Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

The 5 Deadliest Players in Tecmo Super Bowl

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

One of my favorite Twitter accounts to follow is @AKAtheMaskedMan. The man behind the mask is David Shoemaker, a writer for Grantland and Deadspin. His columns have become ‘must read’ for me, as he writes about professional wrestling in a way I’ve never experienced before. If I had jumped off the pro wrestling ship a […]

UnderScoopFire Best of 2011 List

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

You’re sophisticated. This list needs no introduction, so let’s get right to it. These are our favorite things about 2011: The Miz – One of the hardest working people in the history of professional wrestling. No one is out there promoting the brand and the business in creative ways more than he is. He deserves […]

UnderScoopFIRE Podcast #17 – American Horror Story

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Questions and answers need each other. Like Peter Parker and Norman Osborn, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, one is simply not as compelling without the other. We all want that payoff. Were all of your American Horror Story questions answered? In this episode: we discuss the first season of FX’s American Horror Story. Was it […]

Five of the Oddest Phobias

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Phobias are irrational by definition, so tagging them with the adjective ‘odd’ can be a bit of overkill. The purpose of this post is not to ridicule or ostracize, but to educate and explore. We all like to explore things we don’t understand, right? Anatidaephobia – The Fear That You are Being Watched by a […]

UnderScoopFIRE Podcast #14 – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Merry Christmas! Shitter was full! – an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) gets his wish for a big family Christmas. When his wife Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) worries that it might not be quite as perfect as he imagines, he says, […]

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Parody Song – “These are a Few of My Favorite Things”

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation -The Christmas Song (Sung to the tune of “My Favorite Things”) Rednecks in pickups, and carols are sung “Dad, did you bring a saw?” and Audrey’s frozen tongue. “Clark, we’re stuck under a truck.” it’s okay Ellen, just be sure to duck. Wally World moose mugs full of eggnog, puking under […]

Merry Christmas and May All Your Dreams Come True!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Merry Christmas from  all of us at UnderScoopFire! We hope you plan to eat a ton, drink (in moderation of course), and spend time with your loved ones. Most of all, we hope you have as much fun as these kids did on Christmas 1985. {USS Flagg-style!} Thanks for a great 2011 – looking forward […]

Take our 3 Pack of Christmas Podcasts on your Holiday Travels!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Traveling for the holidays? Whether you are driving, flying, taking the train, or saddling up on the ol’ Tauntaun; we have got your festive listening needs covered! Just running some last minute errands and Christmas shopping? Pop us on in the car for some much needed light-hearted fun. The folks at UnderScoopFire have recorded three […]

UnderScoopFIRE Podcast #15 – The 1983 JCPenney Catalog

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Thanks to the fine folks at Plaid Stallions we have the page you see below from the toy section of the 1983 JC Penney catalog.  If you are anywhere close in age to me, the JC Penney catalog was one of the most highly anticipated and visually gratifying annual publications to grace your parents’ coffee table on a yearly […]

How To Increase Google Traffic by 90% in 10 Days

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

It seems like Tim Tebow can do everything. He can work late NFL game miracles for the Denver Broncos, but can he help increase your search engine traffic? If you want him to, sure! I am in no way a web programmer. I started a personal blog this past June and had no idea what […]

The 5 Funniest Tweets of 2011

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Twitter exploded in 2011. In September of 2011, Twitter announced that it had 100 million active users logging in at least once a month and 50 million active users every day. Compare that to 27 million people who used Twitter as of September 2009. Millions upon millions of tweets are sent everyday, so there is […]

Podcast #13 – Thundercats & Shadowlaw Writer Brandon Easton

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Brandon Easton knows a thing or two about patience. He began work on his graphic novel Shadowlaw in 1996. After 15 years of leaving it alone, coming back to it, artist turnover and other obstacles, at long last Shadowlaw was slated for a November 16, 2011 release. That release date has now been moved to […]

How Social Media Has Changed 6PM in America

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

I‘m Ron Burgundy. Stay classy, San Diego.   A line from Will Ferrell’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and a comedic take on the 6PM local news anchor’s trademark nightly sign off. Perhaps the reason this movie played so well to the “children of the 80s” demographic was because most of us grew up […]

UnderScoopFIRE Podcast #ZERO – Reboot!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

The comic book reboot. A marketing tool utilized by major comic book publishers in an attempt to attract new readers and reinvigorate the existing fan base. Wikipedia defines the comic book reboot as follows: The verb reboot, in media dealing with serial fiction, means to discard much or even all previous continuity in the series and start anew with fresh […]

UnderScoopFIRE Podcast #12 – Real Life Superheroes

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Everyone loves a superhero origin story. Whether our eventual hero was bitten by a radioactive spider, struck by lightning, rocketed to earth by his doomed parents, or watched his parents die at the hands of muggers, we yearn to know the entire backstory of our heroic icons. For many of the real life superheroes featured […]

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