November 1992 Commercials!
Here are a bunch of random TV commercials that aired back in November of ’92:
The key thing is that they all aired on WPIX. That was MY STATION, guys. I lived on it as a kid, and yes, that would include 1992. Stuffed with cartoons and sitcom reruns and ’80s movies and late night spooks, I’m fond of calling WPIX my “childhood best friend.”
Bloody New Year!
Happy 2018, all!
Here’s Bloody New Year, a horror movie from 1987. Most of you haven’t seen it, but you might be familiar with its famous VHS box art, which featured some kind of skeletal zombie blowing a party horn.
Bloody New Year comes off like a blend of April Fool’s Day and The Shining. It was roughly produced and it doesn’t always make sense, but it’s worth leaving on in the background while you putz around with other things. Just look up whenever you hear a snarl or a scream.
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Wow, look at me, updating Dino Drac After Dark. How novel!
At this point, I think all of you get that even if I’m totally absent for a while, I won’t be absent forever, and you’ll just make the most of whichever comment thread hangs at the top.
No big deal — though one of my New Year’s resolutions is to make sure this place doesn’t slide by without updates THAT often anymore.
Consider this your New Year’s Eve/Day thread, because I will almost certainly NOT be around tomorrow night. I might not even be conscious!
To celebrate 2018’s arrival (or possibly 2017’s demise), here’s Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
The special premiered back in ‘86, though weirdly feels like it’s from at least ten years prior. (Yes, even with Chuck’s hip reference to computer games!)
If you’re a Charlie Brown fan, it’s kind of a downer, because our boy just gets the shit kicked out of him in this one. Though I guess he kinda does in every Peanuts special?
On the bright side, of all the Peanuts specials I’ve seen, this is the one that feels closest to the gang’s Chex Mix commercials. To the point where I frequently misremember Chex Mix as appearing during the party scene.
Frosty the Snowman!
Does any network run Frosty the Snowman, anymore? I genuinely don’t know, though I can’t say that I’ve been paying very close attention. “Busy busy busy!”
Either way, here he is!
