Two for One! I’ve been getting some complaints that I don’t do enough kung fu movies. Well, I’m afraid my kung fu knowledge ends with Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, the greatest television show of all time. There was this one episode where this evil stage… Continue reading
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