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Troy Z
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Promotional feed of a Designer of Themed Retail & Entertainment Venues. Name here based upon my Twitter Origin in which I developed a Haunt Attraction based upon "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Nature Trail to Hell": http://naturetrailtohellin3d.blogspot.com/
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When I crafted this doll as a gift for an appreciative fan, I realized after the fact that I was essentially recreating a scene from "The Comeback Kid" episode of the sitcom "Parks & Recreation," so I might as well be explicit about it.
"...Do you think a depressed person could make this? No."
A sequence of five images showing a slightly deranged-looking and likely desperate old man with a long grey beard wearing a hockey jersey holding up a sad-looking felt plush doll that resembles him, only it is wearing tattered rags and jewelry chains leading to felt shackles on its wrists and ankles. The man appears to speak to the camera viewer via a series of captions with dialogue taken from "The Comeback Kid" episode of the sitcom "Parks & Recreation" while pleadingly presenting the doll. The accompanying dialogue captions read: "I'm the furthest thing from depressed." "I mean, look at what I've accomplished." "Do you see him?" "Do you think a depressed person could make this?" "No."
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Tonight! It's the last night of Knott's Scary Farm for 2025, and the last chance this year to see my character, "Shackles" the Prisoner, shamble about the Gauntlet ScareZone.
May you all have had a Spooky Season that was kind to you.

#ScareActor #ScaryFarm #KnottsScaryFarm #Halloween #SpookySeason
An advertisement-like collage featuring a plush toy doll representing a truly sad in every sense of the word old medieval prisoner with scraggly long greying hair and long grey beard made of fabric floss, wearing tattered felt rags and shackles that are linked with stainless steel metal jewelry chain and festooned with little bells. There are two images of this doll, one that wears a set of stocks made of craft foam, and the other with an accompanying excitable speech balloon exclaiming "Help Me!!" The ad copy features blocks of words that say "Shackles the Prisoner" as the main title at the top, alongside a logo for the ScareZone "The Gauntlet" with the word "Toys" just beneath it. Scattered throughout the page are paragraphs that read: "Oh, Silly Shackles, thinking anyone will ever help him!' "It's hours of fun to torment this pathetic wretch! All of Helshire now officially had someone to look down upon!" "He's a mess!" "Fun for all ages!" "Set of stocks sold separately! Collect all the residents of Helshire!"
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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A rare convergence of #FezFriday and #Halloween, an opportunity to celebrate the classic #UniversalMonsters.

Silver #Ouija Planchette Fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama: fez-o-rama.com
Photograph of a grey-bearded man in a black suit and cloak and wearing a fez by Fez-O-Rama with an Ouija board planchette embroidered with silver thread stands with his arms folded within a red-lined classic "toe-pincher" coffin positioned in front of an illustrated display depicting the classic Universal Monsters (The Werewolf, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and the Mummy).
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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It is always an honor to be included in the portfolio of photographer Chris Cornish when he documents the ScareActors at Knott's Scary Farm. His pictures really communicate the energy of the event.

📷: chriscornishphotography.pixieset.com/knottsmonste...

#PhotoSky #ScareActor #ScaryFarm #Halloween
Nighttime exterior photograph by Chris Cornish of a profile view of an old man with a long grey beard and scraggly long hair dressed in tattered clothing with his neck and wrists locked in a pillory that is festooned with rusty iron spikes, wax candles, and parchment strips adhered by wax seals.
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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FanArt! at the ScareZone

I am grateful to receive this portrait of my character, "'Shackles' the Prisoner," who haunts Knott's Scary Farm.

Portrait by Sally M.: www.instagram.com/shellfishsel..., commissions/bookings via www.instagram.com/sallyscallop/

#KnottsScaryFarm #ScaryFarm #ScareActor
Portrait rendering using watercolor, pastel, and marker on Kraft paper depicting a scraggly old bearded man locked in an elaborate pillory festooned with spikes, candles, and parchment strips adhered by wax seals. The hue is keyed green to match the lighting of the ScareZone in which the ScareActor performs.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#FezFriday addressing some hereditary issues.

Fez by fez-o-rama.com. Setpiece at the Mystic Museum in Burbank, CA.

#Hereditary #HorrorMovies #Ouija
A man in a black suit and wearing a fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama embroidered with silver thread depicting an Ouija board planchette holds a crude golden crown while sitting crosslegged within a recreation of the interior of the treehouse from the final scene of the movie "Hereditary."
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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A photoshopped riff on the alarmist 1980s After-School Special, "The Day My Kid Went Punk," only the main characters in the print advertisement are replaced with ScareActors from the Haunted Overload venue. The title now reads "The Day My Kid Went ScareActor."
October 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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#FezFriday getting a case of the Pazuzoomies at the Mystic Museum in Burbank, CA.

Ouija Silver Planchette Fez by fez-o-rama.com

#TheExorcist #Ouija #SpookySeason
A grey-bearded man in a black suit wearing a black velvet fez with an embroidered Ouija board planchette in silver thread crafted by Fez-O-Rama appears to levitate horizontally above a bed dressed to resemble the one in the movie "The Exorcist."
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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This #SpookySeason I commissioned Justin McElroy [@thoughtographic.bsky.social] to do a portrait of my #ScaryFarm character "'Shackles' the Prisoner."
I love how his linework evokes a Scholastic Book Fair gem of a Horror Anthology for kids, one I would peruse, gasp at, run from, & ultimately buy.
An atmospheric black+white illustration by Justin McElroy of an emaciated, long-beaded tortured medieval prisoner stumbling about in chains and a heavy wooden set of stocks upon which perches a plump crow, silhouetted against a full moon, caws in either sympathy or as a harbinger of doom. An atmospheric color illustration by Justin McElroy of an emaciated, long-beaded tortured medieval prisoner stumbling about in chains and a heavy wooden set of stocks upon which perches a plump crow, silhouetted against a full moon, caws in either sympathy or as a harbinger of doom.
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#FezFriday at Into the Streets' "LET THERE BE GWAR" exhibit.

Damn, I love that this exists.

gwar.net #GWAR

I was alerted to this via: bsky.app/profile/lata... . Just one of the many significant reasons to subscribe to @lataco.bsky.social!
A scraggly grey-bearded man wearing a Fez-O-Rama fez depicting an embroidered zombie head with an exposed brain laid over two crossed bloody machetes gleefully throws horns in front of a display of stage props, costumes, and old CRT video monitors showcasing the legacy of the legendary band named GWAR. A scraggly grey-bearded man wearing a Fez-O-Rama fez depicting an embroidered zombie head with an exposed brain laid over two crossed bloody machetes excitedly gesticulates in front of a display of stage props encapsulating the amps and drum kit of the legendary band named GWAR. A gallery interior with a display of stage props, costumes, hand-painted backdrops and old CRT video monitors showcasing the legacy of the legendary band named GWAR. A gallery interior with a display of costumes,stage props, hand-painted backdrops and old CRT video monitors showcasing the legacy of the legendary band named GWAR.
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Speaking of #KnottsScaryFarm, my Black Velvet painting of "The Conductor" is on display at the #IntoTheFog Gallery Show inside the park. The original just sold! I only want whoever purchased it to know to hit it with a blacklight to really make it pop!
(Non-UV) 8x10 prints still on sale!
#ScaryFarm
A black-and-white panel with NeoVictorian wallpaper is the mounting surface for a Black Velvet painting of an ethereal train conductor. The photograph is framed to show the upper right corner of the entire artwork, which is bordered by a custom frame that features model railroad train tracks painted with glow-in-the-dark paint. A framed video monitor on a wallpapered panel displays an image of the featured artist (an anxious man with a long grey beard and scraggly brown hair with his neck locked in the lacuna of a guillotine), a thumbnail of his black velvet painting of an ethereal train conductor, the logo for the Knott's Scary Farm "Into the Fog" gallery show, and an Artist's Bio. The Artist's Bio reads: "TROY ZIMMERMANN is a designer specializing in Themed Entertainment Attractions and Concept Design since he was nine. (No, really, there’s proof and everything: he drew up a concept for a "Super Train Testing Center" Thrill Ride back in 1979, based upon a forgotten NBC TV show.) Troy has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and used that practical education to contribute to attractions worldwide, with a broad range of duties creating features that include architectural vocabularies, simulated ancient artifacts and hieroglyphic languages, backstories, storyboards, graphic design and illustrations, docent guides, visitor’s site maps, and merchandise tie-ins. He also performed as a ScareActor for over a decade, first at Halloween Horror Nights and now here at Knott’s Scary Farm. troyzimmermann.com "
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Tonight! I return as "Shackles" the Tortured Prisoner at Knott's Scary Farm. I'll be in the region of K'Ampsnu-Pai, in the town of Helshire, colloquially known as "The Gauntlet."

If you see him, be nice, he's having a rough night.

#KnottsScaryFarm #ScaryFarm #ScareActor #SpookySeason #Halloween
On a red carpet setting in front of a decrepit circus-themed backdrop, a sad, bedraggled grey-bearded wretch dressed in tattered rags and draped in chains leading to ankle shackles and a set of antiquated stocks that locks his neck and wrists in place stands beside an excitable, knife-wielding six-foot-tall mascot shaped like a popcorn bucket. No, you are not high. A sad, pathetic wretch with scraggly long hair and a grey beard who wears filthy, tattered rags kneels in darkness while wearing a detached pillory that is festooned with bells, a crown of rusty iron spikes, strips of parchment with calligraphic writing and sigils, and has three illuminated candles mounted to the top of the antiquated wood frame.
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"Prince of Darkness" is pure alchemy. If you had some fifth-graders make a super spooky video on VHS it would visually be the same as the "T̶̜̙͔͓̱̩̮̹̺̈́́̋̚h̸͉̦̞̠̀̒̑̆͝į̴͚̄ş̴̘͈̪͔̅͊̃͌͒ ̷̨͖̬̺̱̈́͗͗̽̐̆͜͝í̷̹͎͔̉̾̊͘͝ş̶͐͊́́̉̚ ̶̖͍͓̩̳̘͙͓͗ń̸̞̼͙̏o̵̺̬̘̯̦̓̓̓͠ț̸̼̬̙͛̾̓̏̔̌̈̂̎͠ ̶̳͍͍̘͕̼͈̘̲͑̍ä̶̢̧̱͍͇̳̺̻̦́͌̀̐̊̉̚̚͝ ̸̪͙̫͌̐̉̏ḏ̴̩̙͍̲̹͍̳͎͛́̇̀͘͘ȑ̴̡̳̜͓͚̝̻͈̤̰͋͋͗̂̽̂͑͘͝ě̴̹͚̦͎̓̃̋̚a̸̟̹̥̟̰̭̾̓̑̅ḿ̸̰̤̹̰̭̺̼͑̉̇̄.̷̢̧͕͓̟͍̲̑̕" sequence, but the Concept and Audio Design makes it genuinely a teeth-grinding icon.

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Grey-bearded man in a black suit and cloak wearing a black fez with a skull on it fabricated by Fez-O-Rama standing outside the church in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, where the John Carpenter movie "Prince of Darkness" was filmed.
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The #Halloween Haunt Attractions have already started up, so I'm calling it: it's officially Spooky Season.

Here are new #FezFriday photos, promoting my friend's business of making quality handcrafted headwear: fez-o-rama.com . Pics taken at the Mystic Museum in Burbank, CA.

#Ouija #SpookySeason
A man with a long grey beard wearing a black suit and a black fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama which sports an elaborate embroidery of an Ouija Board planchette of silver thread stands in front of an antique cabinet displaying vintage "talking boards," of which Ouija Boards are the recognized brand name. This photo is taken in the Mystic Museum in Burbank, California. A man with a long grey beard wearing a black suit and a black fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama which sports an elaborate embroidery of an Ouija Board planchette of silver thread stands beside an antique console displaying vintage planchettes and "talking boards," of which Ouija Boards are the recognized brand name. This photo is taken in the Mystic Museum in Burbank, California. An antique console and display case featuring vintage planchettes and "talking boards," of which Ouija Boards are the recognized brand name. This photo is taken in the Mystic Museum in Burbank, California.
September 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I had the good fortune to get tickets to see true buckaroo Chuck Tingle tonight on the final stop of his "Lucky Day" Book Tour. His previous bestseller, "Bury Your Gays," was alarmingly prescient about Hollywood meddling with AI with horrific results.

#BookSky #ChuckTingle @chucktingle.bsky.social
A photo of a grey-bearded man wearing a horror-themed black T-shirt, an open vaguely 1980s black button-down shirt sleeve shirt with a green grid printed over half of it, and black jeans holds a copy of a book named "Lucky Day" by Chuck Tingle while standing by the fabulous author Chuck Tingle, who is dressed in a textured white Lounge Jacket with black lapels, a black T-shirt referencing the band the B-52's, shorts of large pink sequins, pink & grey argyle socks, glittery pink opera slippers, and his trademark pink sack he wears over his head that has the words "LOVE IS REAL" written on it. The author Chuck Tingle stands on stage with a cordless microphone as a slide with the words "TIME TO TROT" is projected on a screen behind him. The author wears his trademark pink sack which has the words "LOVE IS REAL" written on it over his head. An exterior evening shot looking up at the marquee of the Hayworth theater, which has the words "CHUCK TINGLE" featured on it with the subheading "LOVE IS REAL."
September 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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It got weird.
View from the audience of "Weird Al" Yankovic and his band on stage.
August 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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You wanna get weird? Let's get weird.

#WeirdAl @alyankovic.bsky.social #LosAngeles
View of a manic-looking grey-bearded man wearing an open vintage rainbow-toned button-down shirt over a "Weird Al" Yankovic "In 3-D"- era T-shirt posing demonstratively in front of a KIA Forum photo op with a marquee declaring "Now Playing: Weird Al Yankovic"
August 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Current Mood for the foreseeable future. If you know, you know.
SPOILER ALERT before choosing to continue: An image of the bearded old hippie character named "Doc" from the TV show "Z Nation" looks with resigned melancholy at a scene reflected in his round sunglasses, which is a sunset-toned view of an aerial military drone spilling out millions of delivery canisters of a biological agent in an event known as "Black Rainbow." In retrospect, throughout Season 4, the main characters were all set up to fail, and fail they did.
August 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Mental state: I'm still spiraling.

#FezFriday in the Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark. 🇩🇰

www.rundetaarn.dk

#Rundetaarn #København #Danmark
Exterior view looking up at the Rundetaarn in Copenhagen, a cylindrical brick tower constructed in 1642. A grey-bearded man wearing a black suit and a grey tweed fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama stands in the interior of the Rundetaarn in Copenhagen, a cylindrical brick tower constructed in 1642. The walls are smooth white plaster transitioning into arches overhead, and the floor is a helical composition of tightly packed tan bricks. The interior of the Rundetaarn in Copenhagen, a cylindrical brick tower constructed in 1642. The walls are smooth white plaster transitioning into arches overhead, and the floor is a helical composition of tightly packed tan bricks. There are arched niches within the central spine of the structure.
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A #FezFriday with a non-Internet troll.

📍Freetown Christiania 🟥🟡🟡🟡🟥, Copenhagen, Denmark.

www.thomasdambo.com/works/green-...

#ThomasDambo #FristadenChristiania #Christiania #København #Danmark 🇩🇰
A grey-bearded man in a black suit and wearing a grey tweed fez handcrafted by Fez-O-Rama leans up against a wooden troll statue sculpted by Thomas Dambo located in Freetown Christiania within Copenhagen, Denmark.
July 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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A #FezFriday trying out an upward spiral for a change.

#København #Copenhagen #Denmark #VorFrelsersKirke #StairwayToHeaven
A grey-bearded man wearing a black suit and a grey tweed fez with an embroidered teacup and crossed spoons on its front fabricated by Fez-O-Rama walks up the exterior spiral staircase of Vor Frelsers Kirke, a Baroque Revival church in Copenhagen, Denmark. The point of view is higher than the overwhelming majority of the skyline of the city. A view from street level of the Vor Frelsers Kirke, a Baroque Revival church in Copenhagen, Denmark, built with an exterior spiral staircase ascending its spire.
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A #FezFriday crossing the Rainbow Bridge.

ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

#Aarhus #ARoS #Denmark #RainbowBridge #🌈
Street view looking at the ARoS Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. It is essentially a large cubic brick building with a ring-shaped walkway on the roof made of structural glass in a full spectrum of color. The late evening sun enhances the color saturation of this engineering marvel on the rooftop. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez made my Fez-O-Rama stands within the circular rooftop walkway of structural glass above the Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. The man stands within the green spectrum area that tints the view of the entire city that color. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez made my Fez-O-Rama stands within the circular rooftop walkway of structural glass above the Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. The man stands within the reddish-orange spectrum area that tints the view of the entire city that color. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez made my Fez-O-Rama stands within the circular rooftop walkway of structural glass above the Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. The man stands within the blue-violet spectrum area that tints the view of the entire city that color.
June 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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#FezFriday at Bakken, the world's oldest amusement park (open since 1583[!!!], or 1756[!!] when it was re-opened to the public). This place is another reassuring reminder of the need of my career in Themed Entertainment and Attractions Design.

#Dyrehavsbakken #Bakken #Denmark #AmusementParks
A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez from Fez-O-Rama motions appreciatively at an entry sign for Bakken, the world's oldest amusement park located in Denmark. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez by Fez-O-Rama motions appreciatively at a wooden rollercoaster named the "Rutschebanen" that was built in 1932. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez by Fez-O-Rama happily motions at an amusement park Dark Ride called "Spøgelses Slottet," located at Bakken, the world's oldest amusement park located in Denmark. A grey-bearded man wearing a tweed jacket and a tweed fez by Fez-O-Rama leans by one arm from the façade of a funhouse located in Bakken, the world's oldest amusement park located in Denmark.
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#FezFriday at Tivoli Gardens, the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world (since 1843). It is a reassuring testimonial that there will always be a need for my career in Themed Entertainment Design.

#Tivoli #TivoliGardens #Copenhagen #ThemeParks #AmusementParks #ThemedEntertainmentDesign
A grey-bearded man in a suit stands outside a baroque revival gateway to Tivoli Gardens, an amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark. A tile mural commemorating 150 years of the operation of Tivoli Gardens, the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world. The painted ceramic tiles depict stylized peacock feathers flanking a scene of a harlequin holding the hand of a ballerina. A grey-bearded man in a suit stands inside Tivoli Gardens at dusk, motioning appreciatively at the Baroque Revival gateway to Tivoli Gardens, an amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
June 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#FezFriday at the Universal Fan Fest Nights' "Back to the Future" immersive activation of Courthouse Square. BTW, "Einstein" is a Very Good Dog.

Fez by Fez-O-Rama; find my friend's high-quality handicraft headwear here: fez-o-rama.com

#UniversalFFN #FanFest #BTTF #BackToTheFuture #UniversalStudios
Grey-bearded man wearing a futuristic business suit and a fez with an integrated LED display (made by Fez-O-Rama) leans up against the "Back to the Future" time-traveling DeLorean car, in which sits a good dog resembling "Einstein" from the movie.
April 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM