Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs Are Finally On Sale Now

For all the Indiana Jones fans out there patiently waiting to purchase the upcoming line of Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs, the Indiana Jones, Cairo Swordsman and Mola Ram Mighty Muggs are now available for pre-sale directly from the newly launched Indiana Jones Shop.com by Lucas Arts. While the Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs won’t ship until May 1st, you can pre-order the figures for $12.99. This is the first place anywhere I have seen the Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs for sale, and while you’ll have to chip in for shipping, it sure is easier than trying to track them down at your local Target or Wal-Mart.


You can purchase the Indiana Jones Mighty Mugg here, the Cairo Swordsman Mighty Mugg here, and the Mola Ram Mighty Mugg here.

Also, here is the official description of the Indiana Jones Mighty Muggs line:

It's not the years -- it's the styleage.

Indiana Jones goes urban vinyl with a brand new collection from Hasbro's successful Mighty Muggs line! These fun, hip versions of your favorite characters from the Indiana Jones movies are a great new expression of toyetic art, and are perfect for play or display. With their fixed stare, large head and chunky body, Indy Mighty Muggs are the new must-haves for your collection!

Knight Rider Is A Go This Fall On NBC

While the official press conference will be held later today, the news that Knight Rider has been chosen to become a prime-time series has already leaked out. (link) According to Variety, Knight Rider, “the Doug Liman produced actioner whose two-hour backdoor pilot snagged solid ratings in February,” has been added to NBC’s 2008 fall line-up. (link) This should come as a shock to no one considering the initial Knight Rider movie “clocked nearly 13 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched scripted program that week…[and] it copped the biggest crowd of 18-to-49-year-olds, NBC’s target age bracket, of any made-for-TV movie or theatrical on any network in nearly three years.” (link)

While those numbers are staggering, it seems silly to expect such a low quality made-for-TV movie to be able to sustain such a large number of viewers as a weekly serial next fall. The nostalgia for Knight Rider may have drawn viewers to their tube on a random Sunday night, but the show better deliver, and deliver fast, or viewers will not stick around. Because of the increased number of channels available and the high quality of television viewers have become accustomed to, viewers are less inclined to wait for a show to develop.


This means NBC Co-Chairman Ben Silverman better make sure all of the show’s ducks are in a row before unleashing the final product to the American viewing public. I’m hoping Knight Rider improves quality wise and takes off as a series, but odds are this show, like many other new shows debuting in the fall, will crash and burn. It’s unfortunate but it’s also the world we live in, shows nowadays get 2-3 weeks to find an audience or its arrivederci. Although, the fact that the show has already debuted as a TV movie to strong numbers should go a long way to fortifying an audience, at least for the first few airings.

The Last Days of Chris Farley

The Last Days of Chris Farley is a new tell all book written by the late comedian’s brother Tom Farley and Tanner Colby, which focuses on the time before the Saturday Night Live legend’s untimely death due to a drug overdose on December 18th, 1997 at the age of 33. The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting that the book should be pretty juicy and even quotes “several of the actor’s friends, who saw the tragedy coming a mile down the line.” (link) There are already some great quotes coming from the book and I’d imagine many of Chris Farley’s (Tommy Boy, Black Sheep) friends have a lot to say on the passing of such a great talent. You can read the entire Page Six report here or by clicking on the picture below:


Chris Farley was the most popular actor on Saturday Night Live at a time when it had some of the best comedic talent of the 90’s, including rising stars like Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, David Spade and Rob Schneider. The guy’s talent was endless and hopefully this book won’t tarnish the legacy of his work, but instead allow fans a glimpse of the demons Farley faced on a daily basis during his long struggle with drugs. Usually books like this tend to be a money grab by the deceased’s family, but The Blot is actually interested in reading The Last Days of Chris Farley because there just isn’t that much info out there about a great young talent taken from the stage well before his time.