Anything Can Happen on Halloween!
Let’s ring in October in the only perfect way:
Here’s Tim Curry’s infamous performance of Anything Can Happen on Halloween, from the 1986 made-for-TV movie, The Worst Witch. Gonna assume that everyone knows the score with this one by now, but if it’s somehow news to you, get set for the best three minutes of your life.
The cheesy effects get all of the pub, but it really IS a good song, too!
A Pinky and the Brain Halloween!
I come to you with a fever! 100 degrees and rising. Hoping it’s a 24-hour thing. Either I’ll wake up feeling fine or wake up feeling 20 times worse. I will accept my fate, either way. I’d rather be healthy, but if the fever stays, at least that’s a pretty good excuse to eat ramen.
Tonight’s video is offbeat yet on-point. Suggested by Ginyu Recoome, it’s A Pinky and the Brain Halloween! From the show’s third season in 1997, it could be considered Pinky and the Brain’s official Halloween special.
Ginyu adds: “I loved this when it first aired. Pinky sells his soul to the Devil in order for the Brain to rule the world. When Brain finds out he travels to Hell to to challenge the Devil to get Pinky his soul back. Some pretty heavy stuff for a kids’ cartoon but that’s a big part of it’ charm.”
Enjoy!
Commercials from October 1984!
This is a Free-For-All Thread. Talk about whatever!
Side note: I got my pumpkin today. It’s a “vertical” one with a freakishly long stem. Almost too pretty to carve, but that won’t stop me.
Tonight’s video is a way-cool commercial block from 1984. Looks like all of the ads were pulled from the original broadcast of Halloween Thriller, a TV special where Vincent Price introduced a bunch of spooky-themed music videos. (There are hints of the show dotted across the video.)
Most of the ads aren’t Halloweeny, but there’s enough of a creep factor to make it appropriate for tonight. Enjoy!
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure!
You know what? It’s the last Friday before October, so I think it’s time to bring out the big guns:
Hell yeah, it’s Garfield’s Halloween Adventure! (The original 1985 broadcast, with commercials!) I’ve run this every year since Dino Drac After Dark’s inception, so by this point, it’s tradition!
Oh, and let’s add a SURVEY tonight, too:
September is almost over. Time to take inventory. What’s been your top “Halloween moment” this month? Even if you haven’t found time to do anything major, I’m sure you’ll think of something.
Spill it, in the comments!
(For me, I think I’d go with the afternoon we spent in Blairstown eating spooky pancakes at the Friday the 13th diner. Just such an odd and perfect experience.)
