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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 1h

Our grocery store plays Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head when the sprinklers come on, like they're taunting you for getting hit, too.

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 3h

a man wearing a hat says " yikes " in front of him

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

One of my favorite tweets of all-time

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

I think it was in direct competition with another song from Streets of Fire, too. They might have been the only two song nominated that year, because nothing else could compare.
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Streets of Fire: Collector’s Edition: Nowhere Fast (HD)

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

I was too old for Kids' Meals in 1997, so I never bothered with them until I found the Creature at an antique store for cheap and then I had to track the rest of them down. I didn't wind up getting the accessories, but I really only wanted the figures anyway. spacemonkeyx.com/2024/10/22/b...

Burger King Universal Monsters Figures

I was way too old to be buying a Burger King Kid's Meal in 1997 (or so I thought), so these 3.75" Universal Monster figures completely flew under the radar for

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

You could fill the Creature with water, push on his chest, and it would squirt out of his mouth

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, he had a table that you could plug him into that would light up

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 6h

The BK Monster figures didn't have to go this hard

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 6h

No, black leather was his vest of choice

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 7h

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands up .

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 7h

a cartoon drawing of a man with a beard and a black shirt

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 7h

a man wearing a sombrero sits at a desk with his feet up and the words i 'll allow it above him

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 7h

Me hear train...roll round bend

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 8h

Is it weird that I almost prefer the cover by Alien Ant Farm now, though?

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 8h

Frankenstein looks like he's about to start singing Folsom Prison Blues

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 9h

Fingers crossed this works. The original is a comfort show for me in the cringiest way possible.

Bleeding Cool @bleedingcool.com · 9h

The Inbetweeners, one of the defining British sitcoms of the 21st Century, will be returning with the original writers and original cast. / #TheInbetweeners

The Inbetweeners, one of the defining British sitcoms of the 21st Century, will be returning with the original writers and original cast.

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 20h

There's nothing like finding a cool Superman puzzle from 1983 at a thrift store and it actually has all the pieces

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 22h

Gotta say, that box design is pretty wild. I'm not sure it completely works, but it's definitely unique.

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 1d

There's a reason people in the South saying, "Bless your heart" is a meme

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, MTV hasn't really been Music Television in years. If you look at their schedule for any given day it's basically just Ridiculousness and Love and Hip-Hop 24/7: www.mtv.com/tv-schedule/...

TV Schedule | Channel Finder | Shows, Episodes | MTV

Check the TV listings for MTV classics and new favourites, including The Challenge, Catfish: The TV Show, RuPaul's Drag Race, Teen Mom and more.

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 1d

That being said, I haven't read it since the early days of the comic and never read the whole series. Would be fun to revisit and finish, though.

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 1d

I really enjoyed it at the time and especially loved Ramos' artwork. I even had him sign my first issue and got his picture with my yard gnome at WizardWorld. Unfortunately, I lost the comics in a basement flood about 10yrs ago (comic photo is from the flood cleanup)

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 2d

I don't even know this one!

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SpaceMonkeyHeX 🎃👻 @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky Season calls for one of my favorite spooky shirt designs by Blair Campbell

I love a good Banksy reference...

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