Today’s contestants are: Jeopardy! AMERICAN HISTORY // BOOK TITLES IN OTHER WORDS // RESTAURANT HIJINKS // IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM // TALK LIKE A PIRATE // ENEMIES–NOT A LOVE STORY DD1 – $600 – IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Sept. 18
Saúl Armendáriz has been a professional luchador since 1988. In Cassandro we see his rise from humble runt to celebrated exótico. The Liberace of Lucha Libre. The exóticos would wrestle in drag. Regardless of their sexuality they adopted flamboyant queer … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Cassandro (2023)
Happy Monday, folks! This is Wolfman Jew, and it’s the Weekly Video Games Thread. You know, I’ve got this great prompt on asshole characters that I’ve been wanting to do, but things keep popping up. Ideas, you know? And the … Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Grabs a Suit and a Role to Go with It
It’s time for group play! We have 2,990 songs this time, in 24-song groups[footnote]The last one’s got 13, you don’t like it call the cops[/footnote]. That means 125 groups! Slightly more than last time with only half the years. For … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2021-2022: Group 43
Are you prepared for the greatest invention of all time? Continue reading Ad Space – Happy Hot Dog Man
Are there any narrative, artistic, funny, delicious, or weird videos around the web you want to share? Come chat about them here! Continue reading Weekly YouTube Thread (09/18/23)
Hello all! Welcome back to the Avocado Reference Desk. This is intended to be a weekly thread where people are able to get answers to questions that may require a bit of thought or research and that might otherwise be … Continue reading Avocado Reference Desk – September 18, 2023
This epic collection (no capitalization, see what I did there) belongs to “Epic Marvel” podcaster Kurtis Findlay. 10 years ago today, the first marvel, epic collection, Iron Man, volume 10 The Enemy Within, was published. In the following weeks they do more … Continue reading 10 YEARS OF MARVEL EPIC COLLECTIONS DAY THREAD
Wizard | Aired: May 10, 2010 | Reviewed by Josephus Brown One of my favorite aspects of Adventure Time is the vaguely warped morality it has. The start of this episode is a perfect example. Finn and Jake stroll across … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Wizard” and “Evicted!”
What did you do this weekend? Continue reading What did you do this weekend?
For the month of September, we’re going to be focusing on the world of animation and that means going through a lot of very different elements of it. Thanks to Mr. Ixolite for the prompts! To get this day underway, … Continue reading 30 Day Animation Rebooted Challenge Day 18: Character Designs & Art Style
Can the first person here each day create multiple Results threads (the first ones for Wordle, etc., and the last one for Sporcle trivia)? Quiz Type: Clickable / Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Sunday: MiscellaneousMonday: LiteratureTuesday: GeographyWednesday: MusicThursday: HistoryFriday: Movies & … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, September 18, 2023
Wildfires in Canada led to dangerous air quality in parts of the US for the first time. See the affected areas “The increased purple air days that you saw this year, probably 100% of those were attributable to the [Canadian] … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Sometimes, lasagna isn’t enough… Continue reading The Garfield and Friends Night Thread is Hungry…FOR YOU!!!
Time to see which songs made it! [spoiler title=”Round 1 Results”]Match 1: “Darkness on the Edge of Town” (24) vs. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” (19)Match 2?: “Streets of Philadelphia” (24) vs. “The Ghost of Tom Joad” (20) Match 3: “The … Continue reading Bruce Springsteen Song Tournament: Quarter-Finals
Written by: Shirin NafajiDirected by: James Kim “All weapons simply pass through and come out the other end, like that ball bearing I once mistook for a mint.” I don’t about the rest of you, but this is the one … Continue reading Futurama, Season Ten, Episode Eight, “Zapp Gets Cancelled”
Third time is the charm for Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptations. A Haunting in Venice wisely tells an original story here rather than competing with a classic. He borrows a few names from Hallowe’en Party and discards the rest. The … Continue reading Spoil Sports: A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Erf was Garth Ennis & Rob Steen’s children’s book in 2013. Yes, That Garth Ennis. I guess originally a Kickstarted project, it was published for the mass market by Dynamite Press. I have yet to meet Garth Ennis, and if … Continue reading TALES FROM THE LONGBOX: ERF
The weekend totals for September 15th through September 17th, 2023 estimates are in: 1.) A Haunting in Venice (Dis) 3,305 Fri $5.5M, 3-day $14M-$15M/Wk 1 2) The Nun 2 (NL) 3,743 theaters (+15), Fri $4.4M (-66%) 3-day $14.6M (-55%) Total $56.3M/Wk 2 3.) Equalizer 3 (Sony) 3,528 (-437) theaters Fri … Continue reading Weekend Box Office Totals For September 15th – 17th
Have some doormats in this trying time: Continue reading The Doormat Day Thread (September 17, 2023)
