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Sleepover at The Stratton Mansion (The League)

This week’s assignment from the League of Extraordinary Bloggers was suggested by 3B’s Toy Hive, a great site to visit if you can. The task: — You have the opportunity to spend the night at any residence in pop culture. Where do you go? — Right now, I’m in my mid- late- advanced- 30’s and…

Mega Man 3 – when you heard that whistle… (1990, RVGoTM, The League)

This week’s challenge for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers is all about first impressions… — You never get a second chance at a first impression–what moment in pop culture had you saying “Now, that’s how you make an introduction!” — Now, I could easily draw from so many debut moments in movies, cartoons, comics and…

Zack Of All Trades (how Luther Vandross taught 80s kids about careers)

From about 1974 all the way up through the early 1990’s, back when they still showed cartoons on Saturday mornings, the ABC television network ran a series of animated public service announcements in between commercial breaks that mainly told viewers about health and nutrition. Collectively known as The ABC Bod Squad, these short cartoons are familiar…

Casting the Reboot: The Mighty Orbots Movie

Last week I appeared as a guest on the latest episode of The (title pending) Movie Podcast to talk about G.I. Joe: Retaliation. After hearing co-hosts Tank and Fogs review a few movies currently in theaters and then sharing thoughts on Retaliation with guests Howie Decker of UnderScoopFIRE.com and myself, it as time to put…

Go fly a kite! (The League)

This week’s challenge for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers comes from the great white North, and the Canadian Cave of Cool. As always, I’m ready to deliver… — When I was a kid, my favorite outdoor activity was flying kites. — Sure, it was great to play freeze tag or toss the ball around with…

Classick Cinema: Six reasons to go and see G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Editor’s note: This preview/spoiler-free review was intended to drop prior to seeing the film, but having an opportunity to see it early, I took it and will have more thoughts coming on our next podcast (CSP EPISODE 50!). If there are any spoiler elements or plot reveals, I have tried to omit or conceal them,…

Classick Cinema: My Guilty Pleasure (The League)

This week’s challenge for The League of Extraordinary Bloggers… Guilty Pleasures Other than certain aspects of my life, Classick is pretty much an open book online. But what you might not know is that other than action, fantasy, sci-fi, drama and sports documentary, there is a certain genre of movie that I am actually quite…

I’m Seeing Red: The League

A very quick assignment this week from The League of Extraordinary Bloggers… Photo Assignment: I’m seeing red! Piece of red velvet cake!!! A walk in the red pa… let’s get on with it, shall we?? Click on each photo below for more details… Collect these other posts this week from around The League! Fortune and…

“The Living Unicorn”.. when Ringling Bros. lied to me.

This post was originally a thread in the eclectik discussion forums. After reading, head over there to continue the discussion!! The year was 1985. I was *age withheld* and at the time really into the circus. Just a couple of years prior Pops took us to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at…

Classick Cinema: “Rocky V” and how I would fix it…

This post was originally a thread in the eclectik discussion forums. After reading, head over there to continue the discussion!! I am up pretty late/early in the wee hours every night, either due to my habits (video games, netflix, reading comic books, working on the podcast and site stuff) or restless sleep (dreams of running…