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My Summer Lair with affable host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.

Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith.
Eddie has always been a Running Man, which seems strange for TV Recommendations. And yet as you'll see there's so much classics to celebrate in this week's #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️

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#SetTheVCR: November 10-16, 2025
Eddie has always been a Running Man, which seems strange for TV Recommendations. And yet as you'll see there's so much classics to celebrate in this week's #SetTheVCR.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🎤 Ready to Rock & Roll All Nite?

Disney+ has your backstage pass to Break On Through, Start Me Up & We Will Rock You wild fun with the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony; tonight 8pm.

Aren’t you glad you didn’t throw your TV outta a hotel window, now? #SetTheVCR
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎬 Tonight #RunTerryRun takes over Roy Thomson Hall. This is a one-night-only cinematic tribute to Terry Fox.

Experience his Marathon of Hope with behind-the-scenes, never-before-seen footage scored by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing live. Hope is always #PantsWorthy.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Way to go, Sean!! 🎙️

Today's #FreshFriday is for @thecreativeimbalance. Sean Sirianni's podcast is among the nominees for Outstanding Arts Series. Voting for the 8th annual @canpodawards is now open until Nov 22nd. Help Sean crush all of his enemies. 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Step into “Neo-territory.” Experience #TheMatrix at @cosm where bullets fly at you, digital rain falls around you and the world bends under your feet.

Follow the white rabbit in LA, clearly this is #PantsWorthy.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Oh happy Days that Run Away Like Horses Over the Hills: A fresh @thisispattismith memoir is Gloria-ious news; I'm so Dancing Barefoot.

Just Kids is a brilliant, bold and beneficial biography. I’m elated to consume Bread of Angels between my Piss Factory shifts. #NewBookSmell
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I called it: Ebon Moss-Bachrach isn't close to Ben Grimm. That's not Jewish-Brooklyn at all. And Pedro Pascal isn't intelligent...at all.

#TheFantasticFour isn't First Steps it's more like Backward Steps. Is this better than Corman's Fantastic Four? Time to find out. #SetTheVCR
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🔥 From algorithms to activism, the #CuriousMindsFestival at @HotDocsCinema invites you to explore how we shape technology...and how it’s reshaping us.

Don’t just doomscroll past the future...deploy the technology to manufacture hope.

#PantsWorthy link for more details: hotdocs.ca/festivals/cu...
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Daylight Saving Time continues to be a flea market time machine.

There's an eerie sense the time you see is not accurate.

Daylight Saving Time is all of the anxiety of a time traveler without the legit time machine.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In this #MSL episode you’ll meet journalist/writer Tricia Romano who assembled a dynamic oral history of The Village Voice.

I asked her about The Voice's perspective on objectivity and first person journalism.

Super cool #TalkyTuesday moment. #EarJoy 🎧 ⬇️

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November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Cannabis culture meets cult comedy: a throwback to My Pal Sammy from 4-20 which explores Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong’s wild ride, from stand-up trenches to cinematic legends.

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie is out on 4K Blu-ray. Pass That On... #CouchWorthy

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All The Smoke With Cheech & Chong
A 4-20 Approved Review of Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie
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November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wanna know how greasers “stay gold”?

From casting unknowns on the Coppola film to preserving the house where it all went down, Staying Gold is the definitive story of class, rebellion & brotherhood.

Brought to by Danny Boy O'Connor; yes the dude in House of Pain. #NewBookSmell
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Last night’s #TrackerCBS had a famous cameo. Remember the Essex Corp orphanage in #Deadpool 2?

That infamous Insane Asylum has been in numerous movies/TV shows shot in B.C.

I heard the following creepy Scooby-Doo ghost story featuring...#RyanReynolds?!

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That Time Deadpool & Cable Went Full Scooby-Doo
My Summer Lair | Getting Goosebumps Making Marvel Movies
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November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
From God blessing others to playing God these are Holy TV Recommendations this week. There's so much Fantastic on TV this week, you gotta #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️

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#SetTheVCR: November 03-09, 2025
From God blessing others to playing God these are Holy TV Recommendations this week. There's so much Fantastic on TV this week, you gotta #SetTheVCR.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎤 Before social media, there was MTV's TRL...a sonic chaotic mix of pop stars, fans and some online fandom.

Yourgo Artsitas’ doc TR(ol)L rewinds to the time a Chain Letter That Changed The Internet.

#EarJoy

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284 | Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter) My Summer Lair featuring Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Yourgo Artsitas about his doc TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
To Serve Man I’ma let you know to check out #TheTwilightZone on Paramount+ and on The Twilight Zone channel on Pluto TV. But only #SetTheVCR when you have Time Enough At Last…
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“After traveling around the globe to screen TR(ol)L at some of the best festivals in the world, it's finally available to stream at home.”

So writes @yourgeaux about his fascinating doc @trolldoc1999.

If you dig MTV, TRL, & other pop culture acronyms, then 🎧 ⬇️

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284 | Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter) My Summer Lair featuring Yourgo Artsitas (TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Yourgo Artsitas about his doc TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, TRL & the Chain Letter.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Oh! Remember those glorious TBS #JamesBond movie marathons?

In November the 24/7 Bond channel returns to @PlutoTV. And!

There's also Pluto TV 007 en español. How do you say Pussy Galore or Honey Ryder en español?! November 1st we all find out. #SetTheVCR
November 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I dunno.

First episode of #ITWelcomeToDerry was alright...not incredible nor terrible.

I’ll watch Episode 2 tonight but right now the #StephenKing series isn’t all that compelling even with horror and Halloween floating up.

Tonight on @HBOMax. #SetTheVCR #FearPee
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
⚡️ Great Scott! BTTF turns 40 and opens today in cinemas in IMAX & Dolby Cinema.

The movie has literally become a time machine.

Celebrate 40 years of time travel, flux capacitors and zany ‘80s chaos with Jennifer Parker, Marty’s OG girlfriend. #EarJoy

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My Summer Lair featuring Claudia Wells (Back to the Future)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Claudia Wells who played Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer Parker in the first Back to the Future.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
⚡️Time circuits on!⚡

Starting today you can visit Hill Valley in 1985. Back to the Future returns to cinemas for its 40th anniversary and impressively in IMAX #PantsWorthy screenings as well.

Proof that Johnny B. Goode movies don’t age; they just get remastered.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And now, as we creep towards Halloween…a mashup of Friday The 13th with Benny Hill. I wonder if Jason ever got to enjoy Benny Hill before he drowned… #FearPee #Horror

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Friday The 13th - Benny Hill (funny)
Made with almost no editing required....except the speeding it up. While making my other music video, I made this almost by accident. It is a tribute to the great great Benny Hill....enjoy!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Lunar lunacy + low-budget = Vampire Zombies...From Space!

Director Michael Stasko breaks down his creature feature during his visit. This goofy good movie has one of the best Dracula's you've ever seen. (I KNOW!)

Happy Halloween! #EarJoy #Horror 🎧 ⬇️

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My Summer Lair featuring Michael Stasko (Vampire Zombies…From Space!)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Michael Stasko about his B-Movie love letter: Vampire Zombies…From Space!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Some doors should stay closed. 🚪💀

In Adjoining, Petey Beats finds terror in the thin walls and thick tension between hotel rooms. A horror short that lingers long after checkout.

Recorded at last year’s @BITSFILMFEST, what can we expect at #BITS2025?

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My Summer Lair featuring Petey Beats (Adjoining & Popternative)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to host & filmmaker Petey Beats about his horror short Adjoining & hosting interviews at Popternative.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The End Times by Benjamin Percy is a serialized survival saga delivered each month in newspaper form via @BadHandBooks.

Subscribe, join the experiment, get the apocalypse story in print.

It’ll be Misery if you miss this special project featuring Stephen King?! #NewBookSmell
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM