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**Falstaff13** · Oct 31, '15, 11:00 AM

This is a nice surprise on Halloween morn! When I first/finally got the SciFi Channel (neither my home nor college cable provider offered it when it first came along, so it wasn't until the late 1990s when I moved to grad school I got to see it), they used to show horror comedies very early on Saturday mornings. Through them, I re-watched the Abbott & Costello films and even got to see Wheeler & Woolsey in Mummy's Boys (probably marginally better than Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy, but basically a silly movie at best), as well as some of the other films you mentioned, liked Ghost-Breakers along with some of the Bowery Boys and late Bela Lugosi films that played to schlock. As always, this was a nice walk down memory land.

As a kid, I liked watching reruns of Addams Family and The Munsters, and I was always intrigued by a show like Struck By Lightning, just cause I wanted to see (and still do) Jack Elam as Frankenstein's monster.

**FETT1** · Oct 31, '15, 11:23 AM

AwesOme...Abbott and Costello rule....A Canadian independant channel ( CFTV 34?) from downeast is showing a Monster movie Marathon....up first Abbott and Costello meet Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde...Ahhh Boris Karloff....

Thanks for the Pods...keep em coming ....

Jas
Edmonton,AB.

**Earth 2 Chris** · Oct 31, '15, 2:48 PM

This will help with my post-Halloween depression on Monday morning when I'm back at work!

You guys are real troopers, recording a new episode just to get another Halloween one in!

Chris

**Wee67** · Nov 2, '15, 10:58 AM

One of your best so far.

I had one of those moments of clarity when someone else points out a truth about you that even you didn't realize. I loved Universal Monsters as a kid, but I never considered them even close to scary. You guys correctly point out that my introduction to classic monsters came through such child-friendly paths as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Munsters and even the Groovie Goolies. These images were firmly established before I got a chance to see Drac, Frankie, Wolfie, etc. in their more scary, adult formats.

Separate question- With all the retro networks around, why is there not one showing The Addams Family or The Munsters? I can pretty much watch almost any of my syndicated favorites from the Hogan's Heroes to Starsky & Hutch to bob Newhart. Do the monsters series come with particularly high licensing fees? A quagmire of ownership questions?

**Mr.Marion** · Nov 2, '15, 1:34 PM

I'm glad you mentioned Bauhaus. Frontman Peter Murphy was the visual influence for Neil Gaiman's Sandman

**samurainoir** · Nov 3, '15, 1:19 PM

You guys didn't get into the 90's, but one of my favourites is Peter Jackson's Dead Alive.

**samurainoir** · Nov 3, '15, 1:21 PM

also by Peter Jackson in the 90's... Frighteners. HUGELY overlooked and underrated.

**Earth 2 Chris** · Nov 3, '15, 1:42 PM

Nice overview of an often overlooked subgenre! Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein And Ghostbusters are perfect films. There can be watched at any time, no matter how many times you've seen them. I totally get your point about the Ghostbusters cosplay and fandom. I love the movie too, but the interest from cosplayers is a bit flummoxing. I wonder if it has anything to do with the wonderful role play toys Kenner made in conjunction with the cartoon? I was a bit too old for them by the time they hit, but I understand they were VERY popular.

I have Fearless Vampire Killers on the DVR, so I'm going to check it out this weekend. You've given me a great list of films to check out for the first time, or the first time in a long time, like Love at First Bite. Seems like it was on every weekend for years on the local syndicated station back in the mid 80s.

Chris

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