June 6, 2026 will mark my 300th and final evening as the host of Saturday Streams.
It’s been an incredibly difficult decision to make—one I’ve flirted with multiple times over the last few years—but it does, ultimately, feel like the right one. I’ve experienced both an increasing burnout and an increasing need to focus on more local community and relationship building, especially given the current political climate, and I think the Saturday-night crowd deserves someone who's all in.
That someone is Deb (@from-aldebaran), who has enthusiastically attended almost every stream since they became a weekly fixture in March 2020. She has so much respect for Saturday-night traditions, and she’ll also bring new ideas to the table. We’ve already done a successful trial run, and I'll of course be around to help with the transition as necessary (though I have full confidence she'll handle it just fine!). And I'll still pop in here and there to hang out!
As always, @glassprism continues to make streams possible by regularly sharing her video library, and we wouldn’t be able to do it without her! There are so many individuals I'd love to thank, really, but it would take too long and I'd inevitably forget someone. So just assume that if you're reading this, I'm so grateful for you.
It’s hard for me to talk about, but it's incredibly emotional to step away from a role that has come to feel like it’s intrinsically a part of me (but is also much, much bigger than me). I didn’t expect to host as long as I have, or to have gained so many friendships and meetups and experiences as a result, and I’m forever grateful for those opportunities.
The fact that so many phans have passed through the streams and continue to do so after all this time is a testament to how important these gathering spaces are. I’ve been reading a lot about community building lately, and the most important thing any one person can do is show up. So thank you for showing up, every week, after all of this time, and thanks in advance for continuing to show up just as enthusiastically for Deb.
I'm usually pretty decisive about what to stream, but this one eluded me for weeks. How do you cap off 300 nights of shared memories and shenanigans and collective suffering? You can't. Not meaningfully, anyway. What you CAN do is have a party and watch the most ridiculous option possible.
Stolleboot is a brilliantly seamless edit by @cowardtranslation that stars beloved jack of all trades JEREMY STOLLE as the Phantom, JEREMY STOLLE as Raoul, JEREMY STOLLE as Passarino, and JEREMY STOLLE as Piangi.
As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.
Remember to follow @from-aldebaran for stream posts going forward!
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Saturday, May 30, 2026 • 9 p.m. EST: Uwe Kröger, Beatrix Reiterer & Lucius Wolter (Essen 2006)
Yeah...we're overdue for a viewing. This performance is wildly entertaining thanks to the unique acting choices of an otherwise very talented performer, and Beatrix is a favorite Christine, and...I'm...you just have to see it. It is best experienced as a group. Also, Grapeman (Bacchus) is there.
As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.
Saturday, May 23, 2026 • 9 p.m. EST: Jake Lyle, Amy Manford & Jarrod Draper (Sydney Harbour 2026)
LET'S GOOOO
(Also, my stream retirement post is here if you missed it.)
As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 • 9 p.m. EST: The Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
Phantom of the Mall is one of the best adaptations to watch with a group and the only adaptation with '90s comedy actor Pauly Shore in its cast. When comparing it with other versions, the Los Angeles Times wrote that this one, “with the Phantom turned into a burned, vengeful teen prowling the air-tunnels of a posh suburban shopping mall—is, hands down, the most inept, pointless, puerile and inane.“
Please note that the film is rated R. It’s a horror movie in a loose sense of the word, in that it contains deaths by escalator and toilet snake.
As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.
Thiago Arancam, Giulia Nadruz & Fred Silveira (São Paulo 2019)
Check out the better notes located here from @marumotto
Stream notes dedicated to @greenstripedca
You know it's gonna be good when @wheel-of-fish starts us off with this:
@from-aldebaran: He is handsome, I'll give him that, in a Madame Tussaud kind of way
TheEggSaysTune: is his talent being passive?
Mirror Entrance:
- @or-what-you-will: phantom of the reverb
- @dimmedghosts: he is the director of a public school
- @after-perfect: The voice echoing through the train station telling you absolutely nothing about which platform you should be on
- @ravens-repine: Drive thru ass voice
- @warpweight: he's giving TTC garbled stop speaker. he's giving fucked up fast food drive through speaker
Title Song:
whatyouwill: he's giving "my mom made me do the school play"
warpweight: the petulant 14 year old pissed off that he got a big role in the play because he's like "i want to go play FIFAAAA this is GAY"
@wismoth: ist giving "yes i can hit notes for technical reasons but I fuckin hate that I'm here so I'll do it but no one's gonna like it"
paper_faces: is he gonna… move? whatyouwill: paper_faces no
@kyannnite: his physicality is giving Less Than Nothing
dimmedghosts: hes the guy that didnt do anything for the group project except say thanks at the end
wismoth: not even a modicum of hand
@almostemilyy: she's doing remarkably well at making chemistry with white bread
Ravens_Reproach: Broken Disney animatronic
almostemily: how is he giving NEGATIVE hand
kyannite: LACKLUSTER CAPE SWISH
warpweight: "THIS IS MY MATTRESS ON THE FLOOR I WANNA HAVE SEX ON OR WHATEVER. FUCK THIS"
kyannite: i half expect to look up and he has sweatpants and jordans on
wismoth: hes giving "I sprayeda lil axe in here to make it smell good. sorry."
MOTN:
Ravens_Reproach: He's giving me Death of a Salesman and I want to be the Salesman
dimmedghosts: he looks like a halloween decoration on sale
mysticaldesign: no because why does he literally look like he's from one of the high school productions on youtube where you're like "wow he's talented for a 14 year old just a bit awkward"
@marumotto: only portcullis without a standing ovation
leeringsatyrs: He's so uninvested
wheel-of-fish: ok that was hand I guess lit-ari-ture: Nice hand?
after-perfect: Had to go get my laundry; I didn't miss Thiago having an Actual Emotion, did I?
His stupid little walk after Christine faints:
@litloverscorsetlaces: It's giving bare minimum lol.
@stephistopheles: "THERE SHE FUCKING GOES."
warpweight: WHAT CAN YA DO
after-perfect: That is a man who has done this scene 20 000 times and is Over It
motelpearl: honk shoo honk shoo
almostemily: I don't even want to see him crawl. he's negative sexy.
@lizzie-boredom: Some phantoms would have vape flavors named after them. This guy has a flavor of Robitussin
I Remember/STYDI:
warpweight: if he had heelys hed just be sliiiiidin on by
@haunted-hideaway: This phantom is the guy who decorates his room with an air mattress, a tv that sits on the box it came in and a camping chair. bam. doine.
Mask Removal Reactions (so bad we watched it twice):
Lizzie_Boredom: Amazing he didn't bother to catch her when she fainted. Because she's sure af carrying this whole show. Drum kick.
mysticaldesign: (worms slowly over)
TheEggSaysTuneAGAIN: 30 minutes later
wismoth: this crawl doesn't even work on me (<--- that's crazy coming from moth)
opera-ghost: yesss whatever rhythm you want king
warpweight: it's like his whole body has dentist mouth freezing
-Aldebaran-: Come we must slowly and blandly return
@flora-gray: That was such an "Eh, never mind"
Buquet/Notes:
Flora-Gray: Finally, someone with some rizz: Joseph Buquet
wheel-of-fish: his notes are written on the back of a napkin
warpweight: his dull ass Sent from my iPad ass emails
kyannite: this erik owns a radioshack and then gets really into crypto when it goes under
@mirrorbride: sent from my LG smart fridge
Stephistopheles: Even if the performance falls flat, the chat never does
dimmedghosts: this phantom bought NFTs
kyannite: this phantom uses yahoo lets be real
almostemily: hotmail? more like hotmale. not thiago tho
haunted-hideaway: This phantom is still using Alta Vista
Lizzie_Boredom: This phantom loves 2 1/2 men
dimmedghosts: yknow what this phantom LOVES using ai to "compose" music
Lizzie_Boredom: AskJeeves
@motelpearl: he reminds me of these dreams i have where im trying to walk but my legs just move torturously slow
Stephistopheles: He has less charisma than the hat stand
maroogaly: you can almost hear that at one time he might have given the vaguest of fucks. A lacroix of fucks, if you will
kyannite: thiago has less energy than the little robot dogs they used to sell to kids in the 2010s
Il Muto:
warpweight: it's like he's an insect trapped in tree sap. but instead of
opera-ghost: he lingers like a head cold
lit-ari-ture: Is it wild that I'm already wondering what next week's stream will be? GlassPrism: But I have 5 other boots of him!
after-perfect: Thiago marathon would be a great insomnia cure
whatyouwill: return of the reverb
paper_faces: guys im not gonna lie im actually really bored i didnt know it was possible to feel this way about this production dimmedghosts: same Rachel almostemily: I am bored too lol, chat is fun tho
mysticaldesign: i blame thiago. i imagine he sucks out the energy from everyone else, vampire style
GlassPrism: Thiago is proof that a person can have negative energy
-Aldebaran-: Phantom of the Meh
opera-ghost: ha ha. this amuses me. ah ha
justsilence: the laugh……… that's how my students laugh when i try to tell a joke in class
Stephistopheles: Ah. Ah ha ha. Ha. Haha.
@carlottadefender: I kind of feel bad for the filmer. imagine going to all the trouble to record a whole boot and your phantom has about as much substance as wonderbread
Lizzie_Boredom: \o/ or whatever
AIAOY:
paper_faces: omfg am i finally gonna feel an emotion
GlassPrism: See this is a boot where you're guaranteed to appreciate Raoul
lit-ari-ture: Is the first time I'm rooting for Raoul?
Ravens_Reproach: You don't understand Raoul. He's so boring, I can't go back!
mysticaldesign: the darkness she's so scared of is the black void that is thiago's charisma
kyannite: i gave you my boredom…
-Aldebaran-: And in this labyrinth where night is bland
kyannite: she's everything… thiago's not even ken
lit-ari-ture: "Those pleading eyes that both threatened and were bored."
-Aldebaran-: Meanwhile Thiago is asleep in the angel
carlottadefender: It's a little funny that Thiago throwing a temper tantrum and getting his alternate fired is more in character as the Phantom than anything he's done on stage
warpweight: maybe we'll get lucky and he'll fall
dimmedghosts: thiago is probably vaping behind the angel
opera-ghost: he's up there tweeting about how he's the first phantom that ever had a harness in the angel
lit-ari-ture: Just give us a decent kiss and we're with you Raoul
opera-ghost: i wish he'd do a line lowkey like maybe he'd give us something
motelpearl: hes doing every downer simultaneously
lit-ari-ture: Order your fine horses, please save me from the bore
Reprise:
wheel-of-fish: the spotlight comes on and he's on his phone
warpweight: i gave you my nothing…. made your none take winggggg
justsilence: he's just like standing man emoji-ing his way through this my god
@backlitmademoiselle: this is some ben crawford without some og fans in the audience energy :(((
whatyouwill: he's not growling at them he's growling because he's annoyed he has to be on stage again
Intermission Courtesy of @opera-ghost: Link
wheel-of-fish: oh wow, who all is taking notes paper_faces: @fish youll find out at the end
Back to Strim:
@mirrorbride: why does this stream feel like its at least 90000 years long
@phaptomoftheopera: I’m so scared thinking about how uncunty his red death is gonna be
lit-ari-ture: Deflated codpiece
phaptomoftheopera: anti cunt
Flora-Gray: "Why isn't he sexy" -Aldebaran-: Flora lol "I paid for sexy"
-Aldebaran-: The Red Rash
warpweight: he's like cold leftover rice noodles. oatmeal dried into cement on the bowl. mouthful of flour. PLAIN rice noodles to be clear bc reading that back i was like oh fuck i could fuck those up
Ravens_Reproach: "I'm so glad that boring guy in the walls is gone!"
opera-ghost: sauceless
-Aldebaran-: Society exiled him because he was so dull
Ravens_Reproach: He had a heart that could hold the world but he decided he didn't wanna motelpearl: he had a heart that could hold gary indiana
-Aldebaran-: Even the mannequins on the stairs are asleep
wheel-of-fish: he looks like he's uncomfortable in the costume and trying to adjust
backlitmademoiselle: once in a while he growls & it does not make up for anything else but at least he growls for a sec
warpweight: he's like…. he comes to work one day like "i forgot my nonslips!" and all day you're like It could be today. It could all be over today
after-perfect: Not only did we not miss you, we'd kinda forgotten you existed TBH
Stephistopheles: Ha ha ha ha
Ravens_Reproach: He's actually been here the whole time, he was just too boring to notice
Notes II:
lit-ari-ture: Last person awake by the end of the stream gets to choose the next one? lol opera-ghost: ari im staying up till 6am so we can stream ted keegan God Bles
Stephistopheles: "Per my last email"
@motelpearl: i had a terrible coworker who stormed out on the last day & said "this is overrated. im going to move to alberta and work at tim hortons" & that is thiagos energy
Stephistopheles: He's giving office manager the week before his retirement
kyannite: this is how i sound replying to my student's 20 emails about something thats in the first paragraph of the syllabus
Ravens_Reproach: giving I'm calling about your opera's extended warranty energy
dimmedghostss: this rik is a landlord
Stephistopheles: He's a telemarketer
Ravens_Reproach: crash out, girl. you deserve it.
Stephistopheles: "Don't make me be on stage with him again"
warpweight: he's representation for people who don't want to come in to work today
motelpearl: i cant even make seepage jokes cause hes so dry
Wishing and onwards idk it was hard to pay attention:
GlassPrism: I mean do we want this Phantom to be daddying?
Stephistopheles: I don't want him to be anything lol
opera-ghost: this phantom is like creepy uncle-ing
warpweight: far from my slumbering gaze……
opera-ghost: team ten feet pole
dimmedghostss: how does she have the energy to perform when her coworker is an actual demon from hell
wheel-of-fish: this is such a good one-woman show
lit-ari-ture: Wandering child so lost, so helpless. Yearning for my blandness.
opera-ghost: opens his coat and asks her if she wants to buy a watch
GlassPrism: Amazing how he sounds bored even here
warpweight: EH SOUNDS LIKE CARTOON FRANKENSTEIN
after-perfect: Tossing fireballs like the kid in back of the class flicking spitballs
wheel-of-fish: no buts haunted-hideaway: I like that fish neither uses her powers for good or evil. she uses them for butts.
Ravens_Reproach: His acting is butt
warpweight: he moves like. if you were real busy in animation school and did not have time to think out a homework assignment before starting it, so you just kind of make a character wobble around and hope it looks like there's some reasons behind why they're doing any motion they are doing
Ravens_Reproach: Mom, come get me. I'm not having fun anymore.
-Aldebaran-: Thiago is a rite of passage….the passage of time
PONR/Final Lair/I Don't Care:
motelpearl: i am NOT ovulating
paper_faces: oh he is on stage now
dimmedghostss: this guy doesnt know where the clit is
Ravens_Reproach: He's given me menopause
warpweight: LIKE HES LIKE "EW I TOUCHED HER"
TheEggSaysTuneAGAIN: chastity belt and all
lit-ari-ture: Doing the absolute least
warpweight: he's gonna sit on this bench like he's at a bus stop i just know it
whatyouwill: imagine her and swm
backlitmademoiselle: she's me against every straight guy i've ever had to workshop a scene with
-Aldebaran-: Thought he was making an acting choice with the shaking hands, but that was just the camera
opera-ghost: yeah why does his body have erectile dysfunction
[THE WORST MASK REMOVAL IVE EVER SEEN - he looks bored then walks off
looks behind him, arms kinda flinging but with no direction, then half ass grabs her]
warpweight: he had to take a call
after-perfect: Oh no, I've been exposed as the Phantom. Oh no.
warpweight: literally he ison the phone with his car insurance rn like "you have the wrong number"
Ravens_Reproach: Love me or something…
haunted-hideaway: I love how we keep backing up to the most egregious parts instead of the best parts with this boot.
warpweight: FROM BIRTH TO DEATH IT'S JUST A SHRUG
GlassPrism: There's some weird pauses and silence here
-Aldebaran-: Down once more to the dungeon of my mild annoyance
wheel-of-fish: I think he briefly forgot he was performing
lit-ari-ture: We're almost done everyone!
kyannite: oh man you saw my face again. thats supposed to upset me i guess
kyannite: 10 more minutes. only 10 more minutes
lit-ari-ture: He really does sound so constipated sometimes
warpweight: honk shoo ass performance. snork mimimi ass
carlottadefender: the raised voice was maybe a tiny bit of something. first time in recorded history
after-perfect: What's there to rescue her from, Thiago can't be bothered to do anything to her
Ravens_Reproach: Lust does not exist in this man
TheEggSaysTuneAGAIN: salt and peper is too much spice for this guyy
motelpearl: omg he reminds me of how my stepmom puts so much oil on potatoes but no seasoning & undercooks him so theyre like hards and oily and flavourless
warpweight: this face… which earned…. a mother's shrug and nothing
wheel-of-fish: barb looking sassy back there
Ravens_Reproach: it's in your lack of soul that the true distortion lies
justsilence: your haunted face holds no horror for me now it's in your soul where the true blandness lies…
Stephistopheles: Lol He's boring himself
GlassPrism: You can actually feel the energy being drained from the other actors
whatyouwill: dont kiss him christine
GlassPrism: I feel like Thiago thinks pointing is all one needs to do to be acting
wheel-of-fish: point and raarr
Ravens_Reproach: Girl gave everything, he gave limp fish
hamster-: i always love seeing people be disappointed in thiago for the first time
-Aldebaran-: The mob was going to storm the lair but they lost interest
warpweight: HES LIKE "GOOD NOW I CAN GET SOME WORK DONE. FINALLY"
after-perfect: And now he will sit down, cover himself with his cloak, and bore himself to death
dimmedghostss: he doesnt compose warp, he uses AI
carlottadefender: this is about to give "christine I tolerate you"
motelpearl: now he can get back to organizing his greige paint samples
opera-ghost: christine i dont have adverse feelings tooooowardssss youuuu
warpweight: christine i forget
TheEggSaysTuneAGAIN: chirstine please leave
Ravens_Reproach: Christine you're oooooooohhhhhhkaaaaaayyyyyy
Stephistopheles: "Christine, please don't contact me again"
lit-ari-ture: "Christine, I'm boooooored of you"
kyannite: christine i am neutral towards you. RAARH
opera-ghost: christine venmo request $27 wheel-of-fish: I love the idea that she's back there venmoing from the boat
Flora-Gray: omg i forgot i was watching this lmaoooo. Just finished getting ready for bed and was like What's that soun--- oh
paper_faces: as your local OSHA compliance officer, i can confirm that this performance is OSHA approved.
GlassPrism: Did we all enjoy!
lit-ari-ture: Ok I want to forget this again. It shouldn't be hard.
-Aldebaran-: Thank you so much, FIsh and Celina…you had to watch it too
Attempted to fill in for the lovely @greenstripedcat <3 Apologies in advance for the incorrect tags/names!
ACT I:
Hannibal:
@Stephistopheles: I really don't know when I became such a Carlotta simp lol
-Aldebaran-: `I can think of two reasons Steph
after-perfect: RIP Carlotta you would've loved reporting your employer to OSHA three times a week
@opera-ghost: i would be gentle as a lamb and she could do whatever she wanted with me
On Elephant Shenanigans:
AngelofMusicals87614: I got to imagine at some point in the 40 years Phantom has been around, they had to have done more than just Drink inside that Elephant
-Aldebaran-: Wine Elephant vs Cards Elephant is the new Far Reaching vs Fathering
@warpweight: they are exploring each other's bodies in the elephant
Freckle Meg is in this boot! (and Raoul was 47(!) per Celina)
@wheel-of-fish: OH I FORGOT ABOUT FRECKLE MEG
@or-what-you-will: FRECKLE MEG
backlitmademoiselle: freckle meg :)))))
@forestscribe4: this boot is freckle meg?! she's so beautiful
Mirror Scene / Title Song / MotN:
whatyouwill: he's giving "my mom made me do the school play"
kyannite: come through the mirror is u want 2 i guess. or dont idc
almostemily: how is he giving NEGATIVE hand
Ravens_Reproach: He's giving me Death of a Salesman and I want to be the Salesman
-Aldebaran-: She faints not because the Bride is a mannequin but because she realizes Thiago is
After First Lair:
lit-ari-ture: Since when are we ever EXCITED for the office scenes?
kyannite: never thought i would look forward to buquet
@flora-gray: Finally, someone with some rizz: Joseph Buquet
During Il Muto:
wheel-of-fish: he reminds me of the energy vampire in what we do in the shadows
@litloverscorsetlaces: Was Thiago at least a good colleague?
GlassPrism: He got his own alternate fired
Brazil would show what cast you were getting when you bought tickets So everyone started buying the days the alternate was on He noticed
On the Roof / AIAOY:
Ravens_Reproach: You don't understand Raoul. He's so boring, I can't go back!
Lizzie_Boredom: "I gave you my mind blandly"
Aldebaran-: And in this labyrinth where night is bland
lit-ari-ture: Order your fine horses, please save me from the bore
Intermission:
courtesy of @opera-ghost (and it SLAPS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTm4NXtU514&t=3s
dimmedghosts: ok reading some brazilian reviews and apparently thiago broke a bone in one of the shows, he shouldve fuckinf died instead
Flora-Gray: do you think when he broke that bone he went RARRRRR
opera-ghost: do we know which bone he broke and how
Ravens_Reproach: It was his acting bone
lit-ari-ture: We know he did NOT break a leg
ACT II:
CARNIVALLLL! (Masquerade)
phaptomoftheopera: I’m so scared thinking about how uncunty his red death is gonna be
lit-ari-ture: Deflated codpiece
after-perfect: The red mild illness
Flora-Gray: "Why isn't he sexy"
-Aldebaran-: Society exiled him because he was so dull
motelpearl: he had a heart that could hold gary indiana
NOTES II:
motelpearl: i had a terrible coworker who stormed out on the last day & said "this is overrated. im going to move to alberta and work at tim hortons" & that is thiagos energy
Stephistopheles: He's giving office manager the week before his retirement
Ravens_Reproach: giving I'm calling about your opera's extended warranty energy
warpweight: crazy that when you are acting you can make choices and those choices change how the audience perceives your character and the story that character is in
HUGE if true
-Aldebaran-: Warp he had to say "clever friend" and he hates to lie
Wishing:
kyannite: she is carrying the love triangle like atlas
-Aldebaran-: Okay now here is the payoff, some actual caring and emotional and wonderful talent
Ravens_Reproach: Could the boot just be this scene
TheEggSaysTuneAGAIN: all that work and then nothing the next scene
(My connection started getting funky here unfortunately and missed the rest - Thiago killed my internet and I am seeking financial compensation)
Point of No Return:
warpweight: don't want to say i've been forced to this point by thiago because that makes it sound like i would reject a piangi in any other situation when that is just untrue. he is a baddie. but usually i'm busy politely coverign the foam in my mouth with one hand because of the Basement Tenant so
backlitmademoiselle: she's audrey hepburn against almost every leading man of her career
Unfortunately this is where things cut out, and I had to face the reality of watching this stream alone and I was too weak, but I believe a few others were also taking notes! @paper-faces
Saturday, May 9, 2026 • 9 p.m. EST: Thiago Arancam, Giulia Nadruz & Fred Silveira (São Paulo 2019)
It's been so long since I streamed this cast that I'm just going to repeat my summary from last time: In protecting you all from Thiago, I've also robbed you of a basis for comparison when we talk about actors Trying vs. Not Trying. And while I try not to disparage actors, Thiago seemed like he genuinely Did Not Care (i.e., had the emotional range of a potato), and it makes for a unique viewing experience.
That said, the Christines in São Paulo were EXCELLENT. Giulia is one of my all-time favorites!
As always, stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.
