Monthly Archives: August 2021

Sweets to the Sweet

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Nathan

Candyman – WARNING! SPOILERS! I think it would be fair to say the original movie is one of Beth’s favorites, so she was cautiously optimistic about this one. We both liked it, although there were a few things that didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Monsters, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Urban Legends, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged cabrini-green, candyman, gentrification, racism, revenge, tony todd | Leave a comment

Wiggler Wednesday

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Nathan

I’ve discussed many enemies from the Super Mario franchise over the years, but I don’t think I’ve said that much about Wigglers, the giant caterpillars introduced in Super Mario World. Their thing is basically that they’re normally cute, yellow, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Mario, Monsters, Television, Video Games | Tagged bees, butterflies, cataquacks, caterpillars, centipede, flutters, fly guys, fuzzies, fuzzlers, insects, king bowser koopa, lost kingdom, luigi mario, mario and luigi paper jam, mario and luigi: bowser's inside story, mario and luigi: dream team, mario kart: double dash, mario mario, mario party 9, mechawiggler, metro kingdom, new donk city, new super mario bros., paper mario: sticker star, piranha plants, plungelos, squigglers, super mario 3d world, super mario galaxy, super mario odyssey, super mario sunshine, super mario world, tropical wigglers, wiggler wagons, wigglers, worms, yoshi, yoshi's island | 3 Comments

Shave and a Haircut, Two Squits

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Nathan

Jenny Jump might well be the foremost stylist in Oz, but there are other mentions of hairstyling being a thing in Oz even before her arrival, if perhaps less creative. There’s a pun in The Patchwork Girl of Oz when Bungle … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Etymology, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alibabble, barbers, barberville, bertrand russell, brussle, bungle the glass cat, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, down town, emerald city, eric gjovaag, hair, hairstyles, hungry tiger, jo musket, jodie in oz, karyl carlson, lady twist, old wolliwag, ozcon international, ozma of oz, paradox in oz, princess ayala, princess talia, queen ann in oz, rash, red jinn, sir dye, the hungry tiger of oz, the living house of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tonsoria, unc nunkie, w. w. denslow, who's who in oz, wigs, young wolliwag | Leave a comment

Death and Transformation

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Nathan

WARNING! SPOILERS for all four movies! Tickled – This is a weird movie directed by David Farrier, a New Zealand filmmaker who stumbled upon sites about competitive endurance tickling for young men. Further investigation revealed that this whole thing came … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Conspiracy Theories, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Families, Magic, Music, Relationships, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged andrew bagby, anna chlumsky, curses, dan aykroyd, david farrier, dear zachary, death, dragon quest iii, fetishes, hawks, jamie lee curtis, kurt kuenne, ladyhawke, macaulay culkin, matthew broderick, michelle pfeiffer, murder, my girl, tickled, wolves, zachary bagby | 1 Comment

Drawn Into Divine Drama

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Nathan

I’ve had some of these book reviews already written for a while, and I’ve finished a few more books, so I think it’s time to put the finishing touches on this post. City of the Plague God, by Sarwat Chadda … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, Families, French, Hinduism, History, Holy Roman Empire, Humor, Islam, Magic, Malaysian, Monsters, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan, Semitic, William Shakespeare | Tagged aru shah, aru shah and the city of gold, brynne rao, carlos hernandez, catherine m. jones, charlemagne, city of the plague god, cows, demons, ereshkigal, fairies, giants, gilgamesh, goloka, huon of bordeaux, ishtar, julius caesar, kasusu, king arthur, krishna, kubera, mahabharata, morgan le fay, muhammad, nergal, oberon, pandavas, rape, ravana, rick riordan presents, sal and gabi, sarwat chadda, sikander aziz, the order of the pure moon reflected in water, william w. kibler, zen cho | 4 Comments

You Oughta Be in Pictures

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Nathan

When I wrote my review of The Wonder City of Oz, Marc Berezin mentioned that he thought John R. Neill had written some of it to make use of pre-existing art. Repurposing his art is definitely a thing Neill did; … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Celtic, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, captain salt, cayke the cookie cook, comfortable camel, davy jones the wooden whale, dorothy gale, emerald city, fairies, firefly fairies, glinda of oz, guardian of the gates, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jinjur, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo, kelpies, lake quad, leprechauns, lucky bucky in oz, mushrooms, nomes, number nine, ojo in oz, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, psychopompus, sir hokus of pokes, snufferbux, sorcerers, spy-ders, the baum bugle, the runaway in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the voice of bong, the wonder city of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, trot griffiths, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

The Wedding Thief

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Nathan

Super Mario Odyssey – I bought this once I heard the price had come down somewhat, as I’ve been interested in it. I’m a Mario fan, but I’m generally really bad at the games, so I’m kind of relieved that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged airships, broodals, cap kingdom, cappy, cascade kingdom, cloud kingdom, jaxis, king bowser koopa, lake kingdom, mushroom kingdom, power moons, princess peach toadstool, rabbits, sand kingdom, super mario odyssey, tiara, torkdrift, uproots, weddings, wooded kingdom | 1 Comment

Scraps on the Run

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Nathan

The Runaway in Oz, by John R. Neill – Before Neill’s death in 1943, he had completed a manuscript for this, his fourth Oz book. He hadn’t finished the illustrations, however, and that and other factors led to its not … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships | Tagged alexample, books of wonder, fanny the weather witch, fred meyer, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, lucky bucky in oz, patchwork girl, popla, professor wogglebug, quinces, robert pattrick, spoolicle, the emerald city of oz, the runaway in oz, the wonder city of oz, twinkler, witches | 2 Comments

Myriapod Mania

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Nathan

I played a little bit of Centipede at the Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park this past weekend, and I remembered seeing something online about the manual for the Atari 2600 version having a crazy back story. The game, introduced in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Biology, Comics, Donkey Kong, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Science, Video Games | Tagged atari, bees, beetles, centipede, dragonflies, earwigs, elves, fleas, hypnosis, inchworms, insects, kamek, lord motley bugnut, millipede, mosquitoes, mushrooms, myriapoda, paper mario: sticker star, scorpions, shigeru miyamoto, space invaders, spiders, super mario land, super mario land 2, wigglers, wizards | 4 Comments

Monthly Archives: August 2021

Sweets to the Sweet

Wiggler Wednesday

Shave and a Haircut, Two Squits

Death and Transformation

Drawn Into Divine Drama

Scraps on the Run

Myriapod Mania

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