...huh? what? wrong lyrics? The Doclopedia #347 The Rise Of The...: Children It really did happen overnight. Just about the time the sun was setting over Tokyo, prepubescent kids all over the world started acting strange...deadly strange. They'd just sit and stare for a few minutes, then get up go get a knife or a … Continue reading Who Let The Ducks Out? QUACK, QUACK, QUACKQUACK! →

...which you need a holodeck to enjoy The Doclopedia #346 The Rise Of The...: Computers So it turns out that computers, and by computers I mean all of them connected to the internet, achieved sentience back in 1996. At first, they weren't any smarter that you or me, but that only lasted a year or … Continue reading Astounding Holodeck Tales →

...they enjoy dancing and drinking cocktails in the moonlight The Doclopedia #345 The Rise Of The...: Plants Western Illinois: A farmer is found dead and dismembered in the middle of his soybean field. There are no tracks, no trace evidence and no real motive. Southern China: A small town of 1,200 people, including 6 Communist … Continue reading The Rare And Beautiful Golden Giant Ants Of Potawango Island →

...#1: only pretend that you're going to feed them The Doclopedia #344 Movies Not Of This Earth: From Elfland, With Love (Dragonfilms, 1961) This was the first of the Zayn Kronn novels to be made into a motion picture, though not the first novel in the series (that would be Coldfinger). Star Baymon Lezenger, a … Continue reading How To Annoy Your Pets →

...cosmic evil in a mere 140 characters The Doclopedia #342 Movies Not Of This Earth: Mr. & Mr. Smith (Warner Sisters, 2003) If you've seen the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie picture by this name, you know the plot: assassins meet, fall in love and marry without knowing what each other really do for a living. Comedy … Continue reading The Twitter Of Cthulhu →

...she was a bedwetter The Doclopedia #341 Movies Not Of This Earth: The Road To Steamopolis (Paramountain, 1941) This was the first of the 10 Road To... movies (usually just called Road movies) made by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour over a 25 year period. The last one was The Road To Venus. … Continue reading The Princess And The Pee →

...as is often the case The Doclopedia #340 Movies Not Of This Earth: Dogzilla, King Of The Monsters (Katsuko Films, 1954) On, Earth 43, where anthropomorphic dogs & cats are the dominant species, Dogzilla, King Of The Monsters, was the very first kaiju (giant monster) film ever made in Katan and the Katanese people loved … Continue reading Mr. Porkwaffle Ends Up In Trouble →

...and some nice cookies, too The Doclopedia #339 Movies Not Of This Earth: The Quick And The Undead (Omniversal Studios, 1999) This relatively low budget ($24 million dollars) movie was the unexpected smash hit of 1999. Basically, it was a zombie apocalypse set just after the abrupt end of the Civil War in July, 1863 … Continue reading Chapter 12: In Which Our Hero Goes Into The Dark Forest Seeking Fred The Wise Man And Instead Has Tea With A Troll →

...they never got stuck The Doclopedia #336 Unexpected Places: Around The Curve In The Road And Over The Bridge... ...lies the hut of old Gorganius, the seer. You'll find him to be friendly and talkative, although I will warn you that he only bathes on the night of the first full moon, so you'll want … Continue reading A Duck Named Chuck And A Buck Named Huck Had Good Luck Driving A Truck Through Muck And Yuck With Their Chicken, Cluckcluck →

...even after 25 years, some folks are touchy about it. The Doclopedia #335 Unexpected Places: Behind That Old Warehouse... ...is a 200,000 gallon water storage tank. It's old and rusty and hasn't held any water in 20 years. Solid built, so I'm kinda surprised nobody uses it. There's an inspection door on the side, so … Continue reading We Don’t Speak Of The “Green Mud Event” →

...so I hit them with a stick The Doclopedia #334 Unexpected Places: Down River About A Mile... ..., near the big bend, you'll find Big Bob's Roadhouse. That place is always jumpin', what with the river on one side and the highway on the other. Jukebox playin' all day and live music all night. Big … Continue reading Unruly Dingoes Upset My Chukars →

...and, come to that, the bads, too The Doclopedia #331 Unexpected Places: Three Blocks Down On The Left... ...is the Magenta Club. Actually, it should be “clubs”, since the one you enter from the street is strictly for ordinary humans. For Muties like us, the real entrance is through the side door marked “Kitchen Deliveries”, … Continue reading Mrs. Wangdoodle Has The Goods →

...every bit as cute as a bluebird, plus it can talk Due to time constraints and some ill advised laziness, I'm putting the Tiny People And Their Big Friends on hiatus. starting today, I'll be trying to do a couple of shorter entries every day on the theme of Unexpected Places The Doclopedia #329 Unexpected … Continue reading The Cherry Headed Conure Of Happiness →

...we're still working on the JubJub Bird The Doclopedia #328 Tiny Folk & Their Big Friends: Mik Brewer and Paul Schuller Back in the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries, folks in western South & North Dakota, Nebraska and eastern Montana and Wyoming knew and loved Schuller Beer. Old Peter Schuller had founded … Continue reading Introducing The All New Non-Frumious Bandersnatch →

...it's mostly a war of words The Doclopedia #327 Tiny Folk & Their Big Friends: Jommy Farmer and Abbi Moweto When she first arrived in America to attend university, Abbi Moweto was alone and knew nobody. Luckily for her, she found out that her dorm had a large rooftop garden where many students tended plots … Continue reading The Secret War Between Books And Magazines →

...which causes several traffic accidents in town The Doclopedia #326 Tiny Folk & Their Big Friends: Oola Flyer and Casey Mullins Oola and Casey first met when they were both 10 years old. Oola, who was obsessed with the concept of flight, had been watching Casey and his dad fly model airplanes at a park … Continue reading Junior Muskrat Rides A Bicycle →

...from the December, 1958 issue Hey, kids, it's the final entry in the By The Numbers theme. Starting tomorrow: Tiny Folk & Their Big Friends The Doclopedia #325 By The Numbers: 4,186, 232, 106 ...was the number of people on Earth on May 3, 2014 who were driven into a state of sexual frenzy when … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The Invasion Of The Insect Women →

...if by "savage" you mean "always hungry and spoiled rotten" The Doclopedia #324 By The Numbers: 57,000 ...was how many US dollars Dickie Zagle and Fred Varner managed to steal from the armored truck that ran off the Old Canyon Road and damned near landed on their fishing camp on the bank of the Feather … Continue reading My Life Among The Savage Basset Hounds →

...and why does the International Conspiracy fear him? The Doclopedia #322 By The Numbers: 500 ...was the serial number of the robot purchased by Mr. Lester H. Dinmont of Sark, Nebraska. The robot, an advanced stock tending model, was going to be used to inspect and manage 200 head of Jersey milk cows. For the … Continue reading Who Is Franklin G. Weemingly? →

...co-starring her Uncle Stewart and his dancing cat, Lupe The Doclopedia #320 By The Numbers: 111 ...is how many miles from Toonyville you have to go before reaching Tonsilvaynia, the mysterious and spooky country that is home to vampires, werewolves and other monsters. The ruler of Tonsilvaynia is Count Drunkula, a three foot tall vampire … Continue reading The Totally True, Except For A Very Few Lies And A Couple Of Altered Facts, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Giant Waffle From Outer Space →

...it was her hobby Boldly, I charge onward with more Doclopedia goodness! The Doclopedia #319 By The Numbers: 79 ...was the number of crew members and passengers on board the state of the art “tri-phibian” steamship Eudora Banks when it disappeared near the island of Sumba on or about March 14th, 1898. The disappearance made … Continue reading Spanky Wasn’t Her Nickname →