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WHO’S HUNGRY?

Posted on June 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

If there’s one thing Uncle T loves about heavy metal besides the music, it’s all the lyrical cliches and repeated war-cries. Take for example popular lines in songs such as “in heat of the night”, “fires burning”, “desires”, “lonely nights”, and my absolute personal favorite, “HUNGRY”. The word hunger/hungry is used so often in the […]

ONE SUMMER CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.

Posted on June 12, 2019 Leave a Comment

Although the first day of summer doesn’t hit for another couple weeks, it sure felt like the season had officially began the moment this New Coke and Stranger Things 1985 Limited Edition Collectors Pack landed on my doorstep on a sunny late afternoon this week. As I stood on my porch just about to open […]

CLEANING OUT THE BASEMENT.

Posted on February 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

Uncle T spent all last weekend rummaging through his wood-paneled basement, parting ways with old nonsense to make room for new nonsense. After carefully separating the Coors Light Beer Wolf merchandise, American Gladiators collectors items and those framed cocaine mirrors they give away at carnivals, he’s plucked out a box of treasures to sell in the TNUC Gift […]

WENDY’S SUPERBAR.

Posted on August 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

As fast food establishments go, Wendy’s has always been a slight cut above the rest. Maybe they weren’t as fun as their gimmicky competitors, but what Lord Dave Thomas and his disciples lacked in kiddie gimmicks and promotional tie-ins was made up for with slightly better food, therefore making you not feel like a total […]

FOOD FIGHT!

Posted on January 25, 2017 5 Comments

Think of all the great food fights we’ve witnessed in movies and television. Now search within yourself and ask, what’s the all-time best? Animal House, Hook, Valley Girl, Little Darlings, Family Matters, Full House…the list goes on! For TNUC the choice is clear. Nothing tops Junior and Trixie’s pizza parlor food fight in the motion picture […]

NOVEMBER’S LOCAL HOT SPOT OF THE MONTH: THE VIDEO RENTAL STORE.

Posted on November 17, 2016 5 Comments

Your bored and have nothing to do. Nowhere to go. Not old enough to drive but still too young for permission to walk around town. Then suddenly, your sister screeches up the driveway in the wood-paneled, family station wagon and calls out to you… “HEY LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO STORE” Whether it was Blockbuster or the little ratty […]