NBC's 2020 Holiday Programming

Thanksgiving Christmas  NBC

   

     NBC has released their 2020 holiday programming for Thanksgiving to New Years'.   (Note: NBC says more will be announce if necessary) 

                  NBC will air the Dreamworks film (sister division to NBC)  "The Croods"  on Saturday, November 21st at 8pmet 

   

                 The night before Thanksgiving they will be airing the traditional "A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving special" from  9-11pmet

        Even though, it's slightly different due to the pandemic, The 94th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade airs on NBC Thanksgiving Day 9 to Noon ET , repeating  2pmet  (same times all time zones) 

      The National Dog show also a Thanksgiving tradition airs after the parade at NoonET. (All time zones) 

  

         How the Grinch stole Christmas, the classic 1966 special airs on Friday, November 27 at 8pmet with a repeat on December 25th at 8pmet.

      

      A new special called "Illumination Presents Minions Holiday Special"  This will air on November 27 at 8:30pmet/ 7:30c and mt.

      The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting tradition continues as well.  "The 88th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center"   airs Wednesday, December 2 8-10pmet/7-9pm ct. 

        Followed by the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at 10pmet. 

• The Voice Holiday Celebration  / Thursday December 3 at 8-9pmet , repeating December 16 and 22nd) 
• Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! / Wednesday December 9 at  8-10pmet , repeating  December 21 at 8pmet
• A Saturday Night Live Christmas special/  Wednesday  December 16 at 9-11pmet , repeating December 22nd at 9pmet
•  Global Citizen Prize/ Saturday December 19 at  8-9pmet 

  The Traditional airing of "It's a Wonderful Life" will air December 24 at 8pmet. 

Christmas Eve Mass, Christmas Eve 11:30pm-1amet 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas  (Movie)  Friday, December 25 at 8:30pm

Countdown to 2021  , a highlights special on the year 2021 airs Thursday , December 31st at 8pm

NBC New Year's Eve Special (part 1)  10-11pmet  and  Part 2  11:30-12:30am ET 

The Rose Parade New Year's Celebration    Friday  January 1, 2021,  11:30am-1pmet

Press Release after the Jump 

The Lookback: Sheep in the Big City

Cartoon Network  The Flashback 
              

           On November 17th, 2000 Cartoon Network premiered a new show that was starring a simple farm animal, some call this animal  a sheep, those people are correct.   Sheep in the Big City is about a sheep named Sheep who moves to the big city.  It was created by Mo Willems, who had previously worked on Nickelodeon's "The Off Beats"  which aired on "Kablam" but didn't become a series.  He also some other accomplishments like working on Sesame street and "Code Name Kids Next Door".

   "Sheep in the Big City" is one of those Cartoon Network series that seems to have been forgotten about in the life of Cartoon Network.  To be honest, they had lot of shows that were popular and some shows just kind of slipped under the radar.  This  is a good series that didn't seem to last long.

    The premise of the series is Sheep, the sheep, is a happy sheep with a farmer named Farmer John (he's a farmer). His favorite sheep seems to be Sheep. There's a secret government organization (don't lose us now) run by General Specific (get it?)  and has a new giant ray gun. Also there's an angry scientist because this show is doing a reference to the difference between mad and angry.  The ray is powered by using a sheep. Guess what Sheep is, that's right (a horse?)  a sheep.  Only one sheep can fit it and well guess who? The general threatens Farmer if he doesn't give up Sheep, he'll destroy the farm.  Sheep decides to leave the farm to make sure he's safe and the farm isn't destroyed.  After he escapes , General Specific's right hand man, Private Public.

     Farmer goes out to look for Sheep and the military is looking for Sheep as well. Sheep has  to figure out life in the big city.   The series will mostly about Sheep living in the Big City and running from General Specific.

    Most episodes start with a fake show that ends up being something Sheep is watching  then he changes the channel and theme plays.    The show divides it's  22 minute stories into 3 segments, that's right it doesn't do two 11 eleven minute stories, each episode is the full length.    The titles of the different segments of episodes are sheep based puns because of course they , ewe wouldn't want it to not have sheep based puns, you'd lamb-bast the show.   Most of the show's  comedy is in word play.  There is some slip stick , especially with Sheep being hit , and characters hitting , punching, falling and other things.  Other parts of the show has it's own style with  commercials they do in the show, mostly from a company  called Oxy-Moron. (Get it ) Like how one ad  makes a viewer think they are doing a roach killing ad, instead doing a product that makes the angry roaches, happy.   It also incorporates other segments of different sketches.

             Going back to the words of the show, they use a high vocabulary set of words, as part of the show's nature.  This isn't really a talk down to an audience show. They have the narrator be part of the show, where he interacts with characters and events to the show and also does things for other the skits as well.

        One of the episodes. I really enjoyed was "To Sheep, Perchance to Dream!" ,which takes the idea of  a dream episode makes fun of it then accelerates into the most outrageous and funniest thing ever. It's a good example of the show's humor. 

          Funny enough, the other characters around Sheep are the interesting ones, since Sheep is a sheep who mostly functions as a sheep and does mostly normal sheep things.  So General Specific, Lady Richington for example are interesting characters. Lady Richington has a dog named Swanky , who Sheep is in love with ,but she doesn't like him so she hits him with her metal wig.  (That's a sentence) She finds new inventive ways to get Sheep away from her.  The angry scientist  doesn't like being called mad, that makes him angry.

             The show's look is very retro in design. The homages to old style advertising in the episodes fit the show well. I like it, it's something we don't see much even in this day and age.   The show has distinct design that makes it stand out. 


more after the jump

ABC's Holiday programming 2020

ABC Thanksgiving  Christmas 

  

    ABC has released their holiday programming for Thanksgiving through Christmas. Standard returns of "The Great Christmas light Fight" and broadcast of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" which moves back to it's annual Friday after Thanksgiving airing.  For the first time since 2001, ABC will not be airing of the Peanuts holiday specials. 

            Here's the programming in detail all times ET/PT unless otherwise noted. 

Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving) 

8PM  Olaf's Frozen Adventure

8:30pm  Toy Story that Time Forgot

9pm  The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (new) (2hours) 

Friday , November 27 

8PM   Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 

Sunday, November 29 

7pm Disney Prep and Landing 

7:30pm  Disney Prep and Landing  2: Naughty Vs. Nice 

Monday, November 30 

2pm   General Hospital (times vary in markets)  New Holiday Themed Episode 

8pm  The Disney Holiday Singalong 

9pm  CMA Country Christmas 

Wednesday,  December 2

8pm  The Goldbergs 

9:30pm Black-ish 

Wednesday, December 9 

8pm   The Great Christmas Light Fight  (season premiere) 

Wednesday, December 16

8pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight 

Friday, December 18 

8:30pm  Shrek the Halls

Sunday, December 20

7pm  The Sound of Music 

Wednesday, December 23

2pm  General Hospital (times vary in markets) 

9pm  The Great Christmas Light Fight 

Thursday, December 24

8pm  The Greatest Showman (network broadcast premiere) 

Friday, December 25th

10am  Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration 

Press releases after the jump 

The CW announces Premiere Dates

The CW  TVLookFall2020  Primetime 

         As mentioned before, The CW went a different route than the other networks (minus FOX) in delaying their fall programming (read standard) to winter as a cushion to have production of series during the Coronavirus Pandemic, today they have released their premiere dates for  winter.  

 New series, Walker , Superman &Lois, and Canadian series, Trickster.    Plus, they are brining back 11 series. 

    They start their line up on Friday, January 8 with new seasons of  Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 

        Season 3 of  Two Sentence Horror Stories premieres on Tuesday, January 12, along with Trickster , a series from the CBC.    

        On Sunday, January 17,  new season of  Batwoman premieres.  All American returns for season 3 on January 18. 

     Wednesday, January 20, has dual premieres with Riverdale (Season 5)  and Nancy Drew (season 2).  The remake of  Walker, Texas Ranger, here called Walker premieres on January 21 with the third season of  Legacies. 

      The other Sunday night program, Charmed, premieres its 3rd season on January 24.  Monday's other program , Black Lightning, joins on February 8th. 

         The new season of "The Flash" and the new series , " Superman and Lois" premieres on Tuesday, February 23. 

  Here are the premiere dates in full

 All times ET/PT  (Denver and Saint Louis) 

Friday, January 8 

8PM  Whose Line is it Anyway?  ( Cycle 9 Premiere) 

8:30pm  Whose Line is it Anyway?  (Encore Episode) 

9PM  Penn & Teller: Fool Us  (Season Premiere) 

Sunday, January 10 

8-10pm  Critics' Choice Super Awards ( Two Hour special event) 

Tuesday, January 12

8pm  Two Sentence Horror Stories ( Season Premiere) 

8:30pm Two Sentence Horror Stories ( Original Episode) 

9pm   Trickster (U.S. Series Premiere) 

Sunday, January 17

8pm  Batwoman (season Premiere) 

Monday, January 18 

8pm  All American (Season Premiere) 

Wednesday, January 20 

8PM  Riverdale  (Season Premiere) 

9PM  Nancy Drew ( Season Premiere) 

Thursday, January 21

8pm  Walker (Series Premiere)

9pm  Legacies (Season Premiere) 

    

Sunday, January 24 

8pm  Batwoman (Original Episode) 

9pm  Charmed (Season Premiere) 

Monday, February 8

8pm  All American  (Original episode) 

9pm Black Lightning  (Season Premiere) 

Tuesday,  February 23 

8pm  The Flash (Season Premiere) 

9pm   Superman & Lois  (Series premiere) 

Full Press release after the jump 

Freeform's 25 days of Christmas schedule 2020

Freeform Christmas 

         Freeform has released their annual 25 days of Christmas line up for December of this year.  Here's a reminder that  the Rankin Bass specials made after 1974 air on AMC, while they have the rights to "Little Drummer Boy" , "Rudoplh" , "Frosty the Snowman" shared with CBS, and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, (shared with ABC).  They also have picked up the cable premiere of the 2018 movie "The Grinch" which pairs along nicely with their rights to airing the 2000 live-action movie.  Here's the full schedule. 

Tuesday, Dec. 1

11:00 a.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

1:00 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

3:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

Wednesday, Dec. 2

7:00 a.m. - "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas"

11:00 a.m. - "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

1:40 p.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

3:45 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

8:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

12:00 a.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Thursday, Dec. 3

7:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. - "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic 2"

11:30 a.m. – "The Little Drummer Boy" (1968)

12:00 p.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:00 p.m. - "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:00 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

Friday, Dec. 4

7:00 a.m. - "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic"

8:05 a.m. - "The Preacher's Wife"

10:45 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

12:50 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

2:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

4:40 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

7:10 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

9:15 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

11:55 p.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

Saturday, Dec. 5

7:00 a.m. – "The Preacher's Wife"

9:40 a.m. – "Deck the Halls" (2006)

11:45 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

1:50 p.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

3:55 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:35 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

7:40 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

8:45 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

9:20 p.m. - "The Santa Clause"

11:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

Sunday, Dec. 6

7:00 a.m. - "Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic"

8:00 a.m. - "Prancer Returns"

10:10 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

12:15 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:20 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:00 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

5:05 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman

5:40 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:45 p.m. - "Home Alone"

9:15 p.m. - "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

11:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Monday, Dec. 7

10:30 a.m. – "The Truth About Christmas"

12:30 p.m. – "The Holiday"

3:30 p.m. – "Love Actually"

6:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

8:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Tuesday, Dec. 8

7:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

10:30 a.m. – "Love Actually"

1:35 p.m. – "The Preacher's Wife"

4:10 p.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

6:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

8:20 p.m. – "Almost Christmas" - Freeform Premiere

12:00 a.m. – "Black Nativity"

Wednesday, Dec. 9

10:30 a.m. – "Santa's Apprentice"

12:00 p.m. - "Prancer Returns"

2:00 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

4:00 p.m. – "The Star" (2017) - Freeform Premiere

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

Thursday, Dec. 10

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "The Star" (2017)

12:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

2:30 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

5:00 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

7:00 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Friday, Dec. 11

7:00 a.m. - "Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic"

8:00 a.m. – "Snow"

10:00 a.m. – "Snow 2: Brain Freeze"

12:00 p.m. - "Snowglobe"

2:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:05 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

6:45 p.m. – "Home Alone"

9:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

11:55 p.m. – "Daddy's Home 2" - Freeform Premiere

Saturday, Dec. 12

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

8:00 a.m. - "Daddy's Home 2"

10:05 a.m. - "The Santa Clause"

12:15 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 2"

2:45 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

4:50 p.m. – "Toy Story" (Disney-Pixar)

6:50 p.m. – "Toy Story 2" (Disney-Pixar)

8:55 p.m. – "Toy Story 3" (Disney-Pixar)

11:25 p.m. - "Toy Story That Time Forgot" (Disney-Pixar)

11:55 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

Sunday, Dec. 13

7:00 a.m. - "Love the Coopers"

9:30 a.m. - "Toy Story That Time Forgot" (Disney-Pixar)

10:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

12:00 p.m. - "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:05 p.m. – "Home Alone"

4:35 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

7:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

9:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

11:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Monday, Dec. 14

7:00 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

11:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

1:00 p.m. – "Almost Christmas"

3:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone: 2 Lost in New York"

8:30 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

12:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

Tuesday, Dec. 15

10:30 a.m. – "The Magic Snowflake"

12:00 p.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

4:05 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

5:45 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

8:25 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

10:30 p.m. – "Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice"

12:00 a.m. - "Jingle All the Way 2"

Wednesday, Dec. 16

11:30 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

1:35 p.m. - "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

4:15 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

6:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

8:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

12:00 a.m. – "Black Nativity"

Thursday, Dec. 17

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

1:00 p.m. – "The Holiday"

4:00 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Life Size 2: A Christmas Eve"

Friday, Dec. 18

7:00 a.m. - "Holiday in Handcuffs"

9:05 a.m. - "The Holiday"

12:15 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

2:20 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

4:25 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

6:55 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

9:00 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018) - Freeform Premiere

11:00 p.m. - "The Star" (2017)

1:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Saturday, Dec. 19

7:00 a.m. - "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"

7:30 a.m. - "The Little Drummer Boy" (1968)

8:00 a.m. - "The Star" (2017)

10:05 a.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

11:45 a.m. - "Home Alone"

2:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

4:55 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

5:30 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:35 p.m. - "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" (2018)

8:40 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

11:20 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

Sunday, Dec. 20

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

9:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

12:10 p.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

2:20 p.m. – "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"

3:25 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

4:00 p.m. - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

5:05 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

7:45 p.m. - "Home Alone"

10:15 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:55 a.m. – "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

Monday, Dec. 21

10:30 a.m. – "Jingle All the Way 2"

12:30 p.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

3:00 p.m. – "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"

4:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

6:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

9:00 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

12:00 a.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

Tuesday, Dec. 22

7:00 a.m. – "Santa's Apprentice"

8:30 a.m. – "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

11:00 a.m. – "The Perfect Holiday"

1:00 p.m. – "Christmas with the Kranks"

3:05 p.m. – "Disney's A Christmas Carol"

5:10 p.m. – "Home Alone"

7:40 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

10:20 p.m. – "The Night Before" - Freeform Premiere

12:30 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Wednesday, Dec. 23

7:30 a.m. - "Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve"

9:30 a.m. - "The Mistle-tones"

11:30 a.m. – "Holiday in Handcuffs"

1:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause"

3:35 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

6:05 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

8:10 p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

10:50 p.m. - "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

11:55 p.m. - "Prancer Returns"

Thursday, Dec. 24

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "Prancer Returns"

12:30 p.m. – "Home Alone"

3:00 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

5:35p.m. – "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)

8:15 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

8:50 p.m. - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

9:55 p.m. – "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

12:00 a.m. – "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

Wednesday, Dec. 25

7:00 a.m. - "The Simpsons" - Christmas episodes

10:30 a.m. – "The Santa Clause"

12:30 p.m. – "The Santa Clause 2"

2:30 p.m. - "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

4:30 p.m. – "Frosty the Snowman"

5:00 p.m. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

6:00 p.m. – "Home Alone"

8:30 p.m. – "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

12:00 a.m. – "Matilda"

Press release after the Jump 

Halloween: Witch's Night Out

The Flashback Halloween

             We are looking at a special from 1978, from Canada but also aired on US television network, NBC.     That is "Witch's Night Out".  It was produced by Leach/ Rankin productions as a sequel to a 1974 special called "The Gift of Winter".

              The first thing you'll notice in this special, is it's very distinct animation style. The characters, minus the starring witch, are all one color giving them a distinct pop to the darker backgrounds.  Our main characters are an eleven year old girl named Tender, and her brother , nine-year-old Small. (Small and Tender, just like how people like their chicken nuggets) They love Halloween.  There are these other characters named  Rotten and Malicious whose names are a little too on the nose. (If you are named Rotten, what do you expect) There's also Mayor Goodly (yeah sure the mayor is good?) and there's  a reporter named Nicely. (She's actually very mean, no we are kidding; she's nice)

          The mayor wants to make Halloween better for adults because mayor reasons. They are going to make a town Halloween party at the haunted house.  This special is called "Witch's Night Out" so where's the witch? Where's the Night? Where's the Out?!   Oh there's the witch.  She's  in her home with her cat. She thinks she's a washed up witch.   I like her design, it pops out from the other characters and yet, fits with the show's look.   She also turned her cat into  a bat.

Witch!  

               So, the house the Mayor and Rotten go out to check is the same house the witch lives in. She seems happy that they are going to party in her house. Now it's night (oooh thank goodness)  Small and Tender  got out and trick or treat.  They are find out that their costumes are scary, they are cute.

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              It's bedtime, and the babysitter for the kids and he reads them a story that special doesn't have time to tell us, but the kids want a fairy god mother,they wish they could be a real were man and ghost. (That last one is do able, but painful)   The witch shows up and breaks through the window because that's what witch's do. The kids think she is a fairy good mother, the baby sitter is named Bazooey, knows she's a witch,but the kids don't care. She turns Small in to a wolf man, and turns  Tender into a ghost (so, she's dead now?)   and she turns Bazooey in to a Frankenstein's  Monster,(That's Frankenstien's...oh never mind)  They are invited to the party.

We are copyright safe, public domain wins! 

               At the party, the witch makes things happen. and scares everyone.  The kids who wanted to be scary are sad that they scared a party off. (make up your minds)  Wait , there's like 9 minutes left, we need a plot!  So, let's see.... (spins wheel) ah. that's right, her wand has been taken and can't turn the kids and baby sitter back into themselves, perfect!


                  Rotten and Malicious have the witch's and and Malicious figures out how to use to use it. The mayor decides to organize something that makes sense, an angry mob! (I didn't vote for him!) The witch goes looking for her wand.   The town starts chasing the kids, baby sitter , and witch. Rotten and Malicious are doing their own thing, and trying to get rich from magic.(same) Then the  kids  and witch find them and they give up the wand easy.  The witch turns them into  monsters.   She turns the kids and baby sitter back to normal and town chase the monsters of Rotten and Malicious.

I'm a politician! 

            Bazooey comes to those two aid because sure why not? She turns everything back to normal, then everyone feels for the witch, and everyone asks her to turn them into monsters . She's our hero now?   That's the end.
     

         This special is pretty interesting, the art design is unique. The story is nice, it's doing a simple on Halloween you can be anything plot ,but using a witch.  It's fun little special that a young child could really enjoy and it's not boring for an older person to watch with them. 

   That's it for now, tune in next time when we turn into witches just to get a free magic wand.

Into the Twilight : A World of His Own

Twilight Zone 

         We  look at another episode of original  "The Twilight Zone" this time an episode from the frist season, the season finale called "A World of His Own" that first aired on July 1, 1960. 

            It's about a man named Gregory West who is a playwright. He's  having some safe 1960's  TV time with a woman, his wife sees him and the woman through the window. She comes in the house and the mistress is worried this it seems.  (I'd be worried too) It cuts back to the wife coming in the room and not seeing anybody. (did she escape out the window?) 

That's not his wife/ Copyright CBS 

        

           Victoria, his wife, searches around to see the signs of a mistress in the office. (Not sure  how that works) She eventually says that she saw Gregory with another woman.  He tricked him into saying that were was another woman in the room.   He has an explanation for this ,a perfectly logical one.   The other woman's name is Mary, and his explanation is that sometimes characters come to life. (makes sense?)  He tries to explain that one of his characters walked in right into the room one time, and she does the right response of thinking he's losing it. 

Where's the other woman? Is she in the couch?/Copyright CBS 

more after the jump

Halloween: So Weird: Boo

Halloween  Disney 

                   

We talked about an episode of "So Weird" before and we are back because it's Halloween time! (OOOOH sppooky)  You can read that here if you haven't or want read it again. 

         This is episode is from season 2 its called "Boo" not like Boo! it sucks!  It's Boo like boo, the scary one. (If someone boos you that is scary!)   It's the 7th episode but for the focus of this , it's a Halloween episode, which is why it's called Boo.   

          

        Fi, the main character, starts voicing over that Halloween wasn't created by the candy companies. (Duh, it was invented by Ben Franklin, he got drunk one night and started banging on doors and people just gave him candy to make him go away.  And That's why there's an America)  It was actually invented by the Druids in Ireland and it was night for spirits to walk among the living.  We get a cool grave's  eye view. (I  think Fi was buried alive, oh well, series over, let's go home! )

Many people die to come here/ Copyright Disney 

           It's Halloween on the show, if you couldn't tell,they mention it.   In season 2 of the show, Erik von Detten wasn't there to play Clu because he was busy working on two ABC shows that nobody remembers. (They will be blog posts topics probably in the future)  They had Eric Lively play Clu's older brother, Carey. You may know Eric from the 1999 music video for  "Walk Me Home" by Mandy Moore.  (You could have mentioned something else)

Clu has an older brother because science/ Copyright Disney 

                     

       They make it to this weird town in New England (always New England) called  Rhiannon. (This town rings a bell through the night, great!) There's woman's place they are staying at , her name is Mary.  Fi, Jack, and Carey notice the town is not very decorated for Halloween, also Fi doesn't like Halloween because it makes mockery of what she wants people to take seriously. (Candy?)  The Candy man who gives the kids candy is surprised that today is Halloween. (On a side note, he's got his taxes done)  He hears giggles and leaves his candy on the ground and runs away. The Candy is then eaten and burped.  

Die-t candy/ Copyright Disney 

                 

           The show that everyone was there for was canceled. (BOO!) Molly seems fine, she says maybe they need a break. Irene is un happy, because she's sane.  The house has no locks, because locks are bad. (Give me your passwords!)  Mary ran off somewhere and nobody can find her. Then some children who got lost making a Disney Channel movie show up. They have black eyes and look pale. (They really should have eaten their vegetables)  Molly thinks they are trick or treaters because it is Halloween. (This is Halloween, Halloween) The kids are gone so, never mind, but there are crows. (Not as scary as ravens) 

I see dead people/ Copyright Disney 

                   Molly and Fi wander Rhiannon seeing the town looking kind of strange.  The kids show up and go away again. Henry Winkler shows up. (He did work on this show)  He's playing Mary's husband named  Fergus McGarrity.  Henry Winkler makes this episode weirder and better than it was before. Something's happening at midnight. (It's always midnight) 

Hereeee's Henry/ Copyright Disney 

                Fi thinks something strange is happening. (The show is called So Weird) Henry Winkler (yeah he has a name but we are using Henry Winkler)  goes and find Mary. Fi over hears that Mary had got the Molly and crew to be there to be replacements.  Fergus has been dead for awhile. (He's very lively for a dead guy)  Fi decides to pop out after she hears something happening at 5 of midnight. Mary won't let Henry Winkler in the house. 

I said no solicitors  and no celebrities/ Copyright Disney 

         The weird people in  Rhiannon isn't alive ,they are spirits.  Fergus explains the spirits mess up things for a night and bring the town good fortune. (Like college students) He also explains the spirits  must take a few living people with them to the spirit realm because rules.  So Fergus is alive, just smells dead.   Fi goes back to her mother and lies that nothing is going on is  weird.  (No Weird)  She convinces her them to go down to a party. 

               The creepy kids show up to Fergus and he brings them to find the So weird gang. The So Weird gang, fake being dead to not get taken a way.  Good thing the spirits are idiots and think they are dead and take Fergus away.  

Same/ Copyright Disney 

             Molly is confused and Fi tells her the truth and that happened. They drive away and the final shot is Fergus' grave and him whining about the smell. 

          

            Fi's introduction gives away what the episode is going for, but that's fine. The first half of the episode builds up the tense-ness, and making you wonder what's going on. Henry Winkler coming in to the episode turns the wheel into goofiness. You can't get mad at it because it's Henry Winkler and you are just laughing at the ride.  He's  does have a good reason to want someone to take his place,his wife is kind of mean though.  Then again, you can understand why she would be happy that he's gone for  a year or more. 

      It does change the entire tone of the episode, because Henry Winkler's presence is present. It takes it from tense and spooky to goofy.  Then again, many comedic series take darker routes on Halloween, so why can't "So Weird" being a normally dark series, go goofy on Halloween? It's a fun episode, really enjoyed it. 

 That's it for now, tune in next time when we wonder what happens when it only Thunders when it's raining.