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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 8h

😳 Toilet terror? Oh Yes.

Director Vivieno Caldinelli visits @MySummerLair to talk to about crafting the creepiest—and funniest—bathroom break ever filmed. Don’t miss Scared Shitless now streaming on @NetflixCA! 🚽🎧 #SetTheVCR #EarJoy 🎧 ⬇️

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My Summer Lair featuring Vivieno Caldinelli (Scared Shitless)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Vivieno Caldinelli the director of the horror-comedy movie Scared Shitless.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 12h

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Behold, the opening credits sequence for Netflix’s new animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. Tom Clancy animation is strange but so be it. #EarJoy

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 1d

As a kid it was shocking to see George Peppard talking to Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. But that’s Hannibal from A-Team!!

Similarly, who was César Julio Romero Jr. before The Joker?

While I have issues with #Batman 66 this is a classic Hollywood saga. #NeBookSmell

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 1d

This week's TV Recommendations is loaded with TV We Love to Happy Halloween suggestions that'll leave you Scared Shitless. A wonderful range like that can only be: #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️

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#SetTheVCR: October 13-19, 2025

This week's TV Recommendations is loaded with TV We Love to Happy Halloween suggestions that'll leave you Scared Shitless. A wonderful range like that can only be: #SetTheVCR.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 1d

Who is up for freshtastic ruckus...with English subtitles?

#BattleRoyale Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary: October 12, 13 & 15. Shout out to Pod-Lid Boy. How do you say sucka in Japanese?

This wonderfully violent film is cinematic wine: it doesn't age it just improves. #PantsWorthy

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 2d

From Japan’s indie art scene comes #JunkWorld...a visionary sci-fi epic told through God, grit & gorgeous decay.

#Junk World (a #TIFF50 movie) is a stop motion animation movie loaded with lots of time travel. Oh, yes! #EarJoy 🎧 ⬇️

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My Summer Lair featuring Takahide Hori (Junk World)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Takahide Hori the creator and director of Junk World at TIFF 2025.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 2d

“Join us for an unforgettable evening of dinner, live music from Jamestown Revival & appearances by the cast of #TheOutsiders film & Broadway musical. Greasers & Socs welcome!”

Today! The @theoutsidershouse is hosting The Stay Gold Gala celebrating the The Outsiders. Oh, Yes!

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 2d

🎪 Step right up… if you dare.

#ParanormalCirque IV is un-boo-lievably #PantsWorthy — filled with mysterious creatures, horrifying illusions and the clowns are dying to meet you. 🤡

Gather your undead-friends and join the tent of terror! You’ll have a ghoul time! #FearPee

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Paranormal Cirque Promo

BRAND NEW 2021 SHOW !!! Do you love thrilling, wicked, sexy, or even dangerous things? Paranormal Cirque will expose you to a unique creation of combined theatre, circus, and cabaret with a new…

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 3d

Some of the movies Michael Stasko & I discuss on this ep: Plan 9 from Outer Space (#EdWood!), Invaders from Mars, They Live, Night of the Living Dead and more.

That’s why magic comes up often, because these movies are...truly...magic. #EarJoy
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My Summer Lair featuring Michael Stasko (Vampire Zombies…From Space!)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Michael Stasko about his B-Movie love letter: Vampire Zombies…From Space!

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 3d

Weird is a pop culture hot sauce.

And while Ed Wood was always gloriously weird, Ed Wood is also a referendum on taste. I appreciate how this biography acknowledges highbrow and of course…lowbrow. Long live lowbrow taste.

@willsloanesq's Ed Wood bio is now out. #NewBookSmell

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 4d

The visionary risks that James Cameron took with Aliens is what's missing from a lot of current IP.

Like Frank Miller's #Daredevil: Do something unexpected, bold & even outrageous.

Roll the dice and we’ll roll with you.

#AliensExpanded is streaming on @Shudder. #SetTheVCR

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 4d

The legend, the laughter, the Uncle Buck-ing brilliance of #JohnCandy.

My convo with Paul Myers about his bio John Candy: A Life In Comedy is Cool Runnings for your 👂

From Steve Martin to John Hughes this MSL ep is tastier than Canadian Bacon. #EarJoy mysummerlair.com/podcast/paul...

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 4d

“There is something irresistibly funny about a funeral. I think the point is that beyond the deepest tragedy, there is laughter. Even in the midst of tragedy, there is always the possibility for it.”
~ Del Close...John Candy's improv mentor.

The #JohnCandy doc is on @primevideo. #SetTheVCR

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not easy being a Skeksis.

Another world, another time...the mysterious Crystal was cracked and an age of chaos began.

On October 12 & 13 The Dark Crystal lights up theatres again!

You'll wanna cut through Oz to get to this pure Henson magic. #PantsWorthy

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 4d

“ I wanted to make something on a grander scale.” So says Takahide Hori, when I talked to him at TIFF about his wild (and truly epic!) #JunkWorld.

It’s a Japanese stop motion animated post-apocalyptic science fiction movie. Whew. A quirky #ThrowbackThursday.

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 5d

From SCTV to Planes, Trains and Automobiles...John Candy redefined kindness in comedy.

In his My Summer Lair visit Paul Myers reveals what made Candy not just funny but wildly human.

Paul's compelling #JohnCandy bio is out now. #NewBookSmell

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My Summer Lair featuring Paul Myers (John Candy A Life in Comedy)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to author Paul Myers for his biography John Candy: A Life in Comedy.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know the guy from House of Pain is @officialdannyboyoconnor? And did you know he’s founder of The Outsiders House Museum? And did you know on Oct 12th they're is hosting A Stay Gold Gala celebrating The Outsiders legacy with live music & guests? It's so #PantsWorthy, unless you’re The Socs.

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 5d

Bruce Lee’s nickname is Little Phoenix. Apt as he continues to rise up in our culture.

Jeff Chang says: “I remember as a kid growing up in Hawai’i, everyone on the playground wanted to be Bruce Lee. It’s like no matter how much evil they threw at the guy, he could overcome it.”

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 6d

Before Hollywood knew his name, Canada knew his heart. ❤️

Paul Myers’ bio John Candy: A Life In Comedy captures the spirit of one of our funniest exports.

Dive into this My Summer Lair comedic conversation: it's a sweet and smart tribute to a true legend. #EarJoy

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My Summer Lair featuring Paul Myers (John Candy A Life in Comedy)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to author Paul Myers for his biography John Candy: A Life in Comedy.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 8d

A terrifying town, creepy creatures and...Kenny? 😱

Dive into the dark world of @FROMonMGM with @MySummerLair!

Sammy sits down with actor @RickyHe to chat about Kenny, fascinating #FROM theories and more.

This #EarJoy is eerie #Halloween Fun. #FROMily

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My Summer Lair featuring Ricky He (Kenny - From: Season 3)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Ricky He who plays Kenny Liu on From on MGM+. SetTheVCR

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 8d

For years NFL occupied Thanksgiving & NBA dominated Christmas. That was the Socs & Greasers divide. Then the NFL said we want Christmas, rude.

Similarly, for years Halloween is Treehouse of Horror, often a Simpsons classic. Now #FamilyGuy wants to do Halloween? Rude! #SetTheVCR

My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 8d

With these week's TV recommendations say goodbye to John Candy and the Woman In Cabin 10. But say hello to #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️!

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#SetTheVCR: October 06-12, 2025

With these week's TV recommendations say goodbye to John Candy and the Woman In Cabin 10. But say hello to #SetTheVCR.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 9d

What do Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bob Odenkirk, & the Jo(h)ns, Belushi, Favreau & Candy, have in common? Improv mentor/teacher was Del Close!

Check out Heather Ross' For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close a wild doc exploring his life & legacy.

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209 | Heather Ross (For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close) - My Summer Lair

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Heather Ross for her comedy documentary For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close.

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 9d

"After All, Isn't There A Little Üter In All Of Us?"

The #Huluween on @Disney+ programming includes a scary Simpsons stream: it’s a non-stop terrifying blast of all #TreehouseofHorror episodes.

That's as cool as scoring a free cursed frogurt! #SetTheVCR

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My Summer Lair @mysummerlair.bsky.social · 9d

“#JamesBondDay is a day of gratitude and a celebration of imagination: how bright sparks can ignite a fiery passion.

And ah…of course to recognize sexy ladies named Octopussy.”

A quote from a Bond-reflection I wrote for #JamesBond's 60th; still fits.

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That James Bond Spark: Bonding With Bond

Bowie // James Bond // Frank Sinatra // Spider-Man // Bruce Springsteen

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