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Bill Scurry

@billscurry.bsky.social

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Amsterdam, NL; hij/hem Born naked, screaming, and illiterate -- triumphed over two of those obstacles. Founder: AmericanCaesar Enterprises (youtube.com/amcaesar) Co-host: "I Don't Get It" podcast Frequent guest: "Wrong Reel" and "Film ’89" podcasts

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QuasarSniffer @quasarsniffer.bsky.social · 7h

From elitist goons to working class heroes, dozens of comics took a paycheck to do a favor for the Saudi government and @noahandbillshow.bsky.social is on the case! Join @billscurry.bsky.social and @noahtarnow.bsky.social as they examine the Riyadh Comedy Festival!
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I Don't Get It: Riyadh Comedy Festival

Podcast Episode · I Don't Get It Podcast · 10/13/2025 · 50m

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Bill Scurry @billscurry.bsky.social · 16h

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The Film ‘89 Podcast™️ @film89.bsky.social · 16h

Review - Following on from his recent in-depth essay looking back at Tron: Legacy (2010), @moviekessler.bsky.social gives his analysis and verdict of #TronAres (2025).

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Tron: Ares (2025).

After expressing my low expectations for Tron: Ares in my article celebrating the first two Tron films, I just wanted to follow-up now that I’ve now seen it. It’s probably for the best that I wasn’…

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Bill Scurry @billscurry.bsky.social · 1d

Mark MAROOONE!

a man is looking up in front of a lamar landscape truck

ALT: a man is looking up in front of a lamar landscape truck

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Dr. Stathis Borans approves.

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One ping, Vasili.

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This week on @noahandbillshow.bsky.social, me and @noahtarnow.bsky.social look with great amusement at the scorn heaped upon hypocritical comedians as they tapdance for a murderous regime.

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I Don't Get It: Riyadh Comedy Festival

I DON'T GET IT is the ironically named podcast which features the open-minded musings of two middle-aged curmudgeons (Noah Tarnow and Bill Scurry) who love pop culture, talking about a hot topic of th

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Dalia the Raven ☪️ @turkishmeatchugger.bsky.social · 2d

You put Norman Reedus in a Merchant Ivory film, or a space adventure, and he just shows up with the exact same look, huh? Interesting.

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My friend the quizmaster in Purmerend used her talk show gaffe "een aantal" as a multimedia question, illustrating how unserious she is.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 3d

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Bill Scurry @billscurry.bsky.social · 3d

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Peter Paul Rubens, the esteemed Flemish painter, was once noted as saying “Ik weet wat je bent, maar wat ben ik?”

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The Film ‘89 Podcast™️ @film89.bsky.social · 5d

Feature - With the release this week of #TronAres , @moviekessler.bsky.social takes a look back at the sequel to the original Tron, 2010’s Tron: Legacy. Receiving a lukewarm reception upon its release, it’s now regarded by many as one of the better ‘Legasequels’.

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In Defence of… Tron: Legacy (2010).

There’s a new Tron (1982) sequel, Tron: Ares about to be unleashed upon us, and though my own expectations are tempered for it, I thought it would be a perfect excuse to look back at the now fiftee…

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 5d

Youth problem? What youth problem? These young Tories look cool cool cool

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 6d

A study in the Lancet estimated that U.S. foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including over 4.5 million children under five.

4.5 million. Children under five.

And the people doing this say they’re “pro-life”.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Brian Saur @bobfreelander.bsky.social · 6d

New @purecinemapod.bsky.social Horrorthon episode coming tomorrow! With @patrickbromley.bsky.social from @fthismovie.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/show/4xbAl28...

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Becky D’Anna @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social · 6d

At the @academymuseum.bsky.social with @davidbooher.bsky.social to revisit some spectral trauma

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Bill Scurry @billscurry.bsky.social · 5d

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d

Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive

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What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

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The Film ‘89 Podcast™️ @film89.bsky.social · 6d

On Episode 139 of The #Film89Podcast, @skyemovies.bsky.social, @leightwinst.bsky.social & @leannekubicz.bsky.social discuss the insane making of Mad Max: Fury Road for its 10th anniversary.

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Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podomatic, Amazon Music & more.

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Bill Scurry @billscurry.bsky.social · 6d

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