My first thought was The Hardy Boys, but that's just based on a really fuzzy memory .
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 9:48 AM on July 18, 2008

The opening of Dog Day Afternoon.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:43 PM on July 13, 2008 marked best answer

There's plush facehuggers... They're the right color and have lotsa legs, at least. I got my dad pretty good with one a couple years ago.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:22 PM on June 29, 2008

I guess I shoulda said "there ARE plush..." SELF GRAMMAR POLICE!
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:23 PM on June 29, 2008

The people at the Backyard Theater Forum can answer all your questions about screens and such. A quick search didn't turn up much about renting, but take a closer look...

Last year, I just used a 4X8 sheet of white-laminated particleboard, hung in front of the shed on my parents' back porch. If you want to go that way, just go to your local home supply/hardware store and look for something flat and white and light enough to hang or prop up somewhere. At the end of... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:29 PM on May 25, 2008 marked best answer

I was in the same position (and state!) as you: didn't finish school, worked retail for... too long... Take a look at the State Civil Service website. Obviously, it's hard to tell how many jobs there are in your area, but there are plenty in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (and liquor stores- yeah, those are civil service.) There always testing for some kind of clerical jobs, and it's pretty cut-and-dried to look at the list and tell which jobs you can get without a degree. Bottom... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:00 PM on May 11, 2008

Nestopia is good for NES games. Get a Wii-mote and download Darwiin Remote and it's just like the real thing, almost. And seconding snes9x. I've been wasting entirely too much time playing Rampart with that the last few days...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:03 PM on March 11, 2008 marked best answer

Here's some instructions for preparing video for Tivo using Visualhub- it has a Tivo-specific setting, and will enable all the ... stuff that needs enabling. (I assumed you're on a Mac since you mentioned handbrake and streamclip.) I don't know if there's a way to get handbrake to encode properly for tivo- I don't see an mpeg-2 setting, and that's what it needs. If you use Mac the Ripper to rip the disc, Visualhub should be able to convert it. (I think streamclip will do it too, but... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 7:00 AM on February 2, 2008 marked best answer

Also, here's the Biologia Centrali-Americana.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:31 PM on January 16, 2008

I think I've had the same thing on my MBP (approx. same model as yours) though I didn't notice any increase in volume. I kept thinking it was a jack/wire problem, but the fact that it disappeared after playing any sound makes that seem less likely. Could this somehow be a result of a lack of input, as in, the sound card/output being somehow "asleep?" I don't know, just spitballin' here...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 1:17 PM on January 9, 2008

I used to have the soundtrack to M*A*S*H, which was. like the Apocalypse Now, the whole soundtrack. (Had that too.)(And Raiders of the Lost Ark.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:02 AM on December 30, 2007

The Ruins by Scott Smith
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:16 PM on December 29, 2007

If browsing shows by category is an option, yes that's entirely too many. Or if the reader's use of the site depends on them knowing/agreeing with your categorization of a band/musician. Trees, subcategories, like everyone up there sez, would help.

Frinstance, if I missed a show by my favorite power-pop band because your editor had them categorized as pop-punk, or something like that, I would not be likely to use your site again.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:43 AM on September 26, 2007

You are right. Your editor is wrong. Tell him I said so. Users will not appreciate 275 categories that are empty 50 weeks a year. If after the 3rd or 4th visit it's still empty, they won't check again. And users will view you much less favorably if your categorizations don't match their own.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 12:25 PM on September 26, 2007

Also, the people who would repeatedly check a genre that repeatedly comes up empty probably already have some other source of information just for fans of that particular genre.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 12:38 PM on September 26, 2007

Apparently it is pretty old.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:06 AM on August 15, 2007

MIchael Keaton played the same character in Soderbergh's Out of Sight and Tarantino's Jackie Brown, but they're both based on Elmore Leonard books, so that's iffy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:37 PM on August 7, 2007

Like Cool Papa Bell said, on preview...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:38 PM on August 7, 2007

And of course John Munch could appear in all those different shows because they were all in the mind of Tommy Westphall.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:40 PM on August 7, 2007

Oh yeah, one of my dad's favorite things: in the Patrick Stewart movie Safe House, he is menaced by the mailman/assassin from Three Days of the Condor.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:45 PM on August 7, 2007

My dad and I have had good experiences at Sunset Hill Shooting Range in the Poconos over the years. Might be a little far for you, but they do rent a variety of firearms and require a short safety training before they let you on the range.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 2:11 PM on July 21, 2007 marked best answer

Glad you liked it. I was up at our family's place a few miles from there this weekend. Probably heard you while I was sitting out on the porch...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 7:25 PM on July 31, 2007

Wallace Stevens, insurance exec. William Carlos Willams, medical doctor.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 9:25 PM on July 20, 2007

Cemetery Man was the first thing I thought of too... but 1994 is the verrry late '80s.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 5:44 AM on July 17, 2007

There's a good series of posts on Neato Coolville about the disposition of the original Death Star: Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:16 PM on May 27, 2007

And just think of how much easier the logistics are- no deciding who's gonna drive, no losing eachother in the crowd, etc. And as for keeping yourself entertained, just find a good spot to peoplewatch, that can be endlessly entertaining.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:32 PM on May 26, 2007

Potato chip bags can...close?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 5:41 PM on May 8, 2007

There's a Carrolltown , in "East Carroll Township," near Altoona. And check this out. Looks like it was released as ''Duke Ellington: All Star Road Band' on the Doctor Jazz label.'
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 10:17 AM on May 5, 2007 marked best answer

If that's the right one, here it is on Amazon.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 10:18 AM on May 5, 2007 marked best answer

More Karloff: playing aging horror star Byron Orlock in Peter Bogdanovich's Targets, with Bogdanovich as a young director trying to convince him to star in his next movie, ending with a scene at a drive-in where events onscreen and off interact.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:21 PM on May 3, 2007

I don't know from these "notes" and "octaves" and such and such, but at the end of "World's On Fire" from The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, Paul Heaton of the Housemartins makes a very high-pitched sound for a very long time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 5:36 AM on April 10, 2007

Check out Seneca Myths and Folk Tales on Google Books. Also The Pow-wow Book by A. M. Aurand. I didn't see anything in either of these on Google Books, but take a look. The Aurand book (and his others) are generally pretty available in tourist traps sown in PA Dutch country, maybe you'll be able to find them out there. Also, is there a Mercer County Historical Society? Maybe they have the downlow.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:42 PM on March 7, 2007

Neatorama, Toolmonger, Hackszine, Table of Malcontents. Lot of overlap between all of these, but hey, hive mind...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 9:09 PM on March 2, 2007

jasper411 has a good idea there- that's exactly what I was picturing when I read your description, but I couldn't remember the title.

And I remember Space Giants (the tv series) being on weekdays (I remember watching it at my grandma's house while my parents were at work) on (probably) WPHL (the only Philadelphia station we got, I think.) Of course I remember watching Ultraman at the same time. So I'm no help. And I've used up all my parentheses.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:10 AM on February 28, 2007

What La Cieca said, on all counts, and also what Burhanistan said. Wait 'til the tail end.

That said, go for stuff without too much narrative. Surf docs like Step into Liquid or Riding Giants (haven't seen that one, so I"m guessing) or animation with little story like Allegro Non Troppo or Triplets of Belleville.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:25 AM on December 29, 2006

...like jimfl said...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:25 AM on December 29, 2006

ABC Radio's Hindsight for Australian history that's interesting for non-Australians (at least 75% of the time.) (about an hour long)

BBC's In Our Time for a panel of Really Officially Smart People talking about things that you should probably know about but (if you're like me) don't. (about 40-45 minutes)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:08 PM on November 22, 2006

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. And another tick in the Brunner column from me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:50 AM on November 17, 2006

I just finished watching Electra Glide in Blue
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:33 PM on November 11, 2006

Dr. Wu beat me to it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 10:34 PM on October 9, 2006

Seconding mkultra and Sticherbeast on Cronenberg, but particularly The Brood. Like melissa may said, now that I followed the links.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 9:27 AM on October 2, 2006

"Ouch" by Be Your Own Pet, which is explicitly about a Zombie Apocalypse, and, in fact, contains the lyric "Zombie apocalypse will (change us all?) now!" Or maybe "chase us all down!"
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:02 AM on September 27, 2006 marked best answer

If you're open to comics, try Kings in Disguise.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 9:30 PM on September 26, 2006

Speaking of Walter Murch ,THX1138 is eminently sampleable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:11 PM on September 19, 2006

There's a lot of black goo in Amityville Horror, but the rest doesn't sound right. (some pictures of the goo here.) (Yeah, you heard me. I'm linking to pictures of goo.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:05 PM on September 14, 2006

I think it's Sister Rosetta Tharpe. And so does wikipedia, now that I actually read the article.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 6:57 PM on September 14, 2006 marked best answer

Yeah, thanks for the clips, oxala.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 7:13 PM on September 14, 2006

"Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio" by the Ramones
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:27 AM on August 30, 2006

Although on closer reading, not quite what you were looking for. Sorry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 11:28 AM on August 30, 2006

In the spirit of jozxyqk's "What's Opera, Doc" suggestion: Spike Jones' Pal-yat-chee.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessenoonan at 8:41 AM on August 17, 2006