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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called How to Fix It, where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. His videos are also hosted on RTGomerProductions and on Website/ManicExpression.

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This makes). The show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but with the occasional storyline, although they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing.have taken a short hiatus since Summer of 2015. He also has a show called How to Fix It, where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv t.v shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. His videos are also hosted on RTGomerProductions Website/RTGomerProductions and on Website/ManicExpression.
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* {{Trekkie}}: He is a Star Trek fan and has reviewed 4 Star Trek books, although one of them was "Before Dishonor" He also did a Top 10 TNG episodes in early 2014.

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* {{Trekkie}}: He is a Star Trek fan and has reviewed 4 eight Star Trek books, although one of them was "Before Dishonor" He also did a Top 10 TNG episodes in early 2014.2014 and a review of Star Trek: Voyager in mid-2015.

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* Retraux: His review of Death Wish in 2015 had the beginning open with a remake of a scene from the original video that Michael had at one point filmed, but deleted and scrapped when he decided to abandon the review, shot to appear like it had been recorded in 2012 when the original review was supposed to happen.

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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: His review of Death Wish in 2015 had the beginning open with a remake of a scene from the original video that Michael had at one point filmed, but deleted and scrapped when he decided to abandon the review, shot to appear like it had been recorded in 2012 when the original review was supposed to happen.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Michael attempts this in both parts of Before Dishonor, the first time bailing at the end, but returning at the start of Part 2 because of Internet Reviewer Law holding him to finishing, and then tries using a loophole in the laws to escape, but is not allowed to.
** He also tries to do this in his review of Literature/AnneofGreenGables as a callback to his April Fool's Day review of that year, trying to do another Cinema Snob parody, but relents and does the review anyway.
* SharpDressedMan: His review outfit on both his shows feature a button-down shirt, sweater vest and bowtie.
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* Retraux: His review of Death Wish in 2015 had the beginning open with a remake of a scene from the original video that Michael had at one point filmed, but deleted and scrapped when he decided to abandon the review, shot to appear like it had been recorded in 2012 when the original review was supposed to happen.
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* HalloweenEpisode: For 2012 and 2013 he looked at Goosebumps books.

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* HalloweenEpisode: For 2012 and 2013 and 2014 he looked at Goosebumps books.books. For 2015, he looked at The Call of Cthulhu.
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* CasualTimeTravel: Michael's future self tends to use time travel to travel back in order to barge in on reviews of HG Wells novels.


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* ResetButton: In the Literature/DonQuixote review, Michael tricks his future self into reviewing the book, as he hadn't finished it in the present, but at the end, Future!Michael ended up destroying the letter that Michael left for himself to find in the future, leading to the timeline changing and the review ends with Michael apologizing for not being able to review Don Quixote.

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* {{Actually Pretty Funny}}: Spock's response to Worf's question of how to avoid a Vulcan Nerve Pinch being, "Don't let a Vulcan near your neck", from Before Dishonor, which Mike hated, but admitted it had some good humor.
** Michael originally hated "{{Anne of Green Gables}}" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.
* {{Alternate Universe Fic}}: The special ''The Road Not Taken'' involves Mike recieving a {{Portal Book}} from Mikesano, and shows him what his life would be like if he hadn't started reviewing.

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* {{Actually Pretty Funny}}: ActuallyPrettyFunny:
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Spock's response to Worf's question of how to avoid a Vulcan Nerve Pinch being, "Don't let a Vulcan near your neck", from Before Dishonor, which Mike hated, but admitted it had some good humor.
** Michael originally hated "{{Anne of Green Gables}}" ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.
* {{Alternate Universe Fic}}: AlternateUniverseFic: The special ''The Road Not Taken'' involves Mike recieving a {{Portal Book}} {{portal book}} from Mikesano, and shows him what his life would be like if he hadn't started reviewing.



* {{April Fools Day}}: Did nothing for his first one, but for his second, took a page of out Linkara's book and reviewed an Italian Star Wars rip off under as The Cinema Snob.

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* {{April Fools Day}}: AprilFoolsDay:
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Did nothing for his first one, but for his second, took a page of out Linkara's book and reviewed an Italian Star Wars rip off under as The Cinema Snob.



* {{Badass Bookworm}}
* {{Bound and Gagged}}: In his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" review he was tied up by his cybernetically enhanced Mirror Universe Counterpart. Mike then proceeded to insist that he had to be ripping of Mechakara, which caused his mirror self to literally throw the book at him. (And it was a blatant Linkara rip off)
* {{Halloween Episode}}: For 2012 and 2013 he looked at Goosebumps books.
* {{Lost Episode}}: The Death Wish review. Michael planned to review the Charles Bronson film after watching it and finding that it was loosely based on a book. But, he found that editing a movie review was harder than it looked, and gave up after a month of attempting it.
* {{Magic-Powered Pseudoscience}}: While Mike and his foes & allies alike utilize {{Fantastic Science}}, the good guys tend to use a mixture of both.
* {{My Future Self and Me}}: In his review of HG Well's "The Time Machine" his future self showed up to ensure that he reviewed the book.
** He also reappeared in his review of HG Wells' "War of the Worlds"

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* {{Badass Bookworm}}
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* {{Bound and Gagged}}: BoundAndGagged: In his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" review he was tied up by his cybernetically enhanced Mirror Universe Counterpart. Mike then proceeded to insist that he had to be ripping of Mechakara, which caused his mirror self to literally throw the book at him. (And it was a blatant Linkara rip off)
* {{Halloween Episode}}: HalloweenEpisode: For 2012 and 2013 he looked at Goosebumps books.
* {{Lost Episode}}: LostEpisode: The Death Wish review. Michael planned to review the Charles Bronson film after watching it and finding that it was loosely based on a book. But, he found that editing a movie review was harder than it looked, and gave up after a month of attempting it.
* {{Magic-Powered Pseudoscience}}: MagicPoweredPseudoscience: While Mike and his foes & allies alike utilize {{Fantastic Science}}, {{fantastic science}}, the good guys tend to use a mixture of both.
* {{My Future Self and Me}}: MyFutureSelfAndMe:
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In his review of HG Well's "The Time Machine" his future self showed up to ensure that he reviewed the book.
** He
book, also reappeared in his review of HG Wells' "War of the Worlds"



* {{Real Song Theme Tune}}: The one from Television/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy, in fact!
* {{Running Gag}}: He has a running gag of saying "NOT THAT ONE" when two things with the same name show up. (For example, Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye and the Family Guy character named Holden Caulfield)
* {{Shout Out}}: An accidental one on Michael's part as when he started using the sign-off of, "See you next time", he was unaware that it was also the sign off of [[ReadingRainbow another book related show]].

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* {{Real Song Theme Tune}}: RealSongThemeTune: The one from Television/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy, ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', in fact!
* {{Running Gag}}: RunningGag: He has a running gag of saying "NOT THAT ONE" when two things with the same name show up. (For example, Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye and the Family Guy character named Holden Caulfield)
* {{Shout Out}}: ShoutOut: An accidental one on Michael's part as when he started using the sign-off of, "See you next time", he was unaware that it was also the sign off of [[ReadingRainbow [[Series/ReadingRainbow another book related show]].

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** Michael originally hated "{{Anne of Green Gables}}" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.



** Michael originally hated "{{Anne of Green Gables}}" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.


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*{{Shout Out}}: An accidental one on Michael's part as when he started using the sign-off of, "See you next time", he was unaware that it was also the sign off of [[ReadingRainbow another book related show]].

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** Michael originally hated "Anne of Green Gables" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.

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* {{Alternate Universe Fic}}: The special ''The Road Not Taken'' involves Mike recieving a {{Portal Book}} from Mikesano, and shows him what his life would be like if he hadn't started reviewing.
** Michael originally hated "Anne "{{Anne of Green Gables" Gables}}" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.


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* {{Magic-Powered Pseudoscience}}: While Mike and his foes & allies alike utilize {{Fantastic Science}}, the good guys tend to use a mixture of both.


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* {{Real Song Theme Tune}}: The one from Television/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy, in fact!
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* AmericanAccents: His New York accent creeps into some reviews.

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* AmericanAccents: UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: His New York accent creeps into some reviews.
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Can be found [[http://blackscarabfilmz.blogspot.com here]] and [[http://youtube.com/blackscarabblogz here]]

The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called How to Fix It, where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. Where his videos are also hosted.

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Can be found [[http://blackscarabfilmz.blogspot.com here]] and [[http://youtube.com/blackscarabblogz here]]

The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called How to Fix It, where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. Where his His videos are also hosted.hosted on RTGomerProductions and on Website/ManicExpression.
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** His future self re-appeared in his review of Don Quixote, that took so long for Michael to finish, his future self was the only version of him that had read it and was able to review it.
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** For his third April Fool's Day, he (in-universe) re-tooled the show into a cheesy sitcom, complete with a network mandated character, culminating with Mikesano breaking character to complain about how stupid it was.
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** A double whammy in his review of "The Three Doctors" when his past self appeared with his future self, meaning that to his past self, he was the Future Self and to his future self, he was the Me.
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* {{Halloween Episode}}: For 2012 and 2013 he looked at Goosebumps books.
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* {{April Fools Day}}: Did nothing for his first one, but for his second, took a page of out Linkara's book and reviewed an Italian Star Wars rip off under as The Cinema Snob.
* {{Badass Bookworm}}
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* {{Milestone Celebration}}: Michael reviews a Quantum Leap book in commemoration of the first video review he made, of the Quantum Leap television series (more of a vlog), and in March does a Doctor Who novelization because his first book review was of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion.
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** Michael originally hated "Anne of Green Gables" but admitted that the scene where Diana got drunk accidentally was comedy gold.

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** He also reappeared in his review of HG Wells' "War of the Worlds"



* {{Trekkie}}: He is a Star Trek fan and has reviewed 4 Star Trek books, although one of them was "Before Dishonor"

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* {{Trekkie}}: He is a Star Trek fan and has reviewed 4 Star Trek books, although one of them was "Before Dishonor"Dishonor" He also did a Top 10 TNG episodes in early 2014.
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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called H([=How to Fix It=]), where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. Where his videos are also hosted.

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called H([=How How to Fix It=]), It, where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. Where his videos are also hosted.
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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions.

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has a show called H([=How to Fix It=]), where he talks about flawed media and how to fix it... He also has riffs, ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions. Where his videos are also hosted.
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* {{Running Gag}}: He has a running gag of saying "NOT THAT ONE" when two things with the same name show up. (For example, Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye and the Family Guy character named Holden Caulfield)
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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has riffs, rants and vlogs about movies or tv shows. He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions.

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has riffs, rants ([=BlackScarabRiffZ=]) rants, ([=BlackScarabRantZ=]) and vlogs about movies or tv shows.shows, ([=My Thoughts=]). He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions.
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Can be found [[http://blackscarabfilmz.blogspot.com here]]

The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of BlackScarabFilmZ, (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing.

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Can be found [[http://blackscarabfilmz.blogspot.com here]]

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of BlackScarabFilmZ, [=BlackScarabFilmZ=], (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing. He also has riffs, rants and vlogs about movies or tv shows. He also writes articles for Website/RTGomerProductions.
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* {{Lost Episode}}: The Death Wish review. Michael planned to review the Charles Bronson film after watching it and finding that it was loosely based on a book. But, he found that editing a movie review was harder than it looked, and gave up after a month of attempting it.
* {{Milestone Celebration}}: Michael reviews a Quantum Leap book in commemoration of the first video review he made, of the Quantum Leap television series (more of a vlog), and in March does a Doctor Who novelization because his first book review was of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion.
* {{My Future Self and Me}}: In his review of HG Well's "The Time Machine" his future self showed up to ensure that he reviewed the book.

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The Literary Lair is a book review show created in March 2012. It was created by Mike Gleason of BlackScarabFilmZ, (a brand for all the web videos he makes) and is the flagship show. This show revolves around Mike and his reviews of books, there are storylines scattered in, but they usually don't take away from the show's overall pacing.
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!! The Literary Lair contains examples of:
* {{Actually Pretty Funny}}: Spock's response to Worf's question of how to avoid a Vulcan Nerve Pinch being, "Don't let a Vulcan near your neck", from Before Dishonor, which Mike hated, but admitted it had some good humor.
* AmericanAccents: His New York accent creeps into some reviews.
* {{Bound and Gagged}}: In his "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" review he was tied up by his cybernetically enhanced Mirror Universe Counterpart. Mike then proceeded to insist that he had to be ripping of Mechakara, which caused his mirror self to literally throw the book at him. (And it was a blatant Linkara rip off)
* {{Trekkie}}: He is a Star Trek fan and has reviewed 4 Star Trek books, although one of them was "Before Dishonor"
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