Author: Steve DiMatteo

Some of you out there don’t want to count The Silence of the Lambs as a true horror movie, citing it more as a thriller, a procedural, or a mystery. BUT TOO BAD, WE TALKED ABOUT IT ANYWAY. There isn’t much scarier than Anthony Hopkins’ performance as forensic psychiatrist-turned-cannibal Hannibal Lecter, and the tension of Clarice Starling’s race against time to catch Buffalo Bill, combined with her final showdown with him in his labyrinthine basement, is more than enough horror for most people I’d say. So with that in mind, be sure to check out our Revenge of the ’90s…

Michael J. Fox is, and always will be, Marty McFly, but The Frighteners is a great example of a movie that showcases his non-McFly chops and makes you wonder of a later career that could have been. Directed by Peter Jackson, this 1996 cult favorite features innovative CGI work, Jeffrey Combs doing wonderfully insane stuff, and a great cover of “Don’t Fear the Reaper”! If that doesn’t get you ready for spooky season, I don’t know what will. Join us as we kick off our Revenge of the ’90s Halloween Spooktacular with a special guest, comedian Bill Squire!

I’m happy to report that, after my latest rewatch, I can say with full confidence that Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey remains a most non-heinous early ’90s comedy. In fact, I’d say it’s better than Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in almost every way. Not that the original is bad; this entire series is great all the way through. It’s just that Bogus Journey took a lot of narrative risks when it would have been easy to simply revisit and rehash the first movie’s plot. The sequel’s story is a fun ride, the jokes are better, and the parts are…

You’re a red-blooded man; you know it’s completely out of your control. The female M&M’s, those sultry sirens of the candy world, have once again ensnared you, pulling you in closer and closer until you can no longer escape their grasp and are thus forced to watch graphic pornography that features both of these chocolatey seductresses. And, once again, you have been caught by your wife, who walked in on you fumbling to close the twenty-three tabs you had open, all of which contained a different, very graphic video. You might feel like you’re at rock bottom; after all, you…

Every year on August 4, Twitter lights up and makes “Nolan Ryan” or “Robin Ventura” trend, because on this date in 1993, one of the most infamous baseball fights of all time occurred in Texas. Twenty-seven years ago, 46-year-old Ryan (with the Texas Rangers) beaned Gold Glove third baseman Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox in the arm, which probably didn’t come as much of a surprise, since those were the days when both teams were still in the same division and harbored some bad blood. Ventura thought about going to first for a few seconds, but elected to…

Today it’s the fact that Donald Trump just out of the blue decided that he would throw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game, then backed out of it, with no one around him – the Yankees included – knowing that he was going to do it in the first place, all of which was started because Trump was mad Dr. Anthony Fauci got to throw out a first pitch at a Washington Nationals game. That’s a truly insane story that will make your eyes pop out of your head, but that’s just one in a sea…

I am so jacked up for the Crew Dragon manned launch I could run through a brick wall. For the first time since 2011, we’ll be launching astronauts into space from American soil, and it marks the first time that we’ll ever be doing so from a commercial spacecraft. That’s exciting as hell! But we wouldn’t be at this moment without the history of the space program behind it, including all of its successes and failures. Or “successful failures” like the Apollo 13 mission, which, of course, resulted in one of the best movies of the ’90s. Smack dab in…

Because we can never resist a good doodle, we’re kicking off a new series here at Robot Butt where we interview our growing stable of cartooning contributors. Today, we’re talking with Justin Cannon, who is a real dual threat, having also contributed written pieces to RB: 1. What’s your process for coming up with and drawing your comics? Not sure I claim this as a real process, but I go from stupid thought to rough sketch to showing friends to finished cartoon.  2. What materials do you use to draw (pens, tablet, etc.)? I get most of the way there…

We’ve reached the coveted Sweet 16 of the Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time Tournament. Things are getting tense, matchups are going down to the wire… what excitement awaits us in this next round? Check out the voting below to find out! Sexting Lewd Elves Region The Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time Tournament, Sweet 16 (links in thread)A Letter From Camp by a Homesick Child Who Learned to Speak by Reading Thought Catalog (@ideaslucy)vs.Elf on the Shelf Arrested for Lewd Conduct (@TimThinksThings)— Robot Butt (@thisisrobotbutt) May 6, 2020 The Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time Tournament,…

The first round of The Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time tournament has finished, and the original group of 64 has now been whittled down to 32 (with the eventual winner getting a cool $200). Voting to determine The Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time® will continue to take place on Twitter, but you will always be able to access the matchups here. Now get to it! Sewer Clowns and Pig Dick Region, Round 2 The Greatest Robot Butt Post of All Time Tournament, Round 2 (links in thread)Other Things to Do in Fargo Besides Kidnapping Schemes (@MichaelFerro)vs.…