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The Haunted Closet: Rerun: How I Missed The Hobbit
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Rerun: How I Missed The Hobbit. In celebration of the long awaited release of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. To theaters, I thought I'd repost my poem recounting an episode from childhood, in which I missed seeing the second half of Rankin Bass'. Animated adaptation when it aired on television in the late 70s, as punishment by my parents for refusing to finish my dinner. The tragic episode is rendered in picture and verse reminiscent of those Victorian-era. So give me a break!
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The Haunted Closet: November 2014
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. The REAL First Scary Moment in Video Game History. Listing, ranking or reviewing the scariest moments in video games is a well-worn topic in gaming journalism. And just like your vintage paper Beistle skeleton. Decoration and vinyl Collegeville costume. It's one of those things that gets dusted off and trotted out annually just in time for Halloween. This Nov. 1983 issue of Electronic Games Magazine. Does this kid look scared? Article. King Kong. 1982, published by Tigervision.
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The Haunted Closet: June 2013
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Sunday, June 30, 2013. The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales (1970, Scholastic Book Services). Here's another Scholastic Book Services. Entry, The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales. 1970, edited by Gladys Schwarcz. Illustrations by Gerry Contreras. This is a collection of spooky poems and short stories from various authors, including a reappearance of Maria Leach. S telling of The Cradle That Rocked By Itself. Some of the more notable entries include the poems The Haunted House.
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The Haunted Closet: January 2014
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Saturday, January 11, 2014. Montgomery and Morgue Mail-Order Catalog (Cracked Magazine, Feb. 1982). In the spirit of Norman Bridwell's. From the Shriek Shop Dept. of Cracked Magazine's Feb. 1982 edition (one of their special "Monster" focused issues), here's Montgomery and Morgue's (it's like Montgomery Wards. but funny! Monsters-only catalog of mail-order mirth. I'm guessing that third "witch doctor" is some TV-show doctor character (isn't that the CBS eye on his forhead? But I can't place him. Leave It...
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The Haunted Closet: 1984 A.D: Battlecar-Warriors of the Lost Wasteland
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Monday, August 1, 2011. 1984 A.D: Battlecar-Warriors of the Lost Wasteland. The year was 1984, A.D., towards the end of the Videotape Format War. And after the fall of Kajagoogoo. Three powerful forces were about to converge that would transform my world. (It wasn't quite the Great Conjunction. From The Dark Crystal. But like that universe-changing triple-solar eclipse foretold by village elders, it could not have been mere coincidence.). It was the year when the following happened:. Of course, being rat...
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The Haunted Closet: December 2014
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Saturday, December 27, 2014. Dr Popdoodle's Monsters Sticker Book (Whitman, 1977). Dr Popdoodle's Monsters Sticker Book. A Whitman Book #2177, Western Publishing, 1977) is a 16-page coloring and sticker book celebrating the eponymous physician and his menagerie of monstrous patients that wouldn't look out of place in the universe of Mercer Mayer. If Mercer Mayer couldn't draw very well. Whose first appearance was the year prior. You tell me.). First, the stickers:. Dr Popdoodle's Monster Parts:. Dr Popdo...
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The Haunted Closet: The Flying Sorceress (1956)
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Monday, October 6, 2008. The Flying Sorceress (1956). One of my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoons also happens to be perfect for Halloween. "The Flying Sorceress" (1956). Tom answers a classified ad for an old woman seeking a cat. Of course the old woman turns out to be a witch. Check out some of these gorgeous screen caps:. Tom tires of constant chores in this suburban palace. The old lady's home stands in a perpetual thunderstorm! Tom's new bed. Yikes. Tom steals the witch's broom. I love your blog :).
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The Haunted Closet: Hard Time at Disneyland
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Friday, March 20, 2015. Hard Time at Disneyland. No, I'm not talking about the Pressler Era. I'm talking about Hard Time On Planet Earth. A short-lived science fiction TV. Show from Touchstone Television. That lasted only 13 episodes. The year is 1989. Joining "Jesse" (that's the Earth name Kove's character adopts) throughout his sentence is "Control", a floating football-shaped robot whose voice resembles Paul Reuben. The actual voice actor is Danny Mann. We're going to need a lot of these, right? The w...
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The Haunted Closet: February 2014
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Sunday, February 16, 2014. The Giant Jam Sandwich (1972, John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway). The Giant Jam Sandwich. 1972, story and illustrations by John Vernon Lord. Told in rhyming verses written by Janet Borroway. Has a bit of an identity problem. It seems to think it is a whimsical fantasy, in which the townspeople of a little storybook village come together to cook up (literally! A cute solution for a wasp problem that is menacing them from above. As they attack picnickers. The whole episode serv...
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The Haunted Closet: September 2013
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Monday, September 2, 2013. A Ghost Named Fred - An I Can Read Mystery (Nathanial Benchley, Ben Shecter, 1968). Here's A Ghost Named Fred. 1968, written by Nathanial Benchley, illustrated by Ben Shecter), a slightly spooky but mostly cute story about a lonely boy, George, who, while playing astronaut by himself (hence the space helmet) wanders into an old mansion haunted by friendly ghost Fred and a bat named Charlie. Selected scans below. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Sinisters- spooky surf music!
