Jake
@oldtvreference.bsky.social
Screenwriter, cofounder of Palette Swap and authority on all things Owen Wilson
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Jake
@oldtvreference.bsky.social
· Oct 15
If your profession wouldn’t make sense in the Gilligan’s Island theme song—professor, movie star, Mary Ann—then it’s not a real job.
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news reporter: so you really saw an alien and aren't just saying that to get on tv?
me with better haircut than usual: yeah that's right
me with better haircut than usual: yeah that's right
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
news reporter: so you really saw an alien and aren't just saying that to get on tv?
me with better haircut than usual: yeah that's right
me with better haircut than usual: yeah that's right
Hate when the preflight safety stuff tells you to leave your bags in an evacuation. Then you’re stranded and you’ve got no shirts
October 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Hate when the preflight safety stuff tells you to leave your bags in an evacuation. Then you’re stranded and you’ve got no shirts
If your profession wouldn’t make sense in the Gilligan’s Island theme song—professor, movie star, Mary Ann—then it’s not a real job.
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If your profession wouldn’t make sense in the Gilligan’s Island theme song—professor, movie star, Mary Ann—then it’s not a real job.
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I still laugh about the whole absurdity of this sort of tag team article between me and @oldtvreference.bsky.social, but I mostly laugh at the claudell statue photoshop by @sorrywrongjoe.bsky.social paletteswap.site/different-co...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I still laugh about the whole absurdity of this sort of tag team article between me and @oldtvreference.bsky.social, but I mostly laugh at the claudell statue photoshop by @sorrywrongjoe.bsky.social paletteswap.site/different-co...
Dominick the Donkey is the perfect Christmas song. It has it all:
-A made up folk hero
-fun sound effects
-an insane pronunciation of “Brooklyn”
-A made up folk hero
-fun sound effects
-an insane pronunciation of “Brooklyn”
December 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Dominick the Donkey is the perfect Christmas song. It has it all:
-A made up folk hero
-fun sound effects
-an insane pronunciation of “Brooklyn”
-A made up folk hero
-fun sound effects
-an insane pronunciation of “Brooklyn”
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What kind of fucked up fortune is this
December 16, 2024 at 12:44 AM
What kind of fucked up fortune is this
Does any Oz stuff ever address that the South is the only cardinal direction without some sort of witch? Maybe she has a jug band idk
December 4, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Does any Oz stuff ever address that the South is the only cardinal direction without some sort of witch? Maybe she has a jug band idk
Unpopular opinion but I don’t really love Beatles 64. It’s such a slog to have to go back to the old courses after unlocking Ringo to collect the blue bananas and blueprints
December 4, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Unpopular opinion but I don’t really love Beatles 64. It’s such a slog to have to go back to the old courses after unlocking Ringo to collect the blue bananas and blueprints
Please be careful out there today. The scent of a pie cooling on a windowsill nearly carried me into oncoming traffic
November 28, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Please be careful out there today. The scent of a pie cooling on a windowsill nearly carried me into oncoming traffic
What’re some essential Thanksgiving movies/TV specials?
November 24, 2024 at 9:21 PM
What’re some essential Thanksgiving movies/TV specials?
Btw if you name your dog after a star from the 70s because they both have a blind left eye, you’re gonna have to explain the name pretty much every time someone meets your dog because it’s a much more niche fact than you thought
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Btw if you name your dog after a star from the 70s because they both have a blind left eye, you’re gonna have to explain the name pretty much every time someone meets your dog because it’s a much more niche fact than you thought
Wouldn’t dig my own grave if a mobster told me. You’re already killing me—not gonna spend the last ten minutes doing manual labor
November 23, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Wouldn’t dig my own grave if a mobster told me. You’re already killing me—not gonna spend the last ten minutes doing manual labor
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In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Koopa Troopas are explicitly religious, which is very rare for the Mario franchise. This might be a reference to an idea first proposed by Super Mario Bros. 3 32 years prior, whereby a Koopa Troopa was shown praying in the game's ending.
November 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, Koopa Troopas are explicitly religious, which is very rare for the Mario franchise. This might be a reference to an idea first proposed by Super Mario Bros. 3 32 years prior, whereby a Koopa Troopa was shown praying in the game's ending.
We’ve all been so focused on the stuff the Oreo people are doing that Reese’s has been getting away with some real weird shit in the peanut butter cups
November 21, 2024 at 4:16 AM
We’ve all been so focused on the stuff the Oreo people are doing that Reese’s has been getting away with some real weird shit in the peanut butter cups
Rip Van Winkle is a great story because it’s just “what if the greatest guy you ever met took a really incredible nap”
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Rip Van Winkle is a great story because it’s just “what if the greatest guy you ever met took a really incredible nap”
Got My Dinner with Andre and My Giant mixed up and spent way too long waiting for the big guy to show
November 19, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Got My Dinner with Andre and My Giant mixed up and spent way too long waiting for the big guy to show
Sure why not
November 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Sure why not
Comedy is okay. But clown? Is more difficult
November 16, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Comedy is okay. But clown? Is more difficult
Clean-shaven Maron for your timeline
November 15, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Clean-shaven Maron for your timeline
This website will become 100x more usable when the dorks who keep trying to establish rules and tone get bullied over to Mastodon
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
This website will become 100x more usable when the dorks who keep trying to establish rules and tone get bullied over to Mastodon
Can’t believe that a dude with bad plugs getting divorced is what decided the next four years of domestic policy
November 6, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Can’t believe that a dude with bad plugs getting divorced is what decided the next four years of domestic policy
The problem with modern sitcoms is that the characters never make a soufflé for an important dinner only to have it popped by a loud noise coming from upstairs
November 14, 2023 at 9:38 PM
The problem with modern sitcoms is that the characters never make a soufflé for an important dinner only to have it popped by a loud noise coming from upstairs