It is time for the penultimate episode of season one of Widow’s Bay.
As I write this, there is a big storm outside my house. Coincidence, yes, but still kind of odd.
A massive, unnatural storm descended upon Widow’s Bay in the 9th episode, and it led to some drastic decisions to be made.
The show gave us the identity of the final descendent of Richard Warren. We knew that someone had survived of Warren’s kids and the curse would last until the end of the Warren bloodline. It just was an unexpected answer. After a lengthy (and remarkably funny) and extensive genealogy report, it was revealed that Ruth was the sole surviving descendent of Richard Warren.
Moreso, Ruth had not come to the bunker to ride out the massive storm. Everyone else made it. Ironic? Hm.
The idea that Tom and Wyck immediately came to was that Ruth was old and it could be easy to break the curse. Wyck even offered to put a bullet in the back of her head, peacefully. She’d never see it coming, he said. Understandably, Patricia found this shocking that they would even consider it.
Tom left the office with an unknown intent.
This has been an awesome season so far and with just the finale remaining, anything could literally happen. Ruth being the descendent of Warren was unexpected and the reveal was done expertly well.
I have had a pretty good run with the 2026 June Swoon 5. Ten really good, enjoyable movies so far. It is sad that had to come to an end, but I kind of expected it.
I have three movies I am going to today at Cinemark and so I needed a shorter movie. I just did a short yesterday and I wanted to avoid another right now. I found a film on Peacock that was only 1 hour and 20 minutes, that would work for the schedule. Unfortunately, it was Bambi: The Reckoning.
I have seen several of these movies. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, and Screamboat. Of those, I did not hate Screamboat as much as I hated the Winnie the Pooh movies, but it was not good by any stretch.
I gave it my best shot to come into this movie with an open mind, but that was wiped away early on.
According to IMDB, “A car wreck strands a mother and son in the deep woods where a mutated, vengeful deer stalks them. As local hunters and an obsessive grandmother converge, the forest becomes a bloody arena for a grieving creature’s primal rage.”
The writing on this is atrocious. I’m not sure that there is one redeeming character in the film. I was openly rooting for Bambi to kill these miserable excuses for human beings. Funnily enough, Bambi did not directly kill several of them.
The dialogue was basically yelling other characters’ names.
When most of these kills are funnier than scarier, you know you’ve got a problem. My favorite was the guy who got dragged behind a van as they were trying to escape from Bambi. What a completely random death.
There are some unintendedly funny moments and so little made sense. I could not bring myself to give this the “So Bad, It’s Good” ranking because there was just nothing good about it. Maybe if the RiffTrax crew would riff this, there might be something worth the time.
This may not sink to the depths of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey or its sequel, but it was nowhere near Screamboat. That is saying something.
Topic: Wishing happy birthday while discussing all the worst things on the earth.
I love this song. I play it every year for my birthday and I have sent it to several people over Facebook or other social media platform.
“And a pinch to grow an inch!”
Lyrics
Happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Happy birthday to you
Well, it’s time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year We’ll eat a lot of broccoli and drink a lot of beer You should be good and happy that there’s something you can eat A million people every day are starving in the street
Your daddy’s in the gutter with the wretched and the poor Your mama’s in the kitchen with a can of Cycle Four There’s garbage in the water There’s poison in the sky I guess it won’t be long before we’re all gonna die
Happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Happy birthday to you
Well, what’s the matter little friend? You think this party is the pits? Enjoy it while you can, we’ll soon be blown to bits The monkeys in the Pentagon are gonna cook our goose Their finger’s on the button, all they need is an excuse
It doesn’t take a military genius to see We’ll all be crispy critters after World War III There’s nowhere you can run to, nowhere you can hide When they drop the big one, we all get fried Come on, boys and girls, sing along, okay?
Happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Happy birthday to you (wow!)
Well, there’s a punk in the alley and he’s looking for a fight There’s an Arab on the corner buying everything in sight There’s a mother in the ghetto with another mouth to feed Seems that everywhere you look today there’s misery and greed
I guess you know the earth is gonna crash into the sun But that’s no reason why we shouldn’t have a little fun So if you think it’s scary, if it’s more than you can take Just blow out the candles and have a piece of cake
Happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Happy birthday to you (wow!)
Happy birthday Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Happy birthday to you
Big week. This is also a major record breaking week of the EYG Favorite Comic Book Covers of the Week. We have a tie for each of the three medalists this week! WOW! And that is even excluding a couple of amazing books that only can crack the Also-Rans
Also-Rans: Absolute Catwoman #1 (foil cover F), The Nice House by the Sea #10 (B Cover), Bad Thoughts #1, Mark Spears Monsters #0 (A Cover), Tarzan Beyond #1, Mark Spears Monsters #0 (C Cover), Mark Spears Monsters #0 (Cover B), Muppets Noir #4 (Cover B), and D’Orc #5.
Bronze Medalist (TIE)
Space Ghost #12
Variant Cover C
Cover art by Michael Cho
This cool cover of Space Ghost #12 featuring Space Ghost with the black background. It is a beautiful piece of art that I picked up off the newsstand today.
Fury of Firestorm #3
Variant Cover C
Cover art by Dustin Nguyen
Another beautiful cover of Firestorm. The image of Firestorm is so simple and just spectacularly lovely. The colors are perfect and it really stands out as a wonderful cover.
Silver Medalist
Mask #1
Variant Cover (Gold Foil Blind bag)
Cover art by Andres Juarez
Pulled this out of a blind bag and I was so excited about the gold foil book. The image is simple, but the overall look of the cover is sensational.
Transformers #33
Variant Cover F
Cover art by Tom Reilly & Adriano Lucas
This is a celebration issue of the anniversary of the Energon Universe books at Image. This one has a bunch of Transformers and GI Joe upon it. It is such a fun and chaotic cover.
Gold Medalist
Barbara Gordon: Breakout #2
Variant Cover C
Cover art by Matteo Scalera
I love this variant cover of Barbara Gordon: Breakout #2 with Barbara Gordon in her orange prison outfit along with all the other prisoners. * The animals, the animals Trap, trap, trap ’til the cage is full The cage is full, stay awake In the dark, count mistakes The light was off but now it’s on Searching underground for a bit of sun The sun is out, the day is new And everyone is waiting, waiting on you
Orange is the New Black
The Fall of the House of Slaughter #2
Variant Cover H Virgin
Cover art by Sam Wolfe Connelly
What a gorgeous virgin cover. I love the black and white cover with the imagery that makes me wonder what is going on here.
Wednesday brought us another live action short film from 2025 for the June Swoon 5. This one I found on a list of the best short films of 2025 and it sounded the most interesting of the list. It was called Dirty Towel and it was a film by Callie Carpinteri.
A mother lectured her young daughter about sex, using the towel as a metaphor. She told her young daughter that having sex was like dirtying a new, clean towel and that you could never get it clean again.
Flash forward about 12 years and the girl, named Charlie, was having her first sexual encounter with a boy named Jack. After having sex, Charlie thought back to the words her mother spoke and had to deal with the feeling of shame.
At just over 12 minutes, Dirty Towel does a good job of displaying the inner shame people feel when they have done something that triggers that emotion. Charlie’s mind played tricks on her as she went through her normal routines and her own opinions were rough. They kept that dirty towel metaphor going throughout the short.
Emma Parks played Charlie and did a lot with the limited time.
The short was a solid film, with both humor and a strong message of self-acceptance.
“Eat It” is one of the first huge hits for Weird Al. It is what truly put him on the map. Al talked about people referring to him as the “Eat It” Guy. The video is a direct parody of Michael Jackson’s video for “Beat It,” using several of the same dancers and choreography. This song won Weird Al his first Grammy for Best Comedy Recording.
Lyrics
How come you’re always such a fussy young man? Don’t want no Captain Crunch, don’t want no Raisin Bran Well, don’t you know that other kids are starving in Japan? So, eat it, just eat it
Don’t wanna argue, I don’t wanna debate Don’t wanna hear about what kind of food you hate You won’t get no dessert ’til you clean off your plate So eat it, don’t you tell me you’re full
Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it) Get yourself an egg and beat it Have some more chicken, have some more pie It doesn’t matter if it’s boiled or fried
Just eat it (eat it), just eat it (eat it) Just eat it (eat it), just eat it (eat it), ooh
Your table manners are a cryin’ shame You’re playin’ with your food, this ain’t some kind of game Now if you starve to death, you’ll just have yourself to blame So eat it, just eat it
You better listen, better do what you’re told (ooh) You haven’t even touched your tuna casserole (ooh!) You better chow down or it’s gonna get cold So eat it, I don’t care if you’re full
Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it) Open up your mouth and feed it Have some more yogurt, have some more Spam It doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or canned
Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it) Don’t you make me repeat it Have a banana, have a whole bunch It doesn’t matter what you had for lunch Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it) If it’s gettin’ cold, reheat it Have a big dinner, have a light snack
If you don’t like it, you can’t send it back Just eat it (eat it, hee-hee), eat it (eat it) Get yourself an egg and beat it (oh, Lord!) Have some more chicken (hee-hee), have some more pie (hee-hee) It doesn’t matter if it’s broiled or fried
Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it) Don’t you make me repeat it (oh, no) Have a banana (hee-hee), have a whole bunch It doesn’t matter what you had for lunch
Season five sends the Agents of Shield into space… and into the future.
Agents of Shield jumped full into a post apocalyptic future with huge elements of sci-fi. These first episodes really started the season off strong.
It was teased at the end of season four that Coulson and the crew believed to be the government, but were actually capturing the Agents of Shield to send them into the future.
Not Fitz though. He got left behind.
We end up in a future where the earth was destroyed… by Quake. Daisy is called The Destroyer of Worlds by everyone.
We meet Deke, played by Jeff Ward, who is a character that will become more important as the series progressed. Here, Deke is shown as a somewhat untrustworthy individual who is out for himself.
The Kree become the major antagonists for this season, including a Kree named Kasius, who reminded me quite a bit of Maximus the Mad from the Inhumans comics. Weaselly and manipulative, Kasius had a Kree warrior named Sinara.
It was weird with the Kree warriors using automatic weapons and guns, but I understand why.
We got a guest appearance from Lance Hunter as Fitz, who was left behind, tried to figure out a way to get to the future. It was great to see Hunter again.
There was a lot of great action and exciting turns in this first seven episodes of season five. Fitz’s insane efforts along with Enoch was amazing and the new characters were all cool additions.
It is interesting when a film about a stand up comedian is not really funny.
Is This Thing On? is more of a character study than a comedy. I would go as far as to say that there is less comedy in this movie than you would see in most films. Because it is not really about the comedy. It is about the relationship between Alex and Tess (played by Will Arnett and Laura Dern) than anything else.
According to IMDB, “As their marriage unravels, Alex faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess confronts sacrifices made for their family, forcing them to navigate co-parenting and identities.”
Both Arnett and Dern do a great job with their individual characters, showing the cracks and frustrations of their marriage.
It is a slow burn of a movie, but it takes time to develop these two main characters and, because they do, the conclusion of the film works so much better.
It is directed by Bradley Cooper and he appeared as a supporting character in the film. In fact, Cooper’s character, Balls, was an odd character, bringing some levity to the film.
I was surprised with the tone of this movie. I expected more comedy than I got, but the film is still a very well written and acted movie. Arnett and Dern are great together and the film popped when they were sharing the screen. It was an unexpected tale.
Parody: “It’s All About the Benjamins” by Puff Daddy
Written: Sean Combs / Kimberly Jones / David Styles / Sean Jacobs / Jason Phillips / Christopher Wallace / Terry M. Etlinger / Linda Laurie / Deric Angelettie / Al Yankovic
Genre: Rap/Comedy
Topic: Computers
We enter the Top 20 of the Top 100 with one of Weird Al’s first examples of his skill in rapping.
Lyrics
It’s all about the Pentiums, baby Uhh, uh-huh, yeah Uhh, uh-huh, yeah It’s all about the Pentiums, baby It’s all about the Pentiums, baby It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) Yeah
What y’all wanna do? Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers Wastin’ time with all the chatroom yakkers? Nine to five, chillin’ at Hewlett Packard? Workin’ at a desk with a dumb little placard? Yeah, payin’ the bills with my mad programming skills Defraggin’ my hard drive for thrills I got me a hundred gigabytes of RAM I never feed trolls and I don’t read spam Installed a T1 line in my house Always at my PC, double-clickin’ on my mizouse Upgrade my system at least twice a day I’m strictly plug-and-play, I ain’t afraid of Y2K I’m down with Bill Gates, I call him Money for short I phone him up at home and I make him do my tech support It’s all about the Pentiums, what? You’ve gotta be the dumbest newbie I’ve ever seen You’ve got white-out all over your screen You think your Commodore 64 is really neato What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito? You’re usin’ a 286? Don’t make me laugh Your Windows boots up in what, a day and a half? You could back up your whole hard drive on a floppy diskette You’re the biggest joke on the Internet Your database is a disaster You’re waxin’ your modem, tryin’ to make it go faster Hey fella, I bet you’re still livin’ in your parents’ cellar Downloadin’ pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar And postin’ “Me too!” like some brain-dead AOL-er I should do the world a favor and cap you like Old Yeller You’re just about as useless as jpegs to Hellen Keller
It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby)
Now, what y’all wanna do? Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers Wastin’ time with all the chatroom yakkers? Nine to five, chillin’ at Hewlett Packard?
Uh, uh, loggin’ in now Wanna run wit my crew, hah? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do? They call me the king of the spreadsheets Got ’em all printed out on my bedsheets My new computer’s got the clocks, it rocks But it was obsolete before I opened the box You say you’ve had your desktop for over a week? Throw that junk away, man, it’s an antique Your laptop is a month old? Well that’s great If you could use a nice, heavy paperweight My digital media is write-protected Every file inspected, no viruses detected I beta tested every operating system Gave props to some, and others? I dissed ’em While your computer’s crashin’, mine’s multitaskin’ It does all my work without me even askin’ Got a flat-screen monitor forty inches wide I believe that your says “Etch-A-Sketch” on the side In a 32-bit world, you’re a 2-bit user You’ve got your own newsgroup, alt.total-loser Your motherboard melts when you try to send a fax Where’d you get your CPU, in a box of Cracker Jacks? Play me online? Well, you know that I’ll beat you If I ever meet you I’ll control-alt-delete you What? What? What? What? What?
It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby) It’s all about the Pentiums! (it’s all about the Pentiums, baby)
Now, what y’all wanna do? Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers Wastin’ time with all the chatroom yakkers? Nive to five, chillin’ at Hewlett Packard? What?
Today’s June Swoon entry was a wild monster/thriller that I had never heard about before. It was entitled Dust Bunny, and I saw it on HBO Max.
What helped me pick the film out was seeing Mads Mikkelsen as the lead and Sigourney Weaver in a supporting role. Who knew that this was going to be a wild flick.
According to IMDB, “After losing her foster parents to a bedroom-dwelling beast, young Aurora hires her reclusive neighbor, a professional assassin, to hunt it, unknowingly thrusting him into a war against both human killers and supernatural terrors.“
The little girl, Aurora, was played by Sophie Sloan, who does an excellent job of presenting this little girl with a dark past and a serious attitude.
The monster is done very well too, keeping it fairly under wrapped for much of the film. It is not until the third act where we start to get a better glance of the monster. It did seem fairly practical of an effect too, which was a welcome bit for Hollywood today.
Mads Mikkelsen and Sophie Sloan were great together, elevating this movie’s script above a typical movie. They worked well together, showing some serious chemistry and some good laughs too.
This was a really weird movie. Think “Leon the Professional” if written by Roald Dahl and R.L. Stein. Hitmen and monsters do not necessarily go together, but this somehow fits wonderfully.
Written: Al Yankovic / Charlie Midnight / Dan Hartman
Genre: Funk
Topic: The pain, embarrassment and physical limitations of having a hernia.
Lyrics
Ow
Help me out, dig
All I do is grunt and groan Hurts me to walk anywhere Went to see my physician, Dr. Jones He took my trousers off, told me to cough Doctor says there ain’t nothin’ to discuss He tells me any day I might have to wear a truss
Living with a hernia, ow All the time, such aggravation Living with a hernia Gonna be my ruination Living with a hernia Got to have an operation Feel so old, heh Ow Huh
Too much bad pain Good God, drives me insane Can’t run, barely crawl Got a bulge in my intestinal wall Walk real funny, bless my soul Can’t play tennis and it’s hard to bowl, woo You can’t even do the splits now (say it) Better call it quits now I’m sick of all this dancin’ anyhow
Living with a hernia, huh Hurts me bad in a tender location Living with a hernia Had enough humiliation Living with a hernia, yeah Got to have an operation
Ow I live with a hernia Can’t get up, can’t bend over Now I live with a hernia Wait a minute You may not be familiar with the common types Of hernias that you could get So just settle down, let me clue you in There’s incomplete (incomplete) Epigastric (epigastric) Bladder (bladder) Strangulated (strangulated) Lumbar hernia (lumbar hernia) Richter’s hernia (richter’s hernia) Obstructed (obstructed) Inguinal and Direct
Living with a hernia, rupture I said it’s causin’ me such irritation Living with a hernia, whoa Have to have my medication Living with a hernia I feel bad
The animated film The Pout-Pout Fish dropped on Amazon Prime recently. It was one of the films I did not see in the theaters, so I streamed it on Prime.
I’ll get this out of the way. The animation was excellent. It looked great, and the designs of the fish were clever and fun.
That was about all I liked about this one.
According to IMDB, “Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish one day discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their houses in ruin. But there is hope. Embarking on a seemingly impossible quest in search of the mythical “Shimmer” to grant them a wish, there’s only one problem: someone else is on the hunt.“
I am afraid that this movie just never hit with me. I had a lot of trouble with some of the physics of the story. It seemed like they forgot at times that there was water around everyone. Things seemed to fall like they would without water and it bugged me.
Then, the character of Pip was just about as annoying as I have ever heard in animation. I was done with this character very early as well.
The film was very predictable and overall bland. Nick Offerman, who I have always enjoyed, just did not seem to fit the voice of the character of Mr. Fish.
I thought the trio of pink dolphins (voiced by Amy Sedaris) were the best part of the film, because you do not usually see dolphins as antagonists.
This one was a disappointment. I did not enjoy watching it and it felt like it took forever, even though it wasn’t that long time wise. I thought the ending was okay, but by that point, I was checked out.
I was on Amazon Prime and I saw a film that grabbed my attention immediately. It was a rental called Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round, a horror movie with an intriguing hook.
According to IMDB, “A children’s TV show host, ensnared in a case of amnesia, must confront his missing memories as his puppet co-stars turn on him.”
This is really creepy and there is a solid performance at the center of it by Michael Gilio. The Mr. Rogers Neighborhood feel is obvious and it is subtle at first with the slow burn on the mystery of Mr. Jensen and what had happened to him.
When I first saw this, I immediately thought about Bray Wyatt and the Firefly Funhouse from the WWE. I could absolutely see Bray Wyatt doing something like this. The movie listed something about “Freak” which immediately made me think of The Fiend. I have a hard time believing that the Firefly Funhouse wasn’t an inspiration for this movie.
This developed into a creepy, downright frightening film with the puppets and Mr. Jensen. The flashbacks were so effective and were doled out slowly, creating a great pace for the movie.
The character of “Kneel” had me yelling out loud.
Aiden Leary made his feature length film directorial debut with this movie and he does an admirable job with some of the creepy shots and lighting of the show. He provided a movie that played with people’s anxiety and gives us a top notch psychological horror/thriller.
It has been a solid year for horror movies so far and this one adds right to the list of strong newcomers. It is currently available for rental on Prime or for free on Screambox.
Today’s June Swoon 5 film was a documentary on Amazon Prime from last year that looked at the life and career of one of the most beloved actors/comedians of the past forty years, John Candy.
The doc started off with Bill Murray trying to come up with something bad to say about John Candy, and wishing the producers luck in their investigation to find some dirt on the man. It was a real funny kick off to the show and did a great job of pointing out how universally beloved men John Candy was.
There were a litany of stars who had nothing but amazing things to say about John Candy including Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Catherine O’Hara, Macaulay Culkin, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, Steve Martin, Conan O’Brien, and Mel Brooks.
The doc does a great job of outlining how the death of John Candy’s father (when John was 5 years old) affected him as an adult, and how his behavior of drinking, smoking, eating led to his early death at 43.
It also showed what a lovely human being John Candy was and how much success he had as an actor, starting off with SCTV and ending as a movie star.
The doc also talked with John Candy’s family, his wife, his brothers, his son, and his daughter. They talked about the close relationship John Candy had developed with John Hughes, and how Candy wound up in 9 films from the director.
I liked John Candy, but I would never say that I was a huge fan of his, but I found myself tearing up at the end of the documentary, which tells you how well director Colin Hanks and the rest did with this doc. The story of them closing down a freeway in LA for John Candy’s funeral procession was amazing.
The doc is available on Amazon Prime and it moves at a brisk clip, moving through his way-too-short life and career. It is wonderful when you can look back on a person’s career and see only the good.
The final episode of the docu-series on Hulk Hogan was today’s Sunday Morning Sidewalk entry, which was an episode that featured the controversial life of Terry Bollea, after the Wrestlemania classic with the Rock until his funeral in 2025.
I have been talking about the negative points of Hulk Hogan during these Sunday Morning Sidewalk write-ups and how the documentary has brushed over some of them, giving the surface treatment for it. This episode did bring up and look at a lot more of the negativity of Hogan than some of the other ones. However, the biggest thing that they brushed over was the racism tag that followed Hogan over the last few years of his life.
They mention the sex tape, and they do mention the racist slurs that Hogan was recorded saying during the sex tape, but they do not go into great detail about how those words and his overall opinions shaped the thoughts of a lot of wrestling fans. They treat it like a mistake and one that he regretted.
They showed the infamous Netflix debut where Hogan go booed out of the building in LA, and they linked it heavily to the political connection to Donald Trump. While that certainly played a role in that incident, the truth is Hogan’s brand had been more damaged by the racist remarks than his support of Trump. The Undertaker is a well-known Trump supporter, but he has never received the treatment Hogan did from the fans.
They covered the Hogan Knows Best reality show and dealt with Hogan’s marriage falling apart and his cheating on Linda. They do not mention the accident that Nick Hogan was involved with that injured his friend.
They spent a lot of time on how Hogan’s body was breaking down and mentioning his multiple back surgeries, which was a horrific amount. Some of the images they showed of Hogan was tough with the scars on his back from the operations.
Many of the actual one-on-one interviews with Hogan for this doc were well done and reflective of his time and his mistakes. The doc may have left out some important bits, but I thought the four episodes were fairly well done on the whole.
Next week, the Sunday Morning Sidewalk stays with Netflix as I start the Duffer Brothers’ new show, The Boroughs.
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