Ken Plume
@kenplume.bsky.social
I write, do interviews, host podcasts, produce, & other stuff.
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Your mighty Marvel calendars for December… (1/3)
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Your mighty Marvel calendars for December… (1/3)
“Hulk Claus feel puny child ungrateful for personal appearance at holidays and hope parents of puny child pay cash not check or Hulk smash shiny tree.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“Hulk Claus feel puny child ungrateful for personal appearance at holidays and hope parents of puny child pay cash not check or Hulk smash shiny tree.”
Have a merry Marvel holiday…
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Have a merry Marvel holiday…
As a kid, when I didn’t see a friend for a summer, it usually meant the friendship was over as we’d be complete strangers to each other should we interact again. As an adult, I can go 5 years without talking to someone then have lunch & it seems like no time has passed. Old brains are weird.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
As a kid, when I didn’t see a friend for a summer, it usually meant the friendship was over as we’d be complete strangers to each other should we interact again. As an adult, I can go 5 years without talking to someone then have lunch & it seems like no time has passed. Old brains are weird.
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By the 3rd season of The Muppet Show, we’ve got a fully formed Gonzo performing what, for me, is almost a mission statement of a song for the entire Muppet Show. Dave Goelz just sparkles in his performance with every little nuance he throws in to the vocals & puppeteering.
March 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
By the 3rd season of The Muppet Show, we’ve got a fully formed Gonzo performing what, for me, is almost a mission statement of a song for the entire Muppet Show. Dave Goelz just sparkles in his performance with every little nuance he throws in to the vocals & puppeteering.
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A knock-out performance that should not be lost to time is the legendary Levi Stubbs performing “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” from Little Shop Of Horrors with a giant Audrey II looking behind him (shout-out to the puppeteers) at the 1987 Academy Awards ceremony…
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A knock-out performance that should not be lost to time is the legendary Levi Stubbs performing “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” from Little Shop Of Horrors with a giant Audrey II looking behind him (shout-out to the puppeteers) at the 1987 Academy Awards ceremony…
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From her 1969 television special, here’s Mama Cass Elliott with Joni Mitchell & Mary Travers,
performing “I Shall Be Released”…
performing “I Shall Be Released”…
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
From her 1969 television special, here’s Mama Cass Elliott with Joni Mitchell & Mary Travers,
performing “I Shall Be Released”…
performing “I Shall Be Released”…
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Harry Nilsson’s singing on this Ban deodorant radio ad from 1968 is just about as delightfully Harry Nilsson as you can get…
December 12, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Harry Nilsson’s singing on this Ban deodorant radio ad from 1968 is just about as delightfully Harry Nilsson as you can get…
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I will never not be delighted by the aural beauty & playful cleverness of this Harry Nilsson performance from 1971, singing alongside himself. It’s a shame we never got Harry as a guest on The Muppet Show, as he would have fit in just as wonderfully as Paul Williams.
March 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I will never not be delighted by the aural beauty & playful cleverness of this Harry Nilsson performance from 1971, singing alongside himself. It’s a shame we never got Harry as a guest on The Muppet Show, as he would have fit in just as wonderfully as Paul Williams.
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Harry Nilsson performing “Think About Your Troubles” - One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists, and a beautiful contextualization of the significant insignificance of our existence (all set to a lovely tune)…
June 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Harry Nilsson performing “Think About Your Troubles” - One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists, and a beautiful contextualization of the significant insignificance of our existence (all set to a lovely tune)…
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Speaking of the transformative nature of a bombastic horn section, this live version of The Kinks’ “Village Green Preservation Society” from 1973 is another example of elevating an already iconic song…
August 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Speaking of the transformative nature of a bombastic horn section, this live version of The Kinks’ “Village Green Preservation Society” from 1973 is another example of elevating an already iconic song…
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I still recall vividly how satisfying the Velcro was on Kermit’s hands when repeatedly attaching and removing them from his fleece.
July 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I still recall vividly how satisfying the Velcro was on Kermit’s hands when repeatedly attaching and removing them from his fleece.
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
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This was a holiday project that was entirely the notion of the brill @mollylewis.wtf who asked me if we could journey down this cursed track together AND WE DID and it was fun to do, it’s fun for you to listen to, and means I NEVER have to watch it again…
This is as good a reminder as any that @kenplume.bsky.social and I chewed this movie up in 4 minute bites so you don't have to…
👉👈 unless you want to?
🚂🎅🏻 waffle.media/polardepress...
👉👈 unless you want to?
🚂🎅🏻 waffle.media/polardepress...
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This was a holiday project that was entirely the notion of the brill @mollylewis.wtf who asked me if we could journey down this cursed track together AND WE DID and it was fun to do, it’s fun for you to listen to, and means I NEVER have to watch it again…
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If you haven’t yet heard this delightfully festive VENTURE BROS holiday chat I had with Doc Hammer, there’s no time like the present (and it helps support doing more fun things like this)…
#VentureBros fans! I recorded a 2.5hr-long conversation w/ Doc Hammer, in which we talked about the creation of every single one of the Venture Bros. holiday songs - from the very first to the very latest*, in-depth - as well as just having a fun, rollicking chat. Available at bit.ly/hammerholiday
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you haven’t yet heard this delightfully festive VENTURE BROS holiday chat I had with Doc Hammer, there’s no time like the present (and it helps support doing more fun things like this)…
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Discovering network TV shows lost to time never fails to boggle...
August 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Discovering network TV shows lost to time never fails to boggle...
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Growing up in my era, jingles may as well have been a component of Top 40 radio, as you never knew when a surprise hit might drop and climb the charts...
August 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Growing up in my era, jingles may as well have been a component of Top 40 radio, as you never knew when a surprise hit might drop and climb the charts...
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Pour one out for all of the product mascots that never succeeded (Pairing this one with the slogan "More Meat To Eat" may not have helped)...
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pour one out for all of the product mascots that never succeeded (Pairing this one with the slogan "More Meat To Eat" may not have helped)...
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Before you see the color, the RCA ColorTrak system GRABS IT and John Huston seems to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping...
September 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Before you see the color, the RCA ColorTrak system GRABS IT and John Huston seems to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping...
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This whole ad, from jingle to copy, feels like a first draft.
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This whole ad, from jingle to copy, feels like a first draft.
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This was the height of my generation's mobile gaming.
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This was the height of my generation's mobile gaming.
If you haven’t yet heard this delightfully festive VENTURE BROS holiday chat I had with Doc Hammer, there’s no time like the present (and it helps support doing more fun things like this)…
#VentureBros fans! I recorded a 2.5hr-long conversation w/ Doc Hammer, in which we talked about the creation of every single one of the Venture Bros. holiday songs - from the very first to the very latest*, in-depth - as well as just having a fun, rollicking chat. Available at bit.ly/hammerholiday
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you haven’t yet heard this delightfully festive VENTURE BROS holiday chat I had with Doc Hammer, there’s no time like the present (and it helps support doing more fun things like this)…
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Another celebration of Frank Oz performing on talk shows, this time as Cookie Monster with Dick Cavett in 1971. Pure chaos. Beautiful, beautiful chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Another celebration of Frank Oz performing on talk shows, this time as Cookie Monster with Dick Cavett in 1971. Pure chaos. Beautiful, beautiful chaos.
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Re-watching BEATLES ANTHOLOGY and caught George's sly Rutles reference... Shout-out to @ericidle.bsky.social for "tea" time...
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Re-watching BEATLES ANTHOLOGY and caught George's sly Rutles reference... Shout-out to @ericidle.bsky.social for "tea" time...