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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦

@gumprich.bsky.social
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Writing about things I read and watch because somebody, somewhere might care. Knows entirely too much about the history of Winnipeg movie houses. I follow whatever and whoever interests me.

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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NOW PLAYING: Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
Release poster for Blade RunnerRelease poster for Blade Runner 2049
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NOW PLAYING: Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020). John Constantine, a member of the JLA. Fighting Darkseid. Uh-huh.
Video poster for the movie
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Name a song that came out while you were in elementary school that you still love as an adult. (Elementary school? Hell, I loved this song in Kindergarten!)
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Supertramp - The Logical Song (Official Video)
YouTube video by Supertramp
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What am I reading this week? Glad you asked… RALPH SNART ADVENTURES #4 - in color! (Note the UPC symbol. That’s right kids, I bought this at a newsstand!)
Ralph Snart Adventures volume 3, number 4. Ralph is electrocuted in an electric chair while an executioner pulls a switch and offscreen folks roast marshmallows and weenies
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I would buy the hell out of a complete PC$/Hectic Planet collection, even though I already have (most of) the single issues and all three of the trades. I even have the T-shirt, purchased from @evandorkin.bsky.social his own bad self.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The latest “Hey it’s that actor who apparently started on RYAN’S HOPE” is Nell Carter, three or four years before her star turn.
A young Nell Carter standing by a stove looking at papers
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunday Morning Poker Soundtrack. Soundtrack is better than the movie, and I love the movie.
Mississippi Grind volume 1, Ben Mendelssohn throwing the diceMississippi Grind, volume 2, Ryan Reynolds watching the dice roll
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NOW PLAYING: Romeo Must Die (2000). Probably. It’s a still-sealed $5 DVD of which I am not the original owner, so knows if I’ll be able to make it to the end?
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The second season of THE INCREDIBLE HULK was like a tour through 1970s pop culture. A few weeks after the Roller Disco episode we have the Blaxploitation episode, where David is workin’ at the car wash, baby.
Shot of a vintage 1970s Car Wash signGuest starring Ernie Hudson!Bill Bixby in a red-lit screenshot that’s actually from the roller disco episode
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Comics lost something when they stopped having ad pages crammed with dozens of listings.
A page of random ads from a 1982 Marvel comic
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t like Hal Jordan, never have. I haven’t enjoyed a Green Lantern comic since 1986. And yet I found myself bored six Sundays ago and thought, oh, maybe I can “hate-watch” this stupid new show. But I don’t hate LANTERNS.
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Boo-ly, Little Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Still one of the greatest theme songs/opening credits ever on television.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sunday Morning Poker Soundtrack. “If you don’t get out of my face quick, I’m goin’ kick your ass, you son of a bitch.”
Album cover of RL Burnside’s “A Ass Pocket of Whiskey”Album cover of burnside’s “Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down”
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And tonight on what I think is a very special episode of THE ROCKFORD FILES… three of my favorite 1970s character actors.
Guest stars Simon OaklandCleavon LittleVal Bisoglio
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now that I’ve seen him in a few episodes, I can say that David Rasche was absolutely fantastic on RYAN’S HOPE and I’m glad it was the start of a long career.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good job, CBC. This is the sort of news that can be considered “Breaking.”
Breaking news alert from CBC stating that Manitoba adopts permanent daylight time.
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Ian McCausland @ianmccausland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wouldn’t it be great if we saw this happen in #winnipeg?
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Truth be told, I’ve been watching RYAN’S HOPE just to be able to say “Hey, it’s This Guy!”
David Rasche on RYAN’S HOPE.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve never really watched The Brady Bunch, yet I’m still incredibly annoyed by seeing Cousin Oliver in a first season episode of SIMON & SIMON.
Gerald MacRaney and whatsisname, Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOW PLAYING: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Release poster for Devil in a Blue Dress
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Little Tikes Company forgot to buy paint.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tonight’s episode of ROCKFORD FILES has Howard Duff, Joan Van Ark, John Dehner, Jack Riley, and even Ken Tobey… but I’ve only got eyes for this Hey It’s That Guy.
Steve Landesberg being Steve Landesberg in a screenshot from a third season episode of ROCKFORD FILES.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Back to Winnipeg!"
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SONNY TUFTS?
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Not sure if my new glasses make me look old, or if they just make it easier to see that I am old.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Superman (2025) I don’t give a tinker’s damn about the “universe,” just give me a good movie.
Pre release poster for Superman (2025)
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's a prayer each night that I always pray Let the data guide me through every day And every pulse and every code Deliver me from the bypass mode
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/08/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
thebeaverton.com
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Others will talk about ROCKY HORROR or CLUE, but I’ll always remember King Chicken, the arch-nemesis of Duckman.
King Chicken from an episode of DUCKMAN
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
Title logo for Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
Video cover for Wonder Woman bloodlines
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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I love comic book. Even if I hate comic book, it's still comic book.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Once again CBC and I disagree on what is considered “news,” never mind something that must be pushed out as “breaking.”
CBC breaking news alert: Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the u.k.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Going into the office once a week entails lots of planning, and inevitably I forget something. My headset. A charging cable. A notebook. Today I forgot to change out of my slippers.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
*yawns, pours coffee, goes out on the porch to watch the sunrise* *goes inside and sits at the computer* "Well, let's see what's awful about the world today."
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: The White Orchid (2018)
Release poster for the white orchid
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Trouble Is My Business (2018)
Release (video?) poster for Trouble is my Business, with every PI cliche you could hope for - other than a cigarette.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The second season of BUCK ROGERS is a lot less fun and goofy than the first. They trade in the space discos for second-rate Star Trek. And then he meets the Space Munchkins.
Gil Gerard and Erin Grey, with a bunch of little people dressed as colorful Napoleons.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Deep Cover (1992). Another one of those movies on my watchlist that I have no memory of adding, but the cast list is promising.
Release poster for deep cover
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
HOT TAKE (circa 1991): "Shiny Happy People" is a great song with a really fun video.
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R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 07/08/2026
I still think there should be a Tubi Basement to directly compete with the Criterion Closet. It's just cardboard boxes full of tapes. There's some water damage and rat poop. Some of the tapes are just dubs of rentals or recordings from HBO in SLP mode.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If a man burps in a forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does he say “excuse me”?
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I can’t consistently remember my kids’ ages or my anniversary, but I looked at this image and immediately said “Barry Windsor-Smith.”
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Party Girl (1995)
Release poster for Party Girl
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
NOW PLAYING: Batman: Hush (2019)
Video cover for Batman Hush.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
For the first time in years, I want to go to the Winnipeg ComicCon.
Michael Ironside is apparently a guest at this years Winnipeg Comic Con.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
During my lunch break today my copy of MASTER OF KUNG FU #67 got stuck on the tape as I took it out of the bag. I’ve never spoken to Mike, but I could hear his voice in my head as I carefully peeled off the tape.
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Chris Gumprich 🇨🇦 @gumprich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. That sound you hear is a few of my followers saying “well, duh.”
static.klipy.com
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Alt: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, from the Maltese Falcon
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