Wm. Schumacher
@wmschumacher.bsky.social
Gothic/Horror Film & Fiction Pedant (ghost stories, esp. M. R. James); Amateur Theatricals; Wastrel and Ne'er-Do-Well. Former Teacher. U of I ‘91, WPGU.
I’m jealous as ever!
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I’m jealous as ever!
It has my favorite Buster Keaton cameo (after Sunset Boulevard, of course).
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It has my favorite Buster Keaton cameo (after Sunset Boulevard, of course).
And chapter-length lists of cetological facts.
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
And chapter-length lists of cetological facts.
Got famous leveraging his addiction on TikTok, moved to Bluesky and began being critical of true crime podcasters.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Got famous leveraging his addiction on TikTok, moved to Bluesky and began being critical of true crime podcasters.
Spencerian, please!
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Spencerian, please!
Or, just “Jesus, Tom,” for short.
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Or, just “Jesus, Tom,” for short.
My wife and I are currently bingeing “Community,” so - no more spoilers, please…
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
My wife and I are currently bingeing “Community,” so - no more spoilers, please…
He should have taken the part, and gone full “Upton Sinclair” improvisational, railing against the meatpacking industry in Chicago…
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
He should have taken the part, and gone full “Upton Sinclair” improvisational, railing against the meatpacking industry in Chicago…
Oh, this was in the 70’s; I found it in a library book of monologues for auditions, I think. FYI.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oh, this was in the 70’s; I found it in a library book of monologues for auditions, I think. FYI.
As a high school theater kid, “Do you ever think of yourself as actually dead” was purest theatrical and philosophical heaven.
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As a high school theater kid, “Do you ever think of yourself as actually dead” was purest theatrical and philosophical heaven.
Isn’t this - like Boston Cream - really more like a cake?
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Isn’t this - like Boston Cream - really more like a cake?
I can’t believe I agree with him. I’m utterly distressed now. Thank you, Mike. And on my birthday, too.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I can’t believe I agree with him. I’m utterly distressed now. Thank you, Mike. And on my birthday, too.
(BTW, the Charles Foster Kane clap at the end really sells it!)
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
(BTW, the Charles Foster Kane clap at the end really sells it!)
Or he spontaneously combusts.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Or he spontaneously combusts.
GOOD pie. That’s my hope and goal.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
GOOD pie. That’s my hope and goal.