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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Watch Robert Bloch’s “Asylum”.

4 vignettes, inside a surrounding story, set an insane asylum.

Each of the 4. in some way, pays a hidden tribute/homage to a famous SF author or their work.

Bonus, the orderly is Max Reynolds; and at the end, the new doctor arriving is holding a Clark Bar.

One example is the miniature dolls one inmate makes: Bloch at one time stated that he admired how Asimov for the way he was able to “breath life” into his robots.

Another, Ray Bradbury often had a major character wearing an ice cream suit.

I’ll let you guess about the other two.

Bonus bonus: Ray wrote a later movie, “The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit”.


71 posted on 06/21/2026 7:51:54 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Why are there so many more horse's @33es than horses?)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Thanks! :)


108 posted on 06/22/2026 5:45:44 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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