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Midnight Pals: Mannequins on the Move
🕑 Added 2026-01-10 17:00:16 +0000 UTCStephen King: guys i just came up with a great idea for a story
King: what if you saw a bunch of mannequins driving a car?
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Poe:
Koontz: whoa!
Koontz: that would be crazy!
King: wouldn't it?
Debbie Dadie: excuse me
Dadie: excuse me
Dadie: well actually
Dadie: i am afraid that i must point out a factual error in your statement
Dadie: mannequins don't drive cars
Marcia Jones: indubitably!
King: think about it
King: usually when you see mannequins they're not driving a car
King: they're usually pretty static
King: but what this story supposes is
King: what if they weren't?
Barker: what, like
Barker: the movie "Mannequin?"
King: yeah, except they'd just cruising around in a car
Barker so more like "Mannequin 2: On the Move?"
King: c'mon guys this is gold
King: i bet tom would like it
King: tom, i got a great idea
Thomas Ligotti: hm
King: you're gonna love it
Ligotti: hm
King: let me tell you, tom, you're gonna go bananas
Ligotti: hm
King: ok so picture this
King: a car full of mannequins
Ligotti: hm
King: just cruising along
Ligotti: hm
King: like the final scene from Tourist Trap (1979)!
King: so anyway, mannequins!
Ligotti: hm
King: what do you think, tom?
Ligotti: stay in your own lane, steve
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Pamela Adams
Someday, there will be an Annotated Midnight Pals, and I will understand all the references.
