Ben Godar
@bengodar.bsky.social
Used to write comedy for fun and profit
Nonprofit film programmer at Varsity Cinema
Talk #STLCards for Cardinals Off Day podcast
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/nmzJ
Nonprofit film programmer at Varsity Cinema
Talk #STLCards for Cardinals Off Day podcast
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/nmzJ
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Ben Godar
@bengodar.bsky.social
· Aug 21
The version of myself that I present to my therapist is really making some progress.
May need to go back to being Catholic now that we have Cinema Pope.
So we say "and also with your spirit" now? Is that right?
So we say "and also with your spirit" now? Is that right?
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
May need to go back to being Catholic now that we have Cinema Pope.
So we say "and also with your spirit" now? Is that right?
So we say "and also with your spirit" now? Is that right?
Gun to my head I could not tell you how many teams are in the Big Ten.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gun to my head I could not tell you how many teams are in the Big Ten.
It's odd that the thumbs-up has become the universal sign players make being carted off the field and announcers call it a "good sign," when it was made famous by Mike Utley, who was paralyzed.
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's odd that the thumbs-up has become the universal sign players make being carted off the field and announcers call it a "good sign," when it was made famous by Mike Utley, who was paralyzed.
One Big Beautiful Bill.
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One Big Beautiful Bill.
Reposted by Ben Godar
There are a lot of ways Mark Epstein could have responded to this query, including saying nothing at all, and “Bubba is not Bill Clinton” is absolutely not the one I expected.
Mark Epstein told Newsweek that Bubba is not Bill, but didn’t name names.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump ‘blowing Bubba’ message in Epstein emails under scrutiny
Mark Epstein asked Jeffrey Epstein in an email to ask Steve Bannon if Vladimir Putin has "the photos of Trump blowing Bubba."
www.newsweek.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There are a lot of ways Mark Epstein could have responded to this query, including saying nothing at all, and “Bubba is not Bill Clinton” is absolutely not the one I expected.
They expect to find one of us in the wreckage, brother.
Something I’d like to bring to your attention: When flat-faced dogs like bulldogs and pugs have to wear muzzles, they look like this
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They expect to find one of us in the wreckage, brother.
Seals AND Crofts? In this economy?
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Seals AND Crofts? In this economy?
What's something that was ubiquitous for the first half of your life but now is virtually extinct, like land lines or Aerosmith?
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What's something that was ubiquitous for the first half of your life but now is virtually extinct, like land lines or Aerosmith?
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Ah yes the famously welcoming to people of color U.S. housing market
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ah yes the famously welcoming to people of color U.S. housing market
Making a list of my favorite R.E.M. songs about rivers in Ohio and I think I've decided my favorite is Cuyahoga.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Making a list of my favorite R.E.M. songs about rivers in Ohio and I think I've decided my favorite is Cuyahoga.
I hope the Epstein Files finally come out so we can know once and for all if Donald Trump - a man charged by countless women of sexual misconduct and found civilly liable for rape, who also used campaign funds to pay off a porn star - is a sexual deviant.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I hope the Epstein Files finally come out so we can know once and for all if Donald Trump - a man charged by countless women of sexual misconduct and found civilly liable for rape, who also used campaign funds to pay off a porn star - is a sexual deviant.
Weird Science
Bachelor Party
Doc Hollywood
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Bachelor Party
Doc Hollywood
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Weird Science
Bachelor Party
Doc Hollywood
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Bachelor Party
Doc Hollywood
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Jim Croce was such a good singer, he could start a song with "like the pine trees lining the winding road, I've got a name..." and nobody would even question that nothing is LESS likely to have a name than a bunch of pine trees on some back road.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jim Croce was such a good singer, he could start a song with "like the pine trees lining the winding road, I've got a name..." and nobody would even question that nothing is LESS likely to have a name than a bunch of pine trees on some back road.
The MCUification of everything has convinced people that films need to cater to internet weirdos who demand everything be connected.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The MCUification of everything has convinced people that films need to cater to internet weirdos who demand everything be connected.
NEWS OUTLETS: "Trump has announced..."
WHAT TRUMP ACTUALLY DID:
WHAT TRUMP ACTUALLY DID:
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a shelf and saying `` i declare bankruptcy ! ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a shelf and saying `` i declare bankruptcy ! ''
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEWS OUTLETS: "Trump has announced..."
WHAT TRUMP ACTUALLY DID:
WHAT TRUMP ACTUALLY DID:
Editor: You get those AI photos for these Facebook ads?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin horrifying just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin horrifying just like you asked.
Editor: what
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Editor: You get those AI photos for these Facebook ads?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin horrifying just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin horrifying just like you asked.
Editor: what
Reposted by Ben Godar
Imagine if Kendrick Lamar wrote a diss track about Drake…..and made him *sing* on it. That’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Imagine if Kendrick Lamar wrote a diss track about Drake…..and made him *sing* on it. That’s fucking Rumours
The dream of the '90s is alive in Jiyugaoka De Aone
In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The dream of the '90s is alive in Jiyugaoka De Aone
I take great pride in maintaining a bell curve on my Wordle scores.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I take great pride in maintaining a bell curve on my Wordle scores.
Trump cabinet when a dude passes out:
a group of people are sitting on a plane wearing life vests that say emergency exit
ALT: a group of people are sitting on a plane wearing life vests that say emergency exit
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Trump cabinet when a dude passes out:
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Where am I supposed to log this rewatch of California Split?!
Where am I supposed to log this rewatch of California Split?!
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Letterboxd @pt.letterboxd.social is down!
Where am I supposed to log this rewatch of California Split?!
Where am I supposed to log this rewatch of California Split?!