More rumbling noises — ‘The Hum’? Samantha Brown, Christmas unease, William Faulkner’s ‘Sanctuary,‘ Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Suspicion’ (1941), and ‘Double Jeopardy’ (1999).
Another Week: Number 105
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Here is a list of content tagged “weird” on MarkCz.com.
‘The Room’ (movie): Tommy Wiseau’s bad cult masterpiece
The Room is regarded as one of the very worst movies ever made — but because it is so totally clueless regarding its heaps of bizarre flaws, it is also hilarious to watch. In fact, it's so much fun that it will be showing on some 700 screens across the United States...
Time travel: Cell phone used in Charlie Chaplin film?
Okay, I just saw this on the WGN News and it's pretty freaky. It's a very short segment associated with Charlie Chaplin's 1928 silent film The Circus in which a peculiar old woman is caught on film — apparently talking on a cell phone as she walks by. The sequence was...
Glenn Beck, Eric Massa, and the worst interview ever
The clips included in the clip above really deserve to be enshrined in the Awkwardness Hall of Fame. I'm someone who grew up watching the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon year in and year out. I was tuned in when David Letterman interviewed Crispin Glover and Farrah Fawcett...
Cadillac, Big Boy, Hamburglar, Farmall tractor in Cudahy WI yard
For my last birthday, our wonderful friend Tracey gave me an engrossing book called Weird Wisconsin which catalogs all sorts of legends, ghost stories, local loonies, roadside oddities, peculiar collections, large fiberglass objects, and unusually positioned...
Cadillac Fleetwood car buried in Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood partially buried in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.
Mannequin on motorcycle, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A mannequin rides a motorcycle — reportedly the first piece of what has become a large and unusual display in the Cudahy backyard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S Lake Dr....
Hamburglar, Captain Crook: Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Hamburglar statue and Captain Crook from McDonaldland, plus a large shark and a Milwaukee Harp street light are a few of the unusual objects displayed in the Cudahy backyard of Rick Serocki at 4531 S...
Big Boy restaurant statue, Cudahy, Wisconsin backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Big Boy restaurant statue, a mannequin on a motorcycle, and a telephone booth in the S. Lake Drive yard of collector Rick Serocki. [includeme...
Milwaukee Harp Light, motorcycles: Cudahy backyard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A Milwaukee Harp street light, motorcycles, mannequins, an old City of Milwaukee emergency call box, a traffic signal, and a shark are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy backyard of...
Skull with snowmobile: Cudahy, Wisconsin yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — A giant skull and a mannequin riding a snowmobile are just some of the unusual items displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin yard of Rick Seroki at 4531 S Lake Dr. [includeme...
Farmall McCormick tractor, Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard
Cudahy, Wisconsin — 1946 Farmall McCormick tractor with a mannequin farmer driving it and waving an American flag, as displayed in the Cudahy, Wisconsin front yard of Rick Serocki, at 4531 S Lake Dr.[includeme...
Joaquin Phoenix on ‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Let's just say there is a lot of buzz. The world is all a-twitter today over the disoriented demeanor of Walk the Line star Joaquin Phoenix on last night's Late Show with David Letterman, but I would like to point out a Rolling Stone post from January 20 which details...
Christopher Walken cooking Chicken with Pears
Well, this is right in my wheelhouse! I watch a lot of chef shows and cooking TV, and I love strange Internet finds. There is a YouTube playlist out there intended to hold my food and cooking favorites, but there are only two videos on it so far. I never imagined...
my arms fell asleep
i woke up in the middle of the night, and i must have been lying funny, because both of my arms had fallen asleep. this sort of thing has happened before, and usually there's a painful 'pins and needles' phase while the limbs come back from limbo, but not this time....