Okay, so I had a total markout moment this morning. As I’m walking to work, I notice people setting up a makeshift stage with banners for Duran Duran — for Good Morning America or something, I think — so I’m like, “oh shit, I’ll be twenty feet away and still not able to see this.” But whatever, I go into my building, head up the escalator, and there they are. Just said “good morning” to Simon not wanting to look like a total geek (and not wanting to bug the guys in the temporary sanctity of our building), but yeah, technically, I met Duran Duran this morning and I am tha-rilled. I’m allowed to be lame.
The entry for Tuesday, arriving very close to Wednesday, is my short tribute to magic of Halloween television specials. To appease the brevity haters, I’ve also included three commercial downloads — two teasers for Charlie Brown and Garfield’s respective Halloween specials, and the McDonald’s McBoo ad that you might’ve noticed on the main page for a day or so a few weeks ago. Day or so few weeks ago. As one of the guys who played Blanche’s father said, it has all the makings of a great country song. Before I go, has anyone picked up the Friday the 13th box set yet? I’ve got the Elm Street set and it’s pretty amazing, but I’ve heard a lot of terrible things about Jason’s version. Making matters worse is that I already own most of the F13 flicks on DVD, so without any good extras, I’m going to have a real hard time justifying the purchase unless the set includes free trading cards or a half-off coupon for waffles. Still, huge recommendation for the Elm Street collection if you haven’t picked it up yet. The extras are incredible, running the gamut from commentaries to behind-the-scenes footage of Englund dressed as Freddy but just hanging around drinking coffee. And everyone involved with Elm Street 2 openly admitted how much it sucked, so you know the commentaries aren’t fluff.
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I know, I miss the holiday specials on TV myself a lot. It’s just that the networks don’t advertise them that much like they used to. Actually, ABC nows holds the broadcast rights to the Peanuts specials, not CBS which ran them for years.
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure was fun, but I think that the Peanuts one was much better. I still feel sorry for Charlie Brown. Why the hell did those people give him rocks? Was this payback for Charlie Brown doing something to them? (Maybe a bad lawnmower job?) Did you know that the first year this aired, so many people felt sorry for the round-headed kid that they sent bags of candy to Charles Schultz for him to "give" to Charlie Brown? Now that’s fandom!