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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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In Honor of Bob Saget, I Tried to Count Every Nut Shot in ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’

No man made such agony as funny — and popular — as the longtime ‘AFHV’ host

The Story of Scrotie, the Dick-and-Balls Hockey Mascot That Could

In addition to being created by the FREAKING FOUNDER OF AIRBNB, Scrotie completely revitalized the Rhode Island School of Design’s miserable hockey team and gave fans something big to root for

Why Do We Always Say We’d ‘Give Our Left Nut’? What’s So Special About the Right One?

A team of urologists, a language expert and a guy who actually gave up his left nut investigate the lopsided expression