Kelly McCubbin

A couple of errata for this ep of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up:
Bradbury's book about the making of "Moby-Dick" is "Green Shadows, White Whale."
We mispronounced an Imagineer's name; it's Joe LanZISero.)
The story that made Marta Becket famous was in National Geographic, not Time or Life.
Mea Culpa.

We talk about Marta Becket quite a bit in our new episode: Here's Ray Bradbury talking about her, too!
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Listen to the new Lowdown on the Plus-Up, Ray Bradbury’s Theme Park — The Great Electric Time Maze wherever you get your podcasts! #Disney #RayBradbury #ThemePark #EPCOT

Clip from the Great documentary about Marta Beckett and her "Amargosa Opera House and Hotel" in Death Valley. I stayed at the "Amargosa Opera House and Hotel... Amargosa (2000) - Clip - Documentary - Marta Becket - Ray Bradbury

We talk about Marta Becket quite a bit in our new episode: Here's Ray Bradbury talking about her, too!
youtu.be/P869Tf-h9m0...

Listen to the new Lowdown on the Plus-Up, Ray Bradbury’s Theme Park — The Great Electric Time Maze wherever you get your podcasts! #Disney #RayBradbury #ThemePark #EPCOT

That is 100% true.
Also, have you ever seen Phil Collins and Charlie Brown at the same place at the same time?

Lowdown on the Plus-Up presents: Ray Bradbury's Theme Park - The Great Electric Time Maze

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A friend of mine described the current President as "the best example of all the worst qualities that Americans seem to admire."

"the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.” 🤬

Portland = Ghorman

Thank you!

Alien: Earth and Disney’s Obsession with the Xenomorph The Walt Disney Company has been chasing a monster for forty years. Was catching it worth the cost?

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Now that Alien: Earth is done, it's interesting to see how much more resonant this is than I thought it was when I wrote it.
#disney
#alien

... Mimi" or if you want something really far out there "Night of the Jabberwock."

I just love Lawrence Block's books. Good, old fashioned, witty, potboiler mysteries with oddball characters. His Matt Scudder books and Bernie Rhodenbarr books are line mystery candy.
And if you want something weirder, from an author that Block also loves, dip into Frederic Brown. "The Screaming...

For sure. I don't believe we can expect principles from this company anymore. But it sure feels good to know that there are enough of us willing to make a financial stink that they are nervous.

Let's just take a moment to revel in a picture of one of my favorite Doctors - Sylvester McCoy, The Seventh Doctor Who - out in the streets last week protesting Donald Trump being in England.
He is so much more than JUST a Time Lord.

I have thoughts...

Today is "Talk Like a Pirate" Day.
The dialect that we refer to as "pirate" actually had a modern origin: the 1950 Disney film "Treasure Island."
So maybe I'll just talk in my normal voice today.

Whether we can swim or not!

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner Calls Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel 'Out-of-Control Intimidation' - WDW News Today Michael Eisner condemned Disney-owned ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel following his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Ok, this was not the antifa warrior I was expecting, but heck, I'll take it!

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Holy...! Thank you Morgan Fairchild!

When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.

They've stopped even pretending. If you criticize Republicans, you're done. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Klein loves to challenge the left and "make space" for the right. I do believe that he's trying to find a way for both sides to get back to the bargaining table, and that he is generally liberal, but that ain't the way.

Disney has been weirdly obsessed with the Alien franchise since the '80s.
Now with Alien: Earth, they have finally merged with the Xenomorph.
Was it worth it?

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#Alien
#Disney

Alien: Earth and Disney’s Obsession with the Xenomorph The Walt Disney Company has been chasing a monster for forty years. Was catching it worth the cost?

The Walt Disney Company has been chasing the Xenomorph for 40 years, including various attempts to bring the ALIEN franchise into the Disney Parks, but even with the brilliance of FX's ALIEN: EARTH, was catching the white whale worth the cost?

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Good times. Good times.

This is a strong take.

They continue to mistake data accumulation and intelligence.

text reads "the future is exhausting , the fake future doubly so" . a jet pack man is zooming thru the O on the last word.

person on reddit looking to hire for art in GTA style high contrast, but about appalachia, so posting example. did this as a fan art originally for @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social and their very fun history of the jet pack episodes. I have yet to watch The Rocketeer. archive.org/details/the-... #art

2 of our favorite things in the world are Star Trek and Doctor Who. Did you know about the very subtle crossovers between the 2 this year?
The Doctor told Belinda that he ought to "go visit" the Star Trek Universe....

More Star Trek goodness on last week's episode!
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We were surprised to see the great Jeri Taylor's face during the "In Memoriam" section of the Emmys.
An important Star Trek writer who wrote one of TNG's greatest episodes, "The Drumhead" as well as creating the Cardassians and presiding over Voyagers best years.
#StarTrek
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