Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee
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A fictional host, for a show that never airs, playing B-movies that don't exist, on a station that's never named.
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Curated by @SurlyByDefault. Also @Tikitrocious on Mastodon.Social. https://linktr.ee/christopher.fischer
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Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In a big city with rampant crime, the best burglar’s safehouse is robbed three times in the same week. He moves to the suburbs thinking it will be easier, then learns the folly of thinking “The Emeralds Are Always Greener (1994).”
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In a big city with rampant crime, the best burglar’s safehouse is robbed three times in the same week. He moves to the suburbs thinking it will be easier, then learns the folly of thinking “The Emeralds Are Always Greener (1994).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The son of a serf runs away to Manchester, but must sneak back to his home when his father dies. Sick, broke and owned by the land, can he pay off his father's debts and bury him proper? It's 1976's “Coffin' Up Expenses.”
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The son of a serf runs away to Manchester, but must sneak back to his home when his father dies. Sick, broke and owned by the land, can he pay off his father's debts and bury him proper? It's 1976's “Coffin' Up Expenses.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Irregular mystic rings and magic swords that have slight imperfections? Jason is hired for an unusual shop at the discount mall, falls in love with his manager Miss Anviltop, and discovers “The Treasures of the Outlet Mall (1994).”
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Irregular mystic rings and magic swords that have slight imperfections? Jason is hired for an unusual shop at the discount mall, falls in love with his manager Miss Anviltop, and discovers “The Treasures of the Outlet Mall (1994).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Fiji mermaids homestead a reservoir in Contra Costa county. When a Napa Valley tour bus takes a wrong turn, the inebriated excursion and the immigrant cryptids form an incredible friendship in 1997's “Upstream to Wine Country.“
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Fiji mermaids homestead a reservoir in Contra Costa county. When a Napa Valley tour bus takes a wrong turn, the inebriated excursion and the immigrant cryptids form an incredible friendship in 1997's “Upstream to Wine Country.“
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! When a Naval doctor performs experiments on an Irish nanny, it cures her gout, but a string of murders near the cannery can only mean one thing: S̷h̷a̷r̷k̷s P̷o̷r̷t̷u̷g̷u̷e̷s̷e̷ Selkies! See Hubris’ 1936 “Groom of the Wereseal.”
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! When a Naval doctor performs experiments on an Irish nanny, it cures her gout, but a string of murders near the cannery can only mean one thing: S̷h̷a̷r̷k̷s P̷o̷r̷t̷u̷g̷u̷e̷s̷e̷ Selkies! See Hubris’ 1936 “Groom of the Wereseal.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A devotee of the twee and tacky decides to postpone university to travel in search of the campiest Americana. He strikes unexpected finds in life lessons, plastic flamingos, and love in 2005's indie darling ”Kitsch-hiking Route 80.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A devotee of the twee and tacky decides to postpone university to travel in search of the campiest Americana. He strikes unexpected finds in life lessons, plastic flamingos, and love in 2005's indie darling ”Kitsch-hiking Route 80.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! He never outright causes accidents, but his record of tickets and citations and phenomenally high insurance cause him to change his name and relocate to San Francisco. Police have no clue about “The Moving Violator (1985).”
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! He never outright causes accidents, but his record of tickets and citations and phenomenally high insurance cause him to change his name and relocate to San Francisco. Police have no clue about “The Moving Violator (1985).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious’ Midday Matinee! The stakes are high! A friendly upper-class wager as to the quality of the family French chef spirals wildly into a 16 course meal—at a staggering 12 miles per hour! in Smithwick-on-Naddle's 1956 “Lord Dampercharm's Dining Car.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious’ Midday Matinee! The stakes are high! A friendly upper-class wager as to the quality of the family French chef spirals wildly into a 16 course meal—at a staggering 12 miles per hour! in Smithwick-on-Naddle's 1956 “Lord Dampercharm's Dining Car.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Town Hall burns down during July 4th fireworks. Old Man Hollins volunteers to build the town a new hall, but the resultant structure is odd to say the least, and politics will never be the same. See 1957's “Our Houses Shape Us.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Town Hall burns down during July 4th fireworks. Old Man Hollins volunteers to build the town a new hall, but the resultant structure is odd to say the least, and politics will never be the same. See 1957's “Our Houses Shape Us.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! With adults instead of lustlorn teens, heirs to opposing Italian fashion houses fall in love. There’s a catwalk, a duel, clergy, and Shakespearean poisoning and stabbings aplenty in 2002’s “Two Blouses, Both Alike in Vanity.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! With adults instead of lustlorn teens, heirs to opposing Italian fashion houses fall in love. There’s a catwalk, a duel, clergy, and Shakespearean poisoning and stabbings aplenty in 2002’s “Two Blouses, Both Alike in Vanity.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! This production blends 1960s anti-hero stylings layered on top of 1930s black and white morality punctuated by power chords to depict a railroad town saved by a leather-clad power metal singing cowboy in 1988’s “Dark Marshall Bass.”
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! This production blends 1960s anti-hero stylings layered on top of 1930s black and white morality punctuated by power chords to depict a railroad town saved by a leather-clad power metal singing cowboy in 1988’s “Dark Marshall Bass.”
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! The Martian Reforestation Project tirelessly works to make Mars a paradise, but aliens from the moons of Saturn try to usurp the planet from the rightful colonists. Will mankind prevail against “the Saturnaliens (1952)” in 3D?
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! The Martian Reforestation Project tirelessly works to make Mars a paradise, but aliens from the moons of Saturn try to usurp the planet from the rightful colonists. Will mankind prevail against “the Saturnaliens (1952)” in 3D?
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A millionaire hires a Korean war veteran to accompany him on a journey retracing his 1930s hobo days. When they revisit a home that showed kindness, a mother and daughter present amorous complications in 1961’s “The Exact Path.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A millionaire hires a Korean war veteran to accompany him on a journey retracing his 1930s hobo days. When they revisit a home that showed kindness, a mother and daughter present amorous complications in 1961’s “The Exact Path.”
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! An Afrikaner child escapes war and befriends a group of bat-eared foxes. They stowaway on a Dutchman's yacht, and adventure in Amsterdam before being adopted by the yacht captain. Enjoy the charming 1966 “the Little Fox Problem.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! An Afrikaner child escapes war and befriends a group of bat-eared foxes. They stowaway on a Dutchman's yacht, and adventure in Amsterdam before being adopted by the yacht captain. Enjoy the charming 1966 “the Little Fox Problem.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Big-rig driver Jake inherits a clever dwarf horse named Cutter. The two criss-cross the country, seeing America, delivering loads, drinking coffee, dismantling a cocaine smuggling ring, and touching lives in 1983’s “One Truck Pony.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Big-rig driver Jake inherits a clever dwarf horse named Cutter. The two criss-cross the country, seeing America, delivering loads, drinking coffee, dismantling a cocaine smuggling ring, and touching lives in 1983’s “One Truck Pony.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Korean DMZ veteran suffering “shell shock” comes back to his childhood home. His childhood terrors re-awaken, only to find it's their old child nemesis that now terrorizes them. Enjoy the mayhem in 1969's “House of Fears.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Korean DMZ veteran suffering “shell shock” comes back to his childhood home. His childhood terrors re-awaken, only to find it's their old child nemesis that now terrorizes them. Enjoy the mayhem in 1969's “House of Fears.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Years after Helena flushes Jeremy’s gravid cuttlefish, something is menacing the water-related workers of Akron Ohio. No sewers, treatment plant, reservoir or olympic-sized pool is safe from “Cuddlefish: the Hugs of Terror (1998).”
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Years after Helena flushes Jeremy’s gravid cuttlefish, something is menacing the water-related workers of Akron Ohio. No sewers, treatment plant, reservoir or olympic-sized pool is safe from “Cuddlefish: the Hugs of Terror (1998).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Labrador and Portuguese Water Dog cross Canada in their beat-up van. Meeting friendly and unfriendly dogs alike, they examine racism and cross-breed relations in Skookumtrope's animated film “Ruff Relations (1972).” Ride on!
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Labrador and Portuguese Water Dog cross Canada in their beat-up van. Meeting friendly and unfriendly dogs alike, they examine racism and cross-breed relations in Skookumtrope's animated film “Ruff Relations (1972).” Ride on!
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! After a beloved great-grandson is in a terrible accident, Kalmer secretly has him brought to his high-end elder home for care. Half the residents and staff conspire against the other half for their “Youngest Resident (2002).”
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! After a beloved great-grandson is in a terrible accident, Kalmer secretly has him brought to his high-end elder home for care. Half the residents and staff conspire against the other half for their “Youngest Resident (2002).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Animated shorts illustrate the joys of working in offices for corporations. See anthropomorphic office implements play, laugh, and learn why the reimbursement policy is so byzantine. See 1958's “Steely the Smartest Stapler.”
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Animated shorts illustrate the joys of working in offices for corporations. See anthropomorphic office implements play, laugh, and learn why the reimbursement policy is so byzantine. See 1958's “Steely the Smartest Stapler.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The townsfolk don’t know why the only two dance instructors in town can’t stand each-other, but it’s funny—until one of them turns up dead. Was the rival to blame, or was their tango a square dance? “Foxtrot at Midnight (1968).”
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The townsfolk don’t know why the only two dance instructors in town can’t stand each-other, but it’s funny—until one of them turns up dead. Was the rival to blame, or was their tango a square dance? “Foxtrot at Midnight (1968).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In this silent film, a twelve year-old wins a luxury car. An heiress takes him under her wing, and he becomes a car-for-hire to the rich and inebriated of Baltimore. See them set the city a-whirl in 1924's “Bobby's Big Black Car.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In this silent film, a twelve year-old wins a luxury car. An heiress takes him under her wing, and he becomes a car-for-hire to the rich and inebriated of Baltimore. See them set the city a-whirl in 1924's “Bobby's Big Black Car.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The school supports the terminally-ill girl to make her dream prom come true, but when her health rallies, resentment builds. Despite misgivings, it’s up to the mean girl to do what she does best in 1996’s “The Price of Dreams.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The school supports the terminally-ill girl to make her dream prom come true, but when her health rallies, resentment builds. Despite misgivings, it’s up to the mean girl to do what she does best in 1996’s “The Price of Dreams.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In this 17th c. United Provinces drawing-room farce, a flower merchant's wife juggles her husband's contentment, her lover's passion, and her son's first awkward forays into romance. Revel in 1937's “Fortunes Fade & Love Blooms.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In this 17th c. United Provinces drawing-room farce, a flower merchant's wife juggles her husband's contentment, her lover's passion, and her son's first awkward forays into romance. Revel in 1937's “Fortunes Fade & Love Blooms.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! He’s the only angry man on the jury. Why can’t the others follow the obvious case by the prosecution? Suborned bailiffs and tampered beverages might have something to do with it in 2005’s “Innocent Until Lunch.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! He’s the only angry man on the jury. Why can’t the others follow the obvious case by the prosecution? Suborned bailiffs and tampered beverages might have something to do with it in 2005’s “Innocent Until Lunch.”