Michael Walsh - Human
@burgermike.bsky.social
The Nerdist guy who talks about Westeros like it's a real place. Also a noted cheeseburger enthusiast. (Hence the username.)
The Grinch would have turned good within minutes of meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past. Guy (thing? animal? creature?) just wasn't a true hater.
Scrooge was a true hater, which is why they needed to hit him with the whole Christmas Ghost Playbook.
Scrooge was a true hater, which is why they needed to hit him with the whole Christmas Ghost Playbook.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Grinch would have turned good within minutes of meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past. Guy (thing? animal? creature?) just wasn't a true hater.
Scrooge was a true hater, which is why they needed to hit him with the whole Christmas Ghost Playbook.
Scrooge was a true hater, which is why they needed to hit him with the whole Christmas Ghost Playbook.
I haven't updated my official rankings in years, but "Eye of the Tiger" is not even a top four Rocky song with lyrics.
It's not even the best Survivor Rocky song!
It's not even the best Survivor Rocky song!
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I haven't updated my official rankings in years, but "Eye of the Tiger" is not even a top four Rocky song with lyrics.
It's not even the best Survivor Rocky song!
It's not even the best Survivor Rocky song!
YEEEAH! My friend Jeremy is up early on the west coast for his annual live posting of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Top five yearly tradition for me. The other four also involve pie.
Oh I am TOO TIRED to do this but here we go!! #Heistgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
YEEEAH! My friend Jeremy is up early on the west coast for his annual live posting of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Top five yearly tradition for me. The other four also involve pie.
At @nerdist.bsky.social I wrote about why Ted Wheeler is the only character on Stranger Things I truly care about.*
*In a very specific way
*In a very specific way
If Vecna wins and kills everyone during Stranger Things 5 we hope he spares one character (for a very fitting reason): Ted Wheeler.
I Hope Ted Wheeler Is the Only Character to Survive STRANGER THINGS 5
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November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
At @nerdist.bsky.social I wrote about why Ted Wheeler is the only character on Stranger Things I truly care about.*
*In a very specific way
*In a very specific way
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This week for @nerdist.bsky.social, I got
to briefly chat with one of my childhood idols, Cassandra Peterson, as she gave me the details on her new #Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot set. We also talked about already preparing for next Halloween, and one Trixie Mattel. nerdist.com/article/cass...
to briefly chat with one of my childhood idols, Cassandra Peterson, as she gave me the details on her new #Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot set. We also talked about already preparing for next Halloween, and one Trixie Mattel. nerdist.com/article/cass...
Cassandra Peterson on Her Deliciously Dark Elvira Tarot Cards
The woman behind Elvira, Cassandra Peterson, talks all about her new delightful and dark Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot card set.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week for @nerdist.bsky.social, I got
to briefly chat with one of my childhood idols, Cassandra Peterson, as she gave me the details on her new #Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot set. We also talked about already preparing for next Halloween, and one Trixie Mattel. nerdist.com/article/cass...
to briefly chat with one of my childhood idols, Cassandra Peterson, as she gave me the details on her new #Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot set. We also talked about already preparing for next Halloween, and one Trixie Mattel. nerdist.com/article/cass...
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
I don't usually have two weird food things go up at @nerdist.bsky.social so close together. Lucky you!
(Yes, that's ice cream with mac and cheese. Also yes, I ate it.)
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(Yes, that's ice cream with mac and cheese. Also yes, I ate it.)
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We Ate Kraft's Limited-Edition Apple Pie Mac & Cheese with Other WEIRD Foods
Kraft is back with another weird foodstuff, so we got weird with Kraft Mac & Cheese Apple Pie. The results were stranger than we expected.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I don't usually have two weird food things go up at @nerdist.bsky.social so close together. Lucky you!
(Yes, that's ice cream with mac and cheese. Also yes, I ate it.)
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(Yes, that's ice cream with mac and cheese. Also yes, I ate it.)
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I knew I was going to be much higher on The Running Man than a lot of people. I even said so in my glowing review, where I explained why I think it's much smarter and emotionally draining than the trailers suggested.
Review: Edgar Wright's The Running Man is wildly entertaining, tense, and funny with incredibly resonant themes.
THE RUNNING MAN Is Rich with Powerful Ideas About the Rich and Powerful (Review)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I knew I was going to be much higher on The Running Man than a lot of people. I even said so in my glowing review, where I explained why I think it's much smarter and emotionally draining than the trailers suggested.
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Mistakes were made-- from the creation of this abomination to the poor life choices of one writer trying to do his job.
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mistakes were made-- from the creation of this abomination to the poor life choices of one writer trying to do his job.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My goal: to eat an entire Taco Bell Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie by myself in one sitting.
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My goal: to eat an entire Taco Bell Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie by myself in one sitting.
I think the book I most want to write is a 14-part series on The Leftovers.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I think the book I most want to write is a 14-part series on The Leftovers.
THIS IS THE CRAZIEST GAME IN HISTORY I LOVE SPORTS NOTHING BEATS SPORTS
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
THIS IS THE CRAZIEST GAME IN HISTORY I LOVE SPORTS NOTHING BEATS SPORTS
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Perfect way to end Spooky Season? Listen @burgermike.bsky.social and myself, along with host Kyle Anderson, talk all about the mascots of #Halloween, the Universal Monsters, for @nerdist.bsky.social’s Laser Focus podcast. “Listen to us, the children of the night!” open.spotify.com/episode/3kNu...
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Perfect way to end Spooky Season? Listen @burgermike.bsky.social and myself, along with host Kyle Anderson, talk all about the mascots of #Halloween, the Universal Monsters, for @nerdist.bsky.social’s Laser Focus podcast. “Listen to us, the children of the night!” open.spotify.com/episode/3kNu...
This was a really fun pod. If you like fun and/or pods, you should listen.
For the end of spooky season, let's go back to the first Universal Monsters movies. How well do these nearly 100-year-old movies hold up now? Well, a first time viewer gives his thoughts open.spotify.com/episode/3k...
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This was a really fun pod. If you like fun and/or pods, you should listen.
And here it is! For fun people!
He's pretty slow alright.
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And here it is! For fun people!
I did something fun for work that is absolutely going to have a certain type of person yelling at me, as though my life has been full of infinite time and freedom to experience everything that has ever been created.
But forget them. Can't wait to share it with normal people!
But forget them. Can't wait to share it with normal people!
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I did something fun for work that is absolutely going to have a certain type of person yelling at me, as though my life has been full of infinite time and freedom to experience everything that has ever been created.
But forget them. Can't wait to share it with normal people!
But forget them. Can't wait to share it with normal people!
@bransonreese.bsky.social Is Baptiste the most fun character to write for?
Also I would die for Baptiste.
Also I would die for Baptiste.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@bransonreese.bsky.social Is Baptiste the most fun character to write for?
Also I would die for Baptiste.
Also I would die for Baptiste.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Can't remember the last screening I went to where some critics were furious about the movie they just saw.
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Can't remember the last screening I went to where some critics were furious about the movie they just saw.
I want to fight the guy who has never met a single child but yet somehow got hired to label the sizes on kids socks.
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I want to fight the guy who has never met a single child but yet somehow got hired to label the sizes on kids socks.
As part of "Creatures from Another Dimension" week at @nerdist.bsky.social I wrote about one of my true passions in life: terrible '90s Stephen King adaptions that are so bad I love them. Obviously this is about The Langoliers.
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The Worst Creature From Another Dimension Is Clearly TV's THE LANGOLIERS
No show or movie has ever delivered a worse creature from another dimension than ABC bringing Stephen King's The Langoliers to the screen.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As part of "Creatures from Another Dimension" week at @nerdist.bsky.social I wrote about one of my true passions in life: terrible '90s Stephen King adaptions that are so bad I love them. Obviously this is about The Langoliers.
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Wrote a joke in my sleep:
Why was Annie Wilkes' such a big fan of John Ritter?
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Misery loves Three's Company
Why was Annie Wilkes' such a big fan of John Ritter?
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Misery loves Three's Company
October 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Wrote a joke in my sleep:
Why was Annie Wilkes' such a big fan of John Ritter?
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Misery loves Three's Company
Why was Annie Wilkes' such a big fan of John Ritter?
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Misery loves Three's Company
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Review: With an amazing soundtrack, fantastic action sequences and visual effects, and a cast that elevates the script, Tron fans will be happy to have the franchise power back up.
TRON: ARES Is a Less Weird Entry, But Will Still Please TRON Lovers
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October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Review: With an amazing soundtrack, fantastic action sequences and visual effects, and a cast that elevates the script, Tron fans will be happy to have the franchise power back up.