Purple Stuff Podcast: Skeleton Monsters!
Halloween starts in like fifteen minutes, but whatever, the Purple Stuff Podcast still owes you one last spooky show for the season. We’re here to deliver!
In our latest episode, me and Jay from Sludge Central tackle eight great SKELETONS from all walks of pop culture. The Grim Reaper from Spookies! Battle Bones from Masters of the Universe! The Horned King from The Black Cauldron! It’s an all-out skull-fest!
Click here to listen to this week’s show!
As a reminder, the Purple Stuff Podcast is also on Patreon, where you can grab an exclusive bonus show every month. (If you’re in a Halloween mood, it’s a good time to join, because our last four bonus shows have all been Halloween-themed!)
Below are supplemental links about the skeletons we discussed on the show. (Don’t read if you’re avoiding spoilers!)
1. Grim Reaper from Spookies!
2. Horned King death scene from The Black Cauldron!
3. Skull-masked McNugget Buddy from 1998!
4. Bad to the Bone Ghost from RGB!
5. Bones from Power Rangers!
6. Live-action Skeletor commercial from 1989!
7. Battle Bones from MOTU!
8. Charon from Clash of the Titans!
Thanks so much for listening. We’ve loved spending the season with you! Between our main shows and bonus shows, we’ve published around six hours’ worth of spooky podcasts these last few months. Marathon them this weekend, if you’re not busy!
(And don’t worry, we’re gonna hit you up with thematic shows for the next holiday season, too! As for me, I’d like to get one last thing onto Dino Drac before Halloween is over, but we’ll see how the weekend goes. If you’re heading off for parties or hayrides, have a great one!)
Halloween Junk Food History, Part III: 2005!
Before October slips away, I need to continue my Halloween Junk Food History series! We looked back at 2003 and 2004 in prior videos, so this time, it’s all about 2005.
To put that year into proper context, imagine yourself watching the insect scene from Peter Jackson’s King Kong. On repeat. You’re surrounded by giant crickets.
Click here to watch on YouTube!
Join me on a ten-minute trip to 2005, where we’ll discuss everything from Mountain Dew Pitch Black II to Hi-C Frightening Fruit Punch. Plus some other things that weren’t drinkable. It was a pretty hot year for Halloween junk food, and I’m thankful that I still had the photos to prove it!
Enjoy! I’ve spent the last six hours battling inexplicable technical issues, so I’m gonna go collapse under a pile of throw blankets. If you missed the previous videos in this series, here’s 2003 and here’s 2004.
Dino Drac’s Halloween Funpack is here!
If you’re already a Dino Drac Funpack subscriber, congrats, you are LOCKED IN for the 2021 Halloween Funpack! (The most popular Funpack of the entire year!)
If you’re NOT a subscriber, here’s the deal: Subscriptions are closed, but I have a fair number of spares to sell on an individual, non-subscription basis. Scroll to the bottom to grab one if you’re interested. Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever, and I’ll warn you… even with a bunch of spares, they’re probably gonna go quick!
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This year’s Halloween Funpack is extra special. Each contains Dino Drac’s Treat Sack, an adorable fabric pumpkin bag that’s overstuffed with spooky collectibles, candy and other awesome goodies.
Let’s see what’s inside! (Stop reading here if you don’t want to be spoiled!) Read More…
2021’s Best Halloween Junk Food, Part 4!
Welcome to the fourth edition of 2021’s Best Halloween Junk Food, which isn’t even gonna be the last one. I’ll need the benefit of hindsight to be sure, but I can’t remember another year when we got sooo much great stuff. From a foodie perspective, this has gotta be in the running for Best Halloween Ever.
Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets!
(Available at Burger King)
Even without any special packaging, Burger King’s Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets might be my favorite food of the entire Halloween season. They’re that good!
The heat isn’t daunting, exactly, but it’s pretty severe by fast food standards. It’s that sneak-up-on-you kind of heat, too, which leads me to believe that there’s some capsaicin extract in the mix, along with whatever “real” peppers the King diced up.
Beyond that, they’re just good nuggets in general. Can’t remember the last time I had BK’s chicken nuggets before this week, but they’ve evolved into the perfect midpoint between Applebee’s chicken tenders and McDonald’s McNuggets.
GRADE: A+. I noticed that Burger King is using shadowy ghosts in the online promo images. If those end up in restaurants as window displays, I promise you that I will steal one or die trying. Read More…