Remember how
I kept bragging about quitting social media? I guess it was a damn lie, because I briefly
got on "Tumblr," as I call it, to answer questions about
ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA AND CAKE Season 2 and the Adult Swim special THE ELEPHANT. But not
MYSTERY CUDDLERS, which, as you may recall,
they chucked down the gaping garbage hole to trash town. Well, all of that is over, by which I mean that everything I have worked on for the past number of years has been released and consumed and here I sit in the cold ashes. So! I thought I would make a catalog (below) of every time (?) I have mentioned ADVENTURE TIME or its various spin-offs on the "blog." That way, the hordes of acolytes I gathered on "Tumblr" can visit this "post" the way they might walk around
a famous tomb or other, slightly more interactive landmark. I also encourage them to check out
my previous "blog"trospective on THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, thought by many to be the ADVENTURE TIME of the
17th century. And now I give you a series of
"hyperlinks" filled with ADVENTURE TIME tidbits and gristly byproduct. Eat up!
actual cat sneeze inspires FIONNA AND CAKE---
ADVENTURE TIME art show---
ADVENTURE TIME artists Natasha Allegri, Kent Osborne, and Seo Kim appear on a panel in Oxford, Mississippi---
ADVENTURE TIME clip sponsored by cream to get rid of your age spots---
ADVENTURE TIME compared to Balzac---
ADVENTURE TIME comic books sold out in New York---
ADVENTURE TIME episode named after cat---
ADVENTURE TIME features a line that is "classic Frasier"---
ADVENTURE TIME joke (in "The More You Moe") based on when my sister visited my brother and me in Atlanta and I made her sit in my apartment and play hangman but my brother took her out to meet David Byrne---
ADVENTURE TIME; Lovecraftian influence on---
ADVENTURE TIME party at Kent Osborne's house!---
ADVENTURE TIME podcast, poor performance on---
ADVENTURE TIME wrap party---
Allegri, Natasha; gets caviar out of a vending machine---
allusion to THE SEARCHERS in ADVENTURE TIME---
alternate, worse ending to "Time Sandwich"---
Archimedes, Fonzie, Piggy, and Jan discussed in ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
art students ask questions about ADVENTURE TIME---
at a French restaurant with Pendleton Ward and Megan Abbott---
Atkins, Ace; watches "The Box Prince"---
before an ADVENTURE TIME meeting, Kent eats his fourth meal of chicken in a row---
behind the scenes of writing fan favorite "The Box Prince"---
belt worn to Peabody Awards---
bent fork in Beverly Hills---
Bergman, Ingmar; influence of on ADVENTURE TIME---
big panel at Wondercon with Prismo, Flame Princess and more---
book about weeds useful for writing FIONNA AND CAKE---
"Bukowski with more stabbing" (assessment of a William Boyle short story during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting)---
Burch, Ashly; inspired by PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET when writing the character of Martin Mertens---
Burch, Ashly; photo of surrounded by Emmys---
cat jumps in lap during ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
CAT PERSON by Seo Kim on my recommendation shelf---
cat refuses to do tricks during ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
cat who looks exactly like Kent Osborne's cat shows up in ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Chuck E. Cheese a proud sponsor of ADVENTURE TIME---
cheered up by Pen and Kent during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
coincidental resemblence between Coppola film TWIXT and "Root Beer Guy"---
commenters have no idea how damn old I am---
Cosmic Owl in context of ancient owl deities---
Cosmic Owl spotted in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY---
cross-cultural discussion of syrup in the writers' room---
dancing to a playlist by Kate Tsang---
dangerous ride on ice and snow undertaken during FIONNA AND CAKE meeting---
DIRTY GRANDPA (film) brought up during ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
DJ Slime is not the same as DJ Plop Drops---
DON'T LOOK NOW allusion---
during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting, Pen comments on my messy hair---
earliest "blog" mention of ADVENTURE TIME---
eating at the Smoke House with Adam and Kate---
executives won't let Martin eat those little creatures who are helping him out---
fate of my favorite bar revealed during ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
feeding a fish during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
final visit to the old Cartoon Network building---
Finn sounds like a student of Pythagoras---
flaunting an Emmy---
Ford, Harrison and Martin Sheen; heights of discussed in ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Franzen, Jonathan; knows about my Emmy---
Hanuman of Hindu lore somewhat reminiscent of Jake---
Grammer, Kelsey; sadly does not voice a giant mushroom---
Hanna and I argue over Rory's best boyfriend---
HEAVEN'S GATE allusion in ADVENTURE TIME explained---
Hernandez, Gilbert; writes a Jerry Lewis reference into an episode, but it does not make it into the final cut---
Herpich, Tom and Steve Wolfhard on oatmeal and Twitter---
Herpich, Tom; drawing by evocative of Machen---
Herpich, Tom; portrait of the author by---
hiccups disappear during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
holding a Peabody---
home office tidied before Kent arrives for an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Horton, Edward Everett; discussed in FIONNA AND CAKE meeting---
I am presented with a machete in honor of my work on ADVENTURE TIME---
I forget the title of THE BIG BANG THEORY during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
I get all excited by the first CHEERS reference on ADVENTURE TIME---
I see Cher at the hotel where I stay for ADVENTURE TIME meetings---
I see Garry Marshall at the hotel where I stay for ADVENTURE TIME meetings---
I see Vera Farmiga in the hotel where I stay for ADVENTURE TIME meetings---
I try to draw Lady Rainicorn on an apron---
idea for an unusual bread pudding prompts thoughts of Cinnamon Bun---
I unsuccessfully suggest "Glucupricon" as an ADVENTURE TIME episode title---
idea to have Jake punch a mountain vetoed---
in the recording booth with Anne Heche---
influence of Shmoo on ADVENTURE TIME---
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978 version) influences ADVENTURE TIME---
Jake-shaped cheese ball---
Jansson, Tove; works of often came up in writers' meetings---
Kay Lenz, whose film BREEZY inspired the name of an ADVENTURE TIME character, comes onboard to play another ADVENTURE TIME character!---
Kent's role in a local stageplay inspires an Ooo-style cuss word in ADVENTURE TIME: ELEMENTS---
Kid President (?) visits the ADVENTURE TIME writers' room---
Kim, Seo; thinks up a snake---
King of Ooo hunts his subjects for sport---
lack of toilets at Versailles discussed during ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Lawless, Lucy; role on ADVENTURE TIME---
Lizard Princess---
local record store owner wants me to bring my ADVENTURE TIME Emmy to the store and perform as "DJ Emmy"---
maudlin reflections upon the cancellation of ADVENTURE TIME---
McHale, Patrick; spills red wine on my nice white shirt---
McNeil watches ADVENTURE TIME on Christmas Eve---
McNeil's advice on what to do after ADVENTURE TIME cancellation---
meeting T-Bone Burnett at the Emmys---
memorable summary of "The Great Birdman"---
Moynihan, Jesse and Cole Sanchez give me a BREEZY poster---
obscurest pop culture reference in ADVENTURE TIME---
Muto, Adam; uses the Jack Kirby comic OMAC as an example in a meeting---
my father, a lifelong machinist, contributes to "We Fixed a Truck"---
my job in the ADVENTURE TIME writers' room DUNE book club---
office is closed for President's Day, so Kent and I go to see 50 SHADES OF GREY---
Olson, Olivia; has to scream a lot for work even though she has a cold---
on Twitter before an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Osborne, Kent; caught in a photo with Taylor Swift!---
Osborne, Kent; dresses up as Finn---
Osborne, Kent; eats from the SAME BAG of Utz cheese balls during writers' meetings FOR YEARS!---
Osborne, Kent; gets out his lightsaber---
owl wears shirt that says "OWL" on it---
OZARK MAGIC AND FOLKLORE (book by Vance Randolph) useful in writing an ADVENTURE TIME episode---
pants falling down at the Emmys---
passing mention of Spirit Dream Warrior---
Pen and Kent visit Faulkner's house---
Plastic Man as spiritual forefather of Jake the Dog---
Pott, Julia; reveals during a meeting that she was in a Burt Reynolds movie!---
practicing saying "Wow" as Root Beer Guy---
President's Day means nothing to Hanna K. Nystrom---
Princess Bubblegum reads James Joyce to Finn and Jake (failed suggestion)---
pyrographical portrait of Marceline by Emily Quinn---
quoting Lady Rainicorn's mom---
quoting Root Beer Guy---
reading a book about magic before an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
rewatch of THE WIRE influences ADVENTURE TIME---
Root Beer Guy goes on a sexy vacation---
Sanchez, Cole; teaches me the word "subluxation"---
signing posters at Wondercon---
some background on "Root Beer Guy"---
talking about trombones too much in a writers' meeting---
tiny beatnik---
trying and failing to get LADYHAWKE allusions into ADVENTURE TIME---
Tsang, Kate; makes two single cheeseburgers into one double cheeseburger---
twice-as-long season is twice as much work---
visiting GILMORE GIRLS set with Julia Pott after an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Walch, Hynden; acting abilities of---
Ward, Pendleton; draws Kent as "Galactus - Destroyer of Chickens"---
Ward, Pendleton; rents a house with Cyclopes (yes, that's the plural of Cyclops) on the wallpaper---
Ward, Pendleton; runs over a bottle---
Ward, Pendleton; wants us all to dress as English peas to accept Peabody Award---
watching ADVENTURE TIME with nephews---
while locked out of my car, I find an ADVENTURE TIME-related coaster in my pocket---
William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County mistaken for Ooo---
winning an Emmy!---
WINTER'S TALE (film) brought up in meeting---
wolf dream and Dr. Doom discussed in meeting---
Wolfhard, Steve and I sit next to Squidward in a bar---
Wolfhard, Steve; creates hair apes---
Wolfhard, Steve; inspired by Jamie Farr---
working on STAKES---
writers' meeting sidetracked by David Lynch clips---
writers' room produces DUNE book club---
writing a poem in iambic pentameter for "Thanks for the Crabapples, Giuseppe"---
writing lessons gleaned from ADVENTURE TIME meetings---
Wynn, Ed; voice of inspires Choose Goose---
Xayophone, Somvilay; plays Theremin during an ADVENTURE TIME meeting---
Xayophone, Somvilay; wants a pizza with just mint on it. (JAKE THE DOG CHEESE BALL CREDIT:
BLAIR HOBBS)
