In this excerpt from The Joy of Trash we go DEEP into one of the most mortifying moments in pop culture history: the notorious “Your brother is standing in the middle of Afghanistan!” scene from Studio 60 in the Sunset Strip.
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Once upon a time, a struggling fast food franchise called Rax tried to re-vamp their image with new spokesman Mr. Delicious, a depressed, broke, unhappily married loser with a drinking problem. It did not go well.
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In 1986 canine narc McGruff the Crime Dog put out an album that honestly, fucking slaps. Shame about the lyrics, though.
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I only spent a single day at the first and possibly last Blues Brothers Convention but I got more out of it professionally and emotionally than I ever could have imagined.
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One copy of The Weird A-Coloring to Al is more special than all the others because it has been colored by someone with absolutely no talent for coloring: ME!
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Fulfilling crowd-funding campaigns may be super expensive, time intensive and an all-around pain in the ass, but it’s also good for the soul and spirit.
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The big day is finally here! The Joy of Trash: Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place’s Definitive Guide to the Very Worst of Everything is officially out and EXTREMELY available for purchase. It’s a Christmas miracle!
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Did the notorious Baywatch spin-off Baywatch Nights go too far in its genre-hopping madness or did it not go far enough?
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Now that The Weird A-Coloring to Al is finished and fantastic I’ve decided to take a week-long sabbatical from this here website in order to make The Joy of Trash just as amazing.
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I am literally the ONLY person in the world who has the jams from McGruff’s Smart Kids Album and the theme song for Get High on Yourself stuck in his head at all times? Probably!
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