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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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Monstrously Delicious: An Oral History of Monster Cereals

For 50 years, these spooky cereals have haunted your breakfast aisle, creating a fanbase unlike any other. This is the story of where they came from, how they took off and what they meant to the world

The Designers Who Made David Pumpkins’ Suit So Scary Good

The co-founder of OppoSuits tells us how they came up with Tom Hanks’ infamous gourd aesthetic on ‘SNL’

Three Squid Fisherman on Whether the Sport is Anything Like ‘Squid Game’ the Show

‘Squid Game’ is a TV show about squid fishing, right?

An Oral History of ‘Счастливы вместе,’ the Russian Remake of ‘Married… with Children’

The Delicious Mystery of Exactly How Many Pringles Are in a Can

I Tried to Take Down the Pizza Stone. Then It Taught Me About Myself

How Eeyore Became the Patron Saint of the Depressed

Three Meteorologists on the Exact Temperature of ‘Chilly’

Is Sunny D Orange Juice?

Bad Taste: How the Once Popular Fast-Food Sunroom Became Obsolete

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Calzone?

Tony Sirico’s Commercial Acting, Ranked from ‘Plausibly Sane’ to ‘Totally Fucking Walnuts’