“Short Circuit” fans soon flocked to the johnny-five.com message board, where many were trying to build their own robots. The site was getting 30,000 visitors a month.

The sheriff’s office, in a post on X, said the name of the new bomb robot would be Johnny 5-0 — in an apparent homage to the 1980s science fiction comedy film “Short Circuit” — which it ...

Visitors to Astoria can now stay overnight in the house that was the prime filming location for a beloved 1980s children’s action film.