Spooktober: The Tale of The Chameleons (Are You Afraid of The Dark?, 1995)

 Tia & Tamera Mowry (Sister, Sister) guest star in a season 5 episode of Are You Afraid of The Dark?. Here's "The Tale of The Chameleons":

Unfortunately, there was no sequel to this story, and so the ending left me cold. Don't know about you.

Rating: B-.

Spooktober: Spook Louder (1942)

 The Three Stooges are salesmen who are mistaken for caretakers for an eccentric scientist, and must overcome spies and a phantom pie tosser. Charles Middleton ("Flash Gordon", "Duck Soup") co-stars in "Spook Louder".

Decades later, in WWE, Vince McMahon came up with a running gag where a phantom pie thrower was going after wrestler Kevin Owens. That issue, apparently, was never resolved, but now we know where McMahon got the idea, apparently.

Rating: B.

Toon Rock: Back in The Day (2005)

 From season 3 of Duck Dodgers:

Metal legends Megadeth guest in the episode, "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock", and perform "Back in The Day", released a year before this episode aired.

From Comics to Toons: Spider-Man in Horn of The Rhino (1967)

 The title says it all. The Rhino seeks to take over the world by stealing components of a bomb. Predictably, Spider-Man (Paul Soles) is also ill, hampering his pursuit.

Rating: B.

Spooktober: Daffy Duck in The Impatient Patient (1942)

 Why is Norm McCabe's "The Impatient Patient" under the Spooktober umbrella? It's a parody of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, as Daffy Duck seeks a cure for hiccups from Dr. Jerkyl.......

WB would revisit the Stevenson classic at least twice more, with Sylvester & Tweety, and with Bugs Bunny.

Rating: A-.

Saturtainment: Sappy Bullfighters (1957-9)

 "Sappy Bullfighters", shot in 1957, and released in 1959, marked the end of the shorts era for The Three Stooges, marking the end of the Joe Besser era.

"Sappy" is a remake of 1942's "What's The Matador?", with the boys stranded in Mexico, short on cash after their stage act is cancelled. 

The Besser shorts were released out of order, and by the time "Sappy" was released, he was already back at home, tending to his ailing wife. He'd soon resurface on television on The Joey Bishop Show

Rating: B.

Toon Rock: Evil Woman (2024)

 Nearly 50 years ago, Jeff Lynne wrote "Evil Woman" for his band, the Electric Light Orchestra, and it remains a popular radio staple to this day.

Today, Duran Duran has released a cover, included with their new set, "Danse Macabre De Luxe", an expanded edition of last year's "Danse Macabre". The animated video dropped today as well.