A look at Cooter's 25th anniversary celebration

BRBTV was not able to make it to Luray, Virginia, this past weekend for the 25th anniversary celebration of Cooter's Place -- 25 big years since the opening of the first store by Ben ("Cooter Davenport") Jones of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and his wife, Alma. But our friend Brian was there, and he offers these great photos from the event. As you can see, there were plenty of replicas of the show's cars in attendance -- not only the General Lee (and at least one screen-used!) but also Sheriff Rosco's car, Sheriff Little's car, Cooter's tow truck, Daisy's Road Runner, and even a 00 Mustang. So cool. And is that Flash's cousin??? Many thanks, Brian!!!

Photos by Brian Lombard; please do not copy without permission

Terrific non-TV Toys: "Flash Gordon" Pop! Album with Freddie Mercury, Funko, 2022

How is it that these Funko Pop!s keep gravitating toward BRBTV headquarters? They seem to come from far and wide, and we've featured quite a few of them on the two collectible series of the BRBTV channel. For this one, we've got our longtime friend, whom we refer to as the Mysterious Claw Game Avenger Who Shall Remain Nameless, to thank. He knows when he sees something Freddie Mercury or Queen, we've got to have it. So he snagged this one in August 2023 at a Metro Detroit store. This is part of Funko's Pop! Album series, and there are some others out there that you can look up online. There's even another Queen one that looks absolutely awesome, and you'll see a pic of it at the end of this episode.

See the other episodes in the Terrific non-TV Toys series.

Six Feet Under Hollywood: Philip McKeon

When this author first saw the grave image from pal Brian's blog post, I had to wonder, knowing Philip McKeon, of course, from the TV show "Alice" ... did he and his father die at the same time? No, it turns out. His father died a few weeks earlier, and the two were buried together with this grave marker. Interesting. At any rate, you can get the story of McKeon and his career at the Six Feet Under Hollywood blog ...

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Six Feet Under Hollywood: Philip McKeon:   Philip Anthony McKeon was born in Westbury, New York on November 11, 1964.  When he was four years old, his parents took him and his sist...