* BeamMeUpScotty: The Curmudgeon's wearables include a blue-collar hat named "No cents, no fence." In the actual ''Rex Morgan, M.D.'' comic this phrase comes from, however, it appeared as "No fence, no cents."
* ColbertBump: Josh reviews many well known comics, though he also reviews [[note]]Depending on where you live, and what kind of newspapers you subscribe to or have grown up with [[/note]] very obscure comics. Not to mention a lot of the fanbase that enjoys mocking ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'', ''ComicStrip/Apartment3G'', and ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'' first discovered them through this blog.
* PromotedFanboy: Josh's constant riffing on newspaper ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' got him invited to appear in the Rifftrax commentary track for ''Film/SpiderMan2''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Josh has written a novel, ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Enthusiast-Josh-Fruhlinger/dp/1936561352 The Enthusiast]]'', about a guerilla marketer who secretly advertises her clients' products by pretending to be a member of niche groups of enthusiasts. One of those groups is dedicated to making fun of a decades-old soap opera comic strip.
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