A Rental Letter Discovered in My Great-Grandfather’s Files

Once a year, these boxes contain a two-dollar birthday check from your grandmother.

Whim contributor Greg Volk digs through the archives of his great-grandfather and discovers his ancestor is an outspoken activist for tenants’ rights. Read, if you will, a letter penned by the Jimmy McMillan of the Jazz Age.

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A Conversation Between Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix – Two Guys Who Died Before Collecting Social Security

Elvis's eventual hip replacement surgery likely would have been covered by Medicare.

Matt Passet, Whim contributor and honorary agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, records a conversation that features two deceased rock legends swapping sweet verbal licks.

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Mr. Smits Goes to Washington

The Supreme Court of the United States

In honor of Election Day and the nascent NBA season, Whim contributor Dan Schecter presents the ballers most likely to take their talents from the hardwood to the halls of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.

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Whimmers and Losers: Halloween Edition

Hotness or monstrous? Whim decides.

WHIMMER

Whimmer

Trick.

LOSER

Loser

Treat.

Treehouse of Terror Inspired Names for New York City Subway Stops

Captain-Jack-O-Lantern-will-get-you-high-tonight

Keeping in the spirit of Halloween week, please read this aloud in the Crypt Keeper’s voice: “This station is Flay Street Boo-rough Hall. The next stop will be Lurch Avenue. Stand clear of the closing doors…if you DARE!”

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A Conversation Between Frankenstein and Dracula – Two of History’s Greatest Monsters

Donald Trumpkin

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to be made out of body parts from vampire corpses, stops terrorizing villagers just long enough to transcribe a special Halloween week conversation. Also, FIRE BAD!

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