From the "Seriously?" Files

Upon some deep-web searching, I came across little toys called "Minimates." They are tiny action figures that resemble Lego figurines. They have licensed very, very, many universes from which to cull characters.

A quick viewing of the Diamond Toy Distributor's website tells us Marvel, DC Comics, and Valiant all have minimates, The X-Files, Dr. Who, Back to the Future, Predator, and Alien also round out some of the more obvious minimate examples.

And then I found these:

In case you can't tell, and I'm sure you can't, these are figurines from Desperately Seeking Susan. This company has licensed---on the super-cheap, I'm guessing---Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, and the skull bag all from the movie. Check out the pose, just like the poster:

Good Ol' Channel 13.2, or, Ruminations on Tom Poston

We have a digital antenna on our television and here in the Southland we get over a hundred channels. Only half are in English; other major language channel collections include Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Armenian.

Anyway, late one night, I found on local channel 13.2, call name BUZZR, a channel that plays old game shows, showing a fifties era show. On it, I saw a young-but-familiar face:

Heeeere's Johnny!

Johnny Carson on an old show...makes it make sense that he was well-known enough to get the Tonight Show from the first host. 

Among the panel of celebrities that were the stars of this particular show was even more familiar:

Betty White sighting!

Also on the show---actually the alpha star---was Tom Poston. I didn't get a picture with my camera, but here's a picture from that era, because you're likely to recognize him like I did:

He was on Bob Newhart's, but I was sure I knew him from somewhere else. As my brain connected him as Kitty's dad from "That 70s Show", he was telling his story.

This guy was on the beach in Normandy on D-Day. 

Here he is reunited with Betty White, who played Kitty's mom: