Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee
@tikitrocious.bsky.social
A fictional host, for a show that never airs, playing B-movies that don't exist, on a station that's never named.
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Curated by @SurlyByDefault. Also @Tikitrocious on Mastodon.Social. https://linktr.ee/christopher.fischer
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Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Sam Benjamin says goodbye to Nebraska Charms and goes to New Jersey. Soon half the town is following him for their own reasons. When the town is leveled by a cattle stampede it needs everyone back in 1954’s “Telegraphing Back East.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Sam Benjamin says goodbye to Nebraska Charms and goes to New Jersey. Soon half the town is following him for their own reasons. When the town is leveled by a cattle stampede it needs everyone back in 1954’s “Telegraphing Back East.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A French restaurant opens in a strip-mall. The mysterious Maître d'hôtel only hires people who need second chances, and anyone who orders the mute Chef's suggestion experiences ”A Soupçon of Serendipity (1993).” Bon appétit.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A French restaurant opens in a strip-mall. The mysterious Maître d'hôtel only hires people who need second chances, and anyone who orders the mute Chef's suggestion experiences ”A Soupçon of Serendipity (1993).” Bon appétit.
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A down-on-his luck carpenter helps a restaurateur build a restaurant that will excite jaded Angelinos. There’s a plethora of construction gags spiced by a 10-minute “fool the city inspector” segment in 1923’s “The Mauve Top Hat.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A down-on-his luck carpenter helps a restaurateur build a restaurant that will excite jaded Angelinos. There’s a plethora of construction gags spiced by a 10-minute “fool the city inspector” segment in 1923’s “The Mauve Top Hat.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Detroit sewer worker discovers Germans are using the pipes like telegraph cables to coordinate their sabotage. He works to warn the War Department while the nefarious Nazis negate his every turn in 1942's “The Drains of Peril.”
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A Detroit sewer worker discovers Germans are using the pipes like telegraph cables to coordinate their sabotage. He works to warn the War Department while the nefarious Nazis negate his every turn in 1942's “The Drains of Peril.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A gambling crackdown in this sleepy town leads to the local reverend organizing poker games in his landlady’s garage. Somehow this escalates into incorporation of the new church of “St. Cadillac’s of Bluefield (1983).”
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A gambling crackdown in this sleepy town leads to the local reverend organizing poker games in his landlady’s garage. Somehow this escalates into incorporation of the new church of “St. Cadillac’s of Bluefield (1983).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Lady Dampercharm rediscovers her Grandfather's monster hoax, then mischievously plans to take it many steps further during her daughter's autumn-defining dance. How will polite society react to the “Masque of the Minuetaur (1958)”?
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! Lady Dampercharm rediscovers her Grandfather's monster hoax, then mischievously plans to take it many steps further during her daughter's autumn-defining dance. How will polite society react to the “Masque of the Minuetaur (1958)”?
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Three monsters play supreme Devil and make their own human. He’s hideous! He’s dangerous! He’s won’t follow direction! So why are the monsteress’ gnawing their own livers to spend time with him? 2008’s animated “Adam-nably Yours.”
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Three monsters play supreme Devil and make their own human. He’s hideous! He’s dangerous! He’s won’t follow direction! So why are the monsteress’ gnawing their own livers to spend time with him? 2008’s animated “Adam-nably Yours.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In the Atacama Desert, an elite teens' space camp, founded by astronaut Allison Hammer (scream-queen Julia Strictland) is stalked by a space-suited killer. Teen sex mixes badly with everything in 2005's “Camp Mars Maniac Lander.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! In the Atacama Desert, an elite teens' space camp, founded by astronaut Allison Hammer (scream-queen Julia Strictland) is stalked by a space-suited killer. Teen sex mixes badly with everything in 2005's “Camp Mars Maniac Lander.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In the judgment against a second-rate conglomerate, the CEO is sentenced to two years of house arrest where he only has access to the shoddy consumer products his company produces. Even the lesson is flawed in 1991 “ConHugeCo.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In the judgment against a second-rate conglomerate, the CEO is sentenced to two years of house arrest where he only has access to the shoddy consumer products his company produces. Even the lesson is flawed in 1991 “ConHugeCo.”
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! “The Stoat” (Gerard Bailey) investigates a powerful labor union to unravel the legitimate labor interests, Communist agitators, and the return of mob boss “Tempest” Thompson. Thrill to 1947's “the Stoat Against the Tradesmen. “
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! “The Stoat” (Gerard Bailey) investigates a powerful labor union to unravel the legitimate labor interests, Communist agitators, and the return of mob boss “Tempest” Thompson. Thrill to 1947's “the Stoat Against the Tradesmen. “
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! As American rebounds, the FBI’s heroic semi-deceased fight the undead. When it lends its best Z-Man to the Joint Zombie Task Force, jurisdictional and romantic tensions arise with the ATF Agent in 2008's “Operation: Zombie Thunder.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! As American rebounds, the FBI’s heroic semi-deceased fight the undead. When it lends its best Z-Man to the Joint Zombie Task Force, jurisdictional and romantic tensions arise with the ATF Agent in 2008's “Operation: Zombie Thunder.”
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! Bartender Marilyn is in a rut, until she forms a house band to play her cousin's bar on off nights. They're becoming the biggest draw in town, unless her Ex has his way. Two-drink minimum for 1989's “Bloody Mary and the Hurricanes.”
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! Bartender Marilyn is in a rut, until she forms a house band to play her cousin's bar on off nights. They're becoming the biggest draw in town, unless her Ex has his way. Two-drink minimum for 1989's “Bloody Mary and the Hurricanes.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In this “found footage” horror, the local news follows a commercial Dungeness Crab trawler off the Oregon coast as it shifts from the routine to terrifying. The captain is revealed to be a follower of a sea god in 2008’s “Crab Pot.”
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! In this “found footage” horror, the local news follows a commercial Dungeness Crab trawler off the Oregon coast as it shifts from the routine to terrifying. The captain is revealed to be a follower of a sea god in 2008’s “Crab Pot.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A frustrated engineer, incensed at the incompetence of his employer, descends into madness and designs a product so useful, elegant, and inexplicable, it drives his co-workers insane. Perplex to 2003's “The Doodad with the Whatzit.”
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! A frustrated engineer, incensed at the incompetence of his employer, descends into madness and designs a product so useful, elegant, and inexplicable, it drives his co-workers insane. Perplex to 2003's “The Doodad with the Whatzit.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! One man becomes invisible to children, and uses his powers to teach those irresponsible hooligans a thing or two! But where did his wife go? He inspires (G-Rated) fear but teaches no lessons in 2002’s “The Invisible Mister Cranky.”
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! One man becomes invisible to children, and uses his powers to teach those irresponsible hooligans a thing or two! But where did his wife go? He inspires (G-Rated) fear but teaches no lessons in 2002’s “The Invisible Mister Cranky.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The musical “Jubilee” re-stages to 1970s San Francisco Chinatown. When a wealthy family thinks their business empire on verge of collapse, they escape into individual anonymity to pursue other dreams. See 2012's “A Year of Modesty,”
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The musical “Jubilee” re-stages to 1970s San Francisco Chinatown. When a wealthy family thinks their business empire on verge of collapse, they escape into individual anonymity to pursue other dreams. See 2012's “A Year of Modesty,”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A manipulative therapist trains and then gives to his patients animals whose cuteness endears while they slowly drive their new owners to distress. One patient goes to extremes with a purse dog in 2013’s “Emotional Distort Animals.”
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! A manipulative therapist trains and then gives to his patients animals whose cuteness endears while they slowly drive their new owners to distress. One patient goes to extremes with a purse dog in 2013’s “Emotional Distort Animals.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! “Fifty Million Frenchmen” transposed to Atlantis. Cadmus of Thebes visits, and musically wagers he can start with no gold yet still betroth Atlantean princess Harmonia within a month. Sing along with the 1987 “A Month in Atlantis.”
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! “Fifty Million Frenchmen” transposed to Atlantis. Cadmus of Thebes visits, and musically wagers he can start with no gold yet still betroth Atlantean princess Harmonia within a month. Sing along with the 1987 “A Month in Atlantis.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Ancient family tradition dictates each male take their turn being family butler for a year. When Peter’s term nears, he frames a village boy as a family bastard so he can take off to South America in 1991 “A Tour of Duty.”
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Ancient family tradition dictates each male take their turn being family butler for a year. When Peter’s term nears, he frames a village boy as a family bastard so he can take off to South America in 1991 “A Tour of Duty.”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The musical “Mexican Hayride” is moved to Scotland. When his sister slays the Uilepheist, her scalawag brother uses stolen renown to scam pixies, complicating her courtship of a Seelie lady. All ends well in 2002's “Celtic Hayride.”
December 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! The musical “Mexican Hayride” is moved to Scotland. When his sister slays the Uilepheist, her scalawag brother uses stolen renown to scam pixies, complicating her courtship of a Seelie lady. All ends well in 2002's “Celtic Hayride.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Byron has spent thirty years on the canning line, with plenty of overtime, before forced into early retirement. With a pile of money but no life outside of work, he has to think about what he wants after “Getting Canned (1984).”
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Byron has spent thirty years on the canning line, with plenty of overtime, before forced into early retirement. With a pile of money but no life outside of work, he has to think about what he wants after “Getting Canned (1984).”
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! This production of the musical “Something for the Boys” is set on colony-world Nuevo Tejas. Gene-modded cousins inherit the continent adjacent the Terran outpost. Suspicion and wackiness ensue in 1996's “Keeping the Humans Happy.”
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2PM on the Baron Tikitrocious' Midday Matinee! This production of the musical “Something for the Boys” is set on colony-world Nuevo Tejas. Gene-modded cousins inherit the continent adjacent the Terran outpost. Suspicion and wackiness ensue in 1996's “Keeping the Humans Happy.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The Kacey Sisters (with bandleader Jack) get in a multi-car accident, and three other parties need their cars repaired. Low on cash but having access to a garage, how hard can it be? “The Kacey Sisters Bang-on Repair Job (1940).”
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! The Kacey Sisters (with bandleader Jack) get in a multi-car accident, and three other parties need their cars repaired. Low on cash but having access to a garage, how hard can it be? “The Kacey Sisters Bang-on Repair Job (1940).”
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! The 1973 adaptation of “the New Yorkers” musically substitutes Harlem marijuana for Manhattan bootleg, portraying characters at all levels of society. Based on bawdy self-stereotypes of New Yorkers, it's “Six Boroughs Before Dawn.”
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Noon on Baron Tikitrocious' Weekend Tikipeats! The 1973 adaptation of “the New Yorkers” musically substitutes Harlem marijuana for Manhattan bootleg, portraying characters at all levels of society. Based on bawdy self-stereotypes of New Yorkers, it's “Six Boroughs Before Dawn.”
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Carmen is alluring, engaging, and a vampire. Jacques is overeager to please, a little self-destructive, and desperately infatuated with Carmen. He must survive the inhuman agony of being “Friendzoned by the Vampire (2007).”
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Midnight on the Tikitrocious Moonlight Encore! Carmen is alluring, engaging, and a vampire. Jacques is overeager to please, a little self-destructive, and desperately infatuated with Carmen. He must survive the inhuman agony of being “Friendzoned by the Vampire (2007).”