Category: Hashtag Games - Dan Fiorella: Writer @ large

Dan Fiorella

#Hashtag, You're It! - Dismal Disney Movies

9/21/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion in their online site.

This week was right up my alley, parodies of Disney films, coming up with Dismal Disney Movies. The first couple came easy, then I pulled up synonyms for dismal and the list of just the animated films and ran with that. Weirdly, I was competing with a lot of people who don't know what a Disney movie is (Popeye? Chance of Meatballs? Hook?). Anyway, I wrote a lot (which can be found here) getting in 4 out of 11. Weekly Humorist published their favorites on the link below:

#DismalDisneyMovies

#Hashtag, You're It! - Fall A Football Team

9/13/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion in their online site.

I'll be honest, I almost didn't participate this week. the subject was Fall a Football Team. I am not a sports guy, don't follow the league, nothing. Plus I was dealing with a household issue, so I was not engaged. Then I figured, "I have to," which doesn't make sense, because I don't. So I called up a list of all the pro football teams to see what I could do with them. The conclusion was "not much." The editors had carved out the most logical ones (and since I neglected to check first, I duped a couple of them). When you have only so many football teams and only so many synonyms for "fall," it makes for a limited pallet. I got a couple of off-beat ones in. Some clever folks did soceer and college teams. Then come the afterthoughts; as I write this, I'm still submitting, long after the game has ended. Anyway, let's see which entries make the cut (and sorry it's such a pop-up ad heavy webpage):

#FallAFootballTeam

#Hashtag, You're It! - Achy 80s Movies

9/7/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion in their online site.

This one required research. I love movies, but can't often tell you what decade they came out in (especially modern movies). I actually had to call up a list of 1980s movies to remind me which they are and to maybe avoid the obvious ones. I usually read all the WH ones, to avoid duping any but I didn't this time and wound up hitting on one or two of theirs, but they still listed "Mississippi Burning Sensation" as mine, so that's cool. So, let's rev up the way-back machine, pop some aspirin and check out:

#Achy80sMovies

#Hashtag, You're It! - Rotten Robots

8/31/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so always jump in. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection.

Actually, this one was tricky. Rotten Robots. Here's the thing, the number of well-know robots is pretty low. I went online to find a list of "Top 100 Robots in Movies" and there were two issues; 1) I hadn't heard of most of these robots. 2) Most of the robots' names were "Robot" which makes coming up with puns really tricky. Naturally, Weekly Humorist posts the most logical ones, so the rest of us have to scramble.

Nonetheless, I managed to get four out of 12 on their website. Not even my favorites. They even picked one I messed up (Gigant-bore, it should have been. Autocorrect made it Gigantic-bore. Luckily I found a gif which explained it) and one I barely liked (Johnny-5-0? What does that even mean? How is it rotten?). You can see all the entries on X (Twitter) and the WK link is below:

#RottenRobots

#Hashtag, You're It! - High Heroes

8/25/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I set my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection.

I got a couple in this week. Not my favorites. One example, I tweeted (yes, I said “tweeted”) James Bong at 11:13. Someone else tweeted it at 11:27, but they listed the second one in their “best of list.” Rigged! On the other hand, they took one of mine (Indiana Jonesing) and made it part of their introduction to the list.

How did they not included Wasted Ventura or Tarzonked? Their judging methods seem very suspect. But, in the end, they included 5 out of my 12 entries. I’ve included their link below, and for more fun, go to Twitter and look up #HighHeroes. Until then, here's a link to the online "best of" site at Weekly Humorist.

#Hashtag, You're It! - Sexy Streaming Services

8/16/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I set my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection. This week's topic was a bit tougher, Sexy Streaming services. I'm sorry, I don't work blue. And when you consider the actual streamers names--ParaMOUNT, Peacock, Britbox, Crave, Smash, U-Next--doing parodies of them seemed redundant. Then WH posts all of theirs which knock off all the obvious one. I sidestepped the those and the crude takes and tried to go for clever. I think I got some solid ones in. You be the judge:

#SexyStreamingServices

#Hashtag, You're It! - Festering Fast Food

8/9/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I set my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection. I got in a good number this week. Not all of my favorites made it to the WH website (No Chafe Shack? Really?) but what are you gonna do?

Check them out at the link below:

#FesteringFastFood

#Hashtag, You're It! - Sore Cereals

8/3/2023

Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I set my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection. So I got two in this week, but I'm declaring it was on a technically; namely the technology failed me. I submitted seven or so items. Twitter told me they were posted. But Twitter was acting funky on my phone; photos and videos weren't displaying. It didn't seem to be updating. I tried closing the app, then reopen it and it would open with the message: "Whoops, you already said that, tweet not sent." Not until later did I close the app and restart my phone. When I re-opened the app I starting getting messages that I just posted several messages. Turns out most of the tweets I send didn't hit until hours later. Very annoying.

It was a tricky hashtag again, with many possible definitions of "sore" to consider. The two that got in were each based on a different version of the word, one an injury and the other a foul mood. I suppose if you want to see my other entries you could go on twitter and hit up the hashtag. Here's the Weekly Humorists link to this week's game:

#SoreCereals

#Hashtag, You're It! - Snotty Snacks

7/27/2023

A humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I set my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and they many times get selection. This week's was tricky, Snotty Snacks. I wound up using the cold and phlegmy definition of snotty, then I realized (thanks to both the thesaurus and a few other entries) I could go with the other definition; snooty, or bratty. I threw one in at the end. Here's the link to this week's game:

#Hashtag, You're It! - Supervillain A Celebrity

7/20/2023

A humor magazine I often submit to but rarely get in runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter, where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my pun zone, so I often play. I've added these Wednesday morning game to my PC calendar to remind me when it is so I can submit a bunch of entries and pretend I'm part of their staff. This week I almost wimped out because it was about supervillains and I was never a big comic book guy. I googled "famous supervillains and did those, then kind of went rouge with the idea of what is a villain, really? Anyway, I got several in this week. Here's the link to this week's game:

#SupervillainACelebrity

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