Hornets from Hell!
Just a weird shorty for tonight:
This old Nat Geo segment about Japanese giant hornets utterly decimating a honeybee hive is fascinating and frightening. It’s also been “internet famous” for many years, so chances are good that a number of you have already seen it!
I can watch stuff like this all day long.
A Family Circus Easter!
Happy Easter, if you celebrate it!
Here’s A Family Circus Easter, from 1982. Yes, this really exists. I don’t expect it to rock your world, but admit it… you’re a bit curious.
Let’s also add a survey for you Easter-celebrating types:
Growing up, what sort of stuff was in your Easter basket? Was it just candy, or did your folks go a step beyond? Swap stories, in the comments!
The TMNT Easter Special!
Reminder: The Ninja Turtles kinda/sorta had an Easter special:
There are many reasons to watch The Turtles and the Hare, but I think Bebop and Rocksteady dressed like Easter Bunnies tops the list.
(This was a Season 5 episode, by the way. Amazes me that a show that began with pet turtles mutating into humanoid ninjas always found new ways to get weirder.)
Let’s add a random survey tonight, too:
Name a scene from a movie or TV show that actually literally made you cry. Don’t be embarrassed — one of mine is when Cindel had to leave Endor at the end of the 2nd made-for-television Ewok movie. I f’n bawled.
Spill it, in the comments!
Amazing Stories: Mirror, Mirror!
HELL. YES.
I’m thrilled to share this one with you. It’s the infamous Mirror, Mirror episode of Amazing Stories, graciously streaming from NBC:
If you don’t remember my ancient review, I’d rate this as the 2nd best episode of Amazing Stories, but I’d put it #1 as far as pure terror.
Synopsis: A man keeps seeing some kind of monster inching towards him whenever he looks in a mirror.
It’s so good, guys. This episode KILLED me as a kid and stuck with me forever.
Oh, PS: If you’ve never heard of Amazing Stories, it was an anthology series in the vein of Tales from the Darkside or Tales from the Crypt, but with a harder lean on “fantasy” stories. Even so, its few on-the-nose horror episodes hit super hard, and this is a perfect example.
