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Kellogg’s Spooky Cereals & The Giant Sky Captain Robot Balloon!

Okay, am I the only one who actually likes some of the songs on Freddy's Greatest Hits? I've been taking shit for it all weekend.

The Halloween Countdown entry for September 20th features Kellogg's three new "Haunted Manor" cereals, essentially Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Cocoa Rice Krispies in spookier packaging with CRAZY marshmallows. The number of arguably Halloween-themed cereals this year is nuts -- I've counted at least eight so far, and I'm sure I haven't seen 'em all. Pretty soon Corn Flakes will come in red. The recipes on the side panels seem to odd to just read and forget about, so I'll get around to making phallic chocolate Apple Jacks bananas during a later Countdown entry.

Before I go, a couple of things to unload. The other day, I'm walking to work with my head buried in cement as usual, and just as I'm approaching the other side of the street -- there it is. A Sky Captain robot balloon that was easily seven miles tall. Pretty amazing to have no idea you're going to see something like that and literally walk into its giant feet. When I went back outside a few hours later, the thing was gone. Still haven't found out where Robot Balloon got hauled off to, but I'm glad I got to spend thirty seconds with him before shoving my eyeballs in scalding coffee to look less dead for the 10 AM swarm. Click on the pics to see 'em bigger -- they're impressive:


If you're just getting here after the weekend, we're rockin' the new looks. Don't forget to hit up the Countdown entries already scrolled off the main page (a master list is coming this week) -- the Shocktober Commercial and Mountain Dew Pitch Black!

Posted by Matt on 09/19/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 61 comments

everyone ready for TMI?

My poo did turn green. While I was at work. I wipe, and like most americans, I look to see if I got anything interesting. the paper is green.

scariest moment of my life. glad to know that my green poo is not a harbinger of doom.

Chestnuts roasted by Whirred @ 09/20/2004 11:21 AM

Matt, I forgot, did you ever have an update on the Alien Fruit Monsters you sent away for?

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 09/20/2004 11:33 AM

I’M BACK! Holy cow it’s been about a month and a half since I’ve had the time and access to this web site. I finnaly got the promotion at work I was hoping for, and have been non-stop since late july. and just now that I’m catching up with that, I’ve got to catch up on x-e. There’s nothing better than coming to work on a crappy monday and finding updates on your favorite web site. this’ll keep me busy for at least a week, not to mention the new updates. If I wasn’t in the middle of a huge fight w/ my wife, I’d think I was a lucky guy.

Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 09/20/2004 11:51 AM

Giant frickin’ robots?? That does it. Im moving to New York.

Chestnuts roasted by pulseczar @ 09/20/2004 12:17 PM

Does that mean "ghost of a banana?" I didn’t know bananas got resurrected in ghost form.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama @ 09/20/2004 12:27 PM

You want to see prototypes for some of the robots in Tomorrow Captain and the World of Sky, watch the old Max Fleischer Superman cartoon "The Mechanical Monsters." The movie is a homage to vintage futurism and movie serials.

monster dog’s description of MD Pitch Black reminds me of a similar one concerning a soft drink named Moxie. Which is by the way, where the words’ use for showing spunk comes from. You want a soft drink that tests your mettle, try Moxie. Takes about four sips to get used to it. I’m still trying to find me a bottle.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/20/2004 12:27 PM

So in England we have coco pops, is that the same thing as cocoa crispies? Coco pops are just rice crispies with chocolate on, and they dont have snap crackle and pop on they have this monkey.

Chestnuts roasted by Yeah @ 09/20/2004 1:23 PM

Matt,
You never cease to amaze me! I saw a bit about that Sky Captain robot in Times Square on the news the other day and said to myself "I guarantee you Matt from X-E has seen that and will mention it on his site." And sho nuff you did! :) I have to ask you though is the reason you carry a camera to work job related or just to capture weird stuff like this?! Or is it one of those phone cams which if so, the pictures look great! Love the Halloween menus by the way and happy to see The Grand Wizard as the countdown master. ;)
Melissa Y.
(resident…ah you know the rest)

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 09/20/2004 1:34 PM

How can I get a giant Robot to come down my street?

Chestnuts roasted by Dixon Deeper @ 09/20/2004 1:36 PM

I liked the clickable song… I even sang along with it.

My most memorable Freddy-related song/video was Dokken’s "Dream Warrior(s?)." I thought that was so cool when it came out. :D I was a Freddy Freak from day one.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/20/2004 1:52 PM

Hey Matt,

I found this at a local party store. I haven’t seen you mention it, so I’m hoping I’ve got something new for you:

http://www.bigscreamtv.info/

Chestnuts roasted by KodaK @ 09/20/2004 2:14 PM

Get the GI Joe PSAs while you still can: http://www.fenslerfilm.com/?sec=news
http://www.fenslerfilm.com/i/hasjoe.gif

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 09/20/2004 2:33 PM

Hey, I hate to be a picky piece of shit but Robert Englund does not actually provide the voice for Freddy on the classic track Nightmare on my Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The voice is actually supplied by their human beatbox Ready Rock C who does a good imitation. I should know because I listened to that whole album a billion times when i was a wee lad. Another great song has to be the Human Video Game on that album where Ready Rock does his rendition of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. When I think of Halloween I think of the Garfield special and candy and getting immensly sick. And I also think of those fucks who hand out fruit or gives you a handful of pennies. What a bunch of asswipes.
Speaking of Sky Captain I totally refuse to see it. It looks so fucking cheesy and it has actors that i can’t stand in it. The CG work looks way too fake to me and that just ruins a movie in my book.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/20/2004 2:44 PM

What the-? My mom was kind enough to buy me a box of Cocoa Rice Krispies (I’m so happy they brought these back, even under a different name), but they weren’t spooky-themed! Letdown.

Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 09/20/2004 3:44 PM

HOLY CRAP! i love the new layout. i know it was a coupla posts ago, but im a weekday-only x-e’er…

Chestnuts roasted by kranick @ 09/20/2004 4:01 PM

Hearing about those "Sounds of Halloween" tapes brings back memories. People used to play them all the time while handing out candy around here.

I used to be scared of Nightmare On My Street.. there, I said it. My cousin played that tape so much that I think it spontaneously combusted. Poor Prince.

Dokken – Dream Warriors is the song that’s constantly playing in my head, doesn’t matter if I want it there or not. And for some reason I’m always picturing Will in his wheel chair while it’s playing.

"Sorry kid, I don’t believe in fairy tales!" -Freddy

Chestnuts roasted by Matt (#2?) @ 09/20/2004 4:09 PM

This is one of your best halloween countdowns so far. One question though. Do you have any Value Village(thrift department store)s in your area? Those seem to explode with merchandise once halloween season starts, and the front of the store is crammed with ‘ween stuff of various vintages that hasn’t been sold yet. THAT would make a great countdown article, or perhaps even a full-fledged article on it’s own.

Chestnuts roasted by DocDragon @ 09/20/2004 5:54 PM

Come to think, didn’t Will Smith get into a bit of a legal snit concerning unauthorized use of "Freddy" for his tune? When a OKC radio station used to have The Dr. Demento Show, I would just about vibrate out of this plane of exsistence waiting for his Hallowe’en shows. And Nightmare on my Street always made it to the Funny Five every year.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/20/2004 5:59 PM

Man, this is what i get for not checking the blog. I am so far behind. As far as the best costume, I was a headless ax murder via a football helmet, a black t-shirt, and my dad’s big shirt. And SPIDER-MAN my first 3 Halloween’s.
The best part of being a teacher is that I get to relive all of the holidays (primarily the one’s that happen this time of year). Even though I teach high school, it is still something.
Thanks for all of the great stuff, Matt. To quote Lisa, "You’re a credit to dementia."

Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 09/20/2004 7:06 PM

Matt- Any chance of taking nice enlarged pictures of those cereal recipes so they are legible? I wanna make one without having to buy 2 boxes for it.

Chestnuts roasted by Max @ 09/20/2004 8:10 PM

Holy shit!! Quite the nice layout you got going on here Matt. Very nively done Brian…Anyyyyway, yeah, good stuff. Keem em coming. Later

Chestnuts roasted by Well @ 09/20/2004 8:28 PM

Max: I’ll be doing another post on those recipes soon — full-scans then. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/20/2004 9:02 PM

Matt (#2?) – I was deathly afraid after I watched the first Freddy movie. I guess I was around 7, and I remember not wanting to even get off of the couch to walk on the floor because I could always imagine Freddy’s shiny claws grabbing at me from under the furniture. XD And, of course, getting in bed might as well have been considered torture that night.

After I mentioned the Dokken song earlier today, I haven’t been able to shake it since! Matt should review that video, or something. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/20/2004 9:22 PM

I’m not familiar with these special Halloween cereals. I am however familiar with those that come out around Xmas. Anyone remember the special Cap’n Crunch cereal that comes out around Xmas, Christmas Crunch? It’s good. I remember having some years ago.

Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 09/20/2004 9:38 PM

Bert — search the site, I’ve done an entire article on Christmas Crunch.

And in a later countdown entry, General Mills Strikes Back.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/20/2004 9:40 PM

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