Ready to help raise a teeny-tiny barn.

“What so proudly we waved, in–”

I honestly though they were standing for the national anthem at first.

Raw ramen.

Can't wait for the sequel.

He did a decent job of covering the events of 25 September 1983. Man, that was a lousy week to have a ninth birthday on.

As a palate cleanser, here's another Walkerton resident - Harold Urey. Nobel Prize winner, premature anti-fascist (he helped get Enrico Fermi out of Italy and was called in front of HUAC after the war), and pioneer in the fields of isotope chemistry, cosmochemistry, exobiology, and paleoclimatology.

In one of Harlan Ellison's many tirades about the idiocy in Hollywood, he mentioned overhearing a network exec (presumably in the 80s) who had a brilliant idea:

"Let's do 'The Wiz'…white!"

Roald Dahl the author had it done when he was 21 because dentures were less trouble. Seriously, look it up.

I like how the smog maintains a respectful distance.

Obligatory Blibdoolpoolp reference.

"So much for that business plan. I guess it's back to 'putting the anti in anti-hero' for me."

I remember seeing that as a kid; fortunately I figured out it wasn't real before the denouement:

Not while he's on the job!

"So I can sextuple-wield pistols now, right?"

"Well, now I have pollen for a head. (sigh) Better get started on Batch 48."

"What do you mean? A phone is a big clunky electronic device tethered to the wall by a cable. This is 1974, not some kind of Star Trek future world!"

Now this would be a fair fight.