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Mackey Shines
@bobservo.bsky.social
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Co-host of Retronauts and Talking Simpsons, and general man about town
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · Apr 18
FRIENDLY REMINDER: I co-host many podcasts!

- Talking Simpsons, a chronological exploration of The Simpsons: talkingsimpsons.com

- Retronauts, which covers classic video games: retronauts.com

Support me on Patreon and get 100s of exclusive bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/talkingsimps...
Get more from Talking Simpsons on Patreon
Creating Podcasts about Cartoon History!
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 2h
that's my old local library! (i read both Parasyte and Pluto by getting them out of the "TEEN ROOM")
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Mayor Adena Ishii - City of Berkeley @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social · 5h
Who remembers Reading Rainbow?🦋🌈📖 Well, it's back, and the new host is library superstar Mychal Threets!

What's even cooler - on Oct. 4, the first episode of the new series aired and showcased Berkeley Public Library (West Branch)!

New episodes will air weekly at: youtube.com/@Kidzuko
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 5h
times are tough, so we should all be grateful that every video game is now 1000 hours long
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 2d
this month we're talking about the first Scooby-Doo that isn't doo-doo
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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 2d
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was a turning point for the franchise & a key prelude to the US ‘90s TV animation boom. So grab a Scooby snack and listen early on the @talksimpsonspod.bsky.social Patreon as we start Halloween season with our chat on this classic show:

www.patreon.com/posts/138981...
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 9h
i'd like more inspired merch but these are figures based on 3D scans of the original clay models, which is very cool
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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · May 31
How embarrassing to work for the organized kidnapping ring known as "ICE." Rolling out of bed every day to be a brainless goon. You are lower than a worm to me
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 12h
you save a LOT of money when you're a superfan of something that gets one really good piece of merch every 22 years
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 12h
just got the news that these little guys will be showing up to my door soon
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Retronauts @retronauts.bsky.social · 16h
Live on the free feed: @bobservo.bsky.social @othatsraspberry.com & Brendan James ALERT (!) us to details concerning the 2025 Snake Eater remake Metal Gear Solid Delta
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a cartoon monkey wearing a hat and shorts is standing in the woods
Alt: the Ape Escape monkey! they're in Metal Gear Solid Delta too!
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13h
microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 1d
i hope they juice that baby
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 1d
this is only furthering the harmful but correct idea that Nintendo is for babies
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d
Close to You – Nintendo www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuf...

Nintendo drops animated video

explains nothing
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 2d
this month we're talking about the first Scooby-Doo that isn't doo-doo
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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 2d
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was a turning point for the franchise & a key prelude to the US ‘90s TV animation boom. So grab a Scooby snack and listen early on the @talksimpsonspod.bsky.social Patreon as we start Halloween season with our chat on this classic show:

www.patreon.com/posts/138981...
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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d
wizard frog is insane
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 3d
every time i point out some giant cultural touchstone i missed, 200 podcast listeners get a stomach ache, but… i haven’t seen Titanic, any of the Godfather films, and a single movie about those Avengers superpeople
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 3d
congrats to all of you!
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d
wiping my beer-soaked mouth on the stars and stripes
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d
great used book haul today
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d
glasses are from The Nintendo Museum (their hanafuda merch is so cool)
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d
we finally cracked open the classy sake we bought on the way home from our last Japan trip (mostly because we’re going on another one in less than a month)
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 6d
the important thing here: it's not our fault
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Talking Simpsons Podcast @talksimpsonspod.bsky.social · 6d
Free feed listeners! Due to some issues with our host (Libsyn), a good portion of our back catalog is temporarily unavailable for some users. Everything should be gradually restored over the next few days, so hang in there!
Screenshot of Homer cleaning a mixing console at a studio
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Spence @spencethebence.bsky.social · 4d
Helped my brother buy a new car today and this was the only decoration the salesman had on the desk.
Can of Limited Edition Star Wars Episode 1 Pepsi with Anakin on the can. It is inside a protective glass case.
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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 5d
showed too much ape in the latest Retronauts recording
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