I'm a long time fan of MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000), possibly having something to do with my never finding anything to do on a weekend that was more amusing than watching bad movies with comedians/robot puppets talking back to the screen. Also I have long loved really cheesy movies, especially ones with humans stomping around in monster suits.

 

It's in progress at the moment, but there's still time to catch the

 

MST3K Turkey Day Marathon 2013, hosted by Joel!

 

That's the website link - or  you can go to the YouTube link.

 

Yes, I've been glued to this since I remembered that the Macy's Day Parade never shows enough floats and that I prefer the Rose Parade, yet forget that every single year.

 

And if you don't have time to watch that, here's my favorite 30 seconds of Gamera doing gymnastics. (Er, not like I know of any other footage of Gamera doing gymnastics.)

 

 

Well, this is in part from Dave Barry, so it has some good humor and just plain zany descriptions and situations that you know just had to come from him. Like smerk, and Blackberries exploding, crazy Star Wars fans as a subplot, etc.

Essentially, Toby and his two best friends Micah and Tamara, as well as Fester the frog, learn that their fellow middle school students are cheating in the science fair and when they try to catch them, they learn that there is something even more serious and a great deal more nefarious going on. Their attempts to alert those in authority to the great danger facing America only leads them to all be suspended from school, grounded and arrested by the FBI. Can they save America? Can they even save themselves from the touristers? Or Fester from the giant Mentos? It was a very fun read, with the possibility of more to come.