Darkwing Duck was a half hour cartoon in The Disney Afternoon block of cartoons, airing from 1991 to 1992 on both weekday afternoons and (for the third season) ABC Saturday mornings. Not actually a spin-off from the similar universe of … Continue reading The Darkwing Night Thread
It’s Gilbert Gottfried’s birthday today. You may remember him from such classics like Beverly Hills Cop II: And Highway to Hell (yes, that’s really him): He also did the voice of some bird, but it was a minor role, and … Continue reading Gilbert Gottfried’s Birthday Night Thread
Today is the day the Triple Alliance died. In 1521, the last tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, Cuauhtémoc, fought to defend the city from the Spanish conquistadores, and ended up having to flee because the city — after having pissed off the … Continue reading The Fall of the Mexica Day Thread
So, here we are again: on the cusp of another government shutdown (has it only been a month? A few weeks?), and crisis has been averted! ….for another few weeks. I’d say “fool me once, shame on me” but it’s … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Averts a Shutdown….for Another Few Weeks
So, who are the Runaways? First, it was a short run comic series for Marvel, introducing a group of teenagers who were only friends because their parents were part of the PRIDE. The series gained enough attention to survive cancellation … Continue reading Spoil Sports: Hulu’s Runaways
Part One: Whoops, They Shot a Dude So, once upon a time, about a hundred years ago, Europe looked a lot differently than it does now. There were a couple of empires, a few countries we know of today didn’t exist, and there were some people who kind of hated this situation. Gavril Princip, one of those dudes who didn’t like this situation, was ultimately successful in assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, almost completely by accident, when their motorcade ended up driving right up to him. (Seriously. ) He shot both, killing them, and thus setting off … Continue reading The Armistice Night Thread
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