Will McKinley
@willmckinley.bsky.social
Old movie and TV weirdo.
I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created “Game Show Insider” for GameShowNetwork.com, was an arts reporter for the NYC weekly The Villager for 3 years, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts.
I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created “Game Show Insider” for GameShowNetwork.com, was an arts reporter for the NYC weekly The Villager for 3 years, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts.
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I am a year two subscriber now - and it’s thanks to you for sharing a previous subscription discount. It’s essential for me too. I appreciate you daily, but you brought that into my life with one post. Just saying.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I am a year two subscriber now - and it’s thanks to you for sharing a previous subscription discount. It’s essential for me too. I appreciate you daily, but you brought that into my life with one post. Just saying.
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Jean Arthur will be TCM’s first SOTM in 2026. Just wanted to pass that along. I still think she’s underrated. So that’s something to look forward to in January. #TCMParty
a black and white photo of a woman in a suit and tie sitting on a staircase .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman in a suit and tie sitting on a staircase .
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November 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Jean Arthur will be TCM’s first SOTM in 2026. Just wanted to pass that along. I still think she’s underrated. So that’s something to look forward to in January. #TCMParty
MeTV Toons is airing black & white cartoons until 11pm ET.
Fleischer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP shorts, LOONEY TUNES, and rarities like Van Beuren's TOM & JERRY (not the cat and mouse).
Amazing to see this in primetime on a national network. Watch OTA or on live TV streamers like Frndly. #Animation
Fleischer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP shorts, LOONEY TUNES, and rarities like Van Beuren's TOM & JERRY (not the cat and mouse).
Amazing to see this in primetime on a national network. Watch OTA or on live TV streamers like Frndly. #Animation
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
MeTV Toons is airing black & white cartoons until 11pm ET.
Fleischer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP shorts, LOONEY TUNES, and rarities like Van Beuren's TOM & JERRY (not the cat and mouse).
Amazing to see this in primetime on a national network. Watch OTA or on live TV streamers like Frndly. #Animation
Fleischer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP shorts, LOONEY TUNES, and rarities like Van Beuren's TOM & JERRY (not the cat and mouse).
Amazing to see this in primetime on a national network. Watch OTA or on live TV streamers like Frndly. #Animation
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I would say, sign me up, but this actually inspired me to sign up. I think this and Mubi will keep me occupied and away from Disney and HBO.
The one #BlackFriday sale I recommend.
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I would say, sign me up, but this actually inspired me to sign up. I think this and Mubi will keep me occupied and away from Disney and HBO.
The one #BlackFriday sale I recommend.
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The one #BlackFriday sale I recommend.
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.
signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
Be safe out there everybody. #BlackFriday #FilmSky
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Be safe out there everybody. #BlackFriday #FilmSky
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Check it out if you’d like to be devastated!!!
"The magic of that film is Celia Johnson. She was wonderful!” — David Lean
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) is streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Pluto TV if you'd like to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its U.K. release. #FilmSky
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) is streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Pluto TV if you'd like to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its U.K. release. #FilmSky
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Check it out if you’d like to be devastated!!!
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TCM saluting Sinatra, Dick Van Dyke & Merle Oberon (along with Christmas)! Sounds awesome!
TCM saluting Sinatra, Dick Van Dyke & Merle Oberon (along with Christmas)! Sounds awesome!
This Month on TCM: December 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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TCM saluting Sinatra, Dick Van Dyke & Merle Oberon (along with Christmas)! Sounds awesome!
TCM saluting Sinatra, Dick Van Dyke & Merle Oberon (along with Christmas)! Sounds awesome!
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For me and others kids of the 70s, Randy Newman, who turns 82 today, has been part of the soundtrack of our lives.
Songwriter, performer, film composer.
From "Short People," "I Love LA," to THE NATURAL and TOY STORY and many more iconic songs and film scores.
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#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #BOTD
Songwriter, performer, film composer.
From "Short People," "I Love LA," to THE NATURAL and TOY STORY and many more iconic songs and film scores.
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#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #BOTD
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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They came for crowds, holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, 1995—kids on the carousel as parents hustle & shop. 🛍️🎠
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
They came for crowds, holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, 1995—kids on the carousel as parents hustle & shop. 🛍️🎠
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
DARKROOM w/ host James Coburn debuted #OTD in 1981.
The first episode of this short-lived ABC anthology series predicts the corporate embrace of A.I. w/ startling prescience.
Robert Webber, Mary Frann, and Richard Anderson star. On Internet Archive: archive.org/details/dark... #FilmSky #HorrorSky
The first episode of this short-lived ABC anthology series predicts the corporate embrace of A.I. w/ startling prescience.
Robert Webber, Mary Frann, and Richard Anderson star. On Internet Archive: archive.org/details/dark... #FilmSky #HorrorSky
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
DARKROOM w/ host James Coburn debuted #OTD in 1981.
The first episode of this short-lived ABC anthology series predicts the corporate embrace of A.I. w/ startling prescience.
Robert Webber, Mary Frann, and Richard Anderson star. On Internet Archive: archive.org/details/dark... #FilmSky #HorrorSky
The first episode of this short-lived ABC anthology series predicts the corporate embrace of A.I. w/ startling prescience.
Robert Webber, Mary Frann, and Richard Anderson star. On Internet Archive: archive.org/details/dark... #FilmSky #HorrorSky
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I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.
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"I don't know when I fell asleep, but all of a sudden I wasn't at home anymore. I was at an amusement park."
#S1E9
Twilight Zone's "Perchance to Dream" by Charles Beaumont debuted on November 27, 1959. It stars Richard Conte, Suzanne Lloyd, and John Larch.
#S1E9
Twilight Zone's "Perchance to Dream" by Charles Beaumont debuted on November 27, 1959. It stars Richard Conte, Suzanne Lloyd, and John Larch.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"I don't know when I fell asleep, but all of a sudden I wasn't at home anymore. I was at an amusement park."
#S1E9
Twilight Zone's "Perchance to Dream" by Charles Beaumont debuted on November 27, 1959. It stars Richard Conte, Suzanne Lloyd, and John Larch.
#S1E9
Twilight Zone's "Perchance to Dream" by Charles Beaumont debuted on November 27, 1959. It stars Richard Conte, Suzanne Lloyd, and John Larch.
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Academy Award Winner for Best Supporting Actor of 1947
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Academy Award Winner for Best Supporting Actor of 1947
I love streaming, but I'm a sucker for linear TV broadcasts of classic films during the holidays.
If you're like me, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) airs tonight at 7pm ET and Fri 2pm ET on FETV.
You can watch on cable, satellite, or live TV streamers like Frndly TV and Sling.
fetv.tv #FilmSky
If you're like me, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) airs tonight at 7pm ET and Fri 2pm ET on FETV.
You can watch on cable, satellite, or live TV streamers like Frndly TV and Sling.
fetv.tv #FilmSky
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Classic LOONEY TUNES shorts air all day today on MeTV Toons until 11pm ET.
MeTV Toons is available over the air in many markets and on live TV streamers like Frndly TV. #LooneyTunes #Animation #Thanksgiving
MeTV Toons is available over the air in many markets and on live TV streamers like Frndly TV. #LooneyTunes #Animation #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Classic LOONEY TUNES shorts air all day today on MeTV Toons until 11pm ET.
MeTV Toons is available over the air in many markets and on live TV streamers like Frndly TV. #LooneyTunes #Animation #Thanksgiving
MeTV Toons is available over the air in many markets and on live TV streamers like Frndly TV. #LooneyTunes #Animation #Thanksgiving
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We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨
Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
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November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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In the not-too-distant future—well, right now, actually—Joel, Mike, Jonah and the Bots are gathered around for the annual MST3K Turkey Day Marathon, featuring the best episodes across all the eras of the show: pluto.tv/live-tv/mst3...
a man is holding a gumball machine and says " really makes you think "
Alt: Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo:
“Really makes you think, doesn’t it?”
“No.”
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November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In the not-too-distant future—well, right now, actually—Joel, Mike, Jonah and the Bots are gathered around for the annual MST3K Turkey Day Marathon, featuring the best episodes across all the eras of the show: pluto.tv/live-tv/mst3...
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (1968) is on TCM today at 5:15pm ET if you’d like to jumpstart the Dick Van Dyke centenary.
It’s part of a day of classic family films, incl. THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1961) + Dr. Seuss' anti-fascism musical fantasy THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953). #FilmSky #TCMParty
It’s part of a day of classic family films, incl. THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1961) + Dr. Seuss' anti-fascism musical fantasy THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953). #FilmSky #TCMParty
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Betty White sings us into the Holidays in 1972 — from her tenth year hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade w/ Lorne Greene.
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Betty White sings us into the Holidays in 1972 — from her tenth year hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade w/ Lorne Greene.
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
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Something to be thankful for, especially if you live near Palm Springs.
The historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs — closed since 2014 — reopens this week after a $34 million renovation.
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
After $34 million restoration, Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs is ready to shine
The 1936 theater will host comedy, music and more starting Dec. 2. “People are so moved to see it restored,” effort’s leader tells columnist David Allen.
www.pressenterprise.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Something to be thankful for, especially if you live near Palm Springs.
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Great post for movie theater buffs, which also contains, in the replies, a link to an article about "atmospheric theatre" design, the outdoor style exemplified in the Plaza Theater.
The historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs — closed since 2014 — reopens this week after a $34 million renovation.
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
After $34 million restoration, Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs is ready to shine
The 1936 theater will host comedy, music and more starting Dec. 2. “People are so moved to see it restored,” effort’s leader tells columnist David Allen.
www.pressenterprise.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Great post for movie theater buffs, which also contains, in the replies, a link to an article about "atmospheric theatre" design, the outdoor style exemplified in the Plaza Theater.
Betty White sings us into the Holidays in 1972 — from her tenth year hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade w/ Lorne Greene.
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Betty White sings us into the Holidays in 1972 — from her tenth year hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade w/ Lorne Greene.
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV
What a legend. #Thanksgiving #MacysParade #ClassicTV