Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah. But the holidays aren't over yet. We have one more celebration before we put a wrap on the holiday season--New Year's Day! And I can't think of a better way to celebrate the new year than by--celebrating an old year!
When I was growing up in my house in the '70s and '80s, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve was a yearly tradition. I wouldn't think of ringing in the new year without it! And here is an example of what made the broadcast so fun. Here is the one that welcomed 1979, and it's filled with late '70s goodness. Put on your platform shoes and dance along with everyone. Check it out embedded below or directly on YouTube here.
Enjoy! And stay tuned if you do enjoy it, because I think I'll post one or two more before 2022 is over.
Here we are--two days to Christmas! And what a season it's been!
Today I feature my final offering before the big day--the 1979 TV-movie The Man in the Santa Claus Suit. In this film, three men--an uptight political operative (Bert Convy), a homeless man (John Byner), and a lonely schoolteacher (Gary Burghoff)--rent Santa Claus suits from an elderly tailor (Fred Astaire, in his final film), each desperate to fulfill a need by renting the suit. Each man goes through a personal journey by wearing the suit. And that tailer seems to show up in different guises throughout the film. Is there something--different about him? Watch and find out!
The movie debuted on NBC in 1979, and was a staple of syndicated Christmas programming through most of the '80s. I've never seen the whole thing, but it's always looked interesting, and I'm happy to present it to you now.
Well, that's the last article before Christmas! I have LOVED doing this Countdown to Christmas--and it's not over yet! I plan on sharing a couple of New Year's Day related items next week, so please stay tuned. And remember that the holiday season doesn't end on December 26th. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are also part of the holidays--celebrate them!
Enjoy the film, below and directly on YouTube here. And if I don't see you during the rest of the season, Happy Holidays! Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas!
This is it! The final week until Christmas. It's down to the wire. Let's party! And today, we party like it's 1981!
Today I feature an early episode of the local Philadephia series Dancin' On Air. It was a successor of sorts to Bandstand, in which local teens dance on camera to the hits of the day. This is a Christmas-themed episode from its inaugural year, 1981.
Admittedly, there's not much Christmasy about this episode with the exception of the studio decorations, but I'll use any excuse to showcase Philly 80sness.
Enjoy! You can also see the episode on YouTube here.
Wait-wait-wait-wait WHAT? Max Headroom had a Christmas special?
Yep! And I'm as surprised as you are!
I knew Max Headroom had released a Christmas music single, "Merry Christmas, Santa Claus," back in the day, because I saw it on the shelf at Tower Records in Philadelphia in 1986 and contemplated buying it (I didn't). What I didn't know was that the song was part of a full Christmas TV special.
The Max Headroom Christmas Special debuted in the US on Cinemax on December 18, 1986; it was later shown in the UK on December 26 of that year under the name Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey. The show features Max, played by Canadian comedian and actor Matt Frewer, being Max--singing, talking to friends and celebrities, including Robin Williams and Tina Turner, and being his usual zany, stuttering self. Rocker Dave Edmunds also appears.
Oddball specials such as this are one of the things that keep me blogging all these years. I love finding this strange, forgotten stuff and sharing it with others, especially when it's something I didn't know existed before.
Enjoy! You can also watch the special directly on YouTube here.
This is the last weekend before Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so make it a jolly one! And starting this Sunday night--Happy Hannukah!
Today I feature my first cartoon of the Countdown to Christmas, and it's a cute one. Casper the Friendly Ghost hears the cries of a poor young boy lamenting that Santa Claus has never visited him. Feeling the Christmas spirit, Casper dresses as Santa and makes toys to make the boy's holiday a happy one.
Welcome to Week 3--3!--of the Countdown to Christmas. Today I share a local treat from my hometown of Philadelphia.
This is a Christmas episode of Al Alberts Showcase, a local Philly variety show hosted by Al Alberts, who had been a member of the vocal group The Four Aces decades before. He hosted this series in Philly for decades, featuring children and teen performers singing, dancing, and telling jokes. As corny as the show was, it was beloved here in Philadelphia. I previously shared an hour-long Christmas special from Alberts from 1979; here is a half-hour special from 1988. If you love kitchy local TV like I do, you'll love this.
As we end Week 2 of the Countdown to Christmas (already?), I present something that I didn't know existed until earlier this morning. I was going to post something else, but I discovered this and couldn't wait to share it. This weekend's offering is a Christmas episode from the first season of Mork & Mindy, titled "It's A Wonderful Mork."
On Christmas Eve, Mork, in all his Morkness, ruins the evening for Mindy and her dad. Feeling ashamed, he returns to his home planet Ork, where his leader Orson shows him what Mindy's life would be like if Mork and Mindy hadn't met. That's right, it's the old It's A Wonderful Life pastiche. This plot was used on countless sitcom Christmas episodes, and here, Mork & Mindy throws it's hat into the ring.
I have to thank the fine people who follow and comment on Dino Drac After Dark, the spin-off site of the superb Dinosaur Dracula site for bringing this episode to my attention.
Enjoy! Drink that egg nog! And that hot buttered rum! And that hot toddy! Then rethink your life choices, because dude, you've clearly got a problem.
Today's Countdown to Christmas offering is the Christmas episode of the British sitcom Mr. Bean.
In "Merry Christmas Mr. Bean," the episode simply follows the man-child Bean through his holiday season and all the looniness he creates. If you like Rowan Atkinson and his unique brand of comedy, you'll love this. I actually featured a couple of clips from this many years ago at the blog, but here is the episode in its entirety.
Today is a program I've wanted to share for several years but never got around to it. Unfortunately, I'm now sharing it under sad circumstances.
Bob McGrath, an original human cast member of Sesame Street who stayed with the show for literelly decades, died this weekend at the age of 90. Bob was always my favorite human on the series, and I will miss him very much.
He appears in this program, A Special Sesame Street Christmas, with other human cast members such as Sonia Monzano, Northern Calloway, and others, along with appearances by Big Bird, Oscar, and Barkely the dog. This special was produced by and aired on CBS, and is not to be confused with Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, the special produced by Children's Television Workshop and aired on PBS. Oddly enough, not only did these specials air the same year (1978), they aired within mere days of each other.
Enjoy! You can also see the special at Dailymotion here.
Welcome back to my Countdown to Christmas. For the first weekend of December, we're going to get kitchy with the Donny and Marie Osmond Christmas show from 1977!
In the late 70s, Donny and Marie were everywhere. They were huge TV stars and the go-to entertainers of mainstream America at a time when anything "wholesome" was considered square by those with hipper tastes. Nevertheless, the brother-sister duo were immensely successful, and their Christmas shows were big holiday draws.
In this 1977 installment, the duo perform together as well as with their other siblings in Christmas song standards, with a comedic appearance by regular Osmond guest star Paul Lynde.
Enjoy! Get your jingle on this weekend! It's the holiday season after all!
Welcome to the first "real" article for my 2022 Countdown to Christmas! And today we have a rockin' good way to kick off the holidays. Today I present the 1988 TV special A Rock 'N' Roll Christmas!
This special aired during the holiday season of 1988 on the Fox network, and features clips of famous rock artists performing holiday hits, including John Mellencamp, Pat Benatar, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, Little Richard, Eddie Money, Elton John, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, and more. It's a who's who of mainstream rock artists up to that point! Dennis Miller, who was a big star on Saturday Night Live at the time, is the host.
If you love rockin' Christmas tunes, this is the show for you. You can watch below or directly on YouTube at this link. Enjoy!
Ho ho ho! Welcome one and all to the Countdown to Christmas at Me and You and a Blog Named Boo!
I hope everyone had a happy and stuffed Thanksgiving. With Turkey Day behind us, we can dive head first into the Christmas pool. Just as with the Countdown to Halloween, I hope to have plenty of holiday happenings for you to enjoy all season long.
This Countdown is not a multiblog event as for Halloween; this is just me doing my Christmas blogging thing. Of course, if anyone knows of a similar multiblog event for Christmas, by all means let me know and I'd be happy to contribute!
Today is just an introductory post to alert the masses; I'll start blogging more hearty stuff later this week. For today, please enjoy these short samplings of Christmas goodness.
Happy Holidays! Stay tuned now through New Year's Day--and beyond? Who knows!
Here is my second and final of this year's Thanksgiving features, the Looney Tunes cartoon "Tom Turk and Daffy," costarring Porky Pig!
Tom Turk is a turkey on the run from the barrel of pilgrim Porky's musket, and Daffy does his best to protect his fellow fowl from the hunt--that is, until Daffy gives into temptation to join Porky in the feast! Of course, after selling out his former friend, Daffy gets his comeuppance.
This cartoon is a lot of fun, and I thought for sure I had blogged it years ago, but I checked and couldn't find it anywhere, so here it is in 2022. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving!
But wait, what's this?
The holidays are here! And they are glorious!
Stay tuned for the Countdown to Christmas! Happy Holidays!
Hello again! With Thanksgiving week upon us, I thought it appropriate to post a couple of holiday items before the big day. Here is one of two of them: a Thanksgiving episode of--The Incredible Hulk?
You betcha! In this episode, entitled "Homecoming," David Banner returns to his childhood home to reunite with his estranged family: his sister, also a scientist like David, and his father, a farmer. Previously hurt feelings arise among them, but they must work together against a greedy land developer who wants to take away the family's farmland. Throw the Hulk into the mix, and you have a recipe for action!
Enjoy! A word of warning though: this Dailymotion upload plays in a reverse image of the actual episode, which doesn't matter much for the action, but any and all onscreen text will appear backwards. Please don't let it ruin your enjoyment of the episode.
Do you like jewelry? Do you like handmade items? Are you looking for gifts for your closest friends and loved ones this holiday season?
Look no further!
Let me introduce you to Wallflower Avenue, a new handmade jewelry shop owned and operated by none other than my daugher Megan. She makes quality, handmade jewelry by herself for satisfied customers--and you can be one of them!
Welcome back! I hope you all had a great Halloween season; I certainly did! With that and the Countdown behind us, let's move on to other fun stuff.
This summer I read a fascinating book called Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live. The book is an oral history of the legendary TV series told by the many people who have been a part of it both on and off camera. I highly recommend it if you're a fan of classic TV and comedy.
Reading the book inspired me to do a bit of a dive into classic SNL online, and I found this great collection of onscreen auditions from some of the most popular cast members of the show. It's over a half hour long, so you're sure to see at least a couple of your favorite performers.
Welcome back for the final scare of the 2022 Countdown to Halloween!
This has really been a great, fun season. We saw The Munsters, The Sanderson Sisters, Michael Myers (for the last time?), the return of McDonald's Halloween Happy Pails, a new Halloween Whopper, Chucky Season 2, a better Great Pumpkin soundtrack, and even a last-minute issue of Ghostbusters spoons (thank you Sonic!). I know there's other great stuff I'm leaving out, but I can't fit it all in one post. Let's just say we've had a jam-packed season.
But don't let the fun end today. November 1st is All Hallow's Day, and November 2nd is All Souls' Day/Day of the Dead, so I consider those days the afterparty of Halloween--take advantage!
I can't thank you enough for stopping by and sharing in my goofiness. I never know if the stuff I find entertaining will be found that way by others, but thanks to your clicks and comments, I see that you love it too. Thank you again!
Thanks also again to Naila Moon and Dex for their hard work in keeping the Countdown going. Let's do it again next year.
And with that, I close out the Countdown by saying--
Well, this is it! The last weekend before Halloween and my penultimate article for the Countdown. Time certainly does fly, but what a time we've been having along the way!
The last long-form program for the Countdown is a fun one. Today I feature a Halloween episode of the '80s action series The Fall Guy. The series stars Lee Majors as Colt Seavers, a full-time Hollywood stunt man and part-time bounty hunter who, with help from his friends, captures crooks on the run for extra money.
In this episode, Colt is supposed to be part of a horror movie starring Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (played, of course, by the always wonderful Cassandra Peterson) filming in an old house, but the owner of the house refuses to let the crew film there. Soon after, supernatural hijinks happen--or are they really supernatural?
The Fall Guy was always a lighthearted series, but this episode is even more tongue in cheek than usual. And they're not just paying lip service to Halloween with an episode title like "October the 31st." This episode actually aired on Halloween night, 1984.
Enjoy! Make the most of this last spooky weekend! Please come back Monday for my last article for the Countdown to Halloween!
During this time of year, media are always recounting the same Halloween safety tips year after year. Trick-or-treat with friends, wear reflective costumes so cars can see you, etc. Kids have been beaten over the head with these tips for a hundred years. But here are the same tips presented with fun.
Today I feature Halloween safety tips as told with classic spooky Disney animation. Disney's educational film division made this back in 1983, likely for distribution in schools, libraries, and other kid-friendly venues. The film features clips from such Disney classics as The Headless Horseman, "Trick or Treat" featuring Donald Duck and his nephews, Disney's Haunted Mansion, and other great spooky Disney fare.
A shout-out is necessary to my Twitter friend The Haunted Drive-In, purveyor of great Halloween and other coolness, for uploading this film to YouTube. Check out his channel here for more awesome videos.
Today begins the last full week of October! The big night is exactly one week from today! It's crunch time, people, so let's ramp up the festivities!
Today I dip once again into the Halloween TV commercial well. First up, this quick but fun commercial for Hershey. It's only 15 seconds, but it's still one of the Halloweeniest commercials you'll see!
Here is a very old school commercial for Woolworth's, a discount retail chain long shuttered but fondly remembered by those my age and older. I may have featured this commerical before years ago, but it's so great, I don't care. This is Halloween to me!
Pharmacy chains have long been a main place to get your Halloween essentials. In this commercial, Walgreen's provides a little helper to make everyone's Halloween happy!
I never would have expected a company to "get" the awesomeness of Halloween to be a realtor, but in this 30-second commercial, Coldwell Banker gets it!
IHOP has traditionally been a gret place to get fun holiday-themed meals and promotions; I fondly remember the Addams Family meals from a few years ago. Unfortunately, they're not doing anything that extravagent this year that I know of, but perhaps they still offer these fun pancake meals from years past?
Halloween safety tips are always plentiful: on TV, retail store shopping bags, schools, everywhere. Here is a minute-long public service announcement from the '80s featuring everyone's favorite fat cat, Garfield!
Finally, I have not one but two fun commercials from Red Bull, which always has great commercials. Here are two of them with a creepy twist! Red Bull does in fact give you wings--BAT wings!
Thanks! Only a couple more posts to go! And one more thing, on a personal note:
And we say adieu to Week 3 of the Countdown to Halloween with a long form program, as we do every Friday. This weekend, it's the 1981 TV-movie The Munsters' Revenge!
In this TV-movie, which first aired Feburary 27, 1981, actors Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, and Yvonne DeCarlo are reunited in their Munster roles, with Herman and Grandpa mistaken for thieves (the true thieves are robot replicas from a nearby museum). It's up to the Munsters to clear the family's ghoul, er, good name.
This is another item I haven't yet seen, but I still feel compelled to share, especially with the Munsters on everyone's mind thanks to the new Rob Zombie film. The Munsters' Revenge is the first of several reunions and reincarnations of the franchise. Let's see if it's a good one.
Enjoy! Have a great weekend! Be spooky! You can also watch the movie directly on YouTube at this link!
Hey there, Generation X! Today we get totally tubular on the Countdown with a Halloween episode of the short-lived early '80s sitcom Square Pegs.
In this series, two nerdy high school girls, played by Amy Linker and Sarah Jessica Parker (yes, THAT Sarah Jessica Parker) go to great lengths to be popular, with usually unsuccessful results. The show includes the usual cast of offbeat suburban teens you'll find in most '80s projects, but the show still has a sweetness and charm that many other '80s teen shows lack. And the show is dripping with 80s-ness. You'd think it was a modern day period piece laying the '80s on thick, but no, this is just the way the show is. I love it!
In this episode, the girls are suprised to be invited to a Halloween party for the cool kids. But after awhile, they suspect they are being watched. For nefarious purposes, maybe?
Welcome to Week 3 of the Countdown to Halloween! Today, I offer a special I've been trying to track down for years.
In researching material for Countdowns past, I came across a song written for a British animated TV special called Pumpkin Moon. The animation looked very cute, as was the song, but I couldn't find the special anywhere. Information on the special was sparse as well; all I could find was that it was made for British TV and was based on a children's book.
Now, after years of patience, I finally found it! Pumpkin Moon is about the relationship between a black cat and a magical jack o' lantern and the bond they form. Meanwhile, a small army--literally a small army--of witches looks to wage war on the benevelent pumpkins of the Midwestern US town they inhabit.
I haven't had the chance to see this before blogging it (always a role of the dice), so I'll be watching this for the first time along with you.
Enjoy! You can also watch the special directly on YouTube here.
Another Friday means another long-form program, and today is another special one.
Today is one of the biggest days this Halloween season, because today is the release of the long-awaited movie Halloween Ends, the final showdown between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). It opens in theaters today and appears on the streaming service Peacock.
In preparation and celebration of this event, here is where it all started--the original classic Halloween. But at the same time, not quite the original!
This is in fact the TV edit of the film made for broadcast on NBC on October 30, 1981, which was the movie's television debut. After editing the film for content (this was over-the-air TV after all), Halloween was running too short for a two-hour broadcast, even with commercials. So at the request of the network, brand new scenes were shot specifically for the TV version, filmed at the same time as Halloween II (which was opening in theaters the same weekend this version of the original aired). Reluctantly, John Carpenter and the other filmmakers agreed, and this edit of the movie was born.
Enjoy! Have a great weekend! Eat, drink, and be spooky! Beware the Bogie Man!
As we get closer to Halloween, it's important to shore up your Halloween plans. If you live in New York City, here are some of the hottest Halloween celebrations according to Saturday Night Live's Stefon (played hilariously by Bill Hader). Enjoy!
Welcome to Week 2 of the Countdown to Halloween! Let's not waste time and get right to it.
Today I offer an episode of the short-lived but fondly remembered animated series The Groovie Goolies. The Filmation-produced series aired as part of CBS's Saturday morning lineup during the 1970-1971 season, and features caricatures of famous monsters living together and performing in a rock band. Each episode was packed with music and comedy.
Here is a typical episode of the series titled "Witches' Brew." Enjoy!
Happy Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day! For those in Canada, Happy Thanksgiving!
It's Friday people! And during the Countdown to Halloween, I like to share a long-form program for the weekend. This weekend's feature should be a treat.
In reviewing last year's articles, I noticed a glaring omission--there was no Vincent Price feature last year! I do my best to put Vincent in the mix at least once every year, but I completely dropped the ball last year and didn't notice it until this year. To fix that dreadful mistake, I'm featuring the great man now, but in an unlikely place.
This is an episode of The Love Boat, titled "Ship of Ghouls." Originally airing on Saturday, October 28th, 1978 on ABC, this episode features Price as a great illusionist who is blind to the affections of his female friend. There are two other subplots, but Vincent's is the one that makes this a Halloween episode. There is also a Halloween costume party that is a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, the video is cut off at the very beginning, but the fidelity is quite good.
Enjoy, Vincent fans! Have a great weekend! Do something spooky, it's the first weekend of October! Make it a great one!
Our next Halloween treat for you this month is a short cartoon from the Famous Studios series of Superman cartoons.
In this one, Clark Kent and Lois Lane investigate to learn who murdered a famed Egyptologist. In typical Clark and Lois fashion, they run afoul of undead mummies! Those crazy kids!
Welcome again kiddies! It's time to kick off the Countdown to Halloween in earnest with my annual look at Halloweeny, spooky, or creepy TV commericals. These are always one of my favorite articles to write, because there's something about televised capitalism that really puts you in the Halloween spirit!
First up: a demonstration of the Kodak Instamatic camera at Universal Studios Hollywood--with a little help from our fiends!
Next up: an awesome promo for Cinemax's "Drive-In Saturday Night Horrors" programming from the late '80s. The four films featured here are all '80s horror classics--what a film festival these would make! Then again, Oh, God! You Devil beforehand is a nice bonus!
This next one is in honor of the not-yet-official news that McDonald's is bringing back Halloween Happy Pails! McDonald's hasn't offered Halloween Pails since the Great Pumpkin tie-in ones from 2016; this commercial is for the 2011 incarnation of the pails, which came with stickers that kids could use to create their own Pail design.
Craft store chain Michael's has long been an important place for Halloween decorations, but I didn't know they ever had costumes as well! Here's proof from this delightfully low tech commercial from 1991!
One thing about Halloween that doesn't get mentioned enough--it's a surprisingly good way to make a love connection! And you can get affordable help creating a costume from your local Goodwill. Just look at this lucky fellow who found a costume and a connection thanks to Goodwill!
AMC is known today as the cable network for Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, but the channel's origins is as American Movie Classics, a home for great films from '30s through the '60s and even earlier! It's where I saw some great early horror films like the ones featured in this promo. I wish the channel was still like this!
I hope you enjoyed this collection; please let me know in the comments. I hope to have more for you later this month. Thanks!
Once again, our annual festival of fright rises up from the primordial soup and blesses us with spooky fun and frivolity. For the next 31 days, the blog will feature nothing but the scariest, creepiest, the most Halloweeniest content possible. And you're going to love every minute of it! There will be cartoons, commercials, movies, TV episodes, music, and who knows what else!
Let's not forget that the Countdown doesn't exist in a vacuum. This is only of one of dozens of awesome sites participating in this event. Please visit the main Countdown to Halloween site for all of the wonderful participants, and visit each and every single one!
There's something even extra special at the main Countdown site this year. For the first time ever, there is Countdown to Halloween merchandise! You can buy this amazing Countdown to Halloween t-shirt, designed by Chad Savage, and what a great design it is! 100% of the proceeds will go to the organization Haunters Against Hate, which promotes LGBTQ+ appreciation and support among the Halloween community. Get this awesome shirt today!
I simply must pay respect to the event's coordinators, Michelle aka Naila Moon of Zombie Crossings and Dex of AEIOU And Sometimes Why, for keeping the event alive--or at least undead! The Countdown simply wouldn't exist without them. Thank you very much Michelle and Dex!
And now, without further ado, let the 2022 Countdown to Halloween begin!
Hello everyone! This is your yearly reminder that today is only 100 days until Halloween! Which also means it's only 69 days until the start of the Countdown to Halloween!
As slow as things may be at the blog the rest of the year, October here at Me and You is always bursting with Halloween goodness. And there's already so much amazing stuff to look forward to. Here are several awesome things coming our way this Halloween season!
First up, Twitter cereal news account Cerealously has determined that this year's Monster Cereals will be doing a promotion with art brand KAWS. I hadn't heard of KAWS until my son told me about them, but that isn't even the story. The real story: Fruit Brute is back! It hasn't been available since 2013, but it will make a grand appearance this Halloween season!
A multipack is reportedly already available at Sam's Club wholesale stores, but you can expect this year's Monster Cereals to start shipping everywhere this August.
In other Halloween cereal news, toy expert James Zahn has discovered a Halloween cereal out in the wild right now! It's this year's edition of Halloween Fruity Pebbles. July seems awfully early to make a Halloween cereal available in stores, but if you look for it at your local supermarket, good luck!
Here's a BIG announcement regarding Halloween music. Record label Craft Recordings is releasing the full soundtrack to the legendary TV special It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! The soundtrack was first released in 2018, but it was not well received by fans. That version of the soundtrack was comprised of pieces edited directly from the TV special along with sound effects and not the original master tapes, which had been considered lost to the ages. But the masters have now been found, including alternate takes not used in the special!
Craft will offer the soundtrack in severals formats; digital and streaming, CD, a 45-rpm vinyl record, a 33 and 1/3-rpm orange vinyl record shaped like a pumpkin, and a picture disc vinyl album with a unique splatter design, but that one has already sold out in pre-order.
But that's not all. A "single" from the album has already been made available digitally, an alternate take of "The Great Pumpkin Waltz." Listen below!
The soundtrack will drop on all music retail outlets on Friday, August 26th. For more information, click here, pre-order here, and look below!
And the Halloween hits just keep on comin'! September will ramp up the Halloween festivities with two new films, but featuring familiar faces. Rob Zombie's long-awaited Munsters film will appear on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital on demand Tuesday, September 27th, with a Netflix debut later in the year (before Halloween I hope!). Here is the latest trailer!
On Friday, September 30th, the witch is back! Witches plural, that is. Hocus Pocus 2 flies into Disney+ with more treacherous trickery than before!
Folks, all of the above takes place before October even starts. And we STILL have more Halloween greatness to cover!
October will see the release of The Spirit Halloween Movie, a movie inspired by the number one Halloween costume and novelty retailer. In the movie, several teenagers enter a Spirit Halloween store on Halloween night as a prank, but the joke is on them. There is a ghost in the store possessing all of the animatronic figures and attacking the teens! If the kids don't escape, they'll become possessed too!
The movie stars Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook. There is no trailer yet, nor is there word on if the movie will be available in theaters or home video/streaming, but this sounds really cool!
Everyone's favorite homicial doll, Chucky, returns to SyFy and USA Network on Wednesday, October 5th! My son and I had a lot of fun with this series last season, and we're looking forward to to see what the little man does next!
Finally, the big one: Halloween Ends.
Yes, the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers takes to theaters (and maybe Peacock) Friday, October 14th. I wasn't too thrilled with Halloween Kills last year, but if it's Michael Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode in a movie together, I have to see it! It doesn't get more Halloween than that!
Simply judging from this list alone, this upcoming Halloween season looks to be fantastic! But I'm sure there will be plenty more fun surprises we don't see coming. Brace yourself, folks, it's gonna be one spooky hayride.
Here we are--my final post in tribute to the 30th anniversary of Batman Begins!
We'll start off with a short interview Tim Burton did on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno promoting the film. Note how awkward Burton seems to feel during the interview; you can tell it's not his thing!
And today's main feature, a short "making of" film titled "Shadows of the Bat: Dark Side of the Knight." I assume this is a special feature made for a home video release.
And...that's it!
Thank you very much for joining me in this three-week salute to a huge '90s era film! It's hard to believe it's been three decades since its release. I hope you enjoyed it. Please comment below or on any of my articles.
Welcome back! We're in the home stretch of our Batman Returns 30th Anniversary Celebration! Just a couple more posts before we put the bat to bed!
Here we have coverage of the film's opening by a British media outlet. It features the film's premiere with many celebrities in attendance, a look at various merchandise associated with the movie, and lastly a feature on a live action Batman stunt show. It's a fun look at both the movie's release and the state of movie hype 30 years ago.
Enjoy!
P.S. Earlier today, I finally gave the movie a 30th anniversary screening. While I still have some issues, I enjoyed the rewatch more than I expected. It was fun!
