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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have spent approximately five minutes of my life in Vermont when I drove up from Massachusetts to check it off the list of states I’ve been to

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry, among everything, also originated Mozart in the Broadway premier of AMADEUS

Tim Curry, laughing while climbing the chair where Ian McKellen (Salieri) sits, both wearing late 18th century Viennese attire

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is now a Fightin’ Bob La Follette fan page

Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., with his David Lynch updo and the lowered eye one might give before they prove that the person they’re speaking with is a jackass

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This oldie-but-goodie may be the most succinct expression of my societal aims writ large

Triptych that says “8 hours for work, 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will” with accompanying pictures of a woman working, a person sleeping in bed with their feet sticking out from under the sheets, and two people sitting in a rowboat reading a newspaper.

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If you met this man organically and he told you that you should watch his movie, would you give him any benefit of the doubt?

OBSESSION director Curry Barker looking like if John Waters put a Quentin Tarantino parody in one of his movies

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Sorry for any spoilers but here’s Stephen Tobolowsky’s experience shooting Glimmer Man

“So I show up at Steven’s home on Stone Canyon Road. My audition was at 10 a.m. And I sat in his living room, which was filled with saddles. Saddles. All over the place. Like, ornate saddles. And I waited until 12:30. Steven came downstairs. He had been asleep. And at that point, I was kind of… What do you call it? You know, when waiting to do an audition, you develop a certain amount of stress. Like athletes who build up lactic acid in their body. At that time, I was still with lactic acid. Or whatever. My body became a toxic-waste dump. So I really don’t remember the audition too much, because I was so traumatized—there’s the trauma—I was traumatized by waiting to audition. They wanted me to shoot one of the first days of shooting. They called me at 7 in the morning, which I’m used to, but the crew call was 9. So I came in two hours early. The reason they wanted me two hours early was that they wanted to discuss hair with the hairdresser. But because I was bald, the hairdresser didn’t come in, so I was stuck waiting in the parking lot for someone to show up for two hours.”

“When, finally, people showed up, John Gray came in and told me in a panic that Steven Seagal wanted to rewrite the script. He decided it was bad for his karma to constantly be killing people in movies, so he didn’t want to kill me anymore. And I said, “Well, it’s important in the script that he kills me, because I’m, like, a serial killer.” And he said, “Don’t get into it with him. He believes it hurts his karmic development if he were to kill people.” And Warner Brothers is furious, because they told Steven, “Steven, we hired you because you’re good at killing people. And you know, you dance with who brung you. We’re not casting you to do a peace-loving cop, we’re casting you to murder people.”

So we got in to rehearse our scene, and Steven says, “You wanna go over the lines?” And I go, “Sure.” “By the way, I should mention I think we should change the end, because I shouldn’t kill you.” And John Gray is standing behind us doing the ix-nay sign, with his finger going across his throat, like, “Don’t talk, don’t talk, don’t talk. Don’t say anything.” I said, “Steven, that is an amazing argument. I never really thought of that before.”

“But coming from my character’s perspective, I am trapped in hell, being a serial killer. It is the worst thing that I could imagine. So if you were to kill me, you would actually be freeing me to come back in a reincarnational form as something better, and I would be able to atone for my sins here on Earth. So I think you would be doing me a huge favor.” And Steven said, “I never thought of it that way.” So we shot the scene where he shoots me. We put in the prosthetics where my whole chest explodes when he shoots me, and then he walks up with the gun smoking, and looks down at me. We do this whole scene where I hold a priest hostage. He looks down at me, smoking, and John patted me on the back, and he said, “Thank you, Stephen, for getting us out of that one.”

Fade out. Fade in. Two and a half months later, I get a phone call from John Gray. He said, “Oh, dear. We’re in trouble. Steven Seagal started ad-libbing in another scene about, “Thank God I didn’t kill the guy in the church.” So we have to find some way to add some lines to indicate that you’re not dead.”

“So can you come in and look at the scene and see if we can put something into the film to indicate that you are still alive?” So I’m watching the film. Keenen Ivory Wayans walks in to watch the scene. We do the whole scene where I’m holding the priest, Steven shoots me, my chest explodes in slow-motion! I mean, the entire chest cavity goes! I fall out of frame, Steven walks up with the smoking gun. And John Gray said, “Maybe you can add a line off-camera here.” And I said, “Like what? What would I add? Like, ‘You missed me!’ or, ‘Thank God it’s just a flesh wound,’ or ‘Oh no! I’m injured!’” I mean, my whole chest exploded. Keenen Ivory Wayans just rolls his eyes and walks out of the room. So I added, off-camera, [Short, deep breaths.] “Finish me. Finish me off, you son of a bitch! Finish me!” [Laughs.] It’s ludicrous! And I don’t know what they ended up showing. I don’t know if they ended up cutting that entirely, cutting me getting shot, cutting what I said, but I knew we were in the area of high comedy at that point.”

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Greetings from the Delaware Valley

Looking south on a bridge crossing the Delaware River, with green trees on hills at the horizon and a blue, cloud-kissed sky

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

If you see this, post something you saved because it's funny.

A Soviet medical professional in a mask and surgical gloves holds up a swaddled newborn in the foreground. In the background, a mustachioed father in a fur hat stands outside the window in the snow while looking in the window at the newborn. He gives a thumbs-up and a big toothy smile.

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This Barcelona pizzeria gave me a wine glass with my beer

A wine glass full of beer between a half-eaten Neapolitan pizza and an empty bottle of of Madresita

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

You shouldn’t force me to reckon with the sadness of Joan when you’re about to serve this legitimately hilarious final moment

Meditative Don Draper thinking up a hit commercial

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Don’t mind me just making dinner

Simpsons screenshot, Bart wearing a baseball cap that says “Time for chili”

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Here’s a video of an elderly French cabaret singer performing “Old Man River” at the Lapin Agile

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

“France is a dog-hole.” William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, II.iii.289

Cobblestone street in Montmartre, Paris with Le Consulat cafe in the foreground and Sacre Coeur basilica in the background

From the bottom of the stone facade of Sacre Coeur, with the tall bell tower to the right and a jutting gargoyle on the left

A stone gargoyle face in the foreground of the rooftop of Sacre Coeur with Adriana smiling in the background

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Aurora Borealis from the red eye

Beyond the airplane wing in the center is the green and purple Aurora Borealis

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Like once a year my mom says this popped up on IG

Tweet I wrote on 9/19/18: “A student emailed me, profusely apologizing for getting my name wrong at the top of their paper, and I was like, ‘Thanks, whatever, nbd.’ Then I got to their paper and saw their instructor was ‘Professor whats his nuts’”

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Me getting content announcing the return of the quesarito while living in the uk:

Kevin Garnett in UNCUT GEMS saying “Why the fuck would you show me something if I couldn’t have it then?”

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I hear Quentin Tarantino has been chiming in

Onion Headline: Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-to-Door Trying To Shock People

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Back in the pie game with some Salted Maple Pie

Salted Maple Pie, uncut still in the pie plate. The filling is brown like maple syrup and lumpy, with white flecks of salt strewn around. The crust is a lighter brown.

A slice of Salted Maple Pie with a lump of whipped cream

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I would love to hear from the Maserati dealer who sold a car to a 26-year-old MAGA Jersey Girl, I’m guessing the interest is well into the double digits

Screengrab from article. Text reads:

Greene allegedly drove to Pennsylvania and paid a body-modification artist $500 to carve the wounds on her face, neck, and upper body, using a pattern she had provided in advance. Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV. Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for “zip ties near me,” a discovery authorities cited as further proof that the incident was staged.

The sentence “Investigators later found matching zip ties in her Maserati SUV” is highlighted.

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Picadillo. Do this with some red rice and tortillas.

2lbs ground beef in hot pan w oil. Break apart meat, season w/ 1 Tbsp salt. Cook until no pink then add half a diced white onion. Once onion is translucent add two diced Roma tomatoes. When tomatoes break apart add two diced yellow potatoes.

In blender add 3 Roma tomatoes, 1/4 onions, 1-2 Serrano peppers, 2 garlic cloves, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp cumin, big pinch peppercorns, 2 cups water. Blend until smooth.

Pour salsa into pan. Mix and cover for 10-15 minutes.

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Getting Pope Leo an old school Madison Mallards jersey with the stoned duck

Green Madison Mallards jersey with red text, white trim, and a duck head on the sleeve with a backwards cap and bright red eyes

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Yet again the chatter of this website forces me to share the truest regional map of the United States, the USGS Watershed Map. “But how does it define The Midwest?” Simply; there is no such thing.

A map of the United States divided by its water resource regions. Those regions are

New England
Mid Atlantic
South Atlantic Gulf
Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
Upper Mississippi
Lower Mississippi
Souris Red Rainy
Missouri
Arkansas White Red
Texas Gulf
Rio Grande
Upper Colorado
Lower Colorado
Great Basin
Pacific Northwest
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Caribbean

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John Hendel @goodplaywright.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Why didn’t Erika Kirk quote this part?

Sean Collins tweet from 1/29/2019:

JESUS CHRIST (ninth hour): Eloi, Eloi, Iama sabachthani?

GOOFY (present at the crucifixion): Gawrsh

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