Dino Drac After Dark

Commercials from 1995!

Here’s a batch of commercials from 1995…

These ads were apparently all pulled from horror movies that aired on TNT. If you stayed up late to watch Child’s Play or Night of the Living Dead, this is what you were pitched.

Shark Lake!

To complement today’s video about Jaws Bar ice pops, here’s something sharky:

Enjoy Shark Lake, from 2015. Dolph Lundgren versus sharks!

PS: I love movies like this, but I specifically love having them on in the background while I pay little-to-no attention. Kinda works on the same principle as those relaxation sound machine things, only instead of waterfalls and thunderstorms, it’s Dolph Lundgren and royalty-free stock music.

TMNT II: Behind the Shells!

God, this is such a perfect mix of things I love: Ninja Turtles, and those old “Making Of” movie specials that used to litter network television.

Seems impossible, but I don’t think I caught Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Behind the Shells when it aired back in ’91. Where the hell was I that night?

(Saw the movie in theaters, of course. I was and remain a hardcore mark for Tokka and Rahzar.)

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3!

One of Cruel Summer’s launch pieces was about the 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 Happy Meal, so I’m taking a hint from that for tonight’s video:

Here’s The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. I mean the whole damn series, neatly organized in a convenient YouTube playlist!

I’m pretty excited over the chance to spend Saturday night with cartoon Koopalings.

If you’re not into watching old Mario cartoons, I’ll remind you that Dino Drac’s Summer Jukebox is now active… so long as you’re viewing the site on a desktop computer. If you are, look for the little jukebox graphic on the right-side column!