#george bricker

[mariocki]

House of Horrors (1946)

"Listen closely, Clarence my lad, I have penned a deathly masterpiece of barbed invective."

"Ah, don't kid me, Mr. Ormiston, you don't use a pen. I saw you do it on the typewriter - and not very fast, either."

[politicaldilfs]

Ohio Governor DILFs

John Kasich, Ted Strickland, Mike DeWine, Jim Rhodes, Dick Celeste, John W. Bricker, John Gilligan, Michael DiSalle, Thomas J. Herbert, C. William O'Neill, Bob Taft, George Voinovich

[liongoatsnake]

It has come up as of late, yet again, regarding the use of the term phantom limbs while referring to the experiences some alterhumans have where they feel traits on their bodies that are not physically there.  

While I could go into the long, long history of the term being used in the alterhuman communities going back into the 1990s, as this debate’s key sticking point is in regard to phantom limb being a medical term specific to the experiences of amputees or instead a general term that can be used for non-amputees as well, I’m going to strictly be pulling from academic sources below.   

To put it succinctly, the use of the term phantom limbs for alterhuman experiences has been recognized by multiple researchers and in other academic settings over the years. Ergo, no it isn’t a term specific to amputees that doesn't apply to alterhuman experiences. - Academic references below cut-

Examples:

The research done by a multidisciplinary team of researchers focusing on the study of the furry fandom called the International Anthropomorphic Research Project, uses the term phantom limb while referring the experiences of therians and otherkin. In their book, FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project, which is a summary of five years of continuous research into the furry fandom, a section simply named “Phantom Limb,” touches on the topic of phantom limbs among furries, therians, and otherkin. [1] They go into the presence of “phantom limbs” among furries, therians, and otherkin again in their piece “Furries, Therians, and Otherkin, Oh My! What Do All Those Words Mean, Anyway?” which was part of the book, Furries Among Us 2: More Essays on Furries by Furries. Further, in 2019, the team published an academic article which shared their results where they used the previously mentioned Rubber Hand Illusion experiment on furries and therians. Once again, when bringing up the existence of experiences among therians and otherkin, the researchers use the term “phantom limbs.” [2] 

Devin Proctor’s 2019 dissertation, On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space includes, along with dozens of mentions of the term throughout the work, a section on Phantom Shifting and in which he uses the term “phantom limbs.” [3]

For yet another example, the article, “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community” also goes into quite some detail regarding the experience of “phantom limbs” among therians. [4]

A final example includes Nat Bricker’s 2016 thesis, Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model. [5]

…

This is NOT an exhaustive list in the slightest, but I think I’ve made my point clear enough (and I have other things I need to do today other than keep searching through my archive...).

TL;DR - Researchers who have studied therians and otherkin ALSO use the term phantom limbs to describe our experiences. This isn’t appropriation or otherwise misuse of medical terminology. This is using a word for what it means.   Citations:

[1] Plante, Courtney N., Stephen Reysen, Sharon E. Roberts, & Kathleen C. Gerbasi. FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project. Waterloo, Ontario: FurScience, 2016. https://furscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FurScience-Final-pdf-for-Website_2017_10_18.pdf, page 116.

[2] Kranjec, Alexander, Louis Lamanna, Erick Guzman, Courtney N. Plante, Stephen Reysen, Kathy Gerbasi, Sharon Roberts and Elizabeth Fein. “Illusory Body Perception and Experience in Furries.” CogSci (July 2019): Page 596-602.

[3] Proctor, Devin. On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space. The George Washington University. May 2019. pages 172, 203-209, & 255.

[4] Grivell, Timothy, Helen Clegg & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community.” Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Volume 14, Number 2 (May 2014): pages 119-120, 124, 128-129.

[5] Bricker, Nat. Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model, Lake Forest College, April 2016, pages. 10, 14-15, 39-41, 60.

[kwebtv]

TV Guide - December 26, 1964 - January 1, 1964

Juliet Anne Prowse (September 25, 1936 – September 14, 1996)  Dancer and actress whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She was raised in South Africa, where her family emigrated after World War II. Known for her attractive legs, she was described after her death as having "... arguably the best legs since Betty Grable."

She starred with Denny Scott Miller on her own NBC sitcom in the 1965–1966 season: Mona McCluskey, which was produced by George Burns. The series was based on the idea that the couple, Mike and Mona McCluskey, would live on his military salary, rather than her lucrative earnings as an actress.

Her other television credits are:

Adventures in Paradise as Simone (season 2, episode 6 "A Whale of a Tale")

The Red Skelton Show as Daisy June (season 12, episode 2 in 1962)

Burke's Law as Angel Crown /(2 episodes, 1963–1964)

The Dean Martin Show (3 February 1966, and 14 September 1967)

Mona McCluskey as Mona Carroll McCluskey (1965–1966)

The Danny Thomas Hour as Aphrodite (1 episode, 1967)

The Name of the Game as Aja Fowler (1 episode, 1968)

The Carol Burnett Show in London (1970) (TV) as guest performer

Second Chance (1972) as Martha Foster

Tattletales as Herself

The Muppet Show as Herself (1 episode, 1976)

Match Game 77 as Herself (5 episodes, 1977)

Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981) (TV)

The Love Boat as Samantha Bricker (3 episodes, 1979–1984), as Faye Marsh (episode 65 and 66, 1984)

Fantasy Island (1 episode, 1983)

Glitter (1984) (TV)

Murder, She Wrote as Valerie Bechet (1 episode, 1987)

(Wikipedia)

[downton-tourney]

S3, E1:

Lord Grantham learns he's lost a great deal of money. Martha Levinson arrives for the wedding. Matthew and Mary have a fight over Reggie Swire's will and Matthew's unwillingness to keep the inheritance. Larry Grey spikes Tom's drink but Matthew saves the situation. The wedding proceeds.

S5, E2:

Baxter confirms to Molesley everything Barrow said about her crimes. Charles Blake introduces Simon Bricker to the family. Mary asks Anna to procure her a birth control device. Mr Drewe suggests Edith becomes Marigold's patroness to see her daughter more often. Robert first opposes the wireless, then rents one when George V broadcasts a speech.

[thelunarbar]

Like an idiot I accidentally deleted the original 🤦‍♀️ so here it is again.

Angelo (75) and Gloria (68, passed in 2019)

Michael (55)

Naomi (53)

John (51)

Dave(48)

Rachel (46)

Debbie (46)

Jude (43)

Alex (39)

Esther (32)

Lydia (28)

Michael and Isabelle (56)

Anthony (23)

Olivia (20)

Naomi and Fisher (54)Hamel

Natalie (24)

Rose (21)

Josh (18)

Derek (15)

John and Darcy (49)

Felix (20)

Phoebe (20)

Miles (17)

Patience (15)

Tyler (14)

Luke (11)

Dave and Lily (44)

Jack (18)

Ashley (16)

River (13)

Eve (12)

Karly (10)

Holly (7)

Veronica (4)

Rachel and Benny (45) Price

Shelly (11)

Eleanor (10)

Owen (8)

Tim (6)

Ollie (5)

Sasha (3)

Lux (1)

Debbie (46)

Jude and Lucy (37)

Bea (12)

Fiona (8)

Willow (6)

Eliza (3)

Jane (9mos)

Alex (39)

Esther Volpe(Kane Garfield ex hubs)

Jasper (12)

Warren (10)

Anna-Grace (7)

Lydia (28) and George (27) Bricker

[docrotten]

HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945) – Episode 158 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“I find it difficult to believe that a human being can change himself into a bat, or that by feeding upon the blood of the living he can obtain eternal life. But what has this discussion to do with us, Baron Latos?” Watch and learn, grasshopper. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they travel to a house that’s a bit crowded … with monsters! Yes, they’re in Universal’s House of Dracula (1945)!

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 158 – House of Dracula (1945)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor’s nurse. And don’t forget Frankenstein’s monster stuck in a cave below.

  Director: Erle C. Kenton

Writers: Edward T. Lowe Jr. (original screenplay) (as Edward T. Lowe); Dwight V. Babcock (story) (uncredited), George Bricker (story) (uncredited)

Makeup Department: Jack P. Pierce (makeup artist), Carmen Dirigo (hair stylist)

Selected Cast:

Lon Chaney Jr. as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolf Man (as Lon Chaney)

John Carradine as Dracula / Baron Latos

Martha O’Driscoll as Miliza Morelle

Lionel Atwill as Police Inspector Holtz

Onslow Stevens as Dr. Franz Edlemann

Jane Adams as Nina

Ludwig Stössel as Siegfried (as Ludwig Stossel)

Glenn Strange as The Frankenstein Monster

Skelton Knaggs as Steinmuhl

Ah, the Universal Monsters! Who doesn’t want to sit down with the classic Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man on any given Saturday afternoon? Many Monster Kids consider this episode’s film, House of Dracula (1945), the canonical end of the famous monsters’ original cinematic run; however, others will continue to include Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948) into the mix, happily! Either way, director Erle C. Kenton’s third film featuring the Monster of Frankenstein is a fun, enjoyable romp regardless of how silly and overly convenient the plot remains. Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and Glenn Strange all return as the Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and Frankenstein’s Monster respectively, each providing the best performances possible given the circumstances. Onslow Stevens, along with co-stars Martha O’Driscoll and Jane Adams, wonderfully provide the strands that hold the storylines together. Throw in Lionel Atwill for good measure and it’s a tried-and-true Universal Monster “house” feature. Grab your popcorn and large soda and join the Grue-Crew as they catch up with the shenanigans. 

At the time of this writing, House of Dracula is available to stream from the Classic Sci-Fi Movie Channel, the Classic Horror Movie Channel, and the Wicked Horror TV Channel, as well as a variety of PPV sites. In terms of physical media, the film is available in Blu-ray format as part of Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection, Frankenstein: Complete Legacy Collection, The Wolf Man: Complete Legacy Collection, and Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection.

For more Universal Horror, check out these Decades of Horror: The Classic Era episodes:

DRACULA (1931) – Episode 20 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) – Episode 100 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) – Episode 50 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) – Episode 14 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) – Episode 121 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE WOLF MAN (1941) – Episode 39 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

SON OF DRACULA (1943) – Episode 132 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) – Episode 44 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Jeff, is The Manster (1959), an American production, filmed in Japan, that answers the age-old question: are two heads better than one?

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

[screamscenepodcast]

The end of an era! Universal ends its '40s horror run with SHE-WOLF OF LONDON (1946, Yarbrough) starring June Lockhart, Don Porter, and Sara Haden.

Why is it blamed for the end of the genre? Why does Universal stop making horror after this? And what does British industrialist J Arthur Rank have to do with anything? Listen to find out!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 16:43; Discussion 25:59; Ranking 44:07

[georgebricka]

George Wesley Bricker

Sample Rap Beat For My Boy

[tcm]

A Detour From Lady Lawyers to Bernice Pilot By Theresa Brown

Margaret Lindsay is one of those actresses who always seems smarter than the material she’s given. Well this is no exception in the entertaining drama, THE LAW IN HER HANDS (‘36). In this fast-moving plot, Mary Wentworth (Lindsay) and her gal pal Dot (Glenda Farrell) are “lady lawyers” who go through what every new lawyer does to build up a practice, find office space and scramble for clients...but it all takes money. Of the two women, Lindsay is the senior partner (you know how Hollywood casting goes, while Farrell is the smart aleck-y one), and she comes to the attention of two men on opposite sides of the law: the D.A. and the Mobster.

1930’s stalwart, Lyle Talbot, plays the mobster, Frank ‘Legs’. He’s not a gangster like Cagney, Bogie or Eddie G. No rough stuff. He’s on the smooth side of crime, runs protection rackets. He sees her in court help the D.A. win a case against one of his boys and decides he needs her on his side:

“I’m going to throw her some of my business if she can handle it. She’s a smart dame with plenty of moxie. We could use her.”

And he’ll pay big. Moxie ain’t cheap.

Handsome Warren Hull (what color are his eyes?) plays the assistant district attorney Robert Mitchell. He’s been going after Frank’s operations for a while. He’s also got his eye on new attorney Mary. Twenty-five minutes into the film, he’s ready to marry her. But what about her lawyering? She’s barely cracked the spine on her law books. But his marriage proposal makes a compelling argument:

He: “Mary, the law is no profession for a woman.”

She: “My, but you’re encouraging. Don’t tell me you’re one of those ‘woman’s place is in the home’ men.”

He: “No, I didn’t mean it the way it sounded. But Mary, the legal profession is full of tricks and technicalities. It’s not for women.”

She: “Women have been known to learn tricks.”

He: “Sure. I don’t want my wife to learn too many of them.”

Uhmmmm...we ARE still talking about Law, right?

ADAM’S RIB (‘49) probably owes some its ‘couple in love being on opposite ends of the courtroom trying to best each other’ theme to this film. The plot cogently zips by in a fast 58-minutes, written by George Bricker and Luci Ward, and William Clemens helmed the film in only his second directorial effort. No, he’s not a Wyler, Wilder or Wellman. But, he was a steadily working director, directing three Nancy Drew films and four Falcon movies in his 35-film credits career.

When watching THE LAW IN HER HANDS, I wondered why did the maid in this movie look familiar to me? I know it’s a minor role...for just a fleeting moment, but I always keep my beady eyes on the lookout for African-American actors in the background of classic films. I know who she is! It comes to me now!! During TCM’s June Star of the Month programming, she played Ann Sheridan’s comforting maid in CITY FOR CONQUEST (’40), just before Sheridan begins to spiral downward. Heading over to IMDB, I find her name: Bernice Pilot, and for the life of me I’ve seen her someplace else before.

I did some deep-sea diving into IMDB and saw Pilot made her big screen splash in 1929’s HEARTS IN DIXIE with a leading role in this early talkie/musical. She plays opposite the great Clarence Muse and popular Stephin’ Fetchit in the film that came out three months before its better-known rival HALLELUJAH. HEARTS IN DIXIE was a hit and might’ve seemed the start of a promising career for the young Oklahoman. But she only made 34 films and in all of them she plays the Maid. Pilot had a steady gig in movies but it’s kind of spotty, as she sometimes made 1-4 movies a year. How did this lady survive? She did work back-to-back with Margaret Lindsay in THE LAW IN HER HANDS and PUBLIC ENEMY’S WIFE (‘36). She scored a role in the Penrod movie series and 1938 was a banner year for Pilot, who made 10 films. Although not stunning or pert like Theresa Harris, there’s a mature gravitas to Pilot’s face with an air of don’t-mess-with-me.

As I scrolled through her filmography, it hit me like a ton of bricks where I’d seen her before. She plays the Mom who befriends her son’s playmate, young Bonita Granville, in THE BELOVED BRAT (‘38). She’s got a sizeable part in that film. Her last film is SEA OF GRASS (‘47). I wish she’d done more, but she died in 1947. I can’t find much more on her.

I hope you didn’t mind the detour. Classic films have tentacles that draw you down interesting rabbit holes. The business at hand is THE LAW IN HER HANDS. Do the team of Lindsay and Farrell sell out their ideals for the big pay off? Is a career barely started, to be abandoned for love ‘n marriage? If you know classic films, you’ve seen it before...you know how it ends...but that doesn’t mean you can’t take the ride with this film. It’s a good one.

Hey, it’s better than doing jury duty.

[mariocki]

Pillow of Death (1945)

"Are you bringing him into this house?"

"I certainly am. Mr. Fletcher is spending the night here at my request - and please don't be unpleasant about it."

"Don't worry, I'll be in my room with the door locked. And if anyone thinks of murdering me, I'm warning them: I sleep with a gun under my pillow."

"Pleasant, isn't she?"

[motioncollector]

Lil Dicky - Earth (Official Music Video) via https://youtu.be/pvuN_WvF1to // For more information on how to change the world go to https://welovetheearth.org To purchase or stream Earth go to https://LilDicky.lnk.to/Earth "Earth" Song: Written by: David Burd, Benjamin Levin, Magnus August Høiberg, Josh Coleman and Jamil Chammas Produced by: Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat Mixed by: Serban Ghenea Vocals by: Lil Dicky Additional Vocals by: Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Zac Brown, Brendon Urie, Hailee Steinfeld, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart, Adam Levine, Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, SIA, Miley Cyrus, Lil Jon, Rita Ora, Miguel, Katy Perry, Lil Yachty, Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor, Joel Embiid, Tory Lanez, John Legend, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Psy, Kris Wu Choir Vocals by: Denise Janae, Naari Michele, Tiffany Palmer, Onitsha Shaw, George Potts, Mark Hood Drums/Percussion by: Chris Dave Music Video: Created by RYOT Directed By: Nigel Tierney Federico Heller Produced By: Zeda Stone Michael Broccolo Nigel Tierney German Heller Executive Producers: Mike Hertz Scooter Braun Zeda Stone Nigel Tierney Head of Story: Steven Gordon Art Direction: Ricky Baba Patrick Moss Music Video Mixer/Sound Designer: Erik Lohr Production Supervisor: Crystal Tierney Animation Producer: German Heller Head of Production: Matías Bossié Art Director: Federico Carlini CG Producer: Santiago Tereso Animation Producers: Marco Lococo Julian Dorado Head of CG - Alejandro Turano Live Action Intro: Director - Tony Yacenda MV Executive Producer - Jacki Calleiro MD / Executive Producer - Lisa Margulis EP / Head of Production - Elizabeth Minzes Producer - Jona Ward Director of Photography - Adam Bricker Production Designer - Almitra Corey Casting - Good People Casting / Cindy Estada Editor- Patrick Tuck / Rock Paper Scissors Prop Master - Rose Leiker Prop Asst. - Christopher Labasbas Set Decorator - Lizzie Boyle Lead Person - Minh-Triet "Anthony” Nguyen Set Dresser - Andy Rines Gang Boss - Ed Lassak G+E Driver - Renee Guy MoHo Driver- Martin Perez Artist Make Up - Golden Sun Shyne Artist Hair - Andrea Jackson Cast Make Up - Jacque Piotrowski Stylist - Chloe Badawy Asst. Stylist - David Gangel Craft Services - Yaxkin Garcia Medic - Gary Gomez Studio Teacher - Phil Eisenhower Production Assistants: Mike Fecadu Zach Dripps Olivia Hogan Ed Craig Travis Fischer Steve Hulse Akeem Glenn Marc Schnieder Logan Alexander Kira Colas Talent: Ring Leader - Vallon Deville Middle Kid - Gabriel Brown Younger Kid - Devin Carey Skater - Cree Kawa Convenience Store Owner - Jason Nott BG Talent Casting - Atmosphere Casting Trailers: Trailer Editor: Mary Ahlman Graphic Design: Ricky Baba Sound Design: Erik Lohr Website: Tutorial Video Editor: Mary Ahlman Tutorial Video Editor: Ryan Eakins Tutorial Video Editor: Eric Martin Sound Design: John Adams Color: Lookwell Color // Loren White VFX & Motion Graphics: DYAD // Fernando Rodriguez Post Supervisor - Jason Alexander Graphic Design - Aisha Yousaf Web Producer: Eric Day Lead Web Developer: Zach Tauber UX/UI Design: Predrag Markovic Copywriter: Jeff Sloniker Special Thanks: The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Justin Winters Karl Burkhart Edward Bell Scooter Braun Projects Shauna Nep Jackie Augustus Rogers & Cowan Sacks & Co

[kwebtv]

Gavin MacLeod (born Allan George See; February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021) Film and television actor, Christian activist, and author whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk, variety, and religious programs.

MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on The Walter Winchell File at the age of 26.  He was soon noticed by Blake Edwards, who in 1958 cast him in the pilot episode of his NBC series Peter Gunn, two guest roles on the Edwards CBS series Mr. Lucky in 1959,

Between 1957 and 1961, MacLeod made several television appearances. He was cast as the devious Dandy Martin in the 1960 episode, "Yankee Confederate", of the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews and starring alongside Tod Andrews and Elaine Devry.

In December 1961, he landed a guest role on The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mel's cousin Maxwell Cooley, a wholesale jeweler. This was his first time working with Mary Tyler Moore. MacLeod had three guest appearances on Perry Mason: in 1961 he played Lawrence Comminger in "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather", and in 1965 he played Mortimer Hershey in "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla", and Dan Platte in "The Case of the Runaway Racer". He played the role of a drug pusher, "Big Chicken", in two episodes of the first season of Hawaii Five-O. His other guest roles included ones on The Untouchables, Dr. Kildare, Rawhide, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Man from U.N.C.L.E., My Favorite Martian, Hogan's Heroes, Combat!, The Big Valley, The Andy Griffith Show, It Takes a Thief, The Flying Nun, The King of Queens, and That '70s Show.

His first regular television role began in 1962 as Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy; Between the years of 1965 and 1969, MacLeod appeared in many weekly episodes in multiple roles on the television series Hogan's Heroes including Major Zolle (season 1, episode 19), General Metzger (season 3, episode 27) Major Kiegel (season 4, episode 1), and General von Rauscher (season 4, episode 23). Each role was usually a stern and discerning officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Luftwaffe or Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) which are vastly different in nature from the lovable characters he portrayed in his subsequent TV roles.

MacLeod's breakout role as Murray Slaughter on CBS' The Mary Tyler Moore Show won him lasting fame and two Golden Globe nominations. His starring role as Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, his next TV series was broadcast in 90 countries worldwide, between 1977 and 1986 (9 seasons). His work on that show earned him three Golden Globe nominations. Co-starring with him was a familiar actor and best friend Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker and  Ted Lange as bartender Isaac Washington. (Wikipedia)

[aestherians]

For the sake of discussion I'm gonna assume you're genuinely concerned about our mental health... If that's the case, then I'm sorry to say, going into our community space (our tags) and telling us that we're embarrassing and out of touch won't get us to seek out mental health services. It'll just make us retreat even further into our embarrassing little communities and make us even more out of touch. Why would anyone wanna listen to someone who's being mean right off the bat?

Thankfully, your concerns aren't really relevant. The few psychiatrists and Religious Studies professors who have actually studied us have concluded that we're more of a community with religious dimensions than a hub for dangerous delusions. One of my favorite quotes is from Dr Jan Dirk Blom, an expert in clinical lycanthropy and Alice in Wonderland syndrome:

"As regards the existence of [otherkin] communities, online or otherwise, where like-minded people join each other to exchange experiences and ideas on their affinity with animal or supernatural identities, I can only say that we cannot have enough of those groups. Human experience and behaviour is so diverse, and only so little of it tends to be presented as ‘normal’ in the media, that communities such as these should be embraced and encouraged by us all."

There are also several scholarly sources in support of our community. Here are a few:

Proctor, Devin. On Being Non-Human: Otherkin Identification and Virtual Space. The George Washington University. May 2019.

Bricker, Nat. Life Stories of Therianthropes: An Analysis of Nonhuman Identity in a Narrative Identity Model. Lake Forest College. April 2016.

Getzler, Melanie. Othering Among Otherkin: the discursive negotiation of the face-threat of exclusionary othering in a demarginalizing Internet community. Indiana University. 2013.

Shae, Stephanie C.. Identity And Belief An Analysis of the Otherkin Subculture. University of Amsterdam. June 2019.

Clegg, Helen, Roz Collings & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “Therianthropy: Wellbeing, Schizotypy, and Autism in Individuals Who Self-Identify as Non-Human,” Society & Animals, Volume 27 (2019): pages 403-426.

Feijó, Pedro. "Doctors Herding Cats: The Misadventures of Modern Medicine and Psychology with NonHuman Identities," University of Cambridge, 2016.

Grivell, Timothy, Helen Clegg & Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community.” Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Volume 14, Number 2 (May 2014): pages 113-135.

Laycock, Joseph P. “We Are Spirits of Another Sort: Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community." Nova Religio. Volume 15, Number 3 (February 2012): pages 65-90.

Proctor, Devin. "Policing the Fluff: The Social Construction of Scientistic Selves in Otherkin Facebook Groups," Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, Volume 4, (2018): pages 485-514.

If you're wondering how and why anyone could think they are in any way a fictional character, I recently wrote a little essay about my own fictionkinity that might interest you: https://aestherians.tumblr.com/post/690673232119054336/

Therian amino is so embarrasing lol I’ve never seen a more out of touch group of people. 

If you genuinely believe you are a fictional character “in another reality” or something it’s not spirituality it’s mental illness get yourself checked

[screamscenepodcast]

74 years after his death, your deadicated hosts review Rondo Hatton's last film THE BRUTE MAN (1946)! It's the most famous of Hatton's Creeper films, co-starring Jane Adams, Tom Neal, and Jan Wiley, and directed by Jean Yarbrough.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 23:53; Discussion 31:48; Ranking 55:00

[whitepolaris]

Greenlawn Cemetery

Every city has its flagship municipal graveyard, and in Columbus that honor goes to Greenlawn Cemetery. The entrance is located at the end of Greenlawn Avenue, south of the Brewery District, but the cemetery covers hundreds of acres, stretching all the way to Harrisburg Pike and Cooper Stadium. 

Established on August 7, 1848, Greenlawn quickly began to fill up with Columbus’s citizens, including many notable locals. You’ll find the namesakes of many city streets and landmarks in the older sections, as well as more governors of this state than in any other cemetery. A few of the famous names carved on the stones there are Franklinton founder Lucas Sullivant; aciator Eddie Rickenbacker; author James Thurbder; industrialists Simon Lazarus, P.W. Huntington; and Gordon Battelle; George Bush Sr.’s grandfather, Samuel Bush; and Ohio governors John Bricker, James Campbell, William Dennison, George Nash, and James Rhodes. 

Some of the dead lie in the central chapel and mausoleum, designed by noted Columbus architect Frank Packard. Others have their own private mausoleum, located near the pond at one edge of the graveyard. The story goes that if you knock on one of the Hayden doors after dark, some members of this illustrious family will knock back. 

Greenlawn is home to a number of famous monuments, including a statue of restaurateur Emil Ambos, which shows him fishing. Another statue, this one of a little boy, is dressed and redressed constantly by his grieving mother. Another child’s grave receives regularly seasonal decorations as well as birthday cakes and presents. 

Not all of the graves are so individualized. Whole sections of uniform military tombstones memorialize the dead from from each major war, while an entire neighborhood of babies is identified as Lullaby Land. Here, most graves of marked by a sleeping lamb or a small ground-level rectangle with a single name.