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-- THE FIRST DECADE --
Crazed Fanboy's Most Memorable Moments, 2000--2009
As submitted by PCR writers, compiled by Chris Woods
CRAZED FANBOY'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
From 2001, Crazed Fanboy and PCR's one year anniversary issue. Also featuring Deadguy's Dementia by Mike Scott where he talks about horror and sci-fi movie news and Terence's Tirade from Terence Nuzum where he talks about his battles at Public Access.

Scum of the Earth
The Defilers
Scream, Blacula, Scream
Sweet Sweetbacks Baadassss Song aka How To Get The Man's Foot Outta Your Ass
Blacula
Horrors of Spider Island
My Bloody Valentine
Laserblast
The Beach Girls
The Car
Chain Gang Women
TOP 10 Weekend Box Office, Friday through Sunday (March 12--14, 2010)
1. "Alice in Wonderland," $62 M
2. "Green Zone," $14.5 M
3. "She's Out Of My League," $9.6 M
4. "Remember Me," $8.2 M
5. "Shutter Island," $8.1 M
6. "Our Family Wedding," $7.6 M
7. "Avatar," $3.7 M
8. "Brooklyn's Finest," $2.2 M
9. "Cop Out," $1.4 M
10. "The Crazies," $1.5 M
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Marcus Koch, March 18, 33 yrs.
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Megacon 2010
Saturday Horrors on USA Network
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A Shift in Focus
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Nolan's Pop Culture Review 2010!
Assistant Editor / Co-moderator: Terence Nuzum
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Established A.D. 2000, March 19. Now in our eleventh calendar year!
Number 521  (Vol. 11, No. 12). This edition is for the week of March 15--21, 2010.

Ten Years Later
The Tenth Anniversary of PCR
Readers' Comments



NOLAN'S POP CULTURE REVIEW CELEBRATES TEN YEARS ON THE WEB THIS WEEK! MARCH 19, 2000--MARCH 19, 2010
POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, TUESDAY MARCH 16, 2010

I've told the story so many times. But here, during the week this online publication actually turns ten years old, I guess it bears repeating.

I secured the domain name of "CrazedFanboy.com" in mid-December 1999, before I even owned a computer. I knew nothing about building websites and very little about the internet itself. Heck, even email was a bit of a mystery.

Other than seeing a bit of WebTV with some close friends, my only "tutoring" up to that point had been by way of Steve Beasley and his brother Adam. They let me mess with their computers and surf the internet just long enough to get a feel for what all the fuss regarding computers and viewing websites was all about. For about two weeks, I surfed quite a bit, entering into the browser every URL I'd ever memorized from radio, TV shows, and magazines. I liked it a lot.

Then one magic day, Steve whipped up what in retrospect was likely an MS Word document, made up to look like a website homepage...with "Crazed Fanboy" at the top. NOW I got it! My vision started to coalesce. I used Adam's computer to purchase the domain Crazed Fanboy (the name came out of nowhere, really, I might've seen the term in a comics fanzine caption or something). All this was in November-December '99.

By February of 2000, I was on AOL with my own computer. The first "The World of Nolan, Friends and Family Homepage" debuted on or about February 15th, using the AOL web-building tool called Easy Designer. It was hosted on AOL Hometown that, sadly, is no longer in existence.

By March I started fooling around with the idea of an online magazine. I always loved fan magazines and thought it would be a natural progression to do a magazine-like website, but I never thought it would go any further than some crude experiments for a few weeks while I got the hang of it. Nolan's Newsstand was born right about March 19th (the date reverse-engineered from server timestamps of the day) with Mike Smith (The Rant) and Matt Drinnenberg (The Rail) already onboard. By issue number 16 we had become Nolan's Pop Culture Review. PCR (as it's known for short) became permanently hosted on Crazed Fanboy by 2003. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Of course, I didn't go the next ten years alone. The contributions of the wonderfully talented people who helped me build this website are housed in the Archives forever. To those who were there at the beginning (Mr. Smith), or near the beginning (Mssrs. Moriaty and Nuzum), and are still here today, I am especially indebted. ED Tucker, Lisa Scherer, Chris Woods, and Jason Fetters, the latter-day saints of Crazed Fanboy, have helped forge an even stronger homebase for you, the loyal reader, to continue your explorations of fandom and popular culture.

Chris Woods' weekly PCR Memorable Moments at top left of this section should help illustrate to new readers some of our best issues. For long-time readers, it'll be a re-visit to favorite stories. There's a lot of good stuff in there.

Thanks, everyone. Here's to the next ten years!



Readers' Comments

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Terence [18-03-2010 04:44] 
R.I.P. Alex Chilton (Box Tops, Big Star)
Steve [17-03-2010 21:57] 
SCUM OF THE EARTH? Is that the George W. Bush biopic?
Chris Woods [17-03-2010 17:53] 
New Schlock Review posted: SCUM OF THE EARTH
Chris Woods [17-03-2010 17:22] 
Jason and ED - Glad you guys liked the article. USA had some great shows and movies back in the day. It was a good time.

Nolan - Thanks for the mention in the 10th anniversary write up and the mention of memorable moments.
Steve [17-03-2010 17:18] 
By the way, that fake website I whipped up was a PowerPoint presentation.


I had no idea you were taking it so seriously back then! Amazing!
Andy [17-03-2010 15:20] 
Congratulations, Nolan. I check back on this site multiple times each week and I'm never disappointed.
matthew [17-03-2010 07:18] 
Nolan: Congrats in the grandest scale regarding CrazedFanboy. I'm not really suprised we reached this point as it was just a matter of time. The gifts you've shown in life are transparent in this publication, which continues to keep it fresh, fun and informative. Quite simply: You rule.


ED [17-03-2010 05:38] 
Chris - great write up on the often overlooked early years of the USA cable network. Most people today do not realize that their actually was a time when that channel did not suck. I loved Commander USA and often watched Saturday Nightmares and Night Flight. Night Flight seemed to specialize in public domain films while the Groovy Movies owned the Independant International catalog and all theMexican vampire and wrestling films I had never seen before. It was a good time to be a Fanboy.

Jason - you will have to introduce me to the Tampa Crazy Buffet some time. I am still bummed about the one in Orlando.
Steve Beasley [17-03-2010 04:40] 
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO NOLAN, PCR, WRITERS AND READERS!

WHAT SAY WE GO FOR 10 MORE YEARS!
Steve Beasley [17-03-2010 04:38]  
Just call me Dr. Frankenstein!
Jason Fetters [17-03-2010 02:36]  
Chris-Great article!! I fondly remember Commander USA. I do have Ray Bradbury's Theater on DVD.
Ed-That is a shame about Crazy Buffet. There is one in Tampa that I believe is still open.
Michael [16-03-2010 21:21] 
Wholly decade lost, Batman! 10 Years??? A very happy anniversary to Nolan, T, Wil, ED, Matt, Lisa, Chris, Jason and anybody else who EVER had ANYTHING to do with this fine publication. Am I still on probation or can I start getting paid now? :-)
Chris Woods [16-03-2010 19:48] 
Happy 10th Anniversary Crazed Fanboy!
pdizzy [16-03-2010 18:17] 
Nolan good on ya and the PCR crew on 10 years. I always check PCR and ALWAYS find something fun and interesting to read. Here's indeed to another decade of greatness!!!
William Moriaty [16-03-2010 15:30] 
Happy First Decade PCR!

Nolan: What a major life achievement and incredible labor of love.!

Not once over the span of this publication's first ten years went by without its being refreshed week after week, month after month, and year after year. I think fondly of all of the great columns and its writers, and all of the world, national and local events captured and now a permanent time capsule of the lives of its contributors and readers.

Through all the challenges it has faced - - illness and injury to its editor and contributors; proposed and failed insurrections; visceral and malicious attacks on the Message Board and Letter Column; a lousy economy; PCR has weathered it all and still manages to produce a quality weekly review of the world of popular culture.

I am proud to have been a part of the PCR story and look forward to many more such years ahead!
ED [16-03-2010 13:59] 
Oh, and first to wish the PCR a happy 10th anniversary!
ED [16-03-2010 13:11] 
First!
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