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Robert Anton Wilson Wilson and Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy to become TV series Gareth Branwyn

game shows "Um, Actually," there is a game show of nerd pwnage Gareth Branwyn

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music Air-horn version of a-ha's 'Take on Me' Rusty Blazenhoff

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Food EveryDayCook – A welcome evolution from what Alton Brown did with Good Eats JP LeRoux

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