My Summer Lair
@mysummerlair.bsky.social
My Summer Lair with affable host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith.
Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith.
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Rec:
Carrie is the deepest cut #StephenKing adaptation maybe ever. It offers viewers the "kindred spirit" of the Overlook Hotel with a Loser who could easily belong to Derry's IT club.
Don't get Carrie'd away: telekinetic trauma is coming for Chamberlain.
Carrie is the deepest cut #StephenKing adaptation maybe ever. It offers viewers the "kindred spirit" of the Overlook Hotel with a Loser who could easily belong to Derry's IT club.
Don't get Carrie'd away: telekinetic trauma is coming for Chamberlain.
September 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Rec:
Carrie is the deepest cut #StephenKing adaptation maybe ever. It offers viewers the "kindred spirit" of the Overlook Hotel with a Loser who could easily belong to Derry's IT club.
Don't get Carrie'd away: telekinetic trauma is coming for Chamberlain.
Carrie is the deepest cut #StephenKing adaptation maybe ever. It offers viewers the "kindred spirit" of the Overlook Hotel with a Loser who could easily belong to Derry's IT club.
Don't get Carrie'd away: telekinetic trauma is coming for Chamberlain.
You can review TV Recommendations until you're Blue In The Face. #SetTheVCR may be written by a Slow Horse but it's just as wild as The Stern Show. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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#SetTheVCR: September 14-20, 2026
You can review TV Recommendations until you're Blue In The Face. #SetTheVCR may be written by a Slow Horse but it's just as wild as The Stern Show.
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September 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You can review TV Recommendations until you're Blue In The Face. #SetTheVCR may be written by a Slow Horse but it's just as wild as The Stern Show. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
You can only become famous.
You can't become unfamous.
Fall outta popularity?
Get cancelled by morons?
Still famous.
You can become infamous.
Welcome Chris Rock's #MistyGreen to @tiff_net.
You can only become famous.
You can't become unfamous.
Fall outta popularity?
Get cancelled by morons?
Still famous.
You can become infamous.
Welcome Chris Rock's #MistyGreen to @tiff_net.
September 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
You can only become famous.
You can't become unfamous.
Fall outta popularity?
Get cancelled by morons?
Still famous.
You can become infamous.
Welcome Chris Rock's #MistyGreen to @tiff_net.
You can only become famous.
You can't become unfamous.
Fall outta popularity?
Get cancelled by morons?
Still famous.
You can become infamous.
Welcome Chris Rock's #MistyGreen to @tiff_net.
Did you sea this photo from last year's #TIFF with moi & Matt Walsh?
It was post-#LittleLorraine: a Canadian sea-based something's strange is in the water caper. Now streaming on @cravecanada.
Meanwhile, #TIFF26 is offering Below, another Canadian sea-based something strange is in the water. 🌊
It was post-#LittleLorraine: a Canadian sea-based something's strange is in the water caper. Now streaming on @cravecanada.
Meanwhile, #TIFF26 is offering Below, another Canadian sea-based something strange is in the water. 🌊
September 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
21 years of #Supernatural means:
👻 Too many demons to exorcise
🚗 Too many miles on Baby
🧙 Too many spells from Rowena
💔 And never enough pie
Celebrate #SPN21 with this Ruth Connell interview because family don’t end with blood.
👻 Too many demons to exorcise
🚗 Too many miles on Baby
🧙 Too many spells from Rowena
💔 And never enough pie
Celebrate #SPN21 with this Ruth Connell interview because family don’t end with blood.
September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
21 years of #Supernatural means:
👻 Too many demons to exorcise
🚗 Too many miles on Baby
🧙 Too many spells from Rowena
💔 And never enough pie
Celebrate #SPN21 with this Ruth Connell interview because family don’t end with blood.
👻 Too many demons to exorcise
🚗 Too many miles on Baby
🧙 Too many spells from Rowena
💔 And never enough pie
Celebrate #SPN21 with this Ruth Connell interview because family don’t end with blood.
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation
Sean Menard's third doc in his "Heritage Minute Trilogy."
So far: 299 Queen Street West (a lost MuchMusic doc) and The Carter Effect (#Raptors basketball).
And now? Cue... #TerryFox.
Sean Menard's third doc in his "Heritage Minute Trilogy."
So far: 299 Queen Street West (a lost MuchMusic doc) and The Carter Effect (#Raptors basketball).
And now? Cue... #TerryFox.
September 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation
Sean Menard's third doc in his "Heritage Minute Trilogy."
So far: 299 Queen Street West (a lost MuchMusic doc) and The Carter Effect (#Raptors basketball).
And now? Cue... #TerryFox.
Sean Menard's third doc in his "Heritage Minute Trilogy."
So far: 299 Queen Street West (a lost MuchMusic doc) and The Carter Effect (#Raptors basketball).
And now? Cue... #TerryFox.
🥊 Back in March, I technically met Apollo Creed before #TIFF26.
This is @tdotsteph, aka Carl Weathers in #IPlayRocky, the bio-drama about the making of Rocky... @tiff_net is hosting its world premiere.
Thankfully, he didn't treat me like just another bum from the neighbourhood.
This is @tdotsteph, aka Carl Weathers in #IPlayRocky, the bio-drama about the making of Rocky... @tiff_net is hosting its world premiere.
Thankfully, he didn't treat me like just another bum from the neighbourhood.
September 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
🥊 Back in March, I technically met Apollo Creed before #TIFF26.
This is @tdotsteph, aka Carl Weathers in #IPlayRocky, the bio-drama about the making of Rocky... @tiff_net is hosting its world premiere.
Thankfully, he didn't treat me like just another bum from the neighbourhood.
This is @tdotsteph, aka Carl Weathers in #IPlayRocky, the bio-drama about the making of Rocky... @tiff_net is hosting its world premiere.
Thankfully, he didn't treat me like just another bum from the neighbourhood.
#TIFF26 can be risky; you just gotta daredevil jump into strange movies and hope ya make it to the other side.
But @tiff_net is also about meeting cool celebrities!
And I've already met one of the bright stars of #TheStuntDriver:
The Canadian General Lee. 🏎️
But @tiff_net is also about meeting cool celebrities!
And I've already met one of the bright stars of #TheStuntDriver:
The Canadian General Lee. 🏎️
September 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#TIFF26 can be risky; you just gotta daredevil jump into strange movies and hope ya make it to the other side.
But @tiff_net is also about meeting cool celebrities!
And I've already met one of the bright stars of #TheStuntDriver:
The Canadian General Lee. 🏎️
But @tiff_net is also about meeting cool celebrities!
And I've already met one of the bright stars of #TheStuntDriver:
The Canadian General Lee. 🏎️
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Sung Kang always brought more depth to Han than Fast & Furious probably required.
In Fast Han was always comfort eating.
In Drifter he seems to be emotionally...drifting.
In life there is no GPS, especially if you’re a Drifter…
Sung Kang always brought more depth to Han than Fast & Furious probably required.
In Fast Han was always comfort eating.
In Drifter he seems to be emotionally...drifting.
In life there is no GPS, especially if you’re a Drifter…
September 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Sung Kang always brought more depth to Han than Fast & Furious probably required.
In Fast Han was always comfort eating.
In Drifter he seems to be emotionally...drifting.
In life there is no GPS, especially if you’re a Drifter…
Sung Kang always brought more depth to Han than Fast & Furious probably required.
In Fast Han was always comfort eating.
In Drifter he seems to be emotionally...drifting.
In life there is no GPS, especially if you’re a Drifter…
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: Thrilled #TIFF picked up Duncan Jones' #RogueTrooper, an outlandish animated adaptation of the 2000 AD comic strip. Cooler than Cameron's Avatar! 🚀
September 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: Thrilled #TIFF picked up Duncan Jones' #RogueTrooper, an outlandish animated adaptation of the 2000 AD comic strip. Cooler than Cameron's Avatar! 🚀
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: What's the perfect murder for Patricia Highsmith's final Tom Ripley story? Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Anton Corbijn bring it to life! 🎥
September 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: What's the perfect murder for Patricia Highsmith's final Tom Ripley story? Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Anton Corbijn bring it to life! 🎥
🎧 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: A @realkidkoala DJ SET!
Last year at TIFF #KidKoala dropped #SpaceCadet.
This year he’s dropping beats:
🗓️ Sept 10 (Tonight!)
📍 Red Carpet Stage
📍 Yorkville Ave & Bellair St
⏰ 9:30 PM
🎟️ FREE!
If you're wandering around TIFF like a Space Cadet, may as well follow the music.
Last year at TIFF #KidKoala dropped #SpaceCadet.
This year he’s dropping beats:
🗓️ Sept 10 (Tonight!)
📍 Red Carpet Stage
📍 Yorkville Ave & Bellair St
⏰ 9:30 PM
🎟️ FREE!
If you're wandering around TIFF like a Space Cadet, may as well follow the music.
September 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🎧 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy: A @realkidkoala DJ SET!
Last year at TIFF #KidKoala dropped #SpaceCadet.
This year he’s dropping beats:
🗓️ Sept 10 (Tonight!)
📍 Red Carpet Stage
📍 Yorkville Ave & Bellair St
⏰ 9:30 PM
🎟️ FREE!
If you're wandering around TIFF like a Space Cadet, may as well follow the music.
Last year at TIFF #KidKoala dropped #SpaceCadet.
This year he’s dropping beats:
🗓️ Sept 10 (Tonight!)
📍 Red Carpet Stage
📍 Yorkville Ave & Bellair St
⏰ 9:30 PM
🎟️ FREE!
If you're wandering around TIFF like a Space Cadet, may as well follow the music.
If you have a Hole in your schedule head to the @agotoronto if you enjoy Smashing Pumpkins.
Camera + Access = a Soundgarden of Melissa Auf der Maur's ’90s rock photographs.
This is #GrungeFlannelWorthy… 📸🤘
Camera + Access = a Soundgarden of Melissa Auf der Maur's ’90s rock photographs.
This is #GrungeFlannelWorthy… 📸🤘
September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If you have a Hole in your schedule head to the @agotoronto if you enjoy Smashing Pumpkins.
Camera + Access = a Soundgarden of Melissa Auf der Maur's ’90s rock photographs.
This is #GrungeFlannelWorthy… 📸🤘
Camera + Access = a Soundgarden of Melissa Auf der Maur's ’90s rock photographs.
This is #GrungeFlannelWorthy… 📸🤘
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Some people write books.
#EdwardSaid wrote books that changed how we think about the...Multiverse?!
What I Am Not Your Negro did for James Baldwin; I expect for Edward Said and his writing with this doc.
Some people write books.
#EdwardSaid wrote books that changed how we think about the...Multiverse?!
What I Am Not Your Negro did for James Baldwin; I expect for Edward Said and his writing with this doc.
September 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Some people write books.
#EdwardSaid wrote books that changed how we think about the...Multiverse?!
What I Am Not Your Negro did for James Baldwin; I expect for Edward Said and his writing with this doc.
Some people write books.
#EdwardSaid wrote books that changed how we think about the...Multiverse?!
What I Am Not Your Negro did for James Baldwin; I expect for Edward Said and his writing with this doc.
60 Years…
60 Years of beaming down to strange and often hostile planets.
60 Years of transporter accidents.
60 Years of Best Captain Debates.
60 Years of the Swedish-sounding Borg consuming all individuality.
60 Years of watching Red Shirts foolishly perish.
#StarTrek60
60 Years of beaming down to strange and often hostile planets.
60 Years of transporter accidents.
60 Years of Best Captain Debates.
60 Years of the Swedish-sounding Borg consuming all individuality.
60 Years of watching Red Shirts foolishly perish.
#StarTrek60
September 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
60 Years…
60 Years of beaming down to strange and often hostile planets.
60 Years of transporter accidents.
60 Years of Best Captain Debates.
60 Years of the Swedish-sounding Borg consuming all individuality.
60 Years of watching Red Shirts foolishly perish.
#StarTrek60
60 Years of beaming down to strange and often hostile planets.
60 Years of transporter accidents.
60 Years of Best Captain Debates.
60 Years of the Swedish-sounding Borg consuming all individuality.
60 Years of watching Red Shirts foolishly perish.
#StarTrek60
“For crying out loud, it’s just a TV show! Look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job...into a colossal waste of time!”
~ #WilliamShatner
Celebrate Shatner on #StarTrekDay. His doc, You Can Call Me Bill is special.
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~ #WilliamShatner
Celebrate Shatner on #StarTrekDay. His doc, You Can Call Me Bill is special.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/alex...
September 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“For crying out loud, it’s just a TV show! Look at the way you’re dressed! You’ve turned an enjoyable little job...into a colossal waste of time!”
~ #WilliamShatner
Celebrate Shatner on #StarTrekDay. His doc, You Can Call Me Bill is special.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/alex...
~ #WilliamShatner
Celebrate Shatner on #StarTrekDay. His doc, You Can Call Me Bill is special.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/alex...
Do bland TV Recommendations make you say Dang! Well, I Pity The Fool that doesn't read #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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#SetTheVCR: September 07-13, 2026
Do bland TV Recommendations make you say Dang! Well, I Pity The Fool that doesn't read #SetTheVCR.
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September 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Do bland TV Recommendations make you say Dang! Well, I Pity The Fool that doesn't read #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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We all have Mad Love for Batman: The Animated Series...well unless you have a Heart of Ice.
If you want a Second Chance to enjoy the Shadow of the Bat pick up this book by @thedanieldockery as It's Judgement Day and this POV is out now. #NewBookSmell
If you want a Second Chance to enjoy the Shadow of the Bat pick up this book by @thedanieldockery as It's Judgement Day and this POV is out now. #NewBookSmell
September 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
We all have Mad Love for Batman: The Animated Series...well unless you have a Heart of Ice.
If you want a Second Chance to enjoy the Shadow of the Bat pick up this book by @thedanieldockery as It's Judgement Day and this POV is out now. #NewBookSmell
If you want a Second Chance to enjoy the Shadow of the Bat pick up this book by @thedanieldockery as It's Judgement Day and this POV is out now. #NewBookSmell
Recommendations will suggest a Scary Movie. Which is just #SetTheVCR fun. Welcome to a place where you'll never say Mayday. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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#SetTheVCR: August 31 - September 06, 2026
In the hunt for an American Classic some TV Recommendations will suggest a Scary Movie. Which is just #SetTheVCR fun. Welcome to a place where you'll never say Mayday.
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August 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Recommendations will suggest a Scary Movie. Which is just #SetTheVCR fun. Welcome to a place where you'll never say Mayday. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️
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“Hold it, Wyatt. I know female stats.Anything bigger than a handful, you're risking a sprained thumb!”
I got Weird Science…d at the Audible booth at @fanexpocanada.bsky.social. And I didn’t have to wear a bra on my head. That’s how far Science has progressed.
Rather fitting on #FrankensteinDay.
I got Weird Science…d at the Audible booth at @fanexpocanada.bsky.social. And I didn’t have to wear a bra on my head. That’s how far Science has progressed.
Rather fitting on #FrankensteinDay.
August 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“Hold it, Wyatt. I know female stats.Anything bigger than a handful, you're risking a sprained thumb!”
I got Weird Science…d at the Audible booth at @fanexpocanada.bsky.social. And I didn’t have to wear a bra on my head. That’s how far Science has progressed.
Rather fitting on #FrankensteinDay.
I got Weird Science…d at the Audible booth at @fanexpocanada.bsky.social. And I didn’t have to wear a bra on my head. That’s how far Science has progressed.
Rather fitting on #FrankensteinDay.
Rock & Rule is 40!
Celebrate the cult animated musical sci-fan film (whew!) with a special 40th reunion #PantsWorthy panel ft: producer @michaelhirshanimation.
And yes, this Rockin' @fanexpocanada panel Rules bc it incl a screening!
🕑 Saturday, August 29 — 2pm
📍 Room 713AB
Celebrate the cult animated musical sci-fan film (whew!) with a special 40th reunion #PantsWorthy panel ft: producer @michaelhirshanimation.
And yes, this Rockin' @fanexpocanada panel Rules bc it incl a screening!
🕑 Saturday, August 29 — 2pm
📍 Room 713AB
August 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Rock & Rule is 40!
Celebrate the cult animated musical sci-fan film (whew!) with a special 40th reunion #PantsWorthy panel ft: producer @michaelhirshanimation.
And yes, this Rockin' @fanexpocanada panel Rules bc it incl a screening!
🕑 Saturday, August 29 — 2pm
📍 Room 713AB
Celebrate the cult animated musical sci-fan film (whew!) with a special 40th reunion #PantsWorthy panel ft: producer @michaelhirshanimation.
And yes, this Rockin' @fanexpocanada panel Rules bc it incl a screening!
🕑 Saturday, August 29 — 2pm
📍 Room 713AB
🎙️ Before #JeffLemire rolls at @fanexpocanada he visited #MSL.
With #BlackHammer celebrating its 10th; it's time for his memoir: 10,000 Ink Stains.
Lemire’s graphic storytelling carves a profound emotional path straight to the reader. A moving #FridayFlashback.
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With #BlackHammer celebrating its 10th; it's time for his memoir: 10,000 Ink Stains.
Lemire’s graphic storytelling carves a profound emotional path straight to the reader. A moving #FridayFlashback.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/jeff...
My Summer Lair featuring Jeff Lemire (10,000 Ink Stains)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to comic book creator Jeff Lemire about his memoir 10,000 Ink Stains, published by Dark Horse Comics.
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August 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
🎙️ Before #JeffLemire rolls at @fanexpocanada he visited #MSL.
With #BlackHammer celebrating its 10th; it's time for his memoir: 10,000 Ink Stains.
Lemire’s graphic storytelling carves a profound emotional path straight to the reader. A moving #FridayFlashback.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/jeff...
With #BlackHammer celebrating its 10th; it's time for his memoir: 10,000 Ink Stains.
Lemire’s graphic storytelling carves a profound emotional path straight to the reader. A moving #FridayFlashback.
mysummerlair.com/podcast/jeff...
The Absolute Universe of... #JeffLemire.
The Of Two Worlds writer joins DC's Absolute Universe panel at @fanexpocanada.
Your tour guide for this #DCComics #PantsWorthy panel is @thecaptainjkirk so it should be a Flash of Friday Fun.
🕚 Friday, August 28 — 11am
📍 Room 701
The Of Two Worlds writer joins DC's Absolute Universe panel at @fanexpocanada.
Your tour guide for this #DCComics #PantsWorthy panel is @thecaptainjkirk so it should be a Flash of Friday Fun.
🕚 Friday, August 28 — 11am
📍 Room 701
August 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Absolute Universe of... #JeffLemire.
The Of Two Worlds writer joins DC's Absolute Universe panel at @fanexpocanada.
Your tour guide for this #DCComics #PantsWorthy panel is @thecaptainjkirk so it should be a Flash of Friday Fun.
🕚 Friday, August 28 — 11am
📍 Room 701
The Of Two Worlds writer joins DC's Absolute Universe panel at @fanexpocanada.
Your tour guide for this #DCComics #PantsWorthy panel is @thecaptainjkirk so it should be a Flash of Friday Fun.
🕚 Friday, August 28 — 11am
📍 Room 701
He's called Cyclops because he has no peripheral vision. Dude's ruby quartz visor is useless; I couldn't see anything though em.
It was darker than the Dark Phoenix Saga...
@fanexpocanada.bsky.social Day 1 in the books. #FANEXPOCanada2026
It was darker than the Dark Phoenix Saga...
@fanexpocanada.bsky.social Day 1 in the books. #FANEXPOCanada2026
August 28, 2026 at 12:19 AM
He's called Cyclops because he has no peripheral vision. Dude's ruby quartz visor is useless; I couldn't see anything though em.
It was darker than the Dark Phoenix Saga...
@fanexpocanada.bsky.social Day 1 in the books. #FANEXPOCanada2026
It was darker than the Dark Phoenix Saga...
@fanexpocanada.bsky.social Day 1 in the books. #FANEXPOCanada2026