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It’s October 1st! Get into the spooky season with a ghostly tale that's safe for little ones. Can Lucy’s beloved playhouse survive in a world dominated by screens? With some spectral help, it just might! B&N: bit.ly/3TmnfoB Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/lucy... Amazon: amzn.to/4hanTAT

Copies of “Lucy and the Ghost take the stage!” Features a girl on the cover with her head in her hands as a friendly ghost peeks behind the stage curtain.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 15h

Someone dropped their banana.

A banana, turning brown on one end, sits by its lonesome in a parking space.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 29/09/2026

Had we not gotten David Wayne's Jervis Tetch on Batman '66, I think Sterling Holloway could've made a great Mad Hatter.

Black and white image of Sterling Holloway in vest, shirt and tie.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 28/09/2026

Issue is worth it just for 1/4 of the cover alone.

Superman swimming away from a whale with Lois Lane’s face.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 28/09/2026

Checking off all the autumn things.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 25/09/2026

Did I hear it's @comicsinthega.bsky.social's birthday??? Curse me kilts! Happy Birthday!

Still image from the 2017 Ducktales with Scrooge McDuck, arms folded, sitting in a folding chair, sulking with a party hat on. He is surrounded by Louie, Dewey, and Huey.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 22/09/2026

I will never understand energy bill math. It costs $119 to deliver $88 worth of electricity and costs $32 to deliver $3 of gas?

Energy bill breaking up cost of supply used and cost of delivery. In this case the delivery charges are far more than the actual supply used.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 19/09/2026

There have been many Batmans, but there has never been a better Bruce Wayne.

Adam West in smoking jacket with hands up, fingers pressed against each other pensively.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 18/09/2026

Really enjoying this book of essays on Batman ‘66 I picked up from @writerjimbeard.bsky.social at Ithacon this year. Currently on @paulkupperberg.bsky.social’s look at “The Bookworm Turns!”

Blue book cover of Batman’s silhouette above the city.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/09/2026

Let them self-regulate. What could go wrong?

Panel from Superman 10 (1941). Superman looks up as the voice of Luthor booms from an invisible helicopter above, demanding a ransom if Metropolis wants water.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 15/09/2026

Threatening to destroy a building if they don't put your name on it is the kinda stuff they do in Gotham City.

Joker wanting a copyright on fish because he’s made sure they know share his face.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 13/09/2026

Watching The Apartment (1960) with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Streaming free on Tubi. I’ve never seen it!

Jack Lemmon sits on a couch with Shirley MacLaine pointing at him.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 13/09/2026

Doodling on the back of a bingo sheet at a birthday party.

A red pen doodle of a house on a hill with a scarecrow in the foreground, trees near the house, a moon in the sky and little ghosts floating in the background.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 10/09/2026

Clark Kent and the Brown Plaid Suit Scandal of 1941.

Panel from Action Comics 35 (1941) as Clark Kent stands in the newspaper office asking Lois to lunch. She says she’ll go but will take the mining stock in her hands with her for safekeeping. Clark is not wearing his customary blue suit but a brown plaid one.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 09/09/2026

Happy Birthday, Neil Hamilton. BOTD: September 9, 1899

Stafford Repp in police chief uniform stands next to Neil Hamilton in brown hat, tie, and jacket, holding a gift basket and bottle of wine.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 02/09/2026

This was fantastic! Can’t believe we almost never got to see it.

An animated Wile E Coyote sits in a courtroom next to his attorney, a live action Will Forte, with Lana Condor behind them.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 31/08/2026

Finally finished (at nearly 600 pages!) and it was fantastic. Absolutely fascinating read, warts and all, of the boy, the man, and the artist that would become the myth that was Orson Welles. Only goes up to the release of Citizen Kane but I highly recommend.

Book featuring black and white photo of Orson Welles sits on a small black table outside next to a coffee mug.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 28/08/2026

I’ve had this thesaurus since, I think, the 80s and it’s still getting use.

A worn copy of Webster’s New World Thesaurus.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 28/08/2026

Ended up watching Muppet Treasure Island last night so tonight it’s Clue.

Sam the Eagle, Kermit the frog, Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop and others in pirate garb in Muppet Treasure Island.

The cast of Clue with Tim Curry front and center looking out the front door suspiciously.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 25/08/2026

Superman vs the prediction markets.

Panel from Superman 8 (1941). Man of Steel says “be wary of unscrupulous operators of gambling games - they are always on the lookout for unsuspecting victims!”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 25/08/2026

Don’t worry. He’s got poll monitors there.

Panel from a golden age Superman comic. Corrupt officials chat. “I don’t like it! Dunham’s too blasted close for comfort!” says one. The other days “Don’t worry. Results have not come in yet from the 43rd ward, largest in the city. I’ve got one of my men planted there to count the votes. You know what that means.”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 23/08/2026

After two years of being an only-child, we tried introducing Winston, at 16, to this guy half his age (or younger). Did 2 days of a few minutes but yesterday pushed it too long with an hour+. Resulted in a huge catfight and had to revert back to an isolated room for the new guy. Back to square one.

Older gray cat laying on a couch looking sideways suspiciously.

A white and gray cat with a pink mouse-like nose looks at the camera.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 23/08/2026

PSA: The Monkees is now streaming on Tubi.

Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones dressed as a child and Peter Tork dressed as a mother after a toy company executive has been kicked in the leg.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 20/08/2026

Gonna start shouting this as I leave the room.

Panel from Superman 8. Man of Steel rushes through mountains saying “Now to reconnoiter!”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 19/08/2026

Finally got a chance to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Really enjoyed it. A lot of fun. Was big potatoes.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 18/08/2026

Visited Plymouth and walked around the replica of The Mayflower. They would not Reverse Uno and sail me to England.

Photo looking up at The Mayflower II in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Blue sky and at the top of the ship’s mast is the Union Flag.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 17/08/2026

MURIEL: “You remember Bunny Funkhouser, dear, that clever young interior decorator that we met at the Collins' cocktail party.” JIM: “You mean that young man with the open-toed sandals?”

Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas sit in a couch that Cary Grant leans on.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 17/08/2026

Currently watching Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948).

Melvyn Douglas, Myrna Loy, and Cary Grant look suspiciously at the house they’ve just bought.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

Julie Newmar turns 93 today. BOTD: August 16, 1933

Julie Newmar as Catwoman, carrying a bag of loot over her arm in an underground cavern

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

Halloween displays out in the children’s section of Barnes & Noble and I’m in some great company. All those other books shouting “who let THIS guy in?!”

Halloween themed books on a display at Barnes & Noble, including “Lucy and the Ghost take the stage!” by Dave and Karen Crysttina.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

They may have had no money for sets at this point, but that jazzy Season Three fight music is great.

Batman, Robin, and Batgirl brawl with Joker, Catwoman, and goons in a courtroom.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

Catwoman’s attorney, Lucky Pierre, is played by Pierre Salinger, who served as White House Press Secretary under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1964.

Eartha Kitt as Catwoman in a court room with her attorney, Lucky Pierre.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

Don’t worry about that closet of gunpowder being lit. Just before the explosion, Batman has sprayed the one room with anti-blast Bat-spray.

Joker and Catwoman look over their shoulder at a closet full of gunpowder.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 16/08/2026

Currently watching these ne'er-do-wells on MeTV.

Cesar Romero as The Joker and Eartha Kitt as Catwoman.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 15/08/2026

Where’s Big Blue when ya need him?

Splash page from Superman 7 (1940). Superman bounds through the city carrying a car. The opening caption box reads “crooked politics sabotages the very foundations of democratic government! When Superman finds the city of Meteopolis infested by evil, conniving public officeholders, he begins a clean-up campaign which for sheer thoroughness and unorthodox procedure has never before been witnessed in the annals of representative government!”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 09/08/2026

In the very last moment of the movie (spoiler alert for a film from ‘44), Bing Crosby shows up out of nowhere to scoop up leading lady Virginia Mayo and a “howdayalikethat?!” fourth wall break from Bob.

Bing Crosby and Virginia Mayo embrace while Bob Hope looks at the camera.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 09/08/2026

Checking out 1944’s “The Princess and the Pirate” with Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo. A cowardly actor and a runaway princess on a ship captured by pirates.

Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo in pirates garb aboard a ship.

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 08/08/2026

Wise old frog knows what’s up.

A shirt hanging on a store wall of a frog sitting on a beach chair. Text says “It is what it is and it is not great.”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 08/08/2026

Currently watching (with the teen)…

Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, and Matthew Broderick in sunglasses driving in a red car in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

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Dave Dellecese @davedellecese.com · 07/08/2026

I find the idea of dropping Larry David throughout history to be hilarious.

Rosa Parks stuck next to Larry David on the bus.

Larry David as Jonas Salk’s proud mother out hanging the wash in the backyard.

Larry David between Bill Hader’s Abe Lincoln and Kathryn Hahn’s Mary Todd Lincoln in the box at Ford’s Theater.

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