I’m a G.I.Joe collector and fan – mostly of the 12″ figures, though I have quite a few of the 3 3/4″ figures as well. Way back in 1968, the original Joe toy line changed to “explorers” in reaction to…
Month: October 2014
Geek, Geek Ephemera, TV, Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks TV Guide Ads!
From 1990/1991. Enjoy.
Geek Ephemera, TV, Twin Peaks
“We are on the air!” TV Guide reviews Lynch/Frost’s On The Air
Lost in all the excitement of the Twin Peaks revival is the fact that David Lynch and Mark Frost did more than just Twin Peaks together. They did a fantastic documentary series called American Chronicles… and a sitcom named On The Air.…
Geek, Geek Ephemera
From the 1979 Sears Wishbook… SPACE TOYS!
I have been spending a ridiculous amount of time looking through Christmas catalog scans on WishbookWeb.com this week… The nostalgia! The FEELS! I’ll be sharing some of the pages scanned from the toy section over the next couple of weeks…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, TV, Twin Peaks
Some more Twin Peaks ephemera for ya…
Since this is National “Twin Peaks is Coming Back” week, I’m gonna just keep posting cool paperwork and articles from when the show first aired. Here’s a great satirical portrait that was in an issue of Entertainment Weekly: Here’s the…
Geek Ephemera, TV
BOB Wanted Poster
You may want to print this out to get ready for 2016…
Geek, TV, Twin Peaks
It is happening… Again. Twin Peaks return to TV in 2016!
Social media is exploding with this story today, and rightly so: Twin Peaks, the series that inspired much of the great TV drama that we have enjoyed for decades, will return to the airwaves on Showtime in 2016. Not to go into too…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, TV, Twin Peaks
A letter from the mayor of Twin Peaks
The Twin Peaks nostalgia continues, this time with a scan of the letter from the Mayor of Twin Peaks the Honorable Dwayne Milford. This letter was sent to members of the Twin Peaks fan club along with the free Twin…
Geek Ephemera, TV, Twin Peaks
The Twin Peaks “Family Tree”
Lots of people are buzzing about the potential return of one of my favorite shows, Twin Peaks, after a couple of cryptic tweets were simu-posted by creators Mark Frost and David Lynch. “That gum you like is coming back in…
Geek Ephemera, Trek
Actor’s “instruction manual” for the Star Trek: The Motion Picture bridge
This is a real cool one. In 1978, when they were filming Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the production designer put together an “instruction manual” of the Enterprise bridge for the actors. Yes, the actors had actual guidance as to what buttons…
Geek, Trek, TV
How to play “Trek God”
Blatantly ripped off from Drew McWeeney at HitFix, earlier this year I started doing a Star Trek “party game” with some of my Trek fan friends. The premise is simple: If you were “Trek God” like Q and could take…