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!
Tales from the Cryptkeeper: Ghost Ship!
Welcome to Dino Drac After Dark — back from an extended hiatus!
If you’re new to this part of the site, here’s how it works:
Every night around midnight, I’ll be posting a cartoon, movie, commercial compilation or some other sort of nonsense. You can gobble ‘em up quietly, or better yet, join in the comments section with a great group of folks who are up for chatting about almost anything.
(And no, I don’t expect y’all to only talk about whatever videos I post. Within reason, you can chat about whatever!)
This is a quiet corner of Dino Drac that I don’t often advertise, and I plan to keep it that way. For the most part, it will be on you to remember this place. (If it helps, a neat little banner appears on the main page every night at midnight!)
Consider Dino Drac After Dark a casual clubhouse for night owls and/or people who aren’t into traditional social media.
Now, onto the first video of the Cruel Summer season!
Since I just posted that review of a weird Talking Cryptkeeper doll, it seemed fitting to run an episode of the cartoon that gave it life.
So, here’s the lucky thirteenth episode of Tales from the Cryptkeeper, which just happens to have the perfect plot for Cruel Summer. The episode is called Ghost Ship, and get a load of this description:
“Radical surf dudes Mike and Ben decide to take Ben’s father’s bodacious speedboat for a spin – without permission. On the way out of the marina, they bounce it off a dock, and soon the craft is sunk! While drifting on their boogie boards in the fog, they are approached by a pirate ship, manned by swarthy skeletons.”
Goddamn! Cruel Summer indeed!
Enjoy the vid, and remember to check out Dino Drac After Dark EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!
Programming Note!
Hey everyone! (Or… anyone?)
As you’ve probably heard by now, Dino Drac’s Cruel Summer event begins on June 9th. That’s technically Saturday, but I’ll more likely start it on Friday night… which means that it’s pretty much exactly two weeks away!)
Updates to the site will be beyond light before then, as I’m now in complete prep mode to make sure I have all sorts of goodies ready to go once the Cruel Summer event gets rolling. Yes, that will include daily updates to Dino Drac After Dark for however long it lasts! (At least one month, but possibly longer. It will definitely end before August, so I’ll have time to prepare for the you-know-what.)
Tl;dr: Hold tight! Stuff is coming! In the meantime, feel free to email me if you dig up any summer-appropriate videos for DDAD on YouTube. (Credit will be given for any suggestions I use, so please let me know what name to credit you with, too!)
PS: Go ahead and use this thread for idle conversation… it’s what DDAD is here for!
Saturday Survey!
Let’s do a survey tonight!
What’s the best thing that happened to you in 2018?
(Yes, I understand that 2018 isn’t even five months old.)
