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GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

Gertrude's Follies

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FEGGORAMA

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IGOR TRIPS

Igor Trips

Cinch up your helmet and fall in for another freaky foray in Igor Trips.

SPANKY

Kristy the Clown

Hijinks with the Ex-prez's Lil' Rascals Spanky and His Gang.

KRISTY

Kristy the Clown

Get your Jersey on with the beloved insult pol Kristy the Clown.

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Critic's Corner by E. Basil St. Blaise
CINEMA

Cartoon spoof mashing up the films Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale and Spinal Tap: The End Continues showing the aristocratic Crawleys from 1930 –– mother Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), father Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and daughter Mary (Michelle Dockery) receiving present-day rock star David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean.) Lord Grantham points at the apparent suitor and asks with annoyance, 'You're Mary's new beau? St. Hubbins, isn't it?' to which the aged rocker, holding a black leather glove, replies 'Smell the glove, mate.’Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale –– Abbey rote.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues –– Crock band.
The Long Walk –– Bumps on a slog.
The History of Sound –– Hiss story.
Where to Land –– Half Hartley.
Chaperone –– Dated.
Code 3 –– EMTy.
Traumatika –– Gore principles.
The Man in the Basement –– Bottom dweller.
Rabbit Trap –– Snag concessions.
The Soldier –– Enlistless.
Bang Bang –– You’re dud.
Motherland –– Maters of life and death.
Triumph of the Heart –– Dash camp.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -Infinty Castle- –– It’s own worst anime.
Dreams –– Sleep depredation.
Naked Ambition –– Skint pics.
Clemente –– Pirate of the Caribbean.
Bodyguard of Lies –– Lies there.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of the cartoon character Naomi Schwartz, the Jewish mother voiced by Lisa Edelstein, in Long Story Short, an adult animated comedy drama on Netflix.Long Story Short (Netflix) –– Short slack.
The Rainmaker (USA) –– Pour boy.
Alien: Earth (FX) –– Pain a visit.
Chief of War (Apple TV+) –– Hawaii jive-o.
Leanne (Netflix ) –– Over backward.
My Oxford Year (Netflix) –– Uni bomber.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Starz) –– Scot nowhere to go.
War of the Worlds (Amazon) –– Mars, uh, tacky.
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) –– Sap cackle and KPop.
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THEATRE

Art –– Canvas stretcher.
Take a Banana for the Ride –– Ross sewage.
Call Me Izzy –– Dizzy.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow –– Upside down caked.
Dead Outlaw –– Wanted poser.
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MUSIC

Creamsicle / Maren Morris –– Melts like Dalí watch.
Woody at Home / Woody Guthrie –– In the morning.
Star Line / Chance the Rapper –– Flat Chance.
. / Kesha –– ?
Swag / Jason Bieber –– No gift.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

What’s With Baum? by Woody Allen –– Duh Baum.
Boy From the North Country by Sam Sussman –– Due Dylan gent’s.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai –– Isolation both.
Never Flinch by Stephen King –– Spaz attack.
Mad Love by Wendy Walker –– Cuckoo cock.

Nonfiction

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore –– Weep the people.
The World’s Worst Bet: How The Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (and What Would Make It Right) by David Lynch ––NAFTA: the fact.
John Williams: A Composer’s Life by Tim Greiving –– Settles old scores.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie –– Prattle royal.
JFK: Private, Public, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli –– One eyed Jack.
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