Mark Twain's Satan

Mark Twain wrote about a Mysterious Stranger -- Satan (nephew to the real Satan) -- whose purpose was to show humanity how worthless and inconsequential it really was. The book was edited after Twain's death from several false-starts at a story; the book isn't great, although this 1985 Claymation adaptation of the story strikes Twain's sentiment home.



Plus it was good old-fashioned nightmare fuel. I saw it when I was quite young; while it didn't terrify me, it did give me a certain insight...

The Real Acme Catalog

Acme is the most amazing company in the world -- they can provide anything at a moment's notice, and they mean anything.

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