Doctor Grabow @ItsTheManOnTheMoon@octodon.social

me, binge watching VHS tapes of Kids in the Hall 25 years ago 🤣🤣🤣

me, now feeling personally attacked 😭😭😭

I was raised on a steady diet of Looney Tunes, MAD Magazine and Doctor Demento

How I feel about 90% of the time on Mastodon, but thanks for letting me hang out

My heart was never in it like that, so I bailed. But it's interesting to ponder what I'd be up to now if I had stuck with it, and I get pangs sometimes listening to Adam Savage's podcast. But this goofy robot suit is definitely the thing I brag on at parties. 5/5

You really have to be committed to the "paying your dues" career track; there's lots of "We have to finish this thing in time for a shoot on Monday. I can't pay you to come in and work 30 hours this weekend but I *might* be able to get your name in the credits." And people who want to be the next Stan Winston will do it, weekend after weekend. 4/5

It's weird finally seeing the thing on screen, now in the greater context of the entire series which I only watched ocassionally at the time. The year or so I worked in effects was super interesting and mostly fun. I learned a lot of stuff and got paid absolute shit. It's a field where talent/reliability are appreciated and in demand, but also exploited. 3/5

I didn't get to go on set with it (the shop owner yoinked that privilege) and I had never actually seen the episode until I caught up with it tonight, on my first full watch of the series. You can see it starting at about 12:50 into the episode. I spent at least 2 weeks working on it. It's on screen for literally 1-2 seconds before it blows up. 2/5

So 22-23 years ago I was working at a practical special effects shop in North Hollywood, and we got subcontracted to build this robot drone suit for this episode of DS9. I did maybe 80% of the fabrication and decoration, with a more experienced guy putting the finishing touches on it. 1/5

"Don't say the kid's name, vic!"

(cw: brief near-nudity)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wezux

I wonder how grumpy the townies in Point Pleasant are about Mothman tourism

TFW you finally get around to flushing out your favorite fountain pen so you can switch to a different ink for a while

gah why the fuck am I still awake

Pretty sure my all-time favorite Stephen King short story is Mrs. Todd's Shortcut

"Stephen King" movie I still get mad about: The Lawnmower Man (glad to read just now that King successfully sued the producers for putting his name on it)