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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beer guys have a "special relationship" with Turtle Wax. Their old factory building in Chicago was repurposed to become the first Goose Island brewpub in 1988. #beeronaut

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Headlights on my '09 Civic looking really dim. Found out some auto parts stores will put in lights you buy there, if it's not too complex and someone can spell them at the register. Technician got my bulb out and said it looks fine, try polishing the lens (which I did 2 years ago).

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Gwengoolie has updated her look a bit. Hair, and her bustier shows a touch more va-va-voom. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And we all insulated recognized the source of this Electric Light Orchestra LP cover. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie #wizardofoz

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That "State Fair Omaha" balloon finally bugged me enough to look it up: The Nebraska State Fair rotated between Omaha & Lincoln until 1901, then settled in Lincoln until moving to Grand Island in 2011. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie #wizardofoz

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All this great original soundtrack music, but for the big chase scene they dropped in "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky. I know there are other borrowed tunes, but this is just the most obvious. #WizardofOz #svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#WizardofOz trivia fans know the cut dance number was "The Jitterbug," nothing like the Jitterbug dance just then becoming popular, but they didn't want to hook up to a current fad. And I agree it would have broken the flow of the forest scene. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All the #WizardofOz scenes with fire obviously used REAL flame. But luckily the audience chamber with Oz is not where the actors are, for safety's sake. And wasn't that kind of what being called into the principal's office was like? #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can't nail down the source of tonight's #Sventune. It MAY be "Play a Simple Melody" by Irving Berlin. #wizardofoz #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another great gag: Scarecrow & Tin Man try to snap their fingers in defiance of the witch. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie #WizardofOz And how did they get "I'm just a DANDY-lion" past the Hays office!?

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In case you didn't notice, the soundtrack during the apple scene referenced "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” written in 1905. en.wikipedia.org/wik... #Wizardof Oz #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie That's tonight's #Sventune.

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now at age 60-something, the scariest part of #WizardofOz is Bolger's Scarecrow dance, where her leaps high in the air and falls flat on his back! Owwwwwww! #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wait! When the Mayor proclaimed "This is a day of independence, For all the Munchkins and their descendants!" Did the guy next to him add "If any!" #WizardofOz And Glinda already looked 3 sheets to the wind. #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Loving: 1. Dorothy hits her heed & the camera tilts around, telegraphing that what follows next is ALL A D**** 2. People inside the funnel waving to Dorothy, unaware that they'll be plunging to their deaths. #HouseofSvengoolie 1/2

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And Professor Marvel uses the same method as every "psychic" working the gullible today. #WizardofOz #Svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Charley Grapewin (Uncle Henry) likely has the earliest actor credit in an American film, playing "Chimmie Hicks" in 2 1900 shorts. www.imdb.com/name/nm... #svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I freely admit: seeing #WizardofOz at age 5, on parents' 12" B&W set, scared me spitless! Now I see it's because those practical special effects looked real (within the reality of those tiny sets and great backgrounds). And horror is leavened by really funny gags! #svengoolie #HouseofSvengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This "Bow Before Me" stuff never goes as expected. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All the guys on this shore leave wake up on the floor or in Sickbay. Hoshi wakes up in a comfy bed after making First Contact! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Disappointing! Trip and Malcolm are tied up in a wine cellar and did not knock down ONE rack of bottles! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The crew just sprung into action when the captors told Janeway she COULDN'T do something. Now Tom and B'Elana are in a cave set! Drink! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As I'd thought. The Dax symbiont is a dirty old worm who wanted to get it on with every sentient species in the galaxy; in both or all sexes. Whoops! We're going to need another Weyoun! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"We're on a Jem'Hadar ship, Headed in the wrong direction. We're hanging upside down, We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Someone going to a conference? There's NEVER trouble happening there! #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THERE we are! Riker comks out the Ferengi to complete the Fizzbin! Meantime, Li'l Picard has had to pull his maneuver many times on his size S tunic. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yup! Riker's Fizzbinning. But he doesn't end by punching the Ferengi unawares. So perhaps it's just corbomite. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My ONE LITER Goldfinger Oktoberfest krug had been waiting a whole year to get a refill! PROST! #beeronaut

1 litet mug of Goldfinger's Oktoberfest beer.

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@bradleymorgan.bsky.social Saw Tiny Tim in 1994 with my favorite loud bar band, the New Duncan Imperials. www.alibris.com/Live-in-Chic... There's also a CD of Tiny Tim with Brave Combo.

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Live in Chicago

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cyroano Jones is right. If I saw the lovely Lt. Uhura making lovey noises over anything, I'd buy one. Even a Moopsy. #MeTVStartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm sure some other crewman could be used to keep the water clean. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

First a cave set, and now the prison set. AND once again Spock unsuccessfully hide his ears with a stocking cap. And Flavius is showing heavy Charlton Heston vibes. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mr. Barris is an experienced bureaucrat. He knows it's time to turn when the wind shifts. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watching Tribbles right now on H&I. Good to see the fight participants holding fast to the "Thin Red Shirt." BTW, did that bartender ever have a name, maybe in the script? #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Alice series were identical twins Alyce & Rhae Andrece, b. 1936 in Thornton, IL. They also sang in 1960s jazz & experimental pop bands The Sound of Feeling & the Third Eye. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Kirk needs a very long session of fizzbinning to paralyze the Androids. Spock just needs two sentences. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Did someone just call for "Bluey?" And what's Uhura doing with the 60s Supremes hairstyle? #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seems whenever Uhura songs, something bad happens: 1. Nomad wipes her mind 2. Kevin Riley gets poisoned 3. Charlie Evans takes her voice. And… There goes a railing fall AND a "He's dead, Jim!" That's a DOUBLE! #allstartrek

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