
Brian VanHooker
Brian VanHooker is a staff writer at MEL specializing in pop culture, food (especially pizza) and long form oral histories. He is the co-creator of the comic book "Barnum & Elwood" and "The Tramp," a comedy pilot starring John O'Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called "Turtle Tracks" and was once called a "Good Guy" by Mr. T.
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An Oral History of How the Movie ‘WarGames’ Inspired Ronald Reagan’s Cybersecurity Policies
From the movie’s writers to the people who were in the room with Reagan when he watched it, here’s why you can thank Matthew Broderick for the lack of accidental nuclear wars
All 275 Episodes of ‘Cheers’ Are the Perfect Quarantine Binge
If anyone knows what it’s like to spend far too much time in the same location, it’s the gang from Cheers
Three Skydivers Weigh In on D.B. Cooper
Could you really jump from an airplane in loafers and no helmet, in the middle of the night, in a rainstorm, and survive?