Boy, do I miss Mystery Science Theater 3000. Fortunately, there's a number of great MST3K shorts on YouTube, including my all time favorite, Mr. B Natural.

Part one below, part two in the extended entry.

According to his CNN obit, Al "Grandpa Munster" Lewis died yesterday at the age of 83. According to IMDb, he was 95. But according to my mental file of celebrity updates, Grandpa's been dead for about 13 years.

This isn't exactly a Retrobituary, which is defined as the rememberance of a barely-acknowledged celebrity death. There's nothing retro about dying yesterday, and it's all over the news. Guess I'm just low on material.

Past Retrobituaries: Mr. Belvedere, Becky's Boyfriend from Roseanne, The Painter from Murphy Brown, Hotsy Totsy from Welcome Back Kotter, Captain Frank Murphy from Sealab 2021, Morty Seinfeld, and the special Fun Facts Edition.

"When a Stranger Calls" * (out of four): While it's somewhat comforting to know that someone is still making horror movies like they did in the late 70s, does it have to be exactly like they did in the late 70s?

On the list of films that need to be remade, the moderate 1979 shocker “When a Stranger Calls” has to be pretty low. The original, starring Carol Kane, held a few minor thrills, the pinnacle being the revelation of where the call was coming from. But in an age of *69, caller ID, GPS locators and reverse-lookup, the anonymity of a telephone call just isn’t all that frightening.

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You've probably seen the Miller beer auditions website where cute animals ramble on about nothing in particular.

There's a great anonymous editing job over on Transbuddha that takes it exactly where it should go.