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Worlds of ZZT

@worldsofzzt.bsky.social

https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/samspade/?file=SAMSPADE.ZZT&board=0
“Sam Spade Demo” by albino/stampede76 (2001)
[SAMSPADE.ZZT] - “Title screen”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/samspade/

November 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM

Gerald So

@sogerald.bsky.social

Success isn't secured by a big budget and a star who physically matches the character description. #HumphreyBogart was far from six-foot blond Satan #SamSpade. Yes, #AlanRitchson is a closer match for Reacher than Cruise, but Ritchson also gives a compelling performance figure aside.

October 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM

Cee

@ceeceeceeceecee.bsky.social

There was this website called Samspade that showed ip addresses for any website you typed in and we worked out the ip for sites wasn't part of the schools blocklist so the whole internet opened up for us. 🤣

October 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM

🦇☕Basil J (Squee Squoo)☕🦇

@squeesquoo.bsky.social

Me: Aww look! Its the silly goofy little cutie pie guy I love so much!! So cute!! Such a skrunkly!!

Meanwhile, Wilmer in the actual movie:

#wilmercook #elishacookjr #maltesefalcon #themaltesefalcon #samspade #joelcairo #caspergutman #peterlorre #sydneygreenstreet #humphreybogart

October 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM

PopCultureJunkie

@pop-culture-junkie.bsky.social

#BradBird 's new animated film #RayGunn has a #SamSpade-style gumshoe flying his jetpack over the tops of buildings in the futuristic city of #Metropia. #SamRockwell #Netflix #ScarlettJohansson #MovieSky #Animation #TomWaits popculturejunkie.com/trailers/bra...

Brad Bird's Neo-Noir/Futuristic Detective Story Mashup 'Ray Gunn' is Animated, But It's Not for the Kids

Brad Bird's new animated film 'Ray Gunn' has a Sam Spade-style gumshoe flying his jetpack over the tops of buildings in the futuristic city of Metropia.

popculturejunkie.com

September 24, 2026 at 2:48 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#oldtime #radio LINKS TO OLD-TIME RADIO #TheShadow #HopalongCassidy #NeroWolfe #SherlockHolmes #JOURNEYINTOSPACE #SamSpade #PhilipMarlowe #MichaelShayne #science_fiction_stories #CharlieChan #SpacePatrol
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2020/01/otr....

Links to OLD-TIME RADIO

OLD-TIME RADIO Sleep All Night to Space Patrol | Classic Space Radio ☆☆☆ Bulldog Drummond - Death Loops the Loop 03/10/48 (HQ) Old Time Rad...

tom-gillispie.blogspot.com

September 23, 2026 at 7:57 PM

diavolo

@tartinisdream.bsky.social

I read The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett today, which put me in the mood to watch the movie. I've already seen the 1941 version but was today years old when I learned there's more. I made a list that includes spoofs of Sam Spade.

boxd.it/Xa3p6 #filmsky #moviesky #samspade

Sam Spade

Sam (Samuel) Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon.

boxd.it

September 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Henry, Emperor of the Moon 🌙

@henryisreal.bsky.social

Today I learned my favorite book The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammet has entered the public domain.
#booksky #samspade #noirfiction #justiceformilesarcher

January 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM

NewNemo

@drfusel.bsky.social

#SamSpade

July 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM

NewNemo

@drfusel.bsky.social

#DieSpurdesFalken von 1941 mit #HumphryBogart als #SamSpade....der echte #Malteserfalke soll noch im Haus eines #russischen #Generals in #Istanbul sein..... #Film #Klassiker 🎬

July 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM

Madison on the Air

@madisonstandish.bsky.social

Happy #AudioDramaSunday FLASHBACK! "The Maltese Falcon" is Madison's second adventure with Sam Spade. In her first, they REALLY didn't get along... "The Dead Duck Caper" ep. 6 www.madisonontheair.com/samspade06/

#OldTimeRadio #audiofiction #audiodrama #fictionpodcast #madisonontheair #samspade

February 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM

@Loudmouthkid62

@loudmouthkid62.bsky.social

“I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.”
#dashiellhammett #botd
May 27, 1894-
January 10, 1961
#american #crimefiction
#mystery #writer
#hardboiled #detective
#novels #shortstories
#samspade
#nickandnoracharles
#20thcentury
#quote #onwriting
#booksky

Photo of American mystery writer Dashiell Hammett taken in the 1930’s

May 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM

News24/680

@news24-680.bsky.social

Yes, it was that kind of night. We spent much of it looking for Miles Archer... and imagining long-abandoned foghorns moaning in the background. There's just something about a foggy night...

#FoggyNight #SamSpade #WalnutCreek