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Like Batman's Butler but for Pop Culture: My Pal Sammy newsletter is your e-Alfred. My Summer Lair with affable host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
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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Spooky Season offers not just horror movies; but also horror comics.
That genre is 🔥 thanks to creators like Jeff Lemire.
Jeff visited #MSL to talk X-Men (mutants!), hometown 👻 (scary!) & the 10k-hour grind (frightening!) (or rather 10k Ink Stains).
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“#JamesBondDay is a day of gratitude and a celebration of imagination: how bright sparks can ignite a fiery passion.
And ah…of course to recognize sexy ladies named Octopussy.”
A quote from a Bond-reflection I wrote for #JamesBond's 60th; still fits.
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The latest #MyPalSammy includes TV Terror recommendations from @paramountplus.com' Peak Screaming collection to #FearFest on @amcplus.com to Terror on #Tubi. Lots of Happy Horror!
Let the warm #FearPee flow in this #Substack newsletter: #SetheVCR for October.
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If your Hobby is to Pickup dope TV Recommendations like an American Prince this week's #SetTheVCR is funner than a Clown in a Cornfield. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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🎤 “If you don't take risks the good stuff's not gonna happen either.” ~ @jefflemire171.bsky.social
Thrilled to welcome #JeffLemire to #MSL to discuss his storytelling memoir 10,000 Ink Stains, published by
@darkhorse.com.
Jeff & Dark Horse are at #SDCC2025:
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For Jaws’ 50th Anniversary filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau directed Jaws @ 50 a documentary/retrospective.
I had a #MSL conversation with Laurent about Jaws, creativity, filmmaking, Hollywood &...the unusual way he came to see #Jaws.
The latest My Pal Sammy:
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August 2001—first time visiting London.
I had a profound concert experience.
As the last note rang out & the house lights came up, the moment felt as symbolic as a movie ending.
For #FathersDay this is how I got...Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.
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✊ Protest. Politics. Power.
The #Vietnam War lit a fire that still burns.
On this #MemorialDay filmmaker Caroline Marsden visits #MSL to discuss The War That Changed America. #EarJoy 🎧
#VietnamTheWar is streaming on Apple TV+. #SetTheVCR
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Uncle Phil!
May 9, 1994: Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse. Season 4 Episode 24 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
You can hear "Hilary" crying in the background.
In Will Smith's excellent memoir Will (highly recommended) he writes this about this pivotal scene & its impact.
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A #MayTheFourth Confession:
At the risk of losing my nerd street cred I admittedly have a hard time differentiating between gas and...a disturbance in the Force. #MyShame #HonestPost
Happy #StarWars Day.
Crossed paths with a young lady on her mobile. As she walked past all I caught was: "Oh I know! So many people in my department have been bitten."
Appears the Zombie Apocalypse has commenced.
Do What Ya Need To Do.
Big Night on TVO: The #OntarioPlace doc is broadcast at 9 pm (though you can stream #YourTomorrow & other
@tvodocs.bsky.social on YouTube.)
I spoke to the director; you can hear (and read) that
@mysummerlair.bsky.social conversation with #AliWeinstein here:
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On the subway platform the silence was suddenly & randomly shattered by a Jerry Garcia lookin homeless guy yelling out: "Rock 'N Roll!"
He then proceeded to shred the living hell outta an air guitar.
Though we're both on the same subway platform we are clearly not travelling in the same direction.
TV is infinitely better when I watch with my hand down my pants. Honestly.
The same way you instinctively grip the car door when your driver takes a sharp turn, when suspense heats up like Jiffy Pop...good gravy, the hand goes down.
Eating #TacoBell is like swallowing a ticking time bomb...you’re not sure how much time you have left; if you can start something significant at work or just wait for the inevitable.
This time no hero is cutting the red wire at 0:01. Boom!
Have I got TV Recommendations for Bookworms who like to watch TV In Order. Of course no matter how I build a TV Guide Piece by Piece it’s the Super Bowl which overshadows all #SetTheVCR suggestions. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️!
How it all started... 🏈
On January 15, 1967 Green Bay Packers defeated Kansas City Chiefs 35 to 10 in Super Bowl I.
A pivotal game that would spark American interest in Roman Numerals outside of Rocky movies.
Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans will air on Fox on February 9, 2025.
Happy #SciFi Day!
And bonus fun?
If you're struggling to remember your work passwords after a chill #Christmas Break? Never no worries.
Here's 5 #SetTheVCR recommendations for January 2025:
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Back to the laborious land of people, passwords and ugh...pants. #DownWithPants
Though...my Poop Schedule is still on Vacation Time.
I may struggle silently but deadly but I doubt I struggle alone.
Happy National #ScienceFiction Day!
People will put stock in psychic predictions but reject the crystal ball prophesy of the best #scifi.
Science fiction is the fuel your imagination needs to change the future: Hate The Fate.
It's not why you're running
It's where you're going
It's not what you're dreaming
But what you're gonna do
It's not where you're born
It's where you belong
It's not how weak
But what will make you strong
~ U2 "Summer Rain."
Get it Won & Done in 2025!!
My Pal Sammy took a photo of a Christmas Tree.
#MerryChristmas!
(According to the Sarcasm Detector that was actually 78.6% genuine.
Not bad for somebody who surprisingly didn't get visited by 3 ghosts last night.)
The Sign Guy from Love Actually.
Considering how well The Sign Guy is doing during the Zombie Apocalypse of Walking Dead Keira Knightley was not wise in rejecting his love. Damn Girl.
What you don't know is more important than your opinion on what you think you know.
Hindsight is always so bright it makes me squint.
My Pal Sammy sitting on a bench by himself.
The stress of holiday parties comes from trying to hold in all your farts until all the pretty girls have left the room.
(Farts count as #Christmas spirit right?! Ho Ho Ho now I have a "machine gun!")
Latest #MyPalSammy via Substack celebrates @mysummerlair.bsky.social's 300th episode!
And it's the 300th newsletter: boom! Magic, yo.
It's all happening: 300 without #GerardButler's abs.
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Too Many Humans A Graffiti Photo by My Pal Sammy
Never waste post-poop swagger on work; channel that euphoric energy into dynamic creativity, mindfulness or...ask a girl out. #ProTip
10.12.2024 13:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Egyptian #JohnWick!
Funny #JamieFoxx!
#Smartless #JasonBateman!
And more. Plus puns and sarcasm. It's #SetTheVCR. (You can follow @mysummerlair.bsky.social so you never miss a dispatch...)
Leo Is A Clown A My Pal Sammy Photo.
Psst. Pass It On...
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Social Media Is Selling Your Shirt: A My Pal Sammy photo of a sidewalk in LA.
Did you know The Facebook's original plan for the Like button was to call it the Awesome Button?
True Story...
