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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good start to the Pens’ season.

Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

With everyone posting their NYT Top 10 TV shows of the century I figured I'd join the masses. I didn't include the shows EVERYONE listed (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Wire, GoT, etc) and went with ten fantastic shows that everyone should watch because they spark joy.

My NYT Top Ten shows--It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Archer, Hannibal, The Venture Bros, Reno 911, The Great, The Young Pope, What We Do in the Shadows, Review, and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I really need to watch this movie because I love the SCTV 3-D remake starring Dr. Tongue and Woody Tobias, Jr. And I feel like I’m not getting all the nuances because I haven’t seen the original.

An image from SCTV’s 3-D remake of Midnight Cowboy with Dr. Tongue and Woody Tobias Jr

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I still enjoy marching into a room like Dirk Blackpool, glowering at my kids, and saying, ".....Hi."

A photo showing the cast of the 1983 TV show "Wizards and Warriors", a screwy fantasy comedy that lasted like 10 episodes but was really smashing.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We don’t have champagne but bourbon is appropriate for all occasions. #Arsenal

A devastatingly handsome and impeccably dressed man is celebrating Arsenal’s title with a glass of sweet, sweet bourbon.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It did give us one of the most hilarious Simpsons bits of all time.

An image from "The Simpsons" during the fighting robots episode where the one robot is using the other robot's circular saw weapon against it, with the announcer saying "He's killing him softly with his saw."

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

No Kings rally in McCandless (just north of Pittsburgh). My sign isn’t especially subtle. #NoKings

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Spurs reduced to making hiring decisions based on advice from Monty Python. #Arsenal

An image showing a skit from "Monty Python" with a man in Elizabethan costume saying, "Well, no, we only have Tudor jobs."

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Archer, "Lo Scandalo". "FAAAAAANCY DINNAH PAHHTY!"

An image from the Archer episode "Lo Scandalo", with all the characters gathered around a dining room table with a detective coming in with Malory."

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Here's your origin story, done, now get on with the plot.

An image of Dennis Reynolds in "Always Sunny" looking at himself in the mirror as he puts on lipstick.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ooh, I LOVE this word. Gonna live up to it in all aspects of my family, professional, and creative life.

My Merriam Webster word of for 2026 is “SLAPDASH”.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Was a re-release but, still kinda strange.

An image from the 1961 version of “101 Dalmatians”, with about a dozen of the dogs looking at a TV.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Made a late command decision to watch the game at Highmark.

Image of a handsome and COMMANDING figure wearing a Riverhounds shirt and holding an IC Light at Highmark Stadium.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The man has extraordinary range.

An image of Toby Huss from Reno 911 playing Big Mike, a local methhead nutball. In this image Big Mike is being helped by two deputies as he staggers around his front lawn with a lawn dart impaled in his head.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Peacock closed-captioning really top notch. #Arsenal

A screenshot of a screenshot of the Arsenal-Palace game with the subtitles saying “Gabel got tit.”

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Time to send a real American hero to address the situation.

A photo of Piss Jugman, a yellow foam mascot shaped like a plastic bottle that you might, you know, pee in. His belly has the words "PISS JUG MAN" in three lines, though his name is spelled Piss Jugman. He always has an angry expression, with angled semi-circle eyes and a black semi-circle mouth, so he always looks pissed off.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

McCandless Township (suburb north of Pittsburgh. Just one suburb).

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A huge #NoKings rally in McCandless, north of Pittsburgh. The main rally is dahntahn, this was just one suburb. Crowd spread out all over the intersection and was down McKnight Road, hundreds of cars honking in support. Makes you proud to be an American.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Diane Keaton was great in everything, maybe my favorite actress of all time. She was typically incredible in "The Young Pope", playing a nun with Keaton's usual mix of steel, wit, and quirky fashion sense.

A photo of Diane Keaton as Sister Mary in "The Young Pope". She's standing in an open doorway wearing a T-shirt that says, "I'm A Virgin But This Is An Old Shirt".

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Murphy Mae would like another splash of wine. Maybe a bit more than a splash.

An image of an adorable Goldendoodle named Murphy sitting on a chair at a dining room table with an empty wine glass before her.

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

RIP Dave Parker. The coolest man to play the game, with the coolest nickname. Thankfully the Cobra was elected to the Hall of Fame before he passed. He belonged for this photo alone.

A black and white photo of Dave Parker in front of his locker, wearing a curved-brimmed fedora and a t-shirt with big block letters reading "IF YOU HEAR ANY NOISE IT'S JUST ME AND THE BOYS BOPPIN."

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Gene Bromberg @themeangene.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I don't watch as many movies as I should (need to stop re-watching "Always Sunny" and "Archer") but here's my obligatory Best Movies of the Century List.