2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 31: The Witch's Dungeon museum retrospective

Entertainment Tonight piece on Cortlandt Hull's classic, legendary horror museum The Witch's Dungeon. Uncertain of the original airdate on this piece.

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 30: MTV 1986 Animated Halloween Promo

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 29: Witchiepoo Sings!

Two great Witchiepoo songs from the H.R.Pufnstuf series: "Oranges Smoranges" is a comedic highlight, but "The Loneliest Witch In Town" is Billie Hayes' shining musical moment in the entire series (and my fave of the ones she performed in the series).

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 28: HorroRitual

The original prologue for the U.S. release of "Dracula A.D. 1972" (not included on the DVD release, shamefully), featuring Barry Atwater ("The Night Stalker"). A campy, cheesy bit of 70's movie promotion which Warner Home Video SHOULD have included on the DVD release of the movie.

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 26: Osteo Bi-Flex commercial with Frankenstein

Great commercial from a few years ago....even old monsters need some relief now and then!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 25: Orange Shasta Soda commercial with Frankenstein

Repost: A classic bit of 70's horror advertising, with John Fiedler as the store clerk, and narrated by Tom Bosley!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 23: A1 Steak Sauce with Boris Karloff

I have a better quality version of this, and without the annoying watermark, but need time to get it recorded and posted....for now, here it is: a classic!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 22 - Universal Monsters Icons

Snazz (or spook) up your computer with this set of 24 icons featuring the Universal monsters.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tmdjymxwmmj

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 21 - ZACHERLE 1988 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

A fun 1988 radio special hosted by Zacherle on WCBS FM 101 in New York. Expect some imperfections in this....after all, I recorded it 19 years ago....and there's only one song missing (MIchael Jackson's "Thriller", but you'll still hear Zacherle's introduction to the tune) because I got to a point during the recording when I needed to change tapes, and at the time since I had Thriller on CD, I decided to cut away at that point. It was more important to me to get everything else and all the Zacherle stuff. I broke this down pretty much according to the show segments or where it seemed there was a good point to make a split in the files (most of the segments are between 13 and 15 minutes long, give or take). There's no breaks between each tune or show segment, so it gives more of the feel of listening to the show as it aired (commercials have been edited out years ago). There's two downloads, one for each half of the show/disc...Part 1 is 73:39, and Part 2 is 73:30. Total time is 2 hours and 27 minutes. I suggest burning in a program which won't leave breaks between the files, or disabling such a function if the option to do so exists in the program you use. This will allow the discs to be listened to without pauses or interruptions between the segments/files, but there will still be track indexes between each one. Cassette tape rip at 320k.
NEW link is in the comment area....Enjoy, "whatever you are!!" :-)

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 20: Anthony Perkins Oatmeal Crisp commercial

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 19: Bates School of Motel Management

Anthony Perkins on Saturday Night Live on 03-13-76.

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 18: a double dose of Roseanne

I've always enjoyed Roseanne's annual Halloween episodes, but here's my two favorite segments from two of them: the "Tunnel of Terror" segment from the first season Halloween episode, and the "Deadgar Bergen & Mortuary Snerd" routine from the third season episode (which also featured a younger George Clooney!).

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 17: Vintage Happy Halloween

Great old 60's clip featuring the legendary Zacherle....wouldn't be Halloween without him!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 16: Shrunken Head Apple Kit with Vincent!

Sadly, I never had one of these.

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 15: Monster Vitamins with Vincent Price!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 14: Color The Universal Monsters!

I've had these for several years....no idea where I got them from.....but you can print out and color these nice images of the Universal monsters (either you or the kids). Click on each one to get the larger image to save. Have fun!

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 12 - Universal Monsters Animated Ecards (1999)

Here's something different for this blog (and for Halloween)...a set of four animated ecards from 1999 featuring the Universal monsters (except Dracula). There are individual ones for Frankenstein, the Creature, and the Hunchback, and all of the monsters (except for Dracula, but including the Mummy, Wolfman, and Phantom) are seen in the first one. The screen capture here shows a frame from each of the four .exe files....after downloading and unzipping, simply click on each file to have it open up and play (the various Play, Stop, and Quit option buttons for them can be seen on the image here). This set is complete....there were four of these back then.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zq2hd55hkxj

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 11: Goofy Gold Sounds Of Terror

The cover seen here is from the 8-track release of this Goofy Gold novelty song collection, which also featured a selection of horror sounds.....the rip I have here is from the cassette tape version (which had a different selection of songs) with the horror sounds on Side 2 of the tape. The rip here is the entire 24 minutes of the sound effects as one track, not individually separated, at 320k.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dqnzliyntgn

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 10: Zacherle sings!

I think this brief bit by Zacherle is from an old Pat Boone tv special.

2011 HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN 9: "I believe there's spooks around here!"

The whole "spooks" bit in the scene from "The Wizard of Oz" that takes place in the Wicked Witch's haunted forest. Great stuff, and I thought it appropriate to post here for Halloween!

2011 Halloween Countdown 7: HALLOWEEN 1979

Some friends at a movie theater I worked at for Halloween 1979!

2011 Halloween Countdown 6: HALLOWEEN 1971

A Halloween party I had with a few friends 40 years ago!