Halloween came and went so fast! I had some many things I wanted to share and before I knew it time was up! Before I take a blogging break for the rest of the month until Creepmas rolls around again I just wanted to share some good news:
THE BROTHERS CHAPS ARE BACK!!!
After a 5 years hiatus Homestarrunner presents a 2014 Halloween cartoon!!! So, go watch it, the costumes this year are great!
Enjoy the fall season everyone, rack some leaves, jump in them. Make a scarecrow, paint pumpkins, take walks in the mountains, play Animal Crossing during Harvest Festival, and make hand traced turkey cards.
I'll see you guys December 1st, Happy Thanksgiving!
If you have been following my blog for a while then you know I'm a big fan of Homestar Runner. Who and/or what is Homestar Runner you ask? It's only the best online Flash animation site of all time! If you haven't heard of homestarrunner.com then click HERE! (And don't forget to check out the characters page) So anyways, it became a yearly tradition for the Brothers Chaps to post a Halloween cartoon complete with all the Homestar characters dressed up in Halloween costumes and I always looked forward to it. Well, one year (2010) the Chaps didn't post a Halloween cartoon! I was crushed! Despite this horrible lack of Halloween costumes that year the Chaps Brothers totally surprised and delighted me with their Which Weens Costumes! They seemed to have gotten their weens crossed and dressed up in Decemberween costumes and totally redemed themselves! Almost all the costumes are characters from various Christmas movies and every one's a winner.
When it's almost Halloween, or when I'm just in the mood for something spooky, these are the cartoons I love to watch; especially on a Saturday morning!
13. Courage The Cowardly Dog
I love the TMBG song about this show. My favorite episode has to be The Duck Brothers.
The gruesome cartoon based on the SEGA Genesis games Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey.
12. Scooby Doo
I'm sure You all saw this one coming, but I still have to watch this show every year, I simply must. I will not watch anything with Scrappy Doo, however! He can keep his "puppy power" to himself!
11. Disney's Gargoyles
Back in the day Disney came out with awesome cartoons like Gargoyles! Now we have Phineas and Ferb. Come on Disney, what happened!? Kenner made a great Gargoyles toy line and some of the figures are featured on Miss M's blog Diary of A Dorkette.
10. The Real Ghostbusters
Another obvious one, but an absolute must watch for Halloween. And that toy line, it was amazing! This should probably be closer to number one, but oh well. This episode is perfect for Creepsmas Garfield, is that you?
9. Homestar Runner Halloween Specials
Unarguably the best Flash animation site ever to grace the internet with it's presence! If you've never heard of or seen homestarrunner.com then what are you waiting for? Go watch some toons NOW! I looked forward to the holiday episodes every Halloween! It was always fun seeing all the characters dressed up and guessing who they were for Halloween. It's sad to see the site has been inactive for some time, but all the old cartoons are still posted, so if you haven't seen these go watch them now!
8. Looney Tunes Cartoons Featuring Witch Hazel and Gossamer The Monster
Gotta watch some classic Looney Tunes!
7. Disney's Classic Halloween Cartoons
I thought I'd cheat a bit and just clump these all together. I especially love the cartoons starring Donald Duck. Disney instilled a love of ducks in me with Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, Quack Pack, and The Mighty Ducks from the Disney Afternoon. Also, who could forget when Pluto dreams he's in heck! That's some pretty heavy stuff for kids! Lastly, the Disney animated short, Sleepy Hollow, is also another must watch for me.
6. Mighty Max
Remember That amazing toy line, Mighty Max? Well, there's cartoon series, and get this, it's pretty good! I came across a great review on the Little Weirdos blog and I was reminded of this little gem that my brother and I watched religiously! Right now there are full episodes on Youtube. You're welcome!
5. Beetlejuice
Who didn't love this show as a kid? This was a great cartoon to watch during Halloween or any time of the year. And Let's not forget the awesome toys they made! Unfortunately they are all lost or possibly hidden away in my parents garage somewhere. Fantastic intro music too!
4. It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Just classic, I have to watch this every year! I love Peanuts! Charles Schultz was a genius, plain and simple.
Ah, Bump In The Night. A show about a monster that lives under a boy's bed, Mr. Bumpy, and his 2 friends, the toilet dwelling monster, Squishington, and a rag doll gal, Miss Molly Coddle. I love stop-motion animation and I loved watching Bump In The Night as a kid. The series isn't technically in the horror genre, but it's about monsters, so that's close enough, right? My favorite episode was Night of The Living Bread.
2. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors
Kid's loved it and moms everywhere hated it. Good old Treehouse of Horror! We love the Simpsons and watching ALL of the Treehouse of Horrors episodes for Halloween continues to be a yearly tradition.
Best couch gag EVER! This year's gonna be good!
1. Invader Zim
Invader Zim holds a very special place in my heart. I remember borrowing Invader Zim from, my now wife, Laura. Any excuse to go over to her house and see her! I also started borrowing her Ender's Game books. It was a match made in heaven! While we were dating Laura got me the bestest Christmas present ever, The Invader Zim box set!
Every episode is messed up, disturbing, satirical, and very funny! The creepiest episodes have to be Dark Harvest and Bestest Friends. I don't really care for any of Jhonen Vasquez's comics, such as Johnny The Homicidal Maniac. They're just way too violent, gory, and "adult" for my tastes. Since Invader Zim was on Nickelodeon Vasquez was censored just the right amount, though he hated being censored and was always pushing the envelope.
Here's GIR, just chilling in front of the house/secret base
GIR being his goofy, insane self.
Every disturbing episode, plus special features!
GIR's head opens up for snack storage. Just like in the show!
The roof opens up for storage. Also just like in the show!
Some nice detail on the side here.
One thing that confuses me about the GIR figure is that he's in "duty mode" (his eyes are red) and yet he seems so relaxed. Whenever GIR is in duty mode in the show he becomes all intense an temporarily competent.
I'm sure I didn't even scratch the surface of Halloweeny cartoon goodness! Is there a great cartoon that didn't make the cut? Tell me about it in the comments below! Now, go pour yourself a nice big bowl of Boo Berry and watch some toons!
It’s been a while since we’ve had a photo assignment for the weekly League of Extraordinary Blogger’s challenge. We’ve done green, and we’ve done red, so how about this time we do:
Blue.
Whoa, now I know I'm way late on this one and I went a little crazy, but heck, it sure was fun thinkin' of all the blue stuff I like!
When I thought of the color blue I immediately thought of the Blue Meanies from The Yellow Submarine movie. My Dad sent me a picture of one of his Yellow Submarine toys. It's George with a Blue Meanie!
What blue themed post is complete without any mention of Blue Laser, the Cheat Commandos sworn enemies. I'm really tempted to order some of these before homestarrunner.com disappears forever. I hope the Brothers Chaps are okay. Does anyone know what happened there?
Let's not forget my favorite superhero band The Aquabats! Someone really needs to create some action figures based on The Aquabats Super Show.
My beloved Captain Crunch T-shirt. The Cap'n cost me $10 plus 3 proofs of purchase. Totally worth it!
My favorite blue-haired Battle Troll, The Trollminator!
Something a little more cuddly, the blue Totoro!
Our brand spanking new local DI!
This Muppet Babies lunch box was under glass in the collectibles section of the DI. For just 5 bucks I had to pick it up! I love that show. It even still had a tag where it was priced at $20. My brother asked if I got it for Ava. I actually got it for myself, but I wasn't about to admit that. If Ava wants to use it when she's older she is certainly welcome to it. :)
Found this a while back at the DI for $5. Not only does it include The WoW Wrath of The Lich King Expansion, The original WoW and The Burning Crusade Expansion was also stuffed inside!
Blue Cosplayers at the Salt Lake Comic Con
I have no idea who this guy was supposed to be. He looked to be at least 60 years old. A guy that old still cosplaying? Awesome!
Don't ask why, but I wore my blue SPAM shirt to Comic Con. I went as SPAM Man. I really like SPAM.
The T.A.R.D.I.S.
Lastly, from the Dollar Store, we have...a blue...Thomas The Tank plush?...Good night everybody!
Is it weird that I wanna go bak to the Dollar Store and buy Thomas The Tank?
Now go check out the other amazing members of The League of Extraordinary Bloggers that are feelin' blue:
