I have a small, but growing collection of these novelizations, picked up for cheap at thrift stores as a curiosity. So far I have Buckaroo Banzai (my most expensive at $5), Gremlins, Close Encounters, E.T., The Abyss, Alien (which is fun, because they clearly didn't have a final design for the xenomorph, so there's a…

A few years ago I worked with Tom Ruegger, the creator of Animaniacs and Tiny Toons, to write an article about the history of Animaniacs for Mental Floss.com. Enjoy!
http://mentalfloss.com/arti…

I like to overthink things. For example, I was recently watching Handy Manny with my kids and the tools were eating breakfast. Which means that at some point those tools have to go to the bathroom, which brings up a whole new level of WTF-ery.

Mae and her mom were recently guests on Talkin' Toons with Rob Paulsen (Voice of Donatello on the new TMNT, Raphael on the old TMNT, Yakko Warner and Pinky on Animaniancs, voice of some character on just about any cartoon of the last 30 years…).  Not only is she really grounded for being a child of Hollywood, but she…

Thanks @avclub-f8f8c273f326be25421cc62737d24a9e:disqus , now I have to go find a chiptune version of Fight the Power or else my life will be incomplete.