Monthly Archives: August 2011

Night Gallery: They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar (1971)

Much like Doug yesterday with his excellent Legends of Sleepy Hollow post, I too thought about waiting to share this, my favorite Night Gallery episode, until Halloween. With the great What is your favorite segment from Night Gallery question over … Continue reading

Bonkers’ Ugly Balls

All this talk of Madballs got me thinking of their distant cousings, Ugly Balls. Ugly Balls were a Madballs knock-off given as a mail-in premium by Bonkers who had previously knocked-off the Kronoform robot watch. This so-called premium was hocked … Continue reading

Interview With Chris Preksta – Creator Of The Mercury Men!

I’ve mentioned on the site before just how much I absolutely love The Mercury Men series! So you can imagine how excited I was when the creator and director of the series, Chris Preksta, agreed to answer a few of … Continue reading

Astronauts Offer Space Artifacts In Online Charity Auction!

Thanks to our friends over at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for sending over this press release detailing this exciting charity auction…I mean who wouldn’t want to get the winning bid and go on a SCUBA diving adventure with the likes … Continue reading

Madballs 2nd Commerical!

Thanks to Sean Hartter’s awesome Hornhead illustration yesterday and the awesome Madballs advertisement from our very own Retroist a year ago and let’s not forget Doug’s fantastic unboxing video that you can see below…the time seems ripe for a true … Continue reading