CURATOR: Geekin' out about science and manic cops

POSTED: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 3:00 PM

â¤ You all know how I feel about Glenn Beck. In my last post — in lieu of his "Philly sucks" comment — I compared him to a dickish Terminator robot sent to irk me. Well, dear reader, there have been developments. As seen above, via Phawker, John DeBellas of WMGK decided to test Beck's latest inappropriate theory that it's likely you'll get mugged if you walk around Independence Hall between 6 and 7 p.m. Before the clock struck six, he halfway stuffed wads of bills it into every pocket he had, making them visible to any potential deviants. And if that wasn't enough, DeBellas left a pricey-looking camera on the street — and there were no takers. Along the way, he asked tourists if they felt safe, and they all responded with a unanimous "yes."This was all a pretty admirable move by DeBellas, but even if Beck notices he'll surely chalk it up to a liberal media hoax organized by communists sent by Satan. â¤ Hopefully Beck doesn't read The Curator because I'm about to do something else that would probably make him angry: get excited about science. The Philadelphia Science Festival doesn't happen till April, but Geekadelphia is right there to tell us about some of the newly announced events for ... kids, I guess. There are, however, a few eye catchers on the list that adults could find fun, like an astronomy night in a series of locations around the city and a Science Day at Citizen's Bank Park where there will be all sorts of family friendly activities exploring the scientific side of baseball. â¤ Julius Harris, a Philly born actor who died in 2004, is getting some love from Philebrity. Upon further IMDB research of Harris' career, it seems Harris was actually in over 70 movies and probably countless more T.V. shows, including the Bond flick Live and Let Die, where he played the freaky villain Tee Hee. Philebrity put out a call of support ... by asking people to request his movies from Netflix. Now, I can't say I'll be queuing his entire catalog, but Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence seems like a winner. After some research (again, IMDB) it seems Harris doesn't have a huge role, playing a character called Houngan, who's involved in the resurrection of the aforementioned maniac cop, who may be a zombie. I'm not saying it'll be great, but this might be the first and last time you ever get to support local talent by witnessing early '90s occult law enforcement.

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