Category Archives: Movies

First post of 2026

Posted on January 6, 2026 by AverageAndy

Hope everybody out there had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope you had the opportunity to spend some time with family and friends and reflect (good or bad) on 2025. Now it’s time to put 2025 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, Books, Elon Musk, Football, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Job Searching, Lehigh, Lehigh University, Mark Burnett, Mark Cuban, Movies, Mr. Beast, Music, NY Giants, NY Mets, Reality Shows, Sports, Survivor, Television | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2025 by AverageAndy

Wishing everybody out there a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you find the time to gather with family and friends and celebrate the past year. I will be heading out to meet some friends for my annual Night Before Thanksgiving Get-together. Been … Continue reading →

Posted in All Her Fault, Announcement, Boston Rob, Dalton Ross, DMV, Food, Friends, Holiday Weekend, IT: Welcome to Derry, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, John Cochran, Lehigh, Lehigh University, Mark Burnett, Now You See Me, Now You Don't, Ozzy Lusth, Parvati Shallow, Reality Shows, Sports, Starbucks, Stephen King, Survivor, The Beast In Me, The Lazarus Project | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mountain Hawk Football

Posted on November 6, 2025 by AverageAndy

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are now ranked 4th in the FCS Standings after beating Georgetown 42 – 0 last weekend at Murray H Goodman Stadium. I actually took the drive out to the game. (I’m about 45 min from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Klein, Aubry Bracco, Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Baseball, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, Boston Rob, Christian Hubicki, Christine Hofbeck, Cirie Fields, Dalton Ross, Drew Basile, Football, Gremlins, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, John Cochran, Jonny Fairplay, Lehigh, Lehigh University, NY Giants, NY Mets, Ozzy Lusth, Parvati Shallow, Reality Shows, Richard Hatch, Sports, Survivor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Random Thoughts for a Friday

Posted on August 22, 2025 by AverageAndy

A little late, but sad to see that Terrence Stamp passed away last week. I remember him as General Zod in the original Superman and Superman 2. He also played Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The Mets … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Race, Baseball, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, Big Brother, Boston Rob, Card Collecting, Dalton Ross, Deal or No Deal Island, Football, Friends, Fun and Games, Holiday Weekend, Iron Maiden, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Job Searching, Julie Chen Moonves, Led Zeppelin, Lehigh, Lehigh University, Media, Movies, Mr. Beast, Music, NY Giants, NY Mets, Phil Keoghan, Queen, Reality Shows, Sports, Star Wars, Star Wars, Superman, Superman II, Survivor, The Charismatic Voice, The Institute, The Snake, The Traitors, Twisted Sister, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, YouTube | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Quick Update – More to come in the next few days

Posted on August 11, 2025 by AverageAndy

Sad to see that Jeffrey Louis Starr (Engelberg) (1964 – 2025) passed away at the young age of 61. He played Mike Engelberg in the second and third Bad News Films (The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and The Bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Race, Bad News Bears Go to Japan, Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Reality Shows | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Whats been on my mind the past few weeks

Posted on June 10, 2025 by AverageAndy

Where does the time go? I just logged in and see I haven’t written anything since May 29th. Going to try and catch up with things and let you know what’s been on my mind Still looking for a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Andor, Baseball, Books, Dalton Ross, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Job Searching, Judas Priest, LOST, M*A*S*H, Mark Burnett, Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, NY Mets, Reality Shows, Sports, Starbucks, Stephen King, Survivor, Survivor (band), Television, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead: Dead City, Your Friends and Neighbors | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Norm…. (RIP George Wendt), plus Survivor 48 Finale tonight

Posted on May 21, 2025 by AverageAndy

Very sad to see that George Wendt passed away. A fine actor best known for his role of Norm Peterson on the classic show “Cheers“. Cheers was a huge show al through my years at Lehigh. Back then, there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Klein, Cheers, Christian Hubicki, Christine Hofbeck, Dalton Ross, Drew Basile, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, John Cochran, Jonny Fairplay, Kellyn Bechtold, Mark Burnett, Mike Gabler, Mission Impossible, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning, Movies, Non-Sports Cards, Parvati Shallow, Rob Cesternino, Sports, Survivor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Hunger Games (Sunrise on the Reaping) and other thoughts for mid May 2025

Posted on May 13, 2025 by AverageAndy

I just finished reading “Sunrise on the Reaping”, the 5th book in the Hunger Games universe (The 2nd prequel after the original trilogy). I have really enjoyed all of Suzanne Collins Hunger Games books, and this one did not disappoint. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Klein, Amazing Race, Andor, Baseball, Big Brother, Boston Red Sox, Christian Hubicki, Dalton Ross, Drew Basile, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Jonny Fairplay, Judas Priest, Kellyn Bechtold, Marillion, Mark Burnett, Mike Gabler, NY Mets, Parvati Shallow, Phil Keoghan, Pittsburgh Pirates, Reality Shows, Revenge of the Sith, Rob Cesternino, Sneakers, Sports, Survivor, Suzanne Collins - Sunrise on The Reaping, Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We should celebrate things more often

Posted on April 16, 2025 by AverageAndy

One Monday, six women (Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Kerianne Flynn, Aisha Bowe, and Amanda Nguyen) blasted off on Blue Origin’s New Shepard space rocket for an 11-minute trip into space. Blue Origin is Jeff Bezos’s company, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in 9-1-1, Amazing Race, Baseball, Black Mirror, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Eurythmics, Extinction, Jeff Probst, Jesse Tannenbaum, Job Searching, Jonny Fairplay, Kellyn Bechtold, Marillion, Movies, Music, NY Mets, Phil Keoghan, Police, Reality Shows, Rob Cesternino, Savatage, Sports, Star Trek, Survivor, The Last of Us | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VIP Val Kilmer

Posted on April 3, 2025 by AverageAndy

I was very sad to see that the great actor Val Kilmer passed away at the age of 65. He starred in a slew of great films in the 1980s (Top Gun, Real Genius, Top Gun) and 1990s (The Doors, … Continue reading →

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