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froodleSo, I've been a total loser regarding the last two weeks of the Eerie, Indiana rewatch and I apologise.
I got up this morning and it was windy, raining, overcast, and there are actual ravens in the tree outside making their super sweet raven sounds, basically being all like, "Froodle, you gotta catch up on your Eerie rewatch, we're here to provide ambience while you do it!" So polite and helpful, those ravens.
So, I'll start with Scariest Home Movies. Loving Elvis's rhinestone-studded belt on his dressing gown in the opening credits, dunno if I've mentioned that before, but it's awesome.
I love the attic/secret spot set. I love that this episode starts with a shot of a raven (hello polite friends!) on a skull, but is then revealed to be an actual Halloween prop. Love the fact that there's tinsel behind it, making it very obvious that Mars has been rooting through a box of decorations. Also love the fact that apparently the Tellers keep wooden stakes in their attic, with the holiday decorations, because why not?
I really like the background music at the start of this episode as well, and the spooky wind sounds. I know it's the same sounds you buy on any "Spooky Sounds of Halloween" CD in Poundland, but they're still awesome.
"Clean underwear?"/"In case we get scared" gets a laugh out of me every time I watch this episode. My maturity level is legitimately stuck around 12 years old. Also, moist towellettes in case you get egged is a good idea. My brothers and I always had supersoakers filled with chip-shop vinegar to shoot people who threw things at us, but we were kind of known for over-reacting to stuff like that. Also sometimes we just sprayed enemy trick or treaters with it. God, we were little shits. I miss those days. Mars is totally right when he says that Halloween was the one time of year you were allowed to get away with that crap.
Marshall, garlic, wooden stakes and holy water will not cover your major monster groups. It is literally a defence for vampires only. You need to do some more research.
My partner is obsessed with the president masks the boys wear in this episode. Part of me really wants to do Simon and Mars at Halloween for our Halloween costumes, but then I remember that I can't deal with the smell inside those rubber masks. Also, like, nobody would get it and I'd get tired of explaining and be all like, "Yup, I'm Gorbechev. No reason."
Wonder what Simon's shitty parents are doing at Halloween that Marilyn ends up babysitting? Or are they just being their usual levels of terrible and Marilyn's like, nope, come here and eat popcorn baby Holmes?
There's something so atmospheric and creepy about an exposed brick wall with an empty picture frame hanging on it. Have I mentioned I love the set dressing in this show?
What the hell is that weird doll-faced costume that one of the kids in the first trick or treat group is wearing? It's terrifying. Like, Mike Myers and brain head aliens are fine, but that blank wide-eyed doll head is horrible. Knock that shit off, kid.
I love how nonchalant Harley is when he drops Mothra down Marshall's pants. Like, he looks at the lizard and is like, "Yup, this is the logical progression". And Simon is filming the whole thing and pissing himself laughing, and Syndi sees her brother rolling about on the floor and yelling and is just like, "...anyway..." and carries on with her evening.
And Mothra looks so unimpressed when he goes back in the tank. Like, he does this little headtilt, like, "Whatever, dumb human stuff."
Aww, Harley's little concerned face when he watches the mummy movie! So cute and concerned!
This episode always makes me give the remote control an experimental bite when I watch it, and I always make sure I'm wearing a bra before I do, just in case. I've never been sucked into a movie yet, but I'm not gonna do it without a bra. Standards, dude.
Love Omri's screamy/oh shit face. I'm pretty sure he was cast just for his ability to give amazing horror-screams.
Also, I love how when Harley gets sucked into the film, the episode starts using those old-timey crooked camera angles, like suddenly everyone is baddies on the 1960s Batman show.
LMAO at the lady in the movie screaming and Harley's exasperated face followed by covering his ears and banging on the TV screen to get back in to our world.
"It's too dangerous; he'll just kill you too!" Jesus, Simon. Just go instantly to worse-case scenario!
I'm pretty sure the second group of trick or treaters has a kid in a dressing gown thrown in there. Did anyone else's parents try to persuade them to go as binbag witches at Halloween? Like, you wear a plastic binbag as your witch dress and a shitty £1 plastic witch hat from the petrol station? My mum always tried that on us and we were like, nope, real costumes, real costumes NOW. Possibly we were awful.
Syndi's totally cute with the trick or treaters, and I love how she turns on a dime when she's dealing with her brother. Someone who worked on this episode has siblings, just sayin'.
"Same mom as Simon." Yeah, that's not accidental phrasing.
I love how Simon tries to make Harley come out of the TV, and Harley's like, LOL nope, and Mars makes a snarky comment and Simon looks so irritated with both of them. He gives grest irritated face in this episode.
"Mega-voodoo-Eerie-weirdness" always means something to me.
How hard does Harley bite that he's leaving marks on Simon's arm and the plastic surface of a remote control??
After the mummy gets in, and right before Mars shouts "hey duct-tape for brains!" there's a shot of the mummy next to the foot of the stairs and there's totally a man's hand in the shot. Like, resting on that nub thing on the bannister.
Aww, I love how Edgar is all dejected because his car won''t start and Marilyn's like, "LET'S TOTALLY MAKE OUT!" They are legit such an awesome couple. And she's so amused when the trick or treaters attack the car, and SO mardy when Edgar runs off after them instead of carrying on smooching like teenagers.
TONY JAY! He was in the super 80s Ron Perlman Beauty and the Beast TV show and I was always freaked out by him. He had a jacked up face and I had this weird thing about facial disfigurement that would have me scooching back against the sofa cushions every time he was on screen.
"I've been kidnapped by geniuses". Dude, you came into their house. Home Alone rules totally apply here.
LMAO Harley's eyebrows when he rips that lady's dress and sees her undies.
"Video feedback timewarp zappy thing." Obviously. Love the language in this show.
"Stop him, he's a monster!" and then Harley's faux-innocent smile. Awesome.
Syndi is nobody's worst nightmare but yours, Marshall, be quiet. Your sister is awesome.
"While I was waiting for your mother to jump-start me." YEAH YOU WERE.
I'm pretty sure a mummy will dissolve if it goes surfing. Just sayin'. Also, why are those surf babes so sixties?!
Loving the old movie monster cues playing over the end credits. Also, is the lady from the mummy movie the same actress as the brown haired bikini babe?
Anyway, that's the end of Scariest Home Movies; now to catch up on Just Say No Fun!
My God, look how young Omri is in the credits versus what he already looks like in this episode. Also, I love the side-eye he gives in the opening credits in that scene where he;s next to the Pop 16661 sign. Love a good bit of side-eye.
Nice to see the Teller house is as messy and disorganised in this episode as it was in Foreverware. Good bit of continuinty, show,
WHO EATS CEREAL ALREADY POURED INTO A BOWL BEFORE THEY SIT DOWN?! There's so clearly a prank going on, who falls for that?
Also, I love how in this show, if a character is at home, they actually dress for staying at home. Like in ATM with a Heart of Gold, Syndi's got those fluffy house socks on for chilling at home, and Marilyn's got a plaid shirt on for wearing around the house in this episode. IT kind of makes me realise how much I've gotten used to seeing people on TV being like, "Oh, just hanging out at home, in SKIN TIGHT CLOTHES AND FULL MAKEUP, no reason tho." Be better, TV.
Love the fact that the school is called BF Skinner Junior High,but uses shitty mind control instead of proper teachin techniques, and yes, my headcanon says Simon is blatently smart enough to be going there at 9 years old.
Ugh, every school bus route has at least one Dimsdale. It's so weird that he's shorter than Mars but he and Simon are clearly intimidated by this kid. Then again, aggro has a lot more of an intimidation facgtor than straight up height, so there's that.
I love Nurse Nancy's glasses. I actually would reallhy like a pair like that. Not on a chain tho. Also I hate those stupid knitted cardigans with no sleeves things. They really offend me.
The music and background sound effects in this episode are so creepy. And Nurse Nancy's ragey face when she sees Mars peeking in at Simon getting his eye exam, shudder!
Oh, hai there weird fake Radford! They kind of abandoned his different-disguise thing early on, huh? But then I guess his "real" identity is a disguise anyway, so maybe that was deliberate?
What's with that kid stroking the bristles of a giant toothbrush all lovingly? Weird, weird, weird.
Love that the Groucho glasses are called GM2020s. Every time I go to the opticians and they'e like, "You got 2020 vision," my brain adds the GM prefix to it.
JACKALOPE! Love me some jackalopes.
Oh my God Nancy's weird massive head in the eye test bit. Also I love how Mars mispronounces "hypnotised".
"Undercover is my life." I love Simon's random declarations like that. "I was born for this" is another one.
Yeah, come on, Edgar. Obeying the rules and getting good grades is fine, being required to "blend in" and "be like the other students" is a totally different thing. Watch your phrasing.
Also, I'm just saying, I really don't want a brain-washed, derped out lollipop lady. That just seems completely counter-productive.
Ugh, Nancy's whole thing where her demeanour changes the second the adults are out of the room is horrifying. I bet everyone has had at least one adult authority figure like that in their life when they were little.
I love how Mars just declares himself to be "cool and suave."
So, when Simon has his eye exam, Nancy tells him it won't hurt, but when it's Marshall's turn, "pain can be so instructive". Also, when Dimsdale had his eye exam, we heard him saying "ow, stop, I promise" through the wall. So, is it one of those things where it hurts the more you fight it, or is she just a creepy sadistic bitch who doesn't like kids who push back against her authority? The more I watch this episode, the more I think that teachers like her are a kind of universal experiance.
There's also something really horrible about the idea that she can hypnotise Simon, who is just crazy loyal and sweet, into giving up Mars's plans by saying a few key words. Like, friendship, family, loyalty, none of that factors into this woman's need to control a bunch of kids. Ugh. UGH. This episode has never been one of my favourites, because there's too much under the surface that makes me uncomfortable.
Still wearing one of those ugly knitted vests, just orange instead of grey now. I guess a sense of humor doesn't help with fashion sense.
I got up this morning and it was windy, raining, overcast, and there are actual ravens in the tree outside making their super sweet raven sounds, basically being all like, "Froodle, you gotta catch up on your Eerie rewatch, we're here to provide ambience while you do it!" So polite and helpful, those ravens.
So, I'll start with Scariest Home Movies. Loving Elvis's rhinestone-studded belt on his dressing gown in the opening credits, dunno if I've mentioned that before, but it's awesome.
I love the attic/secret spot set. I love that this episode starts with a shot of a raven (hello polite friends!) on a skull, but is then revealed to be an actual Halloween prop. Love the fact that there's tinsel behind it, making it very obvious that Mars has been rooting through a box of decorations. Also love the fact that apparently the Tellers keep wooden stakes in their attic, with the holiday decorations, because why not?
I really like the background music at the start of this episode as well, and the spooky wind sounds. I know it's the same sounds you buy on any "Spooky Sounds of Halloween" CD in Poundland, but they're still awesome.
"Clean underwear?"/"In case we get scared" gets a laugh out of me every time I watch this episode. My maturity level is legitimately stuck around 12 years old. Also, moist towellettes in case you get egged is a good idea. My brothers and I always had supersoakers filled with chip-shop vinegar to shoot people who threw things at us, but we were kind of known for over-reacting to stuff like that. Also sometimes we just sprayed enemy trick or treaters with it. God, we were little shits. I miss those days. Mars is totally right when he says that Halloween was the one time of year you were allowed to get away with that crap.
Marshall, garlic, wooden stakes and holy water will not cover your major monster groups. It is literally a defence for vampires only. You need to do some more research.
My partner is obsessed with the president masks the boys wear in this episode. Part of me really wants to do Simon and Mars at Halloween for our Halloween costumes, but then I remember that I can't deal with the smell inside those rubber masks. Also, like, nobody would get it and I'd get tired of explaining and be all like, "Yup, I'm Gorbechev. No reason."
Wonder what Simon's shitty parents are doing at Halloween that Marilyn ends up babysitting? Or are they just being their usual levels of terrible and Marilyn's like, nope, come here and eat popcorn baby Holmes?
There's something so atmospheric and creepy about an exposed brick wall with an empty picture frame hanging on it. Have I mentioned I love the set dressing in this show?
What the hell is that weird doll-faced costume that one of the kids in the first trick or treat group is wearing? It's terrifying. Like, Mike Myers and brain head aliens are fine, but that blank wide-eyed doll head is horrible. Knock that shit off, kid.
I love how nonchalant Harley is when he drops Mothra down Marshall's pants. Like, he looks at the lizard and is like, "Yup, this is the logical progression". And Simon is filming the whole thing and pissing himself laughing, and Syndi sees her brother rolling about on the floor and yelling and is just like, "...anyway..." and carries on with her evening.
And Mothra looks so unimpressed when he goes back in the tank. Like, he does this little headtilt, like, "Whatever, dumb human stuff."
Aww, Harley's little concerned face when he watches the mummy movie! So cute and concerned!
This episode always makes me give the remote control an experimental bite when I watch it, and I always make sure I'm wearing a bra before I do, just in case. I've never been sucked into a movie yet, but I'm not gonna do it without a bra. Standards, dude.
Love Omri's screamy/oh shit face. I'm pretty sure he was cast just for his ability to give amazing horror-screams.
Also, I love how when Harley gets sucked into the film, the episode starts using those old-timey crooked camera angles, like suddenly everyone is baddies on the 1960s Batman show.
LMAO at the lady in the movie screaming and Harley's exasperated face followed by covering his ears and banging on the TV screen to get back in to our world.
"It's too dangerous; he'll just kill you too!" Jesus, Simon. Just go instantly to worse-case scenario!
I'm pretty sure the second group of trick or treaters has a kid in a dressing gown thrown in there. Did anyone else's parents try to persuade them to go as binbag witches at Halloween? Like, you wear a plastic binbag as your witch dress and a shitty £1 plastic witch hat from the petrol station? My mum always tried that on us and we were like, nope, real costumes, real costumes NOW. Possibly we were awful.
Syndi's totally cute with the trick or treaters, and I love how she turns on a dime when she's dealing with her brother. Someone who worked on this episode has siblings, just sayin'.
"Same mom as Simon." Yeah, that's not accidental phrasing.
I love how Simon tries to make Harley come out of the TV, and Harley's like, LOL nope, and Mars makes a snarky comment and Simon looks so irritated with both of them. He gives grest irritated face in this episode.
"Mega-voodoo-Eerie-weirdness" always means something to me.
How hard does Harley bite that he's leaving marks on Simon's arm and the plastic surface of a remote control??
After the mummy gets in, and right before Mars shouts "hey duct-tape for brains!" there's a shot of the mummy next to the foot of the stairs and there's totally a man's hand in the shot. Like, resting on that nub thing on the bannister.
Aww, I love how Edgar is all dejected because his car won''t start and Marilyn's like, "LET'S TOTALLY MAKE OUT!" They are legit such an awesome couple. And she's so amused when the trick or treaters attack the car, and SO mardy when Edgar runs off after them instead of carrying on smooching like teenagers.
TONY JAY! He was in the super 80s Ron Perlman Beauty and the Beast TV show and I was always freaked out by him. He had a jacked up face and I had this weird thing about facial disfigurement that would have me scooching back against the sofa cushions every time he was on screen.
"I've been kidnapped by geniuses". Dude, you came into their house. Home Alone rules totally apply here.
LMAO Harley's eyebrows when he rips that lady's dress and sees her undies.
"Video feedback timewarp zappy thing." Obviously. Love the language in this show.
"Stop him, he's a monster!" and then Harley's faux-innocent smile. Awesome.
Syndi is nobody's worst nightmare but yours, Marshall, be quiet. Your sister is awesome.
"While I was waiting for your mother to jump-start me." YEAH YOU WERE.
I'm pretty sure a mummy will dissolve if it goes surfing. Just sayin'. Also, why are those surf babes so sixties?!
Loving the old movie monster cues playing over the end credits. Also, is the lady from the mummy movie the same actress as the brown haired bikini babe?
Anyway, that's the end of Scariest Home Movies; now to catch up on Just Say No Fun!
My God, look how young Omri is in the credits versus what he already looks like in this episode. Also, I love the side-eye he gives in the opening credits in that scene where he;s next to the Pop 16661 sign. Love a good bit of side-eye.
Nice to see the Teller house is as messy and disorganised in this episode as it was in Foreverware. Good bit of continuinty, show,
WHO EATS CEREAL ALREADY POURED INTO A BOWL BEFORE THEY SIT DOWN?! There's so clearly a prank going on, who falls for that?
Also, I love how in this show, if a character is at home, they actually dress for staying at home. Like in ATM with a Heart of Gold, Syndi's got those fluffy house socks on for chilling at home, and Marilyn's got a plaid shirt on for wearing around the house in this episode. IT kind of makes me realise how much I've gotten used to seeing people on TV being like, "Oh, just hanging out at home, in SKIN TIGHT CLOTHES AND FULL MAKEUP, no reason tho." Be better, TV.
Love the fact that the school is called BF Skinner Junior High,but uses shitty mind control instead of proper teachin techniques, and yes, my headcanon says Simon is blatently smart enough to be going there at 9 years old.
Ugh, every school bus route has at least one Dimsdale. It's so weird that he's shorter than Mars but he and Simon are clearly intimidated by this kid. Then again, aggro has a lot more of an intimidation facgtor than straight up height, so there's that.
I love Nurse Nancy's glasses. I actually would reallhy like a pair like that. Not on a chain tho. Also I hate those stupid knitted cardigans with no sleeves things. They really offend me.
The music and background sound effects in this episode are so creepy. And Nurse Nancy's ragey face when she sees Mars peeking in at Simon getting his eye exam, shudder!
Oh, hai there weird fake Radford! They kind of abandoned his different-disguise thing early on, huh? But then I guess his "real" identity is a disguise anyway, so maybe that was deliberate?
What's with that kid stroking the bristles of a giant toothbrush all lovingly? Weird, weird, weird.
Love that the Groucho glasses are called GM2020s. Every time I go to the opticians and they'e like, "You got 2020 vision," my brain adds the GM prefix to it.
JACKALOPE! Love me some jackalopes.
Oh my God Nancy's weird massive head in the eye test bit. Also I love how Mars mispronounces "hypnotised".
"Undercover is my life." I love Simon's random declarations like that. "I was born for this" is another one.
Yeah, come on, Edgar. Obeying the rules and getting good grades is fine, being required to "blend in" and "be like the other students" is a totally different thing. Watch your phrasing.
Also, I'm just saying, I really don't want a brain-washed, derped out lollipop lady. That just seems completely counter-productive.
Ugh, Nancy's whole thing where her demeanour changes the second the adults are out of the room is horrifying. I bet everyone has had at least one adult authority figure like that in their life when they were little.
I love how Mars just declares himself to be "cool and suave."
So, when Simon has his eye exam, Nancy tells him it won't hurt, but when it's Marshall's turn, "pain can be so instructive". Also, when Dimsdale had his eye exam, we heard him saying "ow, stop, I promise" through the wall. So, is it one of those things where it hurts the more you fight it, or is she just a creepy sadistic bitch who doesn't like kids who push back against her authority? The more I watch this episode, the more I think that teachers like her are a kind of universal experiance.
There's also something really horrible about the idea that she can hypnotise Simon, who is just crazy loyal and sweet, into giving up Mars's plans by saying a few key words. Like, friendship, family, loyalty, none of that factors into this woman's need to control a bunch of kids. Ugh. UGH. This episode has never been one of my favourites, because there's too much under the surface that makes me uncomfortable.
Still wearing one of those ugly knitted vests, just orange instead of grey now. I guess a sense of humor doesn't help with fashion sense.
