CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Are any ghosts watching? We roll in the Spirit Applause-O-Meter to find out. It's Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia. Thanks to KlingonCaptain who wrote, "I just realized that a lot of sitcoms from the days of analogue film probably have a lot of ghost cast members but we just can't see them. Can you imagine what The Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Flying Nun would be like if we could see the spirit cast members?! If only the Sylph Scope was real and we could use it to see ghosts."
"In my opinion, we don't see enough these days of those hilarious 'ten-foot poles' that come from the wings, apparently under their own power, to supply missing props”
We drove 90 minutes to a ruined cemetery, inspired by this passage from the fantastic play The Tenth Man by Paddy Chayefsky. When we passed a hearse and drove behind a truck branded with the word “BEYOND,” we knew we were on the right road.
This video offers a special tip on how to leave an earworm when making an exit (works better on Zoom than it does on GoToWebinar. Meanwhile, let us never forget the general rule: the more secure the sign-in, the more forbidding the banishing.) It's Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia.
Even on days when everything goes wrong, we should be able to savor a gingerbread golem. It's the glitch gremlins episode of Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia. Thanks to the HolyMountaineer who said, "That was the best video I've ever seen." It's Prof. Oddfellow's Penetralia.
Here's a desperate plea for help from horror movie critic Grumpy Andrew, about mysterious playing cards stumbled upon in the wild, and our brutal answer:
