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Ryan Smith
@thesmithminute.bsky.social
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Semi-retired radio personality. Avid DIYer. Essential retail worker navigating the craziness. Purveyor of obscure references and deep cuts. What TV Tropes would call a Deadpan Snarker.
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"Not so bad now, am I?"
Kamelion, a silver robot with green areas on his head and abdomen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The Talosian Keeper from the Star Trek episodes “The Cage” and “The Menagerie, Parts I and II.” A humanoid with a giant skull covered in veins, he has a perturbed expression on his face.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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“Yes?”
The box for Hugo, the Man of a Thousand Faces. The box shows a bald, blue-eyed puppet that looks a lot like Ed Harris, wearing a blue smock. A blond boy wearing a red turtleneck applies a beard to the puppet. Five smaller pictures show the puppet with other hairpieces, glasses, noses and teeth that come with it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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“Dear Reader,

Haven’t you suffered enough, Mr. Glasscock?”
A brown-haired man staggers out of a doorway. He wears a blue shirt and red tie, which is hanging out of a green sweater vest. He is unshaven and bears a haunted expression.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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One of the sphinxes of the Fantasia Sphinx Gate opening its eyes, ready to fire at travelers passing below it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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“Please get off the line, sir.”
Alfred answers the Batphone in the 1960s television series. A tall, white-haired man with glasses and mustache, he wears a black suit and holds a red telephone receiver to his left ear.
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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In this scene from The Simpsons, a nuclear inspection van glows green and sinks into the pavement. Homer has caused a meltdown, even though there was no radioactive material on board.
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Alvin sends his best!
A brown cat sitting on stairs, looking pointedly at the camera.
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Dressed up a bit to put even more green on him.
Legacy Cosmos with Toyhax labels and a new weapon styled after the Acme Disintegrating Pistol.
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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“How did we come to this?”
Sol the book, as played by Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green. An older man with white hair and beard, wearing a brown shirt and black beret. He has a serious yet quizzical expression on his face.
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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“How did we come to this?”
Sol the book, as played by Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green. An older man with white hair and beard. He wears a brown short and a black beret.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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“I am not a weather balloon, kind sir.”
Cosmos, an Autobot from The Transformers. A green-and-yellow robot with a conical red-and-yellow head. He holds a red gun styled after an Acme Disintegrating Pistol. Cosmos transforms into a green flying saucer-style UFO.
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Commander Uhura facepalms in a scene from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Scotty was right.
Kirk and Spock look on as Scotty, arms full of tribbles, lets them know the tribbles are in the machinery.
October 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The cover to Steve Martin's Album "Let's Get Small." The dark-haired Steve wears a white suit, glasses with a fake nose attached and a balloon animal-style hat on his head.
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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“Mine’s better.”
Jack Soo as Nick Yemana in Barney Miller. A middle-aged Asian man in a pink shirt and tan pants, holding a pot of alleged coffee.
September 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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I see a lot of Kolchak’s mannerisms in this man. And some resemblance. #Svengoolie
The Seventh Doctor. A dark-haired man wearing a dark coat and cream straw hat.
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A speech that makes this guy look sane.
The new El Presidente in the film Bananas. A man with dark hair and a beard, he wears glasses and is dressed in army fatigues. His arms are raised as he gives a speech making the official language Swedish and demanding everyone change their underwear several times a day and wear them on the outside of their clothing so his people can check.
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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And now… Tarantula. #Svengoolie
The DC Comics World War II mystery-man Tarantula. A blond man wearing a brown-and-black costume. He holds a web gun in his right hand. He is sticking to a brick wall thanks to suction cups on the soles of his boots.
September 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Those of us who grew up in the Chicago area know there is only one Eagleman.
In this image from a commercial for Eagle Insurance in Chicago, Eagle Man, a man in a bald eagle suit, stands on the roof of a car while the female owner watches. Eagle Man is squatting, getting ready to lay an egg showing his low insurance rates. Yes, laying an egg even though he is male.
September 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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There's only one Eagleman.
In this image from a commercial for Eagle Insurance in Chicago, Eagle Man, a man in a bald eagle suit, stands on the roof of a car while the female owner watches. Eagle Man is squatting, getting ready to lay an egg showing his low insurance rates. Yes, laying an egg even though he is male.
September 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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“Niagara?! Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch…”
Sentreal, an alien delegate from the Doctor Who story Mission to the Unknown. He is made up of several conical segments capped by a cylindrical head topped with a crown. He is entirely black save for his eyes.
September 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The Man From Another Place, a small man in a red suit from Twin Peaks. He holds on to a silver pole in front of a red curtain. The caption at the bottom of the image says "Let's Rock!"
September 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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“You called?”
Charles Nelson Reilly flashing the peace sign.
September 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Foreshadowing Rhoda’s concern over the disappearance of her daughter, Adrianna La Cerva. #Svengoolie
Liz La Cerva, as played by Patty McCormack in The Sopranos.
September 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM