10/25/2005 Entry: "CHARLIE F'N BROWN!"

HEY! Tonight. 8 PM. ABC. It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Do your freakin' part and watch the freakin' show.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 10/25/2005 07:08 PM EST

I have always loved that movie. The part when Snoopy as the World War One flying ace piloting his sopwith camel has always been my favorite part. Of course it ended with him kissing Lucy. Ick dog germs! I have a copy of the film on vhs which I have had and watched over and over again for the past 15 years. k-3po Karate :o

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 10/25/2005 07:20 PM EST

It's going to be waiting for me when I get home from class. That's where I am now, actually, and what did the teach just hand out? The Peanuts Book of Pumpkin Carols! A selection:
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
Just like I do this time each year.
When he brings nice toys
To good girls and boys
Who wait for him to appear.
I'm dreaming of the Great Pumpkin
With every Pumpkin card I write.
May your jack-o-lanterns burn bright
When the Great Pumpkin visits you tonight.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/25/2005 07:26 PM EST

Argh! Why must I have other plans!?

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 10/25/2005 07:27 PM EST

no offense poop...but i cant stand the flying ace part...my favorite part: the intro...view of the front steps and out they come...pumpkin huntin'...just that whole sequence is the definition of fall for me...they colors of the sky and everything are perfect...but i still miss disney's sleepy hollow

Chestnuts roasted by gerv @ 10/25/2005 07:28 PM EST

Squee:

Dear sweet jeezus, that is the most exciting thing I've ever heard in my life. I hope this songbook is comprehensive, long, and equally amazing!

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 10/25/2005 07:31 PM EST

yea, does anyone know if they play disneys sleepy hollow anymore? maybe on the disney channel?

Chestnuts roasted by pdac @ 10/25/2005 07:32 PM EST

Ha ha ha! I made gerv type poop!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 10/25/2005 07:43 PM EST

Woo hoo! I made it home with 15 minutes to spare. I'm glad I made X-entertainment my first stop or I never would've known.

Chestnuts roasted by SuperRecoome @ 10/25/2005 07:47 PM EST

Nah it's only 7 or 8 little ditties, but it's cute. It's photocopied and I can't find any identifying info besides a Hallmark logo on the back, but here's "Pumpkin Bells":
Dashing through the streets
In our costumes bright and gay
To each house we go
Laughing all the way.
Halloween is here,
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to trick-or-treat
And sing Pumpkin carols tonight!
Oh, Pumpkin bells! Pumpkin bells!
Ringing loud and clear,
Oh what fun Great Pumpkin brings
When Halloween is here!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/25/2005 07:55 PM EST

Yay, thanks for the reminder!

Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 10/25/2005 08:02 PM EST

long time reader, first time poster. I'm not really the vocal type but i saw this and i couldn't deprive everyone. This shit is the shit....

http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

Chestnuts roasted by conchristador @ 10/25/2005 08:22 PM EST

mtrox

I thought we'd all agreed that the correct phrase is dear sweet Peeps jeezus!

You can take the woman out of the teacher, but you can't take the.... Well, damn. That's not right.

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/25/2005 08:22 PM EST

I watched Gilmore Girls instead. I blame my roommate. I don't really like it....

conchristador: That's a pretty boss pumpkin carving game. I'll try to improve on my less-than-stellar real pumpkin carving endeavor. I tried to make it a vampire pumpkin but one of its two fangs fell off during carving so it looks more like a red-neck than a vampire.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/25/2005 09:08 PM EST

I don't have cable...but I picked up a video copy of "Great Pumpkin" last month, so I'll probably watch it in the near future anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/25/2005 09:09 PM EST

Gozer, I watched Gilmore Girls too, because ABC doesn't come in on my TV. I don't really like it that much anymore, but I still feel compelled to watch it. Stupid television industry.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 10/25/2005 09:25 PM EST

I can't wait 'till Christmas. And I can't wait for Christmas at X-E again. That's right. I want it back!

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 10/25/2005 09:29 PM EST

I'm sorry, I had to watch I Love 1981 3-D.

Can we skip Winter this year? Maybe just jump from November 1st to, like, May? That would be great.

Hey, they're talking about Jaws 3D!!! We're onto 1983 at this point, before someone tries to correct me

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/25/2005 10:11 PM EST

I, too actually remembered to see Great Pumpkin, and it was just as god as it ever was.

and Yeesh, let's wait till the First to start thinkin about Christmas. I listened to the xmas jukebox today...I don't know why, don't ask.

And if you're out there, Scott, thanx a bundle. I'll keep up my promise and name something after you.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/25/2005 10:30 PM EST

My listening to the 'ween juke has been limited to times where I've been especially feeling the seasonal mood, but I listened to the Xmas juke for a solid three months straight (and my job plays Xmas songs on the sound system all day long). I'm stoked to hear it's coming back in new glory.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/25/2005 11:11 PM EST

There will never be a greater evil than Lucy Van Pelt and her football.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/25/2005 11:13 PM EST

Was too busy watching the VH1 80's 3D specials. Harry Anderson hasn't aged very well. Also talked about Monchichis and the Press Your Luck Whammies. Although I think they're running out of material since they've talked about things like DC Cab, Christopher Cross, and Jaws 3D.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/25/2005 11:18 PM EST

Hmmm... the two topics look strangely exactly alike...

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 10/25/2005 11:22 PM EST

Yeah, I've been glued to the tube so far this week watching I Love the 80's 3D and AMC's Monsterfest. The new I Love the 80's episodes could be condensed into 30 minutes instead of an hour if they got rid of the all the stupid boring stuff...still, I can't help myself from watching it. Is anybody a fan of the comedy group Stella? I am a HUGE fan and I got to see "The Baxter" tonight. Good date movie but don't expect to find any of the outrageous Stella humor most people expect from them.

Chestnuts roasted by Kevin @ 10/25/2005 11:47 PM EST

I watch this on TV every year.. even with the DVD and VHS tapes I have owned over the years, watching it on regular TV just seems right.. even though they editid out a little bit.

Chestnuts roasted by Tyler @ 10/26/2005 12:07 AM EST

"I'm not your chauffeur FOOL!" I now MUST see DC Cab. I dunno if he actually says that, but dammit if I wasn't LMAO when Goddfrey (is that his name?) said it.

They did Fashion Plates. I had the "boy" versions. Yep, I traced quite a few monster trucks in my day. I had the smaller, travel versions. Well they weren't really smaller, they just didn't have the compartments to the side of the frame. Everything fit in a drawer below the drawing surface.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/26/2005 12:36 AM EST

I had the Masters of the Universe version (it wasn't meant for fashion) of the plates and a "monster Maker" of the same concept. Fun stuff, almost as fun as shrinky dinks...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/26/2005 04:30 AM EST

(In my best crappy Ep 3 Darth Vader voice)...

AHHHH...NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!!!

I missed it.

Chestnuts roasted by bad karma @ 10/26/2005 09:54 AM EST

I was at my family's house for supper last night and missed it. My sixteen year old cousin HAD to watch Gilmore Girls and taped Charlie Brown for us. Yeah, thats right GOZER, Gilmore Girls is for 16 year old girls. I'm sorry that was uncalled for. I guess I'm just still a little bitter.
P.S. Thank you MATT for pointing out that the xmas jukebox is still there. I am listening to it right now, acctually i have both the christmas and halloween on shuffle.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/26/2005 10:07 AM EST

Re: Gilmore Girls

One of my favourite ex-beaus (a 40+-year-old man) used to watch GG religiously. The underlying causes of his fascination with GG is the main reason he's an ex.

Effing Lorelei!

*grumble*

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/26/2005 10:24 AM EST

I love watching The Great Pumpkin. I have, however, always felt there has been something since they got rid of the bumper (is that what they're called Matt?) before the start of the show. You know the one, the one with the spinning "Special Presentaion" and bongos in the background. You knew when you heard and saw that, it was going to be a special night. Man, I miss those days.....

Chestnuts roasted by Galvatron @ 10/26/2005 10:24 AM EST

Here you go, Galvatron

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 10/26/2005 10:39 AM EST

I didn't see the blog until Wednesday morning. I missed the Peanuts :-(

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella @ 10/26/2005 10:43 AM EST

Thank you Lori. Is that from Matt's video page? I know I had seen it somewhere a while a go, but I have been unable to find it since.

Anywho, that just made the rest of my year...

=)

Chestnuts roasted by Galvatron @ 10/26/2005 11:47 AM EST

I'll be busy watching my Astros break my heart for the fourth and final time this World Series.

Besides, I don't get good television on AFN.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by Erik Majorwitz @ 10/26/2005 11:54 AM EST

BAH! I missed it. =(
AMC has me hooked for the week.

Chestnuts roasted by Merry @ 10/26/2005 12:16 PM EST

i need to throw my 2 cents in on the gilmore girls topic: i love it to death. it's a happy little show with intelligent humor and those who hate it are just... well, haters i suppose.

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 10/26/2005 12:19 PM EST

I missed the Peanuts Great Pumpkin special. Damn tech support job. Anywho, if you guys haven't read Matt's review on the show it is pretty funny. Certainly not your typicial Matt review. It's like he didnt' get some in a while at the time. Anyway, the sexual jokes are hilarious.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0691/

Chestnuts roasted by JohnM @ 10/26/2005 12:44 PM EST

i need to throw my 2 cents in on the gilmore girls topic: i love it to death. it's a happy little show with intelligent humor and those who hate it are just... well, haters i suppose.

Ghosted by bitchpants

John? Is that you??

(just kidding)

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/26/2005 12:45 PM EST

speaking of bees.... I HATE BEES. Ok, maybe no one was speaking of bees but seriously if I had a nickle for every bee I've killed today I'd have $1.05. You may now all go back to talking about the great charlie brown's garfield or whatever it is.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 10/26/2005 12:51 PM EST

no Johns here. well, there are johns, but not the type you are talking about i'm sure

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 10/26/2005 12:54 PM EST

How many people ever wanted to make Charlie Brown's ghost costume? And how many have actually worn one? "Great Pumpkin" is my favorite Hallowe'en Special, and "King of the Hill" has my favorite Hallowe'en episode of a regular series. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Junie Harper is planning some sort of revenge scheme on Hank for ruining her religious boiler-room operation.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/26/2005 12:57 PM EST

Lisa Marie, Um, if that was a Gilmore girls reference you lost me. I have never seen the show. *shrugs* Are there any guys who watch this show?

Chestnuts roasted by JohnM @ 10/26/2005 12:58 PM EST

Know what I'd love to see? A new Ghost with the Most!
Nothing would put me more in the holiday spirit than our frustrated friend.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/26/2005 01:12 PM EST

Nah, JohnM -- that wasn't directed at you. Earlier I had said an ex-beau (named John)watched the show, and he would defend it as vehemently as bitchpants was doing. I was jokingly asking if bitchpants was, in fact, my ex-beau.

Sometimes the trains in my head eschew the traditional tracks.

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/26/2005 01:32 PM EST

tell john to call me!

Just kidding. i'm not sure how i'd feel about a guy that loves gilmore girls. that seems a little strange to me...

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 10/26/2005 01:36 PM EST

*laughing* Yes, indeed, bitchpants! See above re: break up. Heh.

I soooo wanted to watch I heart the 80s last night. I'm glad so many of you did. Fashion plates! YES!

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/26/2005 01:50 PM EST

I don't know if I'd say that I "like" Gilmore Girls, but I have to say that it grows on you. I started watching it 'cause my roommate actually likes it and Lauren Graham and Alexis Bladel are both hott. The dialog can be pretty nauseating though. That being said though, I guess I still am a 23 year old guy who watches Gilmore Girls. I'll watch extra football this weekend to recover some masculinity.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/26/2005 01:51 PM EST

OOH! I just had the tape brought to me, I will be a day late, but I'm gonna watch it. And it was taped over something marked 6/16/90, so I'll be entertained with whatever 15 year old commercials are left on the tape.
Does anyone else notice that older VHS tapes are heavy as frick?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/26/2005 02:29 PM EST

Anyone else watching AMC's "Monsterfest?"

So far, it's been a little weak. They're choosing good franchises, but the wrong sequels, in my opinion. They did Friday the 13th, but the one with Corey Feldman, which was never my favorite, and last night they did Halloween, but the one with the annoying little girl in 98% of the movie. I think they're doing the first Hellraiser, so things are looking up...

Chestnuts roasted by tanta07 @ 10/26/2005 02:31 PM EST

Kingklash--I love the King of the Hill Halloween Episode too! I threw it into my little marathon the other weekend (with Garfield, Peanuts, and an assload of Simpsons).

Also, in regards to all the discussion about Peeps in the last thread, here is official word on the extinction of cocoa bats...

"PEEPS Cocoa flavored Bats were replaced by PEEPS Cocoa flavored Cats beginning with the 2004 Halloween season. They are the same great taste, with just a different shape. Our Sales and Marketing team does their very best to market all of our products and make them widely available. Unfortunately though, we have no control over which products retailers decide to stock on their shelves."

Also, they don't know what's in development but thank me for pitching pumpkin-flavored peeps. Someday my peeps will come.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 10/26/2005 02:35 PM EST

X-E: the only place where anyone can say "a shout-out to all my Peeps!" and mean it on so many levels.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/26/2005 02:42 PM EST

Sci-Fi is also doing movie marathons all this week.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/26/2005 02:44 PM EST

Lauren Graham is hot, but she's got kind of a pig nose. You know? Still, I'd do her. I'd just make her wear one of those Groucho glasses with the fake nose so I wouldn't have to look at her pig nose. Is that so wrong?

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 10/26/2005 02:49 PM EST

Maybe not everyone's Halloween cup of tea, but TCM has Hitchcock all week long.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 10/26/2005 02:52 PM EST

dohopoki: The only thing more dangerous than being with a fool is fooling with a bee. Remember that.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/26/2005 03:19 PM EST

I did my freakin' part and watched the freakin' special. Man, I loved it!

I bought this DVD last year, but the TV version isn't re-mastered like the DVD is (at least, it doesn't seem like it). I love how the music stops abruptly, and there is this crackling dead air before something else is said or music is played. Great stuff.

Starwenn, is your video copy from the 80s and have the Hi-Tops logo, or is it a Paramount video?

Erik, you're missing out on Charlie Brown!!! Damn the AFN!!! Yes, I know its the Armed Forces Network.

Anyone watch I Love the 80s 3D '82 and '83 last night? See Tron and Jaws 3D? Good stuff. I like how in Jaws 3D (which was horrible) the Bruce the shark is swimming toward the window, and even he isn't all to jazzed about the prospect of crashing through the window--the best of the worst special FX I have witnessed in a long time. '84 and '85 tonight!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/26/2005 03:31 PM EST

Sci-Fi showed Bordello of Blood on Monday night. Yes, I watched it. Yes, I laughed my friggin ass off at Dennis Miller and his horrible facial expressions. I still wanna know what acting school can "teach me how to act the Dennis Miller way." Ahhh, classic. Especially the Super Soaker scene.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/26/2005 03:33 PM EST

by the way, the annoying little girl in halloween is molly, the slutty neighbor from roseanne. speaking of which, i still haven't seen a roseanne halloween episode yet this year
it's not halloween until i see dan connor on the kitchen table covered in linked sausage!

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 10/26/2005 04:24 PM EST

I just got back from Gags and Gifts, I mean Halloween U.S.A. I got a folding pocket comb. It's a switch blade with a comb instead of a blade. Any way they were playing the Halloween jute box in there. That's it. Jabba Juice :o

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 10/26/2005 04:31 PM EST

I know someone here wants these.
http://tinyurl.com/7vx65

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 10/26/2005 04:56 PM EST

My cocoa-flavoured Lord, Allison! I hadn't thought of the 3D Jaws since I saw it. Which, by the way, was on HBO back in the day and also sans glasses. (What can I say, Mama wasn't hip.) How awful.

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/26/2005 05:14 PM EST

Pffft, Matt, it was already over here on the West Coast by the time you posted your bulletin! I missed it!

Chestnuts roasted by Brandon @ 10/26/2005 05:49 PM EST

So, being a man and watching GILMORE makes you gay?

Well, I guess I need to suck off a dude then.

Chestnuts roasted by Nut Ghay @ 10/26/2005 05:52 PM EST

Same pathetic pleading as yesterday.

The Story of Jack and His Lantern
A Hallowe’en Treat For X-Entertainment
By kingklash

Part Two: Welcome To Glory, Now Get Out!

Time passed, and Jack was before the Pearly Gates. Again he waited as he watched worthy souls being welcomed in. He even saw a couple of his former victims gain entrance.
“This is more like it,” he said to himself, “I know they’ll gladly take in someone who’s beat the Devil.”
“Not very likely.” said St. Peter, suddenly at Jack’s side, a large book in his hand. “Your reputation proceeds you.”
Jack was all charm, “Your Saintlyness, sir. What do you mean, ‘Not likely’?”
“Your record of your Life, I mean.” St. Peter opened the book, “Especially the record of your crimes.”
“Is my record somewhere in the Book?”
“The record is the Book!”
“Right. I had no idea I was so.... prolific.”
“That’s what happens when you start by pulling your first bait-and-switch at Eight Years of age.”
“That would be the, let’s see, the Shepherd’s Pies filled.....”
“...With peat moss, yes. Claimed later that your family couldn’t afford enough meat to fill that many orders.”
“Sheep eat moss, sometimes. I did make a tidy profit, though. Never could understand why the other children were so mad, I made sure the moss was cooked.”
“I don’t have the time to go over all your records, or listen to your explanations. The point is, you can’t come in.”
“Seems I heard this song before. Why not? Afraid I’ll take over here, too?”
“Of course not, But you have very few redeeming acts recorded. Look at the index based on types of deeds,” Peter flipped towards the back of the book. “These pages here are all the times you made off with dowries of young women you proposed to, including that set of triplets!”
“Now that was an honest mistake there, what had really happened...”
“Enough!” St. Peter snapped the book shut with the sound of a thunderclap. “The point is, you haven’t done enough in your life to gain entrance. The table of contents is longer than the record of good deeds.”
“But, you forget that I am the one who’s beaten the Devil, not once, or twice, but.... let’s see....”
“You forget that two of the ways to gain his attention, are either being a pure, good soul that he can’t help but try to corrupt, or your way, being a underhanded, light-fingered, selfish spirit who skirts all laws and might just make a perfect minion down in Hell.”
“I’m no one’s lackey. But then again, I guess that’s why ‘Lucie’ don’t want me either, So, if wasn’t such a artist at.....” Jack held up St. Peter’s golden key to the Pearly Gates, quietly slipped off his key ring.
“Give me that!” Snatching his key back, Peter spread his wings. “Since you can’t come here or go there, but haven’t earned a chance with a new life, you can move about freely on Earth as a spirit. You just have to find out your limits on your own. Try to make the best of it. At least it isn’t Purgatory.” And, using his key, the Concierge of Heaven passed though the gates, quickly locking them behind.
“Now that is a fine how-do-you-do, isn’t it.” Jack thought as he sat down on the stairway to Heaven. “I have all the time in the world, and nothing to do with it. I just know I’ll get bored before the century’s out.”

Next Time: Dead, and Learning to Love It

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash is halfway through, be patient. @ 10/26/2005 05:59 PM EST

Hey Norbert! Just emailed you - the Frankenberry boxes are currently in the capable (?) hands of the U.S. Postal Service. I only hope that the thing you name after me is something rad, like a bitchin' Trans Am or a neon-colored fanny pack, and not something lame like, say, a bowel movement.

Viva la Frankenberry!

Chestnuts roasted by Scott @ 10/26/2005 06:11 PM EST

Anyone watch I Love the 80s 3D '82 and '83 last night? See Tron and Jaws 3D? Good stuff

I always loved the I Love The 80s specials the best. The commentators are actually enthusiastic on what they're talking about, cause they're really going back to their childhood. It's just awesome. This time around, I love how Dan Frischman's title was originally "Head of The Class" and now its just "Actor" in last night's episodes.

The 90s ones were awkward because they just happened not too long ago. Hell, you'd think I would realte to that series cause I was a child of the 90s....I only remembered half of the stuff.

And the 70s ones were even more awkward because most of the commentators were either little kids or weren't born yet (I can remember Kelly Rowland commenting on Snuffy in the '70 ep, and the original I Love The 80s told us she was born in '81).

And how many commentators have been in all 6 series? I can count 4: Micheal Ian Black, Rich Eisen, Mo Rocca and Hal Sparks.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/26/2005 06:47 PM EST

I know what you mean Norbert. I've watched every version of those I Love Specials and the 90's versions has been the worst so far I think. I remember more of the 80s stuff even though I was born in 81. What the heck was I doing during the 90s since I didn't even remember half the stuff either.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/26/2005 06:59 PM EST

Well, it makes perfect sense. The 80s had better stuff, and therefore the shows about the 80s are better.
I was born in 1984, but I still identify with the 80s more than with the 90s. Mostly because my family was a bunch of poor farmers, and so most of my toys were hand-me-downs from my older cousins, most of them from the late seventies and early eighties. In addition, most of our movies were tapes from our uncle's satellite, and so most of my advertising consumption was five to ten years out of date.
For me, the 90s didn't really start until 1996...when I got the internet.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/26/2005 07:33 PM EST

You guys didn't miss much in the 90's. It was a pretty sucky decade...

i forgot to mention I actually watched bits and pieces the Garfield movie...

WHAT.....THE....FUCK....WAS.....THAT?

Seriously, what did they do?

There was only two good things in that whole movie....

Chestnuts roasted by Galvatron @ 10/26/2005 08:19 PM EST

The Horror Channel Launches

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 10/26/2005 10:05 PM EST

I know this is not a Gilmore Girls message board, but since we are/were kind of on the subject...

I like the "intelligent" humor in Gilmore Girls, and although I think it is more of a "chick show", I don't think it's weird for a guy to like it. I'm a girl, by the way. I might think it was weird for a guy to be religiously obsessed with it, but whatever. Anyways, I just started watching it in Season 5, but I bought the first two seasons and I like them SOOO much better. The dialogue is so fast-paced and hilarious. Recently, they have tried to get more in depth and "grown-up" with Rory and Logan having sex, Lorelai and Rory not speaking, Rory dropping out of college. I liked it better when it was more light-hearted and not so much "Rory's life is falling apart, oh no, what shall we do."

Did anyone watch Supernatural after Gilmore Girls? I'm sure there are much better "ghost-hunting" series on TV, but WB is one of the few channels I get. It was pretty interesting, with the urban legend about the hook man. That used to scare the crap out of me.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 10/26/2005 10:14 PM EST

The Horror Channel should not be confused with HorrorNet (formerly Scream Channel). I am keeping my fingers crossed that HorrorNet gets a shot since Joe Bob Briggs is developing the programming for the network according to their site.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 10/26/2005 10:16 PM EST

I am totally going to have a Halloween party in my grade 10 English class.....not because they deserve it, but because I want one, and I am doing it for ME!

My Question: Should we watch "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" OR Some Simpsons Halloween Episodes? They are a bunch of repeaters- some are 17 years old, they hate school, each other, and life sometimes...which one would be the better choice for the party, do ya think?

Thanks for the advice!
(I love my job, despite some things...like the fact that I do so much WORK and it keeps me away from XE for days at a time!)

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/26/2005 10:34 PM EST

Matt, is there another email we can use to send you funny halloween stuff? I scanned a small pamphlet and tried to send it as a 125k pdf, but it bounced. Thanks!

Chestnuts roasted by mattII @ 10/26/2005 11:26 PM EST

mattcaraxe@aol.com, try that.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/26/2005 11:28 PM EST

Okay guys, I've got a little story. For years my room has been the coldest one in the house and I've been pestering my dad to look at the vent and see what's going on. My room is seriously like 10 or more degrees colder than the rest of the house in the winter because nothing comes out of the vent. So I come home from school tonight and my mom says: "Look in the garbage and see what we found." So I do, and it's this dark dirty square thing. I'm like: "Wallpaper? What?" and so I pick it up, and it's a filthy, brown, curled-up Muppet Babies book! I opened it up to see how old it is, and there's an Oral-B coupon that expired in 1989. A 16 year old book has been blocking my vent for almost the same length of time. I couldn't believe it! The things you find when things get done...

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 10/26/2005 11:47 PM EST

Sent! Thanks.

Chestnuts roasted by MattII @ 10/26/2005 11:52 PM EST

WHITE SOX WIN!!!!!!!!

Umm...carry on.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/27/2005 12:01 AM EST

I can't carry on. Stupid Astros break my heart and still my sleep again.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by Erik Majorwitz @ 10/27/2005 12:28 AM EST

Muppet, I vote for the Simpsons, just because I don't think old Chuck is going to hold the attention of jaded 17 year olds.
I personally prefer I Love the 70's, actually. I do agree that the commenters are most enthusiastic about the 80's and least about the 90's. They rerun those things into oblivion though, so it's no good excuse for skipping the Great Pumpkin...they're only going to keep showing the holiday specials if people are watching

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/27/2005 01:40 AM EST

Man, before I move out of this apartment, I'm going to leave a book in MY vent. Except instead of a Muppet Babies book, I'm going to fill a journal with a hand-written tale of encroaching madness and possible supernatural horror. Now I just need to learn a suitably unsettling form of runic or sanskrit or something to write the last "chapter" in...
Muah ha ha ha haaaaa.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/27/2005 07:27 AM EST

I wanna be Dan Fielding for Halloween.
Carry around a blow-up doll and wear expensive suits.
Not to mention all the hair mousse

Chestnuts roasted by Ekkostar @ 10/27/2005 08:26 AM EST

LuLu - I agree that the story lines are getting a little too heavy on GG, but i think they are going to be wrapped up within the next 2 episodes. and the rory/sex issue was tackled long before this, so that won't be dwelled on.

as for supernatural, i try to watch it because jensen ackles is the hottest thing on earth, but it really scares the life out of me. i've come to realize that the older i get, the less i enjoy being scared. especially when i live alone in an apartment in the city. i'm a big giant wuss.

now on to more halloweenie things... i was at the grocery store last night getting my pumpkin and i saw what could only be called THE saddest halloween candy display on the planet. 4 small (and when i say small, i'm talking webster would be a giant next to these bastards) card tables scattered with a couple boxes of shitty candy. i cried a little.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchpants @ 10/27/2005 08:38 AM EST

My Question: Should we watch "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" OR Some Simpsons Halloween Episodes?

I too vote for Simpsons, simply because there's currently 15 of them. (16 on...November 6?!) Especially if you have either:

1) The THoH DVD
2) Seasons 2-6 on DVD with the first 5 of them (4 & 5 were two of the best ones)

Charlie Brown is good too, with the lame wishy-washy pumpkin-headed character they could probably relate with. And they should use those rocks that they get to throw at Lucy for the prior football incident, to channel Matt's first Great Pumpkin article. But I just can't say no to a Treehouse of Horror marathon.

And for all you Animaniacs/Pinky & The Brain fans out there, good news! The link on my name will tell you all.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/27/2005 09:58 AM EST

Hell yeah! I'm all about Animaniacs on DVD...mid-2006 is a long way away though Now they've just got to get started on the Freakazoid set and all will be right with the world.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/27/2005 10:28 AM EST

I'm still holding out hope for Tiny Toon Adventures...

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 10/27/2005 10:52 AM EST

Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain....

Mornin', all y'all.

My Halloween vacation starts at 5 o'clock today! I'm off to buy a fog machine and fog juice as a Halloween gift for my sister and her brood. My boyfriend wants to get one to put under his bed for special occasions. Like watching Psyched by the 4-D Witch, Gutter-brains!

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/27/2005 11:18 AM EST

ive enjoyed the halloween special this year but yes I too just feel more bla this year.

can't wait for thanksgiving and Christmas though. I think your thanksgiving parade stuff is some of your best work and i re-read them all ever year. lata

Chestnuts roasted by thejyav @ 10/27/2005 01:40 PM EST

Jedoc, that is just wrong. you could also leave a few drops of blood or some scratches in some strange places. Now if I ever find some old book i'll burn it and put out the fire in holy water. still works if your not catholic right?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 10/27/2005 02:40 PM EST

Went for another job interview today--they asked for references, which never happened at my other interviews. That's a good sign.

You wanna know how bored I am in an attempt to find a job??? I sat and organized all 218 songs in my iPod nano into playlists (50s/60s/70s, 80s/90s, New Millenium, Christmas, and Comedy). If I get this job, at least I'll be busy all day.

Lisa Marie, glad I jogged your memory of Jaws 3D. How awful was that?

Ekkostar, if someone dressed as Dan Fielding, Bull, or Judge Harry Stone showed up at my house, they'd get an extra piece of candy for the effort!!!

Muppet Baby, a vote for the Simpsons. Charlie Brown is a feel-good special, therefore, these kids may be completely disenchanted by the whole experience. A small portion of the kids in my high school probably would have been all over Charlie Brown. But, all of us would have wanted to watch The Simpsons. Or both.

Jedoc, that would be a fascinating item to leave. Someone would want to move out after seeing that. "Today, as I slip even further into the depths of complete insanity, I continue argue with the voices in my head as to what token of my presence I should leave in my humble abode..." Jedoc, I smell a "major award"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/27/2005 03:00 PM EST

Oh man, I missed out on the Charlie Brown special! Oh well, at least reading this thread did bring me one bit of good news...Animaniacs on DVD! Woo!

Chestnuts roasted by Tritoch @ 10/27/2005 03:21 PM EST

remember the Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin, I watched it many many years ago. I also remember poor Linus, I have him waiting the Great Pupkin in my Snoopy Great Books of Questions and Asnwers (Spain version) I love those books! They are more than 20 years with me!!

Chestnuts roasted by Yelinna @ 10/27/2005 03:27 PM EST

Jedoc's notebook will end with the handwriting getting more and more sloppy and chaotic, maybe suddenly changing to crayon or burnt matchstick. Then in grand pulp/shlock tradition, suddenly trailing off into one long squiggle while trying to describe some entitiy in the same room as the author. Add some mystery stains, singe the edges of the book, and of course, write on the cover or first page, "If you're holding this book, it may be too late!"

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash never found a digital camera in the woods @ 10/27/2005 03:32 PM EST

I just saw Dolph Lundgren on I love the 80's 3-D say "I must break you..." and i laughed my arse off. yay.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/27/2005 08:15 PM EST

If ye don't reconsider yer contribution, I'll give yer living room drapes a taste of me broadsword.

Thank you. A thousand blessings upon your home, ma'am.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2005 08:49 PM EST

Check this out...

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Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 10/27/2005 08:59 PM EST

I love the 80's 3-D 1986 did a little segment on Madballs!!! I thought it was pretty darn cool!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/27/2005 10:08 PM EST

Woo! saw some of it Charlie Brown. I love Snoopy.

All I got was a rock

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 10/27/2005 10:18 PM EST

I have good news--at 9:30 this morning, I got a phone call from the office I interviewed at yesterday, and was asked "Are you ready for work on Monday?" I got a Secretary/Receptionist job--not exactly what I went to school for, but it's good work and it beats unemployment. I think if I remained unemployed for a few more weeks, I would have been the one writing the journal in purple crayon. Hehe.

Dolph Lundgren cracked me up--I kept wanting to call him He-Man.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/28/2005 02:55 PM EST

Allison,

nobody cares about your stupid job.

Chestnuts roasted by hey @ 11/03/2005 12:58 PM EST