2024 WEEK IN REVIEW - THE REST OF FEBRUARY

 THIS WEEK MONTH HAS SUCKED AND I'M ALMOST A MONTH TWO MONTHS BEHIND NOW AND THESE POSTS GET INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS I PROCRASTINATE ON THEM SO WE'RE KNOCKING OUT THE REST OF FEBRUARY IN ONE SWELL FOOP AND I'LL GET TO MARCH HOPEFULLY BEFORE JUNE

COLLECTING STUFF I DONE DID

NOT MUCH! I SPENT A HOUR WRITING UP ALL THE STUFF I DID TO GET CARDS I NEEDED PUT AWAY ALL IN ONE BOX AND SHOWED OFF SOME COMPLETED PAGES BEFORE I REALIZED I HAD ALREADY POSTED THE SAME THING IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK(S) IN REVIEW. I'M SURE I DID SOMETHING, BOXES HAVE DEFINITELY MOVED QUITE A BOT IN THE PAST MONTH BUT NOTHING INTERESTING WITH FUN PICTURES. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH DIARY POSTS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE PRONE TO HAVING STRUGGLE MONTHS

MOVIES I WATCHED LIKE SIX WEEKS AGO

I HAVEN'T BEEN WATCHING MANY MOVIES LATELY BECAUSE I'M WATCHING SOMETHING ELSE AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT POST. I GOT A COUPLE IN THOUGH

#24 IN A LONELY PLACE

WHEN I RUN ACROSS A HUMPHREY BOGART NOIR I HAVEN'T SEEN I GOTTA WATCH IT. BOGIE IS A DRUNK SCREENWRITER WHO IS ALSO A COLOSSAL PIECE OF SHIT THAT ENDS UP THE PRIME SUSPECT IN A MURDER CASE. HUMPHREY DOES HIMSELF NO FAVORS BY ACTING ERRATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE GLORIA GRAHAME, BOGART'S NEIGHBOR AND ALIBI, INEXPLICABLY FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. WELL, PERHAPS NOT INEXPLICABLY. THE COMBINATION OF BOGIE'S CHARM AND PLOT NECESSITY IS A VERY STRONG ATTRACTOR. THIS MOVIE IS DARK AND DEPRESSING AND FUCKING FANTASTIC

#25 KILLERS FROM SPACE

THIS MOVIE IS NOT GOOD. ALIENS CRASH TO EARTH AND BRAINWASH PEOPLE SO THEY CAN VEEERRRRY SLOOOOOWWWLY TAKE OVER THE WORLD. A LOT OF NOTHING HAPPENS AND IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY UNWATCHABLE IF NOT FOR TWO THINGS: PETER GRAVES PETER GRAVING IT UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THE ALIENS' LUDICROUS GOOGLY EYEBALLS. IT'S WORTH A WATCH JUST FOR THE GIGGLE FITS YOU'LL HAVE EVERY TIME EYEBALLS START FLOATING IN SPACE. I SAW THIS ONE ON BEWARE THEATER WHICH HAS A TON OF OLD MOVIES HOSTED BY ARACHNA OF THE SPIDER PEOPLE. IT'S GOOD CHEESY FUN

THE BEST CARD I BOUGHT THIS WEEK(S)

I HAVEN'T BOUGHT A PACK OF BASKETBALL CARDS IN OVER A YEAR SO I HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO PULL ANY KOBE BUFKIN CARDS. KOBE FINALLY GOT CALLED UP FROM THE G-LEAGUE AND PLAYED REALLY WELL UNTIL HE JOINED HALF THE TEAM ON THE INJURY LIST. RECENT BASKETBALL ROOKIE CARDS NOT NAMED VICTOR ARE SUPER CHEAP ON COMC AND I GOT THIS PRIZM CRACKED ICE RC BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOSTEST SHINY FOR THE LEASTEST BUCKS. I'M AT A CROSSROADS ON COMC NOW BECAUSE I HAVE EXACTLY ENOUGH IN THE ACCOUNT TO GET EVERYTHING SHIPPED WITHOUT ADDING MORE MONEY. I STILL HAVEN'T REQUESTED SHIPMENT OR ADDED MORE CARDS SO I MIGHT BE STUCK IN THIS PREDICAMENT FOR A WHILE

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA RUNDOWN

WEEK 8 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 7
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 8
INSERT CARDS: 4
STAR/PC CARDS: 5
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 4
ALLEN & GINTER: 3
ODDBALLS: 2
NON-SPORTS: 1
2024 TOPPS: 3

37 CARDS TOTAL THIS WEEK, I CALMED DOWN A BIT AFTER GETTING ALMOST 120 THE WEEK BEFORE. 

LOTS OF GOOD STUFF BUT THIS JEFF BAGWELL STUDIO INSERT IS PROBABLY THE BEST. A HALL OF FAME CARD WITH TEXTURED FOIL ON THE FRONT AND A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE BACK, EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT FROM AN 90'S INSERT

WEEK 9 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 4
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 3
INSERT CARDS: 10
STAR/PC CARDS: 4
ODDBALLS: 4
NON-SPORTS: 5
2024 TOPPS: 3

33 CARDS TOTAL. TIGHTENING MY BELT A BIT AS THE CHRISTMAS MONEY RAN OUT. MY PROCESS FOR PICKING UP CARDS ON THE SITE IS TO OPEN UP EVERYTHING THAT'S INTERESTING IN A NEW TAB, THEN PICK OUT THE BEST OF THE BUNCH. I END UP LEAVING BEHIND PROBABLY 50-75% OF THINGS THAT CATCH MY EYE ALTHOUGH SOME GET BOOKMARKED TO REVISIT AT A LATER DATE. HONESTLY THIS IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM HOW I ATTACK A DIME OR A QUARTER BOX

THIS WAS A REALLY TOUGH WEEK TO CHOOSE THE BEST CARD BUT I CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS 2000 PACIFIC CROWN COLLECTION LATINOS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES INSERT OF JOSE CANSECO. PACIFIC WENT WILD WITH THE HOLOFOIL IN 2000 AS THERE ARE FIREWORKS DESIGNS AND THE NUMBER 2000 ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE SAME FOIL WAS USED ON 2000 PACIFIC REVOLUTION AS WELL IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. THESE INSERTS FELL TWO PER BOX SO THEY WEREN'T ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO PULL BUT PACIFIC CARDS IN GENERAL ARE SO HARD TO FIND THAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET ANY OF THEM

I ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER PACKAGE OF THESE CARDS WHICH INCLUDED SOME CARDS I PICKED UP FROM WEEK 8! LET'S SHOW THEM OFF NOW INSTEAD OF IN NOVEMBER WHEN I CATCH UP ON ALL THESE POSTS

1999 TOPPS TEK JASON KENDALL, TRAVIS LEE, BEN GRIEVE

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, SHINY

TEK CARDS GO FAST ON THE SITE AND I WAS LUCKY TO GET THREE CARDS I DIDN'T HAVE PLUS ONE PATTERN I NEEDED. I'M GETTING CLOSE TO REACHING A POINT WHERE I SHOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND PUT ALL THESE THINGS IN A BINDER BUT I'LL HAVE TO EVICT SOME OTHER SET TO RECLAIM THE PAGES IN ORDER TO DO SO. I LEFT BEHIND A COUPLE OF TEK CARDS THAT I ALREADY HAD TO IF YOU LOOK BACK AROUND THE M700S YOU MIGHT FIND ONE

1979 TOPPS DOCK ELLIS

CATEGORY - HELL YEAH

THIS CARD IS A BIT ICONIC TO ME THANKS TO GRITZ'S TWITTER ICON. I DON'T THINK ELON LETS YOU ON THE SITE ANYMORE WITHOUT PAYING HIM SO HERE'S A SCREENSHOT

I DON'T HAVE THIS IN MY BOX OF DOUBLES SO THIS WAS AN AUTOMATIC PICKUP

1977 TOPPS ROB ANDREWS

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THE FIRST 1977 TOPPS CARD I'VE PICKED UP THIS YEAR! I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP MY PACE IF I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO COMPLETE THIS SET IN 2024 BUT I'LL STILL CONSIDER IT A WIN IF I SIGNIFICANTLY CHOP DOWN THE WANT LIST ONCE I'M ABLE TO HIT THE LCS AND A CARD SHOW

1988 FLEER STICKERS WADE BOGGS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

WHEN I MENTIONED I BOOKMARK A LOT OF CARDS, MOST ARE COMMONS FROM SET WANTLISTS THAT GET PUSHED ASIDE WHILE I GET DAZZLED BY INSERTS AND ODDBALLS. A HALL OF FAMER FROM AN ODDBALLISH SET DOES GET PUT IN THE CART FAIRLY REGULARLY. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS STICKER BORDER DESIGN. COLORFUL STARS ON THE GRAYEST GRAY JUST LOOKS... ODD

1982 CRACKER JACK TONY OLIVA

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

I SAW THE FULL UNCUT PAGES OF THIS CRACKERJACK SET AT THE LCS WELL OVER A DECADE AGO BUT THEY WEREN'T PRICED AND I DIDN'T ASK HOW MUCH THEY WERE. THE NEXT TIME I WENT BACK THEY WERE GONE AND I HAD DEEP REGRETS. A HANDFUL OF CUT CARDS POPPED UP ON THE SITE AND I SNAGGED THIS ONE OF NEWLY MINTED HALL OF FAMER TONY OLIVA. THIS BORDER IS SO WILD, ELEMENTS FROM 1976, 1978 AND 1979 TOPPS COMBINED WITH ACTUAL CRACKER JACKS. I LOVE IT

1995 FLEER JOE MONTANA

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

ONE OF THE NON-PHOTOGENIC THINGS I DID LAST MONTH WAS GET A BUNCH OF WANTLISTS PUT TOGETHER INCLUDING A MASTER LIST OF 1995 FLEER. HOCKEY, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL. THERE ARE 1,600 1995 FLEER BASE CARDS AND I HAVE 1,263 OF THEM. THESE DESIGNS CAUSE MUCH EYE-BLEEDING AMONGST COLLECTORS BUT I LOVE THEM ALL. I HAVE A MUCH LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THE INSERTS BUT I'M FAIRLY CLOSE ON COMPLETING THE FULL HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL RUNS. I'M HONESTLY UNSURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY FOOTBALL SET BECAUSE I HAVE A TON OF INSERTS BUT BARELY OVER HALF THE BASE SET. EITHER I MISPLACED A BOX SOMEWHERE OR I GOT SOME TERRIBLE COLLATION. JOE MONTANA WAS A PRETTY EASY PICKUP TOP ADD TO THE SET

BONUS PODCAST RECOMMENDATION

THE FIRST ONE OF THESE POSTS HAD BOOKS AND MUSIC AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF BUT LATELY IT'S BEEN CARDS AND MOVIES ONLY, SO HERE'S A NICE PODCAST I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO. BIG QUESTIONS WITH THE DEAD MILKMEN IS A MOSTLY WEEKLY PODCAST BY THE MEMBERS OF THE DEAD MILKMEN WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKS WHEN THEY TOUR OR ARE IN THE STUDIO MAKING NEW MUSIC. YES, THE 'PUNK ROCK GIRL' GUYS ARE STILL MAKING MUSIC. THE FORMAT IS EACH WEEK THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ANSWER AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IN THEIR OWN PARTICULAR WAY. IT'S VERY FUNNY AND PRETTY INTERESTING WHEN THEY DIG INTO THE INS AND OUTS OF MUSIC MAKING. HERE'S A SAMPLE EPISODE WHICH MAY BE THE WORST OR POSSIBLY THE BEST EPISODE TO START OFF WITH. IT'S PRETTY FUNNY EITHER WAY. "THE GREATEST PUNK SONG IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER"

I AGREE WITH DEAN, BY THE WAY. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN ANOTHER SEMI-HIATUS PERIOD BUT THERE'S OVER 200 EPISODES TO WATCH/LISTEN TO AND CAN BE WATCHED IN ANY ORDER YOU PLEASE. GOOD STUFF IF YOU'RE A FAN OR JUST LIKE MUSIC

2024 WEEK IN REVIEW - WEEKS 6 AND 7

 LOL THESE ARE GETTING POSTED LATER AND LATER AREN'T THEY. WEEK 8 ENDS TOMORROW, MAYBE I SHOULD'VE WAITED AND DID A THREE WEEK POST. I HAVE A LITTLE TIME RIGHT NOW AND AM ALL CAFFIENATED UP SO NOPE, DOIN' IT NOW. STARTING WITH THE MOVIES BECAUSE I NEED SOME WRITING INERTIA AND THAT'S THE EASIEST PART TO WRITE. 

MOVIES I WATCHED AT SOME POINT THIS MONTH

#15 THE PRIVATE EYES

A SILLY SHERLOCK HOLMES/INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU GOOF STARRING DON KNOTTS AND TIM CONWAY. I WATCHED THIS A BUNCH WHEN I WAS A KID AND I KNEW IT WAS KINDA DUMB EVEN BACK THEN BUT I SAW IT ONLINE AND FELT LIKE REVISITING IT. IT'S STILL REALLY DUMB BUT KNOTTS AND CONWAY HAVE GREAT CHEMISTRY AND THE HUMOR IS SO BROAD THAT AS LONG AS YOUR EXPECTATIONS AREN'T TOO LOFTY YOU'LL GET SOME CHUCKLES OUT OF IT. THE HUMOR IS VERY 70S WITH LOTS OF POOP JOKES AND A BUFFET OF STEREOTYPES BUT THE CAST IS CHOCK FULL OF GREAT CHARACTER ACTORS THAT MAKE THE MOST OF IT LIKE BERNARD FOX, JOHN FUJIOKA AND IRWIN KEYES. I WAS ALSO DUMBFOUNDED WHEN I REALIZED THE NANNY WAS PLAYED BY  GRACE ZABRISKE IN ONE OF HER FIRST FILM ROLES. I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE SARAH PALMER IN MY CHILDHOOD MYSTERY SPOOF. HAPPY TWIN PEAKS DAY BY THE WAY

#16 MILLION DOLLAR LEGS
I SAW THIS FILM HAD W.C. FIELDS AND HUGH HERBERT AND WAS ALL IN. IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY - AN OLYMPICS THEMED COMEDY. A BRUSH SALESMAN FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT (FIELDS) OF A SMALL BANKRUPT COUNTRY AND COMES UP WITH A SCHEME TO ENTER THE NATION INTO THE 1932 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS TO SOLVE THEIR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. IT'S EXTREMELY SILLY AND WORKS THANKS TO FIELDS' GRUMPY STRONGMAN PRESIDENT CHARACTER SQUARING OFF WITH HUGH HERBERT IN A RARE VILLAINOUS ROLE. THERE'S ALSO BEN TURPIN POPPING UP HERE AND THERE BEING COMPLETELY RANDOM! IT'S VERY VAUDEVILLE AND SLIGHTLY SURREAL. IF YOU LIKE EARLY MARX BROTHERS STUFF YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS ONE

#17 THE OLD DARK HOUSE

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS AND WHEN I SAW IT POP UP IN MY YOUTUBE RECCOMENDATIONS I WATCHED IT IMMEDIATELY. THIS MOVIE NAMED AN ENTIRE GENRE OF FILMS WHERE HAPLESS PROTAGONISTS GET STUCK IN A CREEPY HOUSE FULL OF LUNATICS. BORIS KARLOFF IS THE OBVIOUS STAR OF THE SHOW AS HIS SINISTER BUTLER CHARACTER CAUSES ALL SORTS OF MISCHIEF BUT THE REAL FUN IS FROM THE REST OF THE FEMM FAMILY. EVERY CHARACTER IS SO UNIQUELY BIZZARE. EVE MOORE'S SCOLDING REBECCA, BREMBER WILLS' PYROMANIAC SAUL AND ELSPETH DUDGEON'S GENDERBENDING PORTRAYAL OF SIR RODERICK ARE  PERFORMANCES YOU WON'T FORGET ANYTIME SOON. I QUOTE ERNEST THESIGER'S "HAVE A POTATO" ON A WEEKLY BASIS. AND MELVYN DOUGLAS! LILIAN BOND! RAYMOND MASSEY! CHARLES FREAKIN' LAUGHTON! THE WHOLE THING IS DELIGHTFUL AND PROBABLY THE FUNNIES HORROR MOVIE YOU'LL EVER SEE

#18 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE LAST VAMPYRE
JEREMY BRETT IS MY FAVORITE SHERLOCK HOLMES AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A REWATCH OF THE SERIES WHEN I HAD TO CANCEL MY BRITBOX SUBSCRIPTION. I HAD NOT YET GOTTEN TO THIS ONE AND DECIDED TO WATCH WHEN I SAW IT ONLINE. THIS EPISODE IS SOMEWHAT INFAMOUS FOR BEING A POOR EXAMPLE OF THE SERIES AND I SEE HOW IT'S GOTTEN THAT REPUTATION. IT'S BASED ON THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE AND WHILE IT RETAINS THE BASIC GIST OF THE PLOT, IT ALSO ADDS AN UNNECCESSARY NEW CHARACTER THAT ONLY MAKES EVERYTHING NEEDLESSLY COMPLICATED IN ORDER TO PAD THE STORY OUT TO FEATURE LENGTH. NOT GREAT, BUT EVERY FAVORITE TELEVISION SERIES IS BOUND TO HAVE A FEW STINKERS

#19 THE HOUSE OF FEAR
I WAS STILL IN A SHERLOCK HOLMES MOOD SO I WATCHED A BASIL RATHBONE FILM TO GET MY FIX. I LOVE RATHBONE BUT THIS REMINDED MY WHY I DON'T LOVE RATHBONE'S HOLMES FILMS. IT'S A REALLY GOOD STORY, EXTREMELY LOOSELY BASED ON DOYLE'S THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS. RATHBONE IS GREAT AND THE STORY IS COMPELLING BUT I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND NIGEL BRUCE'S POTRAYAL OF WATSON. DUMB AS A POST AND FAR LESS USEFUL. I GET THAT WATSON'S ROLE IS TO BE THE SOMEWHAT CLUELESS ASSISTANT AND SOMETIME COMEDY FOIL BUT AN ACTUAL CLOWN WOULD BE LESS IRRITATING THAN BRUCE. UUUUGH. IF YOU CAN STAND BRUCE IT REALLY IS A VERY CLEVER STORY

#20 CRIMES AT THE DARK HOUSE

CONTINUING THE DARK HOUSE MYSTERY THEME, WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE POTBOILER STARRING TOD SLAUGHTER. TOD IS A GOLDEN ERA HORROR ICON RIGHT UP THERE WITH LUGOSI, KARLOFF AND CHENEY JR. HE STARRED IN A BUNCH OF BRITISH MELODRAMAS AS THE COMPLETELY OVER THE TOP EVIL VILLAIN. THINK OF THE MOST STEREOTYPICAL MUAHAHA TOP HAT AND TWIRLING MUSTACHE VILLAIN YOU CAN AND TOD LEAVES THAT FOOL IN THE DUST. HE IS SO FUN TO WATCH AS HE DOES DEVILISHLY WICKED THINGS AND BEING UNREPENTANTLY EVIL. IN THIS ONE, HE MURDERS THE HEIR TO A FORTUNE IN ORDER TO IMPERSONATE THEM BUT DISCOVERS THAT HIS EXPECTED INHERITANCE IS ACTUALLY A BIG PILE OF DEBT. HE THEN HAS TO TRICK A WEALTHY HEIRESS TO MARRY HIM SO HE CAN STEAL HER MONEY ALL WHILE BUMPING OFF ANYONE WHO CAN EXPOSE HIS LIES. IT'S A REAL PULPY HOOT WITH A GREAT ENDING. TOD'S BEST KNOWN WORK IS SWEENY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET SO IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH HIM AND INTERESTED IN SEEING TOD AT HIS FINEST CHECK THAT ONE OUT FIRST

#21 NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
NOT THE INSANE 1991 DAN AYKROYD NIGHTMARE BUT THE 1944 LAUREL AND HARDY FLICK. L&H ARE THEIR USUAL INCOMPETENT SELVES, THIS TIME BEING A COOK AND A CHEF THAT ARE IN HIGH DEMAND SINCE MOST SERVANTS ARE OFF FIGHTING THE WAR. IT RIFFS ON THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER AS A YOUNG FOOTBALL-OBSESSED KING BEFRIENDS THE TWO WHEN THEY AGREE TO REFEREE A GAME SO THE KID CAN PLAY. MEANWHILE THE KING'S UNCLE IS TRYING TO MURDER HIM AND A LOT OF PLOT SHENANIGANS HAPPENS BUT IT'S LAUREL AND HARDY, YOU'RE HERE FOR THEIR NONSENSE, NOT THE PLOT. LATER LAUREL AND HARDY FILMS AREN'T THEIR BEST BUT AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS, IT'S BETTER THAN MOST OTHER COMEDIES FROM THE TIME. THERE'S A REASON WHY I SPECIFICALLY WATCHED THIS FILM BUT YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS WHEN THE POST GOES UP

#22 DRACULA 1972 A.D.
I LOVE HAMMER HORROR, ESPECIALLY THE DRACULA SERIES. THIS ONE WHERE DRACCY SHOWS UP IN MODERN LONDON AFTER BEING RESURRECTED BY A BUNCH OF DIRTY HIPPIES IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE WORST IN THE SERIES. BUT THE OTHER TWO, THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA AND THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES ARE TWO OF MY FAVORITES SO I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CHECK THIS ONE OUT FOR FOREVER. I FOOLISHLY PASSED ON BUYING IT AT AN ANTIQUE STORE YEARS AGO AND IT'S NOTORIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON STREAMING BUT I FOUND A COPY OF A VHS RECORDING OF THE BALTIMORE CBS LATE SHOW COMPLETE WITH VINTAGE COMMERCIALS ON A WEBSITE THAT, AHEM, 'ARCHIVES' SUCH THINGS AND FINALLY WATCHED IT. I CAN SEE WHY DRACULA PURISTS HATE IT, THE MODERN SETTING ISN'T USED PARTICULARLY WELL, THE PLOT IS NOTHING SPECIAL AND THE WHOLE HIPPIES/MODS/WHATEVER THESE COLLEGE AGED HEATHENS ARE THING WAS ALREADY SEVERAL YEARS PAST ITS EXPIRATION DATE WHEN IT CAME OUT. IT'S STILL GOT LEE AND CUSHING DOING THEIR THING THOUGH AND ANY FILM WITH CAROLINE MUNRO IS ELEVATED BY HER AWESOMENESS. I WILL ADMIT THAT WATCHING THE VINTAGE COMMERCIALS HELPED THE EXPERIENCE IMMENSELY, I REALLY WISH I COULD FIND THE AMAZING ACE CANNON SAXOPHONE PARTY ALBUM COMMERCIAL SOMEWHERE ONLINE SO I COULD SHOW IT OFF TO YOU ALL 

I'VE ALSO BEEN LISTENING TO MST3K IN THE BACKGROUND QUITE A BIT LATELY AS THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING A MARATHON OF RANDOM EPISODES ON YOUTUBE. WHILE IT'S CALLED FOREVERTHON, I THINK THERE'S A NEW LIVESTREAM EVERYDAY AND YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

OK, CARD STUFF NOW. I AM STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET ALL MY SHIZZ SORTED OUT SO HERE'S THE

CARD STUFF (AKA 'ORGANIZING') I DID THIS WEEK

THIS PILE WAS MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE ON MY DESK BUT I PHOTOGRAPHED IT AT A FLAT ANGLE AND YOU CAN'T SEE HOW BIG IT IS. IT'S ABOUT FIFTYISH CARDS FROM MY WANTLISTS I FOUND IN YET ANOTHER BOX OF JUNK I HAVE HAD LYING AROUND TAKING UP SPACE. THIS ONE WAS FIRST PUT TOGETHER BACK WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT, ALTHOUGH SOME LIKE THE JETER ON THE TOP WERE ADDED LATER. THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF EVERYTHING IN THERE BUT THE BIGGEST PILE WAS SOME 1993 LEAF THAT I THOUGHT I HAD BUT COULDN'T FIND. INCLUDING A PILE OF SIX MIKE PIAZZAS AFTER I HAD JUST BOUGHT ONE A FEW DAYS BEFORE. OOPS

THIS PILE WAS GOOD BUT THOSE PIAZZAS GOT ME A BIT FRUSTRATED BY HOW MESSED UP MY WANTLISTS WERE. NEXT TO MY DESK THERE WAS A STACK OF SMALLER BOXES FILLED WITH CARDS THAT NEEDED TO BE SORTED AND PUT AWAY THAT I'VE BEEN AVOIDING FOR QUITE A WHILE. I EMPTIED A SHOEBOX AND STARTED SORTING AND UPDATING THOSE WANTLISTS AND ENDED UP WITH THIS:

EVERYTHING UPDATED AND ALL IN ONE PLACE. I STARTED PUTTING THINGS AWAY IN MY FLEER AND DONRUSS 80S BINDERS FIRST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE. I DO NOT HAVE A BOOKSHELF FOR THEM TO LIVE ON SO THEY'RE ALL STACKED UP ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN THE CORNER. THESE CARDS HAVE BEEN PILING UP FOR A WHILE, ESPECIALLY THE DONRUSS SINCE THOSE BINDERS ARE ON THE BOTTOM. THIS RESULTED IN A WHOLE LOT OF COMPLETED PAGES IN THE DONRUSS BINDERS

1981 

1983

1986

1988

AND A REALLY GOOD 1989 PAGE

THIS MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT MY DONRUSS COLLECTIONS SINCE I HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE WANTLISTS UPDATED. BUT THIS PART OF THE WANTLIST STARTED GNAWING AT ME

I AM SO DAMN CLOSE ON THESE DUMB SETS BUT THESE CARDS KEEP ELUDING ME. SOME OF THESE CARDS WERE ALSO ALREADY MARKED OFF THE WANTLIST IN THE PAST AND THEN TURNED UP MISSING WHEN I ADDED STUFF TO THE BINDER. ESPECIALLY THAT DAMN ANDY VAN SLYKE CARD. I WAS SO HAPPY TO FINISH THAT SET ONLY TO FIND ANDY'S DUMB FACE NOT STARING BACK AT ME IN THE BINDER. AFTER MAKING ALL THAT PROGRESS I GET FED UP AND RAIDED MY DONRUSS DOUBLES BOXES TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANY. IT TOOK ME MOST OF THE RUNTIME OF MST3K'S SANTO VS THE VAMPIRE WOMEN BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE THIS TIME WAS SPENT WISELY

THERE'S ANDY'S DUMB FACE! I KNEW I HAD IT!!! I WENT THROUGH THE 1991'S FIRST BECAUSE THAT BOX WAS ON TOP AND I HAD SHUFFLED THROUGH ALMOST THREE FULL ROWS IN A MONSTER BOX BEFORE THAT GUTHRIE POPPED UP. DEAR READER, I YELPED. IT WAS A VERY LOUD AND SQUEAKY YELP. SO NOW AS WITH THE 1990 SET, 1991 SERIES ONE IS COMPLETE PENDING REALITY CHECK. THOSE BOXES ARE DOWNSTAIRS THOUGH SO THAT'S EXTRA WORK FOR ANOTHER DAY. I'M HOPING THAT BY THE TIME I WRITE THE NEXT ONE OF THESE THAT TO BE ADDED BOX IS EMPTY ENOUGH FOR ME TO CONSIDER REPURPOSING THE BOX TO ANOTHER USE. LORD KNOWS I COULD USE A DOZEN MORE EMPTY BOXES AT THE MOMENT 

NOW THAT THE WORK IS DONE, IT'S TIME FOR THE GOOD STUFF

THE BEST CARD I BOUGHT THIS WEEK(S)

LIKE 90% OF HUMANITY I WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL. WELL ACTUALLY I DID NOT WATCH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE USHER HALFTIME SHOW. AFTER WATCHING WEIRD STUFF LIKE UP WITH PEOPLE AND CHUBBY CHECKER DURING THE HALFTIME SHOW WHEN I WAS A KID IT FELT SO, SO GOOD TO BE THE ONE BEING  PANDERED TO FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE. I SPENT THE WHOLE SHOW ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT WAITING FOR YEAH AND WHEN LUDA CAME OUT I TEARED UP. 🎵WE WANT A LADY IN THE STREET BUT A FREAK IN THE BED! THAT SAY YEAH🎵 THE ACTUAL GAME, WHO CARES. I LISTENED TO URINATINGTREE'S LIVESTREAM IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE HE FULFILLED HIS DREAM OF DOING PLAY BY PLAY. IT WAS FUN ENOUGH BUT WHEN THE NINERS GOT UP ON THE CHIEFS AND KYLE SHANAHAN WAS ALL 'RUNNING THE BALL IS FOR SUCKERS' I KNEW HOW THAT MOVIE WAS GONNA END. IN ANOTHER OVERTIME GAME AS WELL! GOTTA LOVE THE NFL FOR MAKING ME RELIVE ALL MY PAST TRAUMAS. THEN THE CHIEFS WON AND WE HAVE A NEW DYNASTY TO GET SICK OF, HOORAY! I ENJOYED ALL THE OBLIGATORY POST-CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SHENANIGANS ON TWITTER WHEN ONE OF THE GEORGIA ACCOUNTS I FOLLOW MENTIONED THAT THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN WAS CAUGHT BY A GEORGIA PLAYER! THE NFL CAN GO SCRATCH BALLS BUT BULLDOGS WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS IS WHAT I LIKE! WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF! I WENT ON COMC AND FOUND AND NICE PATRIOTIC CARD OF MECOLE FOR FORTY-TWO CENTS. IT'S A SHINY PRIZM CARD TOO!   

TIME FOR THE GRAND FINALE: 

THE BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA WEEKLY ROUND UP

WEEK 6 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 9
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 3
INSERT CARDS: 9
STAR/PC CARDS: 2
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 2
ALLEN & GINTER: 15

I WAS A VERY GOOD BOY THIS WEEK AND KEPT IT DOWN TO ONE PACK OF 40 CARDS. I WAS REALLY FOCUSED TOO, MOST WERE WANTLIST CARDS. EVERN THE INSERTS WERE MOSTLY OFF WANTLISTS INCLUDING THIS JACK MCDOWELL GOLF LEAF STARS. I HAVE ALMOST A MASTER SET OF 1994 LEAF WITH INSERTS EXCEPT FOR THE GOLD LEAF STARS. JACK HERE IS NOW MY SECOND FROM THAT SET.  I ALSO HIT THE ALLEN & GINTER CARDS PRETTY HARD. I'VE GIVEN UP TRYING TO COMPLETE THE SETS BUT I DO STILL LIKE HAVING A NICE LITTLE SAMPLE OF GOOD PLAYERS FROM THE MORE RECENT SETS

WEEK 7 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 31
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 28
INSERT CARDS: 29
STAR/PC CARDS: 9

ROOKIES: 4
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 2
ALLEN & GINTER: 5

ODDBALLS: 5

AUTOGRAPHS: 1

NON-SPORTS: 5

CHRONICLES: 1

I WAS A BAAAAD BOY THIS WEEK. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN CARDS! SO YEAH I WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD, PART OF THE REASON WAS BECAUSE OF THIS:

I HAD QUITE A FEW CARDS PUT ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR ME AND THEY'RE ALL PRETTY FANTASTIC. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOWING THEM OFF IN THE FUTURE. I CAN'T BLAME MY EXCESSES ON THIS THOUGH AS IT WAS LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE CARDS I PICKED UP. THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF GREAT CARDS POSTED THIS WEEK! AND DUE TO A FLUKE I HAD ENOUGH MONEY FOR THREE PACKS AND I TOOK ADVANTAGE. I'M BROKE NOW SO I'M TIGHTENING MY BELT A BIT, BUT CHECK OUT THIS SIMULATED PAGE OF CARDS I GOT ON THE 13TH

CATEGORIES IN ORDER: WANTLIST, WANTLIST, WANTLIST, WANTLIST, ROOKIE, SHINY, LOL, AUTOGRAPH, WANTLIST. HOW AM I TO RESIST SUCH TEMPTING CARDS. WHILE I GOT A TON OF GREAT STUFF INCLUDING TWO STARS FOR MY 1994 TOPPS SET, THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTOR I'LL EVER NEED, A BUNCH OF ROOKIE SENSATIONS AND A DAN ISSEL MINI CARD THE ACTUAL BEST OF THE BUNCH IS NOT IN DEBATE

THE BEST CARD I GOT THIS MONTH AND POSSIBLY THIS YEAR:

BO N🚫  CAINE. TURN YOUR BACK ON CRACK! HOW HAS A BLOG WHOSE TAG LINE IS DO CARDS, NOT DRUGS NOT FEATURED THIS CARD BEFORE. FANTASTIC

2024 WEEK IN REVIEW - WEEKS 4 AND 5

 BACK AFTER A WEEK OFF. ACTUALLY MORE LIKE TWO WEEKS OFF, MAKE THAT TWO AND A HALF, I GOT SICK WITH A COLD OR SOMETHING. I'VE BARELY DONE ANYTHING THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AND MY POST BUFFER IS IN TROUBLE AT THE MOMENT. THANKFULLY I HAVE A FEW DAYS OFF TO CATCH UP. LIKE I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, I HAVE DONE VERY LITTLE CARD-RELATED RECENTLY EXCEPT FOR TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND GET ORGANIZED. THANKFULLY I'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT AND HAVE FOUND SOME INTERESTING GOODIES TO SHOW OFF

INSANE STUFF I'VE FOUND WHILE CLEANING UP BOXES

I HAD A TON OF BOXES OF RANDOM CRAP THAT HAD ACCUMILATED AND WERE JUNKING UP THE PLACE. THESE BOXES INCLUDED MYSTERY BOXES HAULED UP FROM THE BASEMENT, STUFF I PUT AWAY TO BE PUT AWAY LATER AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT, AND BOXES FULL OF STUFF I WANTED OFF MY DESK IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO FIND A BUNCH OF RELIC CARDS OF HALL OF FAMERS AND FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS INSIDE BOXES OF CRAPOLA. SEE WHY CLEAMING UP IS THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN POSSIBLY DO?? NO ONE LIKES RELICS ANYMORE BUT THEY'RE STILL FUN. ALSO FOUND AMONGST THE GARBAGE:

A BUNCH OF COCA-COLA CARDS INCLUDING AN UNOPENED PACK WITH SCHMIDT SHOWING

SOME NICE VINTAGE CARDS RUINED WITH SOME FOIL

BOX BOTTOM CARDS! WHY ARE ACTUAL BOXES EASIER TO FIND THAN CUT OUT CARDS

SOME O-PEE-CHEE CARDS. I REALLY NEED TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER AND SORT OUT MY O-PEE-CHEES. THERE'S A COUPLE 80S SETS I HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPLETE AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A TYPE CARD FOR EACH YEAR AT LEAST THROUGH THE 70S

THEN THERE'S THIS HAPPY FELLOW. WHY SHOW OFF A 1962 CARD?

BECAUSE IT'S FROM VENEZUELA. THIS IS LIKE A FORTY DOLLAR CARD. I REALLY GOTTA GET MY ACT TOGETHER

I ALSO RECEIVED A PACKAGE FROM KERRY AT CARDS ON CARDS AND I HAVE RESOLVED TO POST THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY THIS YEAR BECAUSE I DO NOT NEED MORE UNWRITTEN POSTS LANGUISHING IN THE DRAFT FOLDER OR EVEN THE IMAGE FOLDER. IT'S NOT FUN FOR ANYONE AND NICE PEOPLE WHO SEND ME CARDS SHOULD BE REOGNIZED. OF OF COURSE I TOOK PHOTOS OF THE CARDS AND THEN DIDN'T WRITE ANY OTHER POSTS UNTIL RIGHT NOW. SO NOW'S THE TIME TO POST IT!

I ENJOY SEEING ACTUAL STAMPS ON PACKAGES WHEN I GET THEM. SO MUCH POSTAGE NOWADAYS IS JUST PRINTED OUT THAT SEEING AN OLD FASHIONED STAMP IS NICE. THIS PURPLE HEART STAM IS INDEED VERY PURPLE

KERRY OFFERED UP SOME DINGED OR OTHERWISE NOT MINT CARDS UP FOR FREE ON HIS BLOG AND I CHOSE THESE FOUR: WILLIAM CONTRERAS MOSAIC ROOKIE CARD, CORBIN CARROLL SI FOR KIDS CARD, A 2023 HERITAGE STAMPS INSERT, AND A 2002 FLEER FALL CLASSICS RED SCHOENDIENST SERIES OF CHAMPIONS INSERT. ALL THESE CARDS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GEM MINT 11 TO ME AND I AM HAPPY TO GIVER THEM A GOOD HOME. I WILL DO MY BEST TO PUT THEM AWAY IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THEY DO NOT END UP IN ANOTHER POST LIKE THIS IN FIVE YEARS. "HEY GUYS I FOUND A CORBIN CARROLL SI FOR KIDS CARD IN A BOX OF CRAP!"

I REALLY LIKE THIS STAMP CARD THOUGH, DICK ALLEN CARDS ARE NOT EASY TO FIND AND EVERY NEW ONE IS A TREASURE. I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE A DECENT VINTAGE COLLECTION BUT I'M NOT SURE I HAVE A SINGLE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 1974 STAMPS. MAYBE ONE'S HIDING IN ONE OF THESE BOXES

THE BEST CARD I BOUGHT THIS WEEK

I ACTUALLY DID GET SOMETHING FROM COMC THIS PAST WEEK. OR WAS IT THE WEEK BEFORE? TIME HAS BECOME A LITTLE UNHINGED FOR ME LATELY. I'VE BEEN IDLY SEARCHING UP COOL STUFF ON THE SITE EVERY SO OFTEN, FINDING SOMETHING REALLY NEAT AND THEN NOT BUYING IT FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. THIS TIME INSTEAD I LOOKED UP SOMETHING I ACTUALLY WANTED AND WENT AHEAD AND GOT IT

THIS PURCHASE OF A TRIO OF 1991 KELLOGG'S CARDS WAS INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE BLACK FRIDAY PICKUPS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT EVENTUALLY. BASICALLY, I WAS ASHAMED BY HOW FEW OF THESE 1991 CARDS I HAD AND CHECKED COMC TO SEE HOW I COULD RECTIFY THAT. QUITE A FEW COST MORE OR LESS FIFTY CENTS EACH AND I REALIZED THAT IF I HAD FOUND THESE THINGS IN AN ACTUAL FIFTY CENT BOX I WOULDN'T EVEN THINK BEFORE SNATCHING THEM UP SO I PICKED UP LOU BROCK, YOGI BERRA AND RALPH KINER. I DIDN'T BUY ALL THE CARDS THAT COST FIFTY CENTSISH, I ONLY BOUGHT THE ONES THAT WERE ON SALE BECAUSE I'M A CHEAP BASTARD. THREE WAS A GOOD NUMBER TO GET BECAUSE NOW I HAVE OVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE 15 CARD SET WHICH MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF

THERE'S ALSO THE WEEKLY BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA ROUNDUPS. I OWE YOU TWO OF THEM THIS TIME AND OH BOY DID I OVERDO IT

WEEK 4 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 24
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 8
INSERT CARDS: 18
STAR/PC CARDS: 11
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 10

CHRONICLES: 1

ODDBALLS: 3

AUTOGRAPHS: 1

75 TOTAL CARDS FOR THIS WEEK. SO MUCH FOR KEEPING IT TO ONE 40 CARD PACK. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FLUFF IN THIS BATCH THOUGH. LOTS OF WANTLIST AND A BUNCH OF THE INSERTS WERE OFF WANTLISTS AS WELL. THERE WERE MANY OPTIONS FOR BEST OF THE BUNCH INCLUDING SOME REALLY NEAT ODDBALLS I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE BUT I HAD TO GO WITH THIS BONDS INSERT. THIS COMPLETES MY 1991 ULTRA TEAM SET AND WAS ONE OF THE LAST CARDS I PASSED UP IN MY COMC BINGE. MY 1991 ULTRA SET IS NOW COMPLETE, AT LEAST WHENEVER I TRACK DOWN ALL THE STICKER CARDS

THIS ALSO HAPPENED, A FEW WANTLIST ITEMS STARTED POPPING UP FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING THESE 1992 STADIUM CLUB CARDS. THIS IS VERY APPRECIATED, 92 STADIUM CLUB IS ONE OF THOSE SETS I AM SUPER CLOSE TO COMPLETING BUT I NEVER THINK ABOUT

WEEK 5 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 19
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 14
INSERT CARDS: 13
STAR/PC CARDS: 3
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 12

CHRONICLES: 5

ODDBALLS: 5

AUTOGRAPHS: 1

I DIALED IT BACK A BIT AND ONLY GOT 73 CARDS THIS WEEK. I WASN'T GUITE AS FOCUSED THIS TIME AS I PICKED UP SOME REALLY ODD STUFF INCLUDING A BUBBY BRISTER AUTOGRAPH. THE CHOICE FOR THE BEST CARD WAS TOUGH AS I MANAGER TO GET A FRED DRYER ROOKIE BUT I'M GOING WITH THIS BIG LEAGUE CHEW WILLIE MAYS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COLLECT THIS SET SINCE I PULLED AN AARON OUT OF A POUCH OF GUM 35 YEARS AGO AND WILLIE GETS ME ONE CARD CLOSER

NON-CARD COOL STUFF I DID WHICH THIS TIME IS ONLY MOVIES

I HAVEN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT THE PAST FEW WEEKS OTHER THAN LISTEN TO BACKGROUND NONSENSE AND PLAY STARDEW VALLEY. WAIT! I CAN DO VIDEO GAMES TOO!

VIDYA GAEMZ

CAN YA TELL I LIKE STARDEW VALLEY? IT'S A FUN LITTLE GAME WHERE YOU FARM AND CHOP TREES AND CATCH FISH AND SMASH ROCKS AND STAB MONSTERS AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND YOU GET LITTLE REWARDS FOR DOING THINGS, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. IT'S SUPER FUN (MAYBE TOO FUN - I'VE STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE DOING JUST ONE MORE DAY) AND IS CHEAP EVEN WITHOUT A DISCOUNT AND IS ABOUT TO GET A BIG UPDATE WITH NEW STUFF. IT ALSO WORKS IF YOU HAVE AN OLD CRUMMY COMPUTER. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE FOR A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT, MY COMPUTER WAS TOO OLD AND TOO CRUMMY AND REFUSED TO PLAY IT. THIS ENDED UP BEING A GOOD THING AS I FINALLY UPGRADED IN TIME FOR THE 1.5 UPDATE WHICH ADDED A WHOLE NEW AREA AND A BUNCH OF NEW STUFF TO DO WHICH IS A BIG REASON WHY THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE TWO GAMES I STILL PLAY ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT MIGHT NOT BE FOR EVERYONE, YOU HAVE TO LIKE 2D RETRO GAMES, AND THE TONE OF THE COZY FARMSIM GOES OUT THE WINDOW WITH THE FRANTIC FISHING AND COMBAT MINIGAMES, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH STUFF IN HERE TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED FOR A LONG TIME. NOT THE STUPID ARCADE GAME THOUGH, THAT DUMB THING WILL ENSURE I NEVER 100% THE ACHIEVEMENTS

OK BACK TO THE MOVIES

#8 - CITY LIGHTS

I WATCHED A VIDEO ON SCI-FI MOVIES OF 1931 AND THERE WAS A LIST OF IMPORTANT NOT SCI-FI MOVIES AT THE END AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE 1931 VERSION OF DR JECKYLL AND MR HYDE. I DECIDED I WANTED TO WATCH THAT BUT COULD NOT FIND IT ANYWHERE AS THE 1920 VERSION KEPT POPPING UP. SO I GOT MAD AND WATCHED THIS FILM FROM 1931 INSTEAD. I HAVE TO RESPECT CHARLIE CHAPLAIN FOR MAKING A SILENT FILM IN 1931 AND STILL HAVING THE BALLS TO INCLUDE A LOT OF SOUND GAGS. WHILE I ENJOYED THIS, IT WAS A BIG REMINDER ON WHY I PREFER W.C. FIELDS AND THE MARX BROTHERS AND THE THREE STOOGES FOR MY ANCIENT COMEDY NEEDS. DON'T GET ME WRONG, CHAPLAIN'S SLAPSTICK IS TOP NOTCH HERE, THE SCENE WHERE HE'S OOGLING A NAKED STATUE WHILE TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF A SIDEWALK ELEVATOR IS STILL MAKING ME LAUGH AND THERE'S A DOZEN OTHER SCENES LIKE THAT.  IT'S A GREAT COMEDY BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE THE MARX BROS COULD BE JUST AS FUNNY WITHOUT THE WHOLE CREEPING ON A BLIND GIRL PLOT AND FIELDS WOULD HAVEREALLY GIVEN THAT IDIOT MILLOONAIRE THE BUSINESS. JUST A MATTER OF PREFERENCE

#9 - NIGHT OF THE EAGLE

AKA BURN WITCH BURN. A COMPELETLY FULL OF HIMSELF COLLEGE PROFESSOR IGNORES HIS WIFE'S ADVICE AND WATCHES AS HIS LIFE AND CAREER GOES ALL TO SHIT. AND ALSO THERE'S WITCHY SHIT. THIS IS A SLOW BURN GOTHIC HORROR THAT CAN BE VERY SLOW AT TIMES AND THE WHOLE FALSE RAPE ACCUSATION SUBPLOT HAS AGED EXCEEDINGLY POORLY BUT THE LAST FIFTEEN MINUTES OR SO WHERE THE WITCHYNESS IS TURNED UP TO 11 IS A REAL HOOT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D RECOMMEND THIS ONE, PER SE, BUT IF YOU'RE A FAN OF ALL THINGS WITCHY YOU CAN SURELY DO WORSE

#10 - MIKEY AND NICKY

JOHN CASSAVETES, PETER FALK AND NED BEATTY. NEED I SAY MORE? SOMEONE ON ONE OF THE DOZENS OF SOCIAL MEDIAS I'M ON THANKS TO MELONHEAD WRECKING TWITTER MENTIONED THIS FILM AND I DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT. CASSAVETES (NICKY) IS ON THE RUN FROM A MOB HIT AND CALLS ON HIS CHILDHOOD BUDDY FALK (MIKEY) TO HELP HIM ESCAPE. HIJINX ENSUES AS NICKY HAS MIKEY CHASE HIM ALL OVER NEW YORK AS BEATTY'S HITMAN CHARACTER IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. IT'S THE DARKEST OF DARK COMEDIES AND WHILE I THOUGHT I HAD NEVER SEEN IT, THE SHOCKING ENDING JOGGED BACK MEMORIES OF BEING COMPLETELY HORRIFIED BY IT AS A KID. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE FILM BACK THEN BUT I'M REALLY GLAD I REVISITED IT. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO LOVES DARK PARANOID 70'S FILM

#11 - THE BIG LEBOWSKI

THIS IS A COMFORT MOVIE FOR ME AND I NEED TO REMEMBER TO WATCH THESE THINGS MORE OFTEN. IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS THE BASIC SUMMARY IS WHAT IF A FILM NOIR BUT IT'S SET IN THE 90S AND EVERYONE'S A COMPLETE IDIOT. IT IS GETTING SOMEWHAT STARTLING JUST HOW 90S THIS MOVIE IS, EVERY TIME I WATCH IT IT REALLY HITS ME HOW THIS WORLD STRAIGHT UP NO LONGER EXISTS ANYMORE. THIS VERSION OF 90S CALIFORNIA  MIGHT AS WELL BE THE 70S NEW YORK OF MIKEY AND NICKY OR THE 30S WHATEVER CITY THAT IS IN CITY LIGHTS, ANCIENT HISTORY. A LITTLE DISCONCERTING CONCIDERING I WAS ALIVE THEN

#12 - CANDLESHOE

ONCE AGAIN SOMEONE ON BLUESKY MENTIONED THIS FILM SO I FELT COMPELLED TO GO WATCH IT. THIS IS A FORGOTTEN 70S DISNEY FILM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY CHILDHOOD CRUSH ON JODIE FOSTER THAT IS NOW EMBARASSING TO MENTION. THANKS FOR NOTHIN, HINKLEY. JODIE IS JOINED BY DAVID NIVEN, LEO MCKERN AND HELEN HAYES IN THIS RAGS TO RICHES, MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, COMEDY THING. THE BASIC PLOT IS FOSTER IS A DELINQUENT WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME AGE AS THE LOST HEIR TO A FORTUNE AND LEO MCKERN'S CON MAN CHARACTER RECRUITS HER TO HELP HIM STEAL A TREASURE. I WATCHED THIS THING A BUNCH OF TIMES WHEN I WAS A KID AND I GOTTA SAY I DID NOT REMEMBER JODIE COMMITTING MULTIPLE MISDEMENORS AND AT LEAST ONE FELONY DURING THE TITLE SEQUENCE. FOSTER IS A HORRIBLE LITTLE SHIT IN THIS FILM AND IT'S GREAT. HELEN HAYES IS THE LOVING GRANDMA AND DAVID NIVEN GETS TO HAM IT UP AS THE BUTLER WHO ALSO PLAYS A HALF DOZEN OTHER ROLES FOR COMIC RELIEF. IT'S A PERFECTLY CROMULENT FLICK FROM THE DISMAL DISNEY YEARS, THE CAST IS EXCELLENT AND THE MYSTERY IS COMPELLING ENOUGH EVEN THOUGH THE CHARACTERS ARE THE REAL FOCUS OF THE FILM. I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED AT JUST HOW VIOLENT IT WAS. RIGHT AFTER ALL THE TITLE SEQUENCE CRIMES FOSTER'S CHARACTER IS LITERALLY SOLD BY HER FOSTER PARENTS TO A SHADY HOOD. LATER ON THERE'S AN ALL OUT BRAWL BETWEEN JODIE AND THE ORPHAN CHILDREN THAT LIVE WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AND LEO MCKERN DAMN NEAR KILLS JODIE WITH HIS CAR. THE MOST SHOCKING OFFENSE IS A PLOT POINT WHERE DAVID NIVEN PARKS A CAR ON TRACKS IN ORDER TO STOP A MOVING TRAIN. THIS IS THE FIRST FUCKING THING THEY WARN ABOUT IN ALL THOSE BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY HIGH SCHOOL DRIVING FILMSTRIPS! TRAINS CAN'T STOP THAT QUICKLY! I CAN SEE WHY DISNEY HAS DROPPED THIS ONE IN THE MEMORY HOLE BUT IT IS A WORTHWHILE WATCH JUST FOR THE CAST. TEENAGED JODIE COULD FUCKIN ACT.  JUST DON'T LET THE KIDS WATCH IT

#13 AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON

PEOPLE USUALLY POINT TO KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE WHEN TALKING ABOUT A SUPER OFFENSIVE SKETCH COMEDY MOVIE, BUT DON'T SLEEP ON AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON. THIS IS A LOVE LETTER TO 80S FILM SCHLOCK WITH JAPES AT PLAYBOY CHANNEL NONSENSE, VIDEO RENTALS, ANNOYING INFOMERCIALS AND LATE NIGHT B-MOVIE TRASH. SOME OF THE JOKES AND ONE OF THE DIRECTORS HAVE AGED POORLY BUT A LOT OF THEM STILL HIT HARD AND THERE'S A GREAT CAST FOR ALL YOU CHARACTER ACTOR SPOTTERS OUT THERE. AMONG THE BEST BITS ARE ARSENIO HALL'S VERY BAD DAY, HENRY SILVA'S BULLSHIT OR NOT? SEGMENTS, THE CRITIC'S CORNER REVIEWING A VIEWER'S DEATH, LOU JACOBI GETTING TRAPPED IN THE TELEVISION AND VIDEO PIRATE WILLIAM MARSHALL MOCKING A VHS TAPE'S FBI WARNING. 'OOOOH, I'M SOOOO SCAAARED' THE TRUE MVP IS EASILY DAVID ALAN GRIER'S DON 'NO SOUL' SIMMONS THOUGH. HE STILL SINGS THE DEFINITIVE VERSION OF BLAME IT ON THE BOSSANOVA IN MY OPINION. THE MOVIE PARODIES ARE ALSO TOP NOTCH WITH UNIVERSAL PARODY SON OF THE INVISIBLE MAN,  REEFER MADNESS KNOCKOFF RECKLESS YOUTH AND THE TITULAR AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, A SPOT ON 50S SCHLOCK SCI-FI MOCKERY. RECKLESS YOUTH ALSO FEATURES CARRIE FISHER, PAUL BARTELL AND A CAMEO FROM BELA LUGOSI! PLUS THERE'S A LOT MORE BOOBS IN THIS THAN I REMEMBERED. COMEDY IS PERSONAL BUT I LIKE THIS KIND OF STOOPIDNESS

#14 MURDER BY DEATH
SPEAKING OF COMEDIES THAT HAVE AGED NOT GREATLY WE HAVE MURDER BY DEATH. WHILE IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT PETER SELLERS' YELLOWFACE 'CONFUCIOUS SAY' SYDNEY WANG CHARACTER IS MOCKING THE NUMEROUS DEPICTIONS OF CHARLIE CHAN IN FILM, IT'S HARD TO ARGUE THAT AFTER SEEING THAT DREADFUL FU MANCHU MOVIE HE DID. FUNNY AS SELLERS IS, THE JOKE JUST DON'T LAND ANY MORE SO IT'S GOOD THAT EVERY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE FILM IS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME. THIS IS A VERY FUNNY SEND UP OF CLASSIC MYSTERY TROPES AND EVERYONE NAILS THEIR CHARACTER. ELSA LANCHESTER IS A GREAT BIZARRO JAME MARPLE AS IS PETER FALK'S SAM SPADE, JAMES COCO'S HERCULE POIROT AND DAVID NIVEN AND MAGGIE SMITH'S NICK AND NORA CHARLES/ THE SIDEKICKS ARE GREAT TOO ESPECIALLY ESTELLE WINWOOD'S NURSE AND ALEC GUINNESS AND NANCY WALKER ARE SPECTACULAR AS THE BUTLER AND MAID. THE CAST IS SO GOOD AND THE JOKES SO FUNNY THAT THE WHODUNIT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER. IF YOU LOVE CLUE AND CAN HANDLE THE DATED RACISM YOU'LL LIKE THIS  

OH HECK I FORGOT ABOUT ALL THE CAMEOS IN AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON. I LOST IT WHEN I RECOGNIZED RUSS MEYER AS THE VIDEO STORE CLERK. THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY, HOPEFULLY THE NEXT EDITION DOESN'T TAKE AS LONG TO POST

2024 WEEK IN REVIEW - WEEK 3

 I HAVE BASICALLY SPENT THIS ENTIRE WEEK WORKING AND FREEZING SO THOUGHT I MIGHT NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW OFF BUT THANKFULLY I TOOK PICTURES AND SCREENSHOTS OF THE STUFF I DID DO SO THE WEEK IN REVIEW STREAK IS NOW UP TO THREE. TWO MORE THAN I EXPECTED, HONESTLY. THE HIBERNATION INSTINCT IS STRONG THOUGH, I'M STILL TRYING TO PROCRASTINATE WRITING THIS. I'VE WASHED TWO LOADS OF DISHES AND COOKED DINNER SO FAR TO AVOID TYPING BUT A TOO-LATE-IN-THE-DAY CUP OF COFFEE HAS ME HITTING THE KEYBOARD NOW. THAT AND SOMETHING EVEN MORE URGENT I'M PROCRASTINATING FROM DOING. LET'S START WITH A PILE OF CRAP

COLLECTING STUFF I DID THIS WEEK

I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ORGANIZING DONE BUT THE MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS DRAGGING A BUNCH OF UPPER DECK STUFF TO MY DESK TO SORT. MY FINALIZED COLLECTING GOALS ARE STILL A DREAM BUT IT ISS SLOWLY COMING INTO FOCUS DAY BY DAY. I MIGHT HAVE IT ALL WRITTEN DOWN BY DECEMBER, WHICH MIGHT BE THE PROPER WAY TO DO SUCH THINGS. ABOVE ARE SOME SETS I MADE SOME WANTLISTS FOR BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME TO MY COLLECTION AND MAYBE EVEN COMPLETE THE SET ONE OF THESE DECADES! HERE'S A LIST OF 'EM:

1995, 1997 SP

1996-1999 SPX

1997 UD3

1999 UD POWERDECK

1999-2000 IONIX

2002 A PIECE OF HISTORY

1995 SP I WAS ALREADY WORKING ON BUT I FORGOT HOW INCREDIBLY SHINY THE 1997 SET WAS AND I HAD MANAGED TO ACCUMULATE A BUNCH OF IT, INCLUDING THE SHORT PRINTED HIDECKI IRABU ROOKIE. JUST LOOKA T THAT BIG SEXY CARD, ETCHED FOIL AND A HOLOFIL BORDER, YOWZA. SPX SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BUT I FINALLY GOT ALL THE ONES I HAVE IN ONE PLACE. I'VE ALWAYS PREFERRED 1998 UD3 TO THE 1997 VERSION BUT I HAD A REALIZATION: 1998 UD3 HAS A FRACTURED BASE SET WITH CARDS IN VARIOUS LEVELS OF SCARCITY THAT'S ALMOST 300 CARDS IN SIZE. 1997 UD3 IS 60 CARDS WITH NO FUSS. I HAVE A CHANCE IN HELL OF COMPLETING THAT SET! IONIX IS A CHROME-LIKE SET WITH SOME FUN DESIGNS, POWERDECK IS POWERDECK, AND 2002 PIECE OF HISTORY IS A COOL LEGENDSISH SET THAT IS SLIGHTLY SPOILED WITH SOME UNNECESSARY SHORTPRINTS BUT I LIKE IT. NONE OF THESE CARDS ARE TERRIBLY COMMON BUT IF I FIND SOME IN MY TRAVELS I CAN MAKE SURE I'M NOT SPENDING MY MONEY ON DOUBLES NOW

I ALSO GOT MY UPPER DECK INSERT CARDS SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED. THEY'VE BEEN A MESS FOR A WHILE AS SOME CARDS WERE IN AN INSERT BOX, AND OTHERS WERE WITH THE SET, AND OTHERS WERE HIDING IN RANDOM PLACES. I'VE AVOIDED DOING THIS FOR SO LONG BECAUSE AFTER 1993, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS I DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH INSERT IS FROM WHICH YEAR AND SINCE A LOT OF THE MID 90S-EARLY 00S SETS HAVE A COPYRIGHT DATE OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR SERIES ONE IT'S A REAL PAIN. THIS ARRAY OF PILES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SORTED BY YEAR BUT HOO BOY DID I BUNGLE IT ON MOST OF THE STACKS. A LOT OF THOSE AREN'T EVEN FROM FLAGSHIP SETS. ASIDE FROM MOSTLY GETTING THINGS WHERE THEY BELONG I ALSO GOT ALL MY UPPER DECK E-CARD CODE CARDS IN ONE PLACE. THESE WERE CONTEST CARDS WHERE YOU COULD ENTER A CODE INTO A WEBSITE AND WIN ACTUAL CARDS, A DECADE BEFORE TOPPS DID IT. THERE'S THIRTY-THREE CARDS TOTAL BETWEEN TWO FLAGSHIP SETS AND AN ODDBALL CALLED EVOLUTION AND I KINDA WANT TO CHASE THEM ALL SINCE I HAVE A GOOD HEAD START ALREADY

WHILE SORTING THE IONIX, I FOUND THIS GEM:

THIS CARD IS A REAL MESS BUT THAT'S ON PURPOSE. UPPER DECK WAS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF INTERNET 1337 5P33K WITH THIS SHOCKWAVE SET. THE WHOLE BRAND WAS VERY COMPUTERY WITH SOME WILD DESIGNS AND PIXELY COMPUTER GRAPHIC ART. THERE'S A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE AS THERE'S A HOLOFOIL TEXTURED OVERLAY ON TOP OF THE CARD THAT OUTLINED THE PLAYER PICTURE BUT THIS ONE GOT A LITTLE JACKED UP. YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE HOLOFOIL THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE CORNER OF THE CARD IN BETWEEN DELGADO'S SHOES. HERE'S A LITTLE BETTER LOOK AT THE TEXTURE

YOU CAN NOT OLY SEE THE TEXTURE ON THE CARD IS RIGHT ON TOP OF CARLOS, BUT THE PLAYER OUTLINE APPEARS TO BE FOR A HORIZONTAL DESIGN. THE HORIZONTAL INSERT IN 2000 IONIX IS CALLED ATOMIC AND IF WE LOOK AT THE BACK...

HERE'S A NICE RIDICULOUSLY MISCUT BACK OF TONY GWYNN'S ATOMIC INSERT. I THINK THAT IS ALSO THE OUTLINE OF TONY ON THE FRONT, HERE'S A PIC SWIPED FROM EBAY, DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. IT LOOKS LIKE A CARLOS DELAGO SHOCKWAVE CARD GOT INTO A TELEPORTER WITH A TONY GWYNN ATOMIC CARD AND GOT BRUNDLEFLYED. CARDS LIKE THIS REALLY GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF JUST HOW INTRICATE THE PRODUCTION OF THESE WILD LOOKING CARDS REALLY IS

MOVIES

ONLY WATCHED ONE MOVIE THIS WEEK FOR REASONS I'LL EXPLAIN SOON

#7 COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE AND A COPY POPPED UP ON YOUTUBE. THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY THAT DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF COMICS FROM THE '30S TO THE '80S THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH THE ORIGINAL CREATORS. FROM WILLIAM GAINES AND STAN LEE TO FRANK MILLER AND CHARLES BURNS. THE DOCUMENTARY SKEWS TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT AND UNDERGROUND COMICS BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF THE ALL TIME GREATS OF THE MEDIUM THIS IS A FANTASTIC WATCH

THE REASON WHY MOVIES GOT PUT TO THE BACK BURNER THIS WEEK IS BECAUSE THE AGDQ SPEED RUNNING MARATHON WAS LAST WEEK AND I ENDED UP WATCHIGN A LOT OF THAT INSTEAD. I FLAKED AND FORGOT IT WAS STARTING LAST SUNDAY OR I WOULD HAVE POSTED IT IN LAST WEEK'S ROUNDUP. A TON OF GAMES ARE SPEEDRUN FOR CHARITY TWICE A YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF MAY FAVORITE GAMES RUN WAY TOO FAST. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SPEEDRUNNING, HERE'S A VIDEO OF THIS YEARS LEGEND OF ZELDA RUN WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN A LITTLE OVER A HALF HOUR

THEIR TWITCH CHANNEL HOSTS SPEEDRUNS ALL YEAR LONG IF YOU IND YOU ENJOY THIS SORT OF THING. I MISSED HALF THE MARATHON SO I'VE GOT A LOT OF RUNS TO CATCH UP ON

BOOKS

YESTERDAY WAS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER'S ANNUAL BOOK SWAP AND I GOT A BUNCH OF GOODIES. TWENTY ONE BOOKS FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT READING ONCE I HAVE TIME! (SPOILER: I WILL NEVER HAVE TIME) I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS NOW WITH MY DAUGHTER AND WE MANAGED TO GET SOME STUFF WE WANTED AND GET THIRTY UNWANTED BOOKS OUT OF THE HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF WHAT I GOT, WITH A LOCAL BASEBALL BOOK, A HORROR COMEDY AND MYSTERY NOVEL. I ALSO MADE A FEW RECORD SWAPS. I HAD A LOT OF FUN WRITING UP THE SWAP POSTS LAST YEAR AND I'LL START SHOWING THE NEW TRADES OFF IN A WEEK OR TWO

PODCASTY STUFF

I MEANT TO SHOW OFF THE POSCASTS I LIKE BUT I KEEP WRITING ABOUT OLD TIME RADIO INSTEAD. THIS BOX SET OF SYDNEY GREENSTREET'S VERSION OF NERO WOLFE JUMPED UP AT ME BECAUSE I WAS HOPING TO FIND SOME OF THE ACTUAL BOOKS AT THE SWAP. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET THIS AS IT CAUGHT MY EYE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE AUDIO BOOK SECTION WAS PICKED CLEAN.NERO WOLFE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DETECTIVES AND I ENJOY THE BOOKS AND THE A&E TV SERIES. SYDNEY GREENSTREET IS A REAL CHARACTER TOO, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE FAT DETECTIVE. A TON OF THESE OLD RADIO PLAYS ARE ON ARCHIVE DOT ORG AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO GREENSTREET'S VERSION, MAVOR MOORE'S VERSION, WHATEVER THIS VERSION IS (MAYBE IT'S GREENSTREET'S? THE DESCRIPTION ISN'T CLEAR) AND WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM ALL YOU CAN LISTEN TO A PODCAST WITH COMMENTARY ON THE EPISODES. HA HA! I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO PODCASTS AFTER ALL! THE GREAT DETECTIVES OF OLD TIME RADIO WITH ADAM GRAHAM IS A PODCAST I LEARNED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO AND IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE - OH DEAR - THAT'S A LOT OF EPISODES TO CATCH UP ON. MAYBE I'LL JUST START WITH NERO FIRST

OK YOU READ THROUGH ALL THAT, TIME FOR YOUR REWARD

THE BEST CARD I BOUGHT THIS WEEK

THE ONLY CARDS I BOUGHT THIS WEEK WERE ON BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA. I GAVE COMC A REST AND IT WAS TOO COLD TO GO OUTSIDE. I MANAGED TO KEEP IT UNDER FORTY CARDS THIS WEEK TOO ALTHOUGH IT WAS HARD TO PICK A FAVORITE FOR THE POST. I GOT A VERY NICE WILLIAM ANDREWS 1983 TOPPS STICKER, THE JOHN SMOLTZ SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (R.I.P.) CARD WHERE HIS DAD'S PLAYING THE ACCORDIAN AND A CHRIS CHELIOS POST CEREAL CARD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. THESE ARE ALL GREAT CANDIDATES BUT YOU KNOW HOW I CAN'T RESIST THE SHINY

I HAVE TO GO WITH THE 2021 TOPPS CHROME PRISMIC POWER CARD OF FREDDIE FREEMAN. I'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE AND THEY ARE VERY PRETTY BUT I NEVER PICKED ONE UP. I'LL TAKE A GOOD LOOKING FREDDIE INSERT CARD (IN A BRAVES UNI) ANY DAY

HERE'S THE TOTALS FOR THE WEEK:

WANTLIST CARDS - 7
BRAVES/HAWKS/ETC. - 6 
SHIIINY - 5
INSERTS - 11
STARS/PLAYER COLLECTION - 5
CHRONICLES - 2
NON SPORT - 1
CHUCK MCELROY - 1

OH NO! I FINISHED THE POST! NOW I HAVE TO DO THAT THING I WAS PROCRASTINATING ABOUT. UNTIL NEXT WEEK, KEEP HAVING FUN OUT THERE