#Barry McCarthy

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Peloton's Business Is as Busted as Its Bike Seats

Image: The Bold Bureau (Shutterstock) The company behind everyone’s favorite pandemic purchase, the Peloton, is facing subscriber and financial backlash. Subscribers are pausing their memberships with the cycling tech amidst a recall over bicycle seats. And now the company has to answer to Wall Street. Peloton Slashes Prices on Bikes, Raises Subscription Fees CNBC reports that a May recall of…

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Happy St Patrick's Day

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wanted to post this here for my fellow old man freaks…

i picked up some stuff in antique stores while i was in the states over summer. i have some other u.s. political pins at home displayed in boxes and whatnot, but i wanted to have a place for these guys specifically… so, i bought one of those little decorative flags to put them on.

most of them are authentic (the ones that aren’t are pretty obvious, like the wilsons and the fdr for example are repros!) and idk. i think it looks cool!

also the lbj pin is a lenticular :^D

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Top 10 Sports Figures 2024

#10. Sir Alex Ferguson

#9. Mike McCarthy

#8. Barry Hinson

#7. Chip Kelly

#6. Jimmy Johnson

#5. Bill Belichick

#4. Sonny Dykes

#3. Mack Brown

#2. Terry Bowden

#1. Gary Patterson

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The Flash (2011) #10

Marcus To, Ray McCarthy, Brian Buccellato

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Soundtrack album cover to Thunderball (1965) painted by Frank McCarthy.

Sean Connery as James Bond 007

(Perhaps the best album cover of all the James Bond soundtracks?)

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BETWEEN LAND AND SEA:

Coast and countryside

Ex surfing pro turns farmer

Irish surf school

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Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)

In all of cinema, no sequel can possibly be as contrived as Weekend at Bernie’s II. I’ve got to credit writer/director Robert Klane for having the audacity to make this film. The man must be a limbo world-record holder for his ability to bend over backwards and make things happen when everything in the universe points to it being impossible.

With the deceased CEO Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser) finally declared dead and the embezzling he did before his passing revealed to the company, Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman) expect a reward. Instead, they’re accused of being his accomplices and fired - if they weren't in on the scam, why were they partying all weekend-long with his corpse? When they get a hold of the key to Bernie’s safe deposit box, the two decide to “get even” and take the money they’ve been accused of stealing from the bank in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. One problem remains. How is Bernie supposed to sign over its contents if he’s dead? The solution is to steal his corpse from the morgue and fool everyone - once more - into believing he's alive. Things get complicated when voodoo queen Moby (Novella Nelson) and her henchmen (Steve James and Tom Wright) re-animate Bernie as a zombie!

From my synopsis, I think you might see how convoluted a plot we’ve got. The first movie was a stretch. This one straight-up introduces magic into the mix. I usually try to give movies several feet of slack when it comes to the premise. “Do you want a movie, or not?” is what I ask myself. Weekend at Bernie's II takes it too far. There are way, way too many things that "just happen" for this to work.

Larry and Richie must be surrounded by idiots for them to get a corpse through the airport. They must be extraordinarily lucky for the onlookers not to notice the body getting less fresh each day. The henchmen who steal the corpse only to lose it later prove destiny is on the boys' side, etc. That’s fine. If there’s one genre that can skip on the logic, it’s a comedy. Unfortunately, stupidity in this amount proves too much. I knew this movie wasn’t going to be good from the title but I went with it for far longer than I should’ve, partially to see just how entangled things would get. In addition to our loser heroes having to decipher where Bernie left his money, they’re being pursued by the voodoo trio and they're being pursued by the company's internal investigator (Barry Bostwick). There’s basically three plots going on, and then this whole other thing too. See, Bernie is dead but he’s also alive. He’s been brought back as a zombie… but all he can do is dance when he hears music. This way he can randomly get up and walk away from the people trying to hang onto him. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any loonier, right?

I don’t mind when a movie is dumb. Where I draw the line is when it thinks I’m dumb. At one point, Larry and Richie have Bernie. Now they’ve got to get to the bank. But how will they get the deadhead to sign the papers he needs to? Their solution is so awful it’s insulting. First, they bandage up his head as if he’s got a toothache - this explains why he can’t talk. Then, they put him in an oversized trench coat. With Richie on the left and Larry on the right, each of them pretends to be Bernie’s hands. How does the bank clerk not catch onto the ruse? Bernie’s right hand is on the left, and his left on the right! It would be more believable if they cut off the man’s head, stuck it on top of theirs and then covered the whole thing up with a coat “=Reanimator style!

I didn’t even get to the romantic subplot between Larry and Virgin Island native Claudia (Troy Beyer). You NEVER cheer for them to get together. Larry is way too much of a creep. As for her, she's an afterthought; just a way to get necessary exposition out of the way and/or separate the boys so Bernie can get loose. The male leads have no charisma, which means Terry Kiser winds up being the best actor in the entire thing despite having no dialogue and spending most of his scenes flopping around. When he gets up to dance, he does it with a lot of enthusiasm. You can’t say he isn’t a professional. I must admit to also having a soft spot for him ever since his role in Tammy and the T-Rex.

Weekend at Bernie’s II is as bad as it sounds. Maybe even worse. I do take a certain pride in having seen it, however. Though it’s rarely funny and often frustrating, badly written and an insult to screenwriting, it is a lot of fun to talk about. (On VHS, May 12, 2021)

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The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy // Of Wolves and Men, Barry Holstun Lopez // “Full Moon,” Robert Hayden

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Barry Keoghan attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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Twilight Zone The Movie | Episode 372

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Twilight Zone The Movie | Episode 372

Jim takes a look at a sci-fi film celebrating its 40th anniversary and one that has had a major impact on him over the years – “Twilight Zone The Movie,” starring Vic Morrow, Scatman Caruthers, Bill Quinn, Kathleen Quinlan, Patricia Barry, William Schallert, Kevin McCarthy, Dick Miller, John Lithgow, Dan Ackroyd and Albert Brooks. This homage to the classic TV show highlights some of Rod Serling’s best episodes. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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Thunderball soundtrack by John Barry and Tom Jones, 1965 Cover by Frank McCarthy