John Ananias
@burtonesque.bsky.social
The frozen yogurt of people: Fine, but no one's first choice. Film person/aspiring filmmaker. @Burtonesque89 on Letterboxd. I blather on about movies and SNL and Futurama/The Simpsons and the Tim Burton oeuvre, and there's very little else to me.
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John Ananias
@burtonesque.bsky.social
· Oct 10
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · SATURDADY NIGHT LISTOMANIA - TOP 50 SNL SHORT FILMS/CARTOONS/MUSIC VIDEOS · 50. FAREWELL, MR. BUNTING (season 41, 5/21/16 Fred Armisen episode)
"The sudden burst of gore and grueso…
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IIIIIT'S 50! Time to start sharing the #SNL lists/rankings I've been assembling, starting with TOP 50 SHORT FILMS/CARTOONS/MUSIC VIDEOS. Tomorrow (I hope), TOP 50 LIVE SKETCHES. More to come after that. Further lists will be dropped as replies to this post.
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HAMNET is nominated for Best Fantasy Film at this year's Saturn Awards.
Attention must be paid.
Attention must be paid.
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 AM
HAMNET is nominated for Best Fantasy Film at this year's Saturn Awards.
Attention must be paid.
Attention must be paid.
It will take a place of pride among my many other fine, leather-bound books.
My new book on 2000s Hollywood comedies, Funny Business, will be available on October 6 and is officially up for pre-order right now. In my wholly objective opinion, you and every person in your family should do that. You can order your copy at the link below.
Funny Business by Matt Singer: 9798217047949 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A behind-the-scenes look at the rise (and eventual fall) of the raunchy, blockbuster “Frat Pack” comedy films of the early 2000s—including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Old School, Wedding...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
It will take a place of pride among my many other fine, leather-bound books.
"William Shakespeare, 400 years ago."
The monologue McKellen - a truly excellent actor who transmits such infectious joy for his arts - performs here is bracing yet quite pleasurable, and I hope a few minutes of CBS airtime were given over to it, not JUST YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
The monologue McKellen - a truly excellent actor who transmits such infectious joy for his arts - performs here is bracing yet quite pleasurable, and I hope a few minutes of CBS airtime were given over to it, not JUST YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"William Shakespeare, 400 years ago."
The monologue McKellen - a truly excellent actor who transmits such infectious joy for his arts - performs here is bracing yet quite pleasurable, and I hope a few minutes of CBS airtime were given over to it, not JUST YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
The monologue McKellen - a truly excellent actor who transmits such infectious joy for his arts - performs here is bracing yet quite pleasurable, and I hope a few minutes of CBS airtime were given over to it, not JUST YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2R...
We have, as a widespread community of SNL-loving dorkuses, kept up the "Not Ready for..." bit WAY longer than the show did - and you know, good for us.
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
We have, as a widespread community of SNL-loving dorkuses, kept up the "Not Ready for..." bit WAY longer than the show did - and you know, good for us.
No one EVER says anything about Reddit that makes it seem sane to be on Reddit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
No one EVER says anything about Reddit that makes it seem sane to be on Reddit.
I am often embarrassed that other nations 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠...so that's one reason I'm somewhat nervous for "SNL UK." But there's a healthier anticipation alongside that nervousness, and a hope that that show doesn't just bite the modern style of #SNL and swipe its formula entirely. (1/2)
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I am often embarrassed that other nations 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠...so that's one reason I'm somewhat nervous for "SNL UK." But there's a healthier anticipation alongside that nervousness, and a hope that that show doesn't just bite the modern style of #SNL and swipe its formula entirely. (1/2)
I'm not saying Tr***ism doesn't make its way over to - or have horrific kindred spirits over in - the UK, but "SNL UK" surely won't have to spend AS MUCH time on him/his kind, and for that...I'd maybe rather watch that #SNL.
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I'm not saying Tr***ism doesn't make its way over to - or have horrific kindred spirits over in - the UK, but "SNL UK" surely won't have to spend AS MUCH time on him/his kind, and for that...I'd maybe rather watch that #SNL.
I may hate the way WB has disrespected the Looney Tunes catalog/ensemble in recent years...but TCM having & promoting them - Bugs Bunny, the current Star of the Month over there! - feels only right.
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I may hate the way WB has disrespected the Looney Tunes catalog/ensemble in recent years...but TCM having & promoting them - Bugs Bunny, the current Star of the Month over there! - feels only right.
Even if I didn't want/have to see HOPPERS out of my Pixar completism, my #SNL fandom would force me to, given that the cast includes Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, Ego Nwodim, and Melissa Villaseñor.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Even if I didn't want/have to see HOPPERS out of my Pixar completism, my #SNL fandom would force me to, given that the cast includes Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, Ego Nwodim, and Melissa Villaseñor.
After rewatching some sketches from the last #SNL, (I) "The Viking Raid" worked much more for me, the modernity of the sensitive conversation did play as a good deal funnier, although the dashes of gruesomeness weren't adding *much* value ('til the last one). JAJ was great in it, too. (1/2)
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
After rewatching some sketches from the last #SNL, (I) "The Viking Raid" worked much more for me, the modernity of the sensitive conversation did play as a good deal funnier, although the dashes of gruesomeness weren't adding *much* value ('til the last one). JAJ was great in it, too. (1/2)
"It's like a party at my mom's house!"
I forget how/why, but at some point I brought THIS up while talking with a friend last night, and that meant I had to revisit it, and...I'm just real glad this happened.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgR...
I forget how/why, but at some point I brought THIS up while talking with a friend last night, and that meant I had to revisit it, and...I'm just real glad this happened.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgR...
Spider Man A Freak Like Me Needs Company live on TV in 2015
YouTube video by Dan Livni
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February 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
"It's like a party at my mom's house!"
I forget how/why, but at some point I brought THIS up while talking with a friend last night, and that meant I had to revisit it, and...I'm just real glad this happened.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgR...
I forget how/why, but at some point I brought THIS up while talking with a friend last night, and that meant I had to revisit it, and...I'm just real glad this happened.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgR...
Ayyy, I got a little shoutout in the Vulture Movies Fantasy League newsletter today! (Also, I am NOT the only one who encountered the, "Oh, you can't have an apostrophe here, huh?" thing when settling on a team name.)
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Ayyy, I got a little shoutout in the Vulture Movies Fantasy League newsletter today! (Also, I am NOT the only one who encountered the, "Oh, you can't have an apostrophe here, huh?" thing when settling on a team name.)
Protests against Tr*** and Tr***ism and ICE are noble and right and I admire the people participating in them, putting themselves on the line...
...and protest signs always get me thinking of Abe Simpson holding the "Bring back WAGON TRAIN" sign sooner or later. That's my broken brain.
...and protest signs always get me thinking of Abe Simpson holding the "Bring back WAGON TRAIN" sign sooner or later. That's my broken brain.
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Protests against Tr*** and Tr***ism and ICE are noble and right and I admire the people participating in them, putting themselves on the line...
...and protest signs always get me thinking of Abe Simpson holding the "Bring back WAGON TRAIN" sign sooner or later. That's my broken brain.
...and protest signs always get me thinking of Abe Simpson holding the "Bring back WAGON TRAIN" sign sooner or later. That's my broken brain.
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SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky
As much as I separate art from artist, as much as I hold firm that lousy people can make great work and we DON'T have to act like those works are entirely horrible in hindsight...
I do feel like I have to do penance for enjoying the first two RUSH HOUR movies, given Brett Ratner's latest project.
I do feel like I have to do penance for enjoying the first two RUSH HOUR movies, given Brett Ratner's latest project.
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
As much as I separate art from artist, as much as I hold firm that lousy people can make great work and we DON'T have to act like those works are entirely horrible in hindsight...
I do feel like I have to do penance for enjoying the first two RUSH HOUR movies, given Brett Ratner's latest project.
I do feel like I have to do penance for enjoying the first two RUSH HOUR movies, given Brett Ratner's latest project.
So Stevie Spielberg's in the EGOT club now...I always knew that kid would make something of himself.
February 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
So Stevie Spielberg's in the EGOT club now...I always knew that kid would make something of himself.
Ah, #SNL: 1000 episodes, 1000 laughs...
Wait, no, that's insulting, don't want that. Anyway, "episode #___" milestones are arguably silly, but hitting 1000 shows IS something, and who'd have thought 50-years-and-a-few-months ago that this shaggy, countercultural-yet-throwbacky show would make it!
Wait, no, that's insulting, don't want that. Anyway, "episode #___" milestones are arguably silly, but hitting 1000 shows IS something, and who'd have thought 50-years-and-a-few-months ago that this shaggy, countercultural-yet-throwbacky show would make it!
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Ah, #SNL: 1000 episodes, 1000 laughs...
Wait, no, that's insulting, don't want that. Anyway, "episode #___" milestones are arguably silly, but hitting 1000 shows IS something, and who'd have thought 50-years-and-a-few-months ago that this shaggy, countercultural-yet-throwbacky show would make it!
Wait, no, that's insulting, don't want that. Anyway, "episode #___" milestones are arguably silly, but hitting 1000 shows IS something, and who'd have thought 50-years-and-a-few-months ago that this shaggy, countercultural-yet-throwbacky show would make it!
Get the shit about this Melania movie out of my feed, keep the Catherine O'Hara love in my feed.
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Get the shit about this Melania movie out of my feed, keep the Catherine O'Hara love in my feed.
I've just added a couple songs/scenes to this here Letterboxd list - but the two from BEETLEJUICE? Those have always been here.
letterboxd.com/burtonesque8...
letterboxd.com/burtonesque8...
"Oh, that's the Pulp Fiction theme!" and other songs inextricably tied to movies
Here are some musical moments from movies that have made a particular song inextricably linked to a particular movie for me. • No musicals allowed...except the one. • These songs don't have to have be...
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January 30, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I've just added a couple songs/scenes to this here Letterboxd list - but the two from BEETLEJUICE? Those have always been here.
letterboxd.com/burtonesque8...
letterboxd.com/burtonesque8...
One of my favorite film/TV presences singing one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite movies, one that she performed beautifully the first time and has since:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8y...
"Sally's Song" by Catherine O'Hara (Nightmare Before Christmas Live @ The Hollywood Bowl 10-28-2016)
YouTube video by Todd Malkin
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
One of my favorite film/TV presences singing one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite movies, one that she performed beautifully the first time and has since:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8y...
Damn it, not Catherine O'Hara...
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Damn it, not Catherine O'Hara...
Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2657
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I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2657
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Cinematrix No. 675: January 30, 2026
Can you name a Rachel McAdams movie that made $100 million?
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January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2657
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I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2657
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Well, it was nice being pro-Darren Aronofsky while it lasted.
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Well, it was nice being pro-Darren Aronofsky while it lasted.
There are a couple Oscar-nominated films I need to see, and there are probably eligibility situations that got the WGA to this lineup...but THIS Original Screenplay lineup rules. So happy to see the recognition for BLACK BAG, IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, and WEAPONS!
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
There are a couple Oscar-nominated films I need to see, and there are probably eligibility situations that got the WGA to this lineup...but THIS Original Screenplay lineup rules. So happy to see the recognition for BLACK BAG, IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, and WEAPONS!
I do believe this is my highest score ever.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 672: Jan 27, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2698
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 672: Jan 27, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2698
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Play at:
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Cinematrix No. 672: January 27, 2026
Can you name an Uma Thurman movie with a one or two-word title?
vulture.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I do believe this is my highest score ever.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 672: Jan 27, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2698
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Play at:
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 672: Jan 27, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2698
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...