These Jim Henson Monster cereals are hitting store shelves now. I must have them. They need to make Muppets of these cereal Monsters. We nerds will buy them all... They are already blowing up the internets because of Dinosaur Dracula and his ilk.  I started looking everywhere for these boxes, not realizing until I had zero luck, that Matt has them first because of his influencer status. They do not come out in stores until early October. But I keep seeing people finding them in the wild... These monsters are elusive.  These will go down as Legendary. Muppet Monster Cereals

This small clip takes us back to the better, simpler days of 1985 New Orleans, getting ready for another wonderful Halloween. From this short throwback clip we can see Frank Davis of 4WWL take a horsecar hearse around town to the Saint Louis Cemetery Number One and the tomb of Marie Laveau. Then he's onto Madame LaLaurie House on Royal Street.  One thing I would love to see is Halloween become a bigger celebration than Mardi Gras in the Crescent City. But that's just a dream, I know. But here's the video link below. It's a neat little look into the past. 4WWL Halloween 1985

WNUF Halloween Special is by far one of my absolute favorite Halloween movies. It's a local film I've talked about before on here. It's more cute than groundbreaking, but a wholly enjoyable experience. A while back I talked to the creator (not in person, via social media) and we were "talking" about politics, and more specifically the person who was recently elected to POTUS. I knew it was a bad move immediately, but I spoke my feelings on the issue, which were a stark contrast from his views. I won't mention his name, because I don't want to bad mouth someone without representation to defend themself. But this conversation quickly went sideways, and I felt he insulted me more than one too many times, and I stopped following him on social media. He proved to me that he was incapable of having a normal, civilized conversation about the man in the White House without reverting to childish accusations and insults. You want the truth? It hurt my feelings. I k...

I read Lisa W. Cantrell's The Manse last October. At first, I thought it was OK but nothing special. But I thought about it often and realized maybe I had enjoyed it more than I had thought. I saw some less than positive reviews on Goodreads, and maybe that changed my opinion; I didn't think the book deserved the hate I was seeing from other readers. So, I began to reread it a week ago. And I enjoyed it again. The story revolves around an old mansion in the center of fake town Merrillville, North Carolina. Each year the town's Jaycees rent the home from the owners and put on a haunted house in the Manse and it's usually a huge hit. The book is from 1986 or 1987 and set in 1985 through 1987, but you wouldn't necessarily notice this while reading. The story is not in your face '80s in any way. I still enjoy this regardless due to its 1980s setting in general. This is the year McDonald's release their Halloween pumpkin pail Happy Meals, after all. This is the ...

McDonald's is an American icon, a symbol of innovation. And today, the Golden Arches are a shadow of its former self. Eating out at McDonald's was something that American families could look forward to for decades. The food was usually inexpensive, and decent for what it was. I've talked about McDonald's nostalgia for a while now, especially in the Halloween season. In the 1970s and through pre-pandemic, McDonald's was a hub for folks to gather and sit and enjoy a meal or dessert together. The Mansard Roof era is the building that most of us Gen Xers and later will undoubtedly remember, and fondly. The Play Place was a revelation! A playground in the middle of a restaurant, c'mon son! That was genius. (Unless you had to clean them on the weekends like I had to...) I had the privilege to work in two different Mansard Roof McDonald's in the '90s. Back then it was nothing special, more a rite of passage and some summer spending money requisite. I bought a l...