Kind of busy right now, so for today's Saturday entertainment, here's a small Mst3k treat. This was a short that wasn't connected to any specific episode. Instead it was created for the planned 'Mst3k CD-Rom' project that was never completed. The short, however, found its way into the fan community and eventually onto DVD. I … Continue reading Mst3k Assignment Venezuela
Saturday Entertainment
Budweiser Swamp
In the mid-late-nineties, Budweiser beer started a new advertising campaign, consisting of a trio of frogs just croaking the syllables of their name. It became hugely popular and all-but iconic. Then, after a few variations, an actual story developed, played out over the course of the commercials (especially during Superbowls), involving a self-impressed lizard named … Continue reading Budweiser Swamp
The Temple of the Night
“Magnificent!” The young Englishwoman gazed out over the deep, mist-filled gorge. The mountains crowded in on all sides, their grey flanks dyed red in the rising sun, while the valley below was so deep and so narrow that what little could be seen through the breaks in the blanket of mists was lost in shadow. … Continue reading The Temple of the Night
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet was one of the top classic radio pulp heroes, along with the Lone Ranger (from the same author -Fran Striker - and whom the Hornet was descended from) and the king of all pulps, the Shadow. By day he's newspaper magnate Britt Reid (back when that was a more respectable occupation than … Continue reading The Green Hornet
Superman Cartoons
Between depression and job hunting, been really behind on writing. So instead of any new original fiction, I'm just plugging along offering you works I like. And I've got a treat for you today: the first three of Dave and Max Fleischer's original Superman cartoons. My goodness, the artistry on these old cartoons is amazing. … Continue reading Superman Cartoons
R.E. Howard: Skulls in the Stars
For this Saturday's entertainment, here's one of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories: Skulls in the Stars Credit: Guillem H. Pongiluppi, Art Station He told how murders walk the earthBeneath the curse of Cain,With crimson clouds before their eyesAnd flames about their brain:For blood has left upon their soulsIts everlasting stain.—Hood I There are two … Continue reading R.E. Howard: Skulls in the Stars
The Mikado
I am rapidly becoming a full-bore Gilbert and Sullivan fan. Their plays are some of those works, like the writings of Shakespeare, Pope, and Dickens, that really show off the English language to its full power of rhythm, sound, and turns of meaning. As well, of course, of being set to absolutely beautiful music. I … Continue reading The Mikado
San Francisco International
On Saturdays I like to offer some form of entertainment. Sometimes it's my own fiction, other times it's bringing attention to something that I think is worth your time. For today, I'm offering one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite shows: Mystery Science Theater 3000, episode 614: San Francisco International. This, I … Continue reading San Francisco International
Serpent's Den 