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Juicy

Before the Ninja Juicer, there was Rovco’s Super Bass-o-matic ‘76™. In the classic SNL sketch, pitchman Dan Aykroyd did his best Pompeil to convince fish-eaters, that the days of troublesome scaling, cutting and gutting were, in fact, over.

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Furious

On October 27th, the second season of the critically acclaimed Netflix series Stranger Things begins. It will be interesting to see how the psychokentic heroine Eleven returns after her dramatic exit in season one.

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Fat

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the comical heavyweight, Chris Farley. It was in the now classic SNL sketch where he plays ‘Barney’, a hopeful Chippendale auditioning in a dance-off against ‘Adrian’ (Patrick Swayze). After exchanging 90 seconds of wild exotic dancing (and physical slapstick), Judge Kevin Nealon dryly delivers the let-down, “Barney, […]

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Mysterious

I remember watching classic episodes of Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Scooby Doo, Where Are You!’ as a kid and predicting the actions of the main characters, based on their distinct personalities. Once the formula was established, every episode practically wrote itself. — Gang stumbles upon mystery. Shaggy and Scooby get scared. Shaggy and Scooby get hungry. Shaggy and Scooby eat. […]

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Screech

My apologies to those who may be unfamiliar with the early 90s sitcom Saved by the Bell. The series’ stereotypical nerd, Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers, seemed like a logical choice for today’s prompt.

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Blair’s Witch Project

Look what Witch Warner whipped up at Eastland School for girls. I don’t think Mrs. Garrett would approve of such crafts. Oh well. You take the good, you take the bad.

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You Rang?

Hey everyone, let’s hear it for Monday! <Insert deep guttural Lurch groan here>.

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Gomez

The ever-creepy and kooky Gomez Addams. John Astin was the cigar-smoking, arm-kissing, french-speaking character in the 60s television comedy The Addams Family.

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“Another Nice Mess”

The classic slapstick comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. I remember staying up late at night in the summer to watch reruns of this program.

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Castaways

I remember tuning in to Gilligan’s Island quite a bit on Superstation WTBS growing up. Little did I know, there was some hidden theology lesson about vices in every episode. Apparently creator Sherwood Schwartz based each of the characters on a deadly sin. Any guesses on who the Skipper and Gilligan represented?