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Captain Howdy
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A picture of Oscar the Grouch in a darkened, rain-lashed alley. His head, which is sticking out of his beloved dustbin/garbage can, is the only part of him we can see. A still from the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot/Sasquatch footage, showing a furry figure striding through some woods in Northern California in 1967. Bigfoot is now Cookie Monster.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Sesame Street, the world's most inclusive neighbourhood, made its debut on this day in 1969.
The movie poster for "Jaws" (1975), but instead of a shark we see Cookie Monster rising from the depths to devour the (admittedly rather large) cookie which is bobbing about on the surface of the water. The title now reads 'JARS'.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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From this day in 2010.
Judge Fear, one of the Dark Judges and occasional Judge Dredd botherer. He's got a batwing helmet on his head, with a gated, (though thankfully closed), opening where his mouth should be. There are man-traps slung across each shoulder and he's dressed in a distressed leather judge's outfit with a ragged black robe over the top.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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"Don't look at me, I'm irrelevant."

'The Young Ones' made their BBC2 debut on this day in 1982.
The movie poster for "The Lost Boys" which shows the main characters in black and white, looking all mean and moody in their 80s leather jackets, against a red background. They have been replaced by The Young Ones. Rik has taken Michael's place, Vyv is where David used to be, Neil has replaced Star (with his head resting on Vyv's shoulder), Dwayne is Mike and Sam is now Jerzei Balowski.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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"I have found sanity at such a cost, and you here... are madness calling me back."

'Frankenstein' is an absolutely stunning achievement and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
An image from "Frankenstein" (2025) showing Victor's creation sitting down on the steps of some snowy ruins. He is holding a photographic plate of one of the many dead faces that make up the patchwork of his own face in front of him, obscuring his features.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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For any that like to make note of promised sequels that never came about, here's another one for the list.
I should mention that my only reason for re-watching "Doctor Detroit" was because of a recent conversation about long-forgotten comedies we loved in the early days of home video.
Never go back.
The end credits of "Doctor Detroit" (1983) showing the title card for a sequel that never came. It joins the ranks of other early 80s films like "Buckaroo Banzai" and "The Sword and The Sorcerer" which were equally, though ultimately unwisely, convinced of their own success. The title card, a direct riff on the previous year's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", right down to the use of identical fonts, makes the bold claim that "The Doctor returns in Doctor Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom". Dan Aykroyd had apparently started work on the proposed sequel's script while filming the first movie, but it's disastrous turn at the box office soon put paid to that. In summary: it is an awful mess of a movie, but does include some delightfully catchy 80s pop tunes.
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The "Guy Forks" episode of Worzel Gummidge is about to start on BBC3. If any recent show deserved a 3rd series, or even a Christmas Special, it was this one.
Guy Forks sits atop an unlit bonfire.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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An exterior photo of The White House showing what looks to be a taped-on sign that reads "The Oval Office" in gaudy gold script. The words have been changed to read "Live, Laugh, Love".
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A cover for a fake Peanuts book titled "Blow it all up, Charlie Brown". It's an orange cover and shows Charlie Brown wearing in a Guy Fawkes mask and hat standing next to a barrel of gunpowder with a lit taper in his hand.
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Remember, remember the 5th of November.
The movie poster for "Being John Malkovich" (1999) which shows a crowd of people holding masks on sticks in front of their faces. The masks are no longer of Mr. Malkovich, but of 'V' - the state-smashing anarchist from "V For Vendetta" (2005). 4 rows back, and to the right, is a pissed-off looking Evey with a shaven head.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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From this day in 2020. I had no idea the long-term answer to the question posed on the cover of Newsweek would be "Again! Again!".
An image from "The Dead Zone" (1983) showing a table with a smoking cigarette in an ashtray and a copy of Newsweek resting on top. The front cover of Newsweek features disgraced Senator Greg Stillson using a toddler as a human shield while standing in front of a huge poster of his own face. Stillson is now Trump, the toddler is still a toddler, but is dressed as Uncle Sam, and the headline remains the same: "What next for the USA?". The answer, it turned out, was "Get rid of him, ignore his attempted coup, stabilise the economy, then let him back in to smash it all up again with even fewer safeguards in 4 years time."
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Undoubtedly murdered untold numbers before deciding to create a money-spinning lottery where he could gleefully murder willing victims. Even managed to convince a traumatised 12 year old & his workshy grampa to sign an admission of guilt by pretending he was signing over the ownership of his company
Mass murderer Willy Wonka forces his doomed guests to endure an acid trip while he fucks with their heads and decides who he's going to kill next.
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Time to see if the latest series of 'The Witcher' is as bad as some have suggested.
A scene from "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" game showing Geralt - ancient studmuffin and monster hunter extraordinaire - at night in a forest clearing, resting against a chunky boulder with his back to us. He has a sword in his right hand and is using the power of his Igni sign to unleash a stream of fire from his left hand on one of the two monsters foolish enough to cross his path. The screaming monster going up in flame is Mike Wazowski from "Monsters, Inc". His friend Sully looks aghast at what's happening, but is wise enough to stand far enough away to convey sympathy without getting his fur burnt off.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Was looking for something and found a half-finished picture from 8 years ago I'd completely forgotten about. All done now.
A fake front page for an edition of The Sun which shows a black and white photo of Mario at the wheel of his kart. The headline reads "Death of a champion" and the subsequent bullet points below say "Horrific crash claims life of Race Ace" and "Super Cup "dismissed" safety fears". There's a picture box below that which shows a photo of the racetrack banana. The words inside the box say "Main suspect's sinister claim: "Just doing the job I was paid for."". The bottom of the page has a red box that says "The curse of Rainbow Roads: pages 2, 3 & 4. In the top right panel is another picture box that shows a distraught Princess Peach. The words next to her read "The Princess of our karts on love, loss and Lotto Extra".
November 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Turns out that today also marks the launch of the BBC Television Service from Alexander Palace in 1936.
The album cover for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles, but it's now a collection of characters from the BBC's long television history. No, I'm not going to list all of them, and no, I didn't forget to add that character you like.
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Happy birthday, Channel 4.
A single frame from the animated opening of "The Comic Strip Presents" which shows a bomb with the word "ENJOY!" written on the side making its way down towards the unsuspecting pictorial village below.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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This is how someone who dislikes anyone else's posts is gonna look when they get the exact reaction they were hoping for.
The Green Cross Code Man (Dave Prowse) turns away from his high-tech viewing screen, (showing someone in flared trousers crossing the road), to give us a half-smile, half-sneer because he's a teleporting god who only pretends to give a shit about the tiny humans he regularly berates, and secretly hopes to record some terrible incident he can then show to the other Gods of Magnificent Indifference.
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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🎶What a difference a day makes... 🎶
The "Distracted Boyfriend" meme. The boyfriend is unchanged, but his girlfriend now has a sad jack o'lantern for a head. The object of his attention is still the mysterious woman in red, but she now has a jolly snowwoman head, complemented by a tartan scarf and Santa hat.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Recently vampirised Ralphie Flick floats outside his brother's bedroom window. And he can fucking stay there.
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"You will sleep like the dead, teacher."

If you're in the UK and at a bit of a loose end for something to watch, both parts of Tobe Hooper's "Salem's Lot" (1979) are showing on Sky Sci-Fi from 21.00, tonight.
Mike Ryerson pops by to say 'hi' to his old pal Matthew Burke. Unfortunately, Mike died two days ago, so his arrival is both unexpected and terrifying.
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I guess that's it for 2025.
All that remains is for me to wish a fearful Samhain/Halloween/Allantide to all who celebrate, and to extend my heartfelt thanks to those who liked or reposted any of this year's (burnt) offerings.
Cheers!
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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The last of this year's Hallowmemes.
Happy Halloween!
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The "Ceiling Cat" meme which shows a ginger cat peering down on us from the square hole that's been cut in the plasterboard ceiling. The cat now has the tentacle eyeball monster from "Alien: Earth" firmly lodged in its left eye socket. The wording underneath reads "Trypanohyncha Ocellus is watching you masturbate" so you'd better get wanking.
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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From this day in 2016.
#Halloween
An IKEA instruction sheet for "NOSFERATU" that shows the bald-headed IKEA man telling you you'll need a hammer and a wooden stake for this. The next panel down shows two images. The first has a frowning IKEA man kneeling next to an open coffin while the moon is up. No, IKEA man. Do not do this. The next image is the same, but the sun is up and he's smiling. This is the way, IKEA man. The next panel shows IKEA man struggling to move a coffin on his own. The large black 'X' across this image shows what a terrible idea this is. The adjacent image has the bald-headed IKEA man getting the help of curly-haired IKEA man and moving coffins as a duo is now a doddle. The bottom panel shows a puzzled IKEA man staring into the open coffin while holding the stake and hammer. The last image shows IKEA man being bitten by the swirling figure emerging from the coffin. He's dropped his tools and is looking to curly-haired IKEA man for help, but curly-haired IKEA man has already shit his pants and is giving it legs in a cowardly act of self-preservation. Don't be surprised when bald-headed IKEA man comes tapping at your window in the dead of night, curly-haired IKEA man.
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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From the vault:
The "Grant Gustin Next To Green Arrow's Grave" meme, but Grant's face has been swapped for Sue Snell (Amy Irving). The gravestone reads "CARRIE WHITE 1959-1976 God grant she lie still". Scrawled over the top of that, in red paint, is "CARRIE WHITE BURNS IN HELL" with a handy arrow pointing downwards. Popping out of the freshly laid earth is Carrie's hand, all ready to grab Sue's arm and give us one of the 70s best jump scares. The 4 panel Drake meme, but Drake has been swapped for Donald Sutherland in "Don't Look Now" (1973). The top left panel shows a half-weeping/half-smiling Donald pointing at the image of his daughter, wearing her red jacket and holding a pretty mad-looking toy, in the top right panel. The bottom left panel shows a distraught Donald holding his hands up to avoid getting slashed by the diminutive serial killer wearing a hooded red duffel coat in the bottom right panel. The two astronauts from the "Always Has Been" meme. The first astronaut is now looking at the TV from Videodrome, with Debbie Harry's mouth filling the screen. The wording above his head reads "wait, so the television screen is the retina of the mind's eye?". The second astronaut, who now has Max Renn's fused gunhand instead of a gun in his hand is pointing it at the first, unsuspecting astronaut. The flag on his spacesuit has been altered to the CIVIC TV logo, and the wording above his head reads "always has been. long live the new flesh." The "Kids Scared of Rabbit" meme, but the rabbit and bucket have been replaced by the scene from "Watership Down" (1978) where Bigwig gets caught in the snare. I'm not surprised they're scared of these rabbits, because that movie is fucking brutal. Jumping up in the foreground of the bottom right corner is General Woundwort - slightly out of focus, but primed and ready to go one-on-one with the farmer's dog. A dog! He may have been a psycho, but there's no denying his impressive testicles.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM