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Soul bargains, Samhain sensationalism, and the language of the gargoyles⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they explore even more cultural celebrations and institutions found in Ray Bradburyâs expressive pages including witchy wonders, creepy cathedrals, and deep, dark Mexican catacombs. Some of the showâs darkest revelations yet, like, yâknow, children making deals with Death to maintain their friendâs very existence, accompany this spooky swirl of historic proportions.
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Poetic peril, classic costumes, and the crisp air of autumn⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for their journey into the Undiscovered Country and parse out the wistful nostalgia found among the twirly, twisty branches of Halloweenâs history. Buckle in as Ray Bradburyâs aching, heavy-handed prose guides us all on a dream-like quest to capture the essence of humanityâs biggest questions⊠and the customs that help us answer them.
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Horrific house parties, sensual feasting, and Boris Karloff⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for a bloodcurdling bash as they recount the fascinating and frightful origins of everyoneâs favorite Halloween novelty track, spooking its way into society amidst an upswing of mid-century dance fads and crazes. Get down as your Ghost Hosts get scientific with memetic theory and follow these crypt-kicking tunes (including new imaginings and parodies) all the way through a life cycle that may have overstayed its welcomeâŠ
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Grizzly reapers, manic moral commentary, and sneaky snozzberries⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for their THREE YEAR anniversary extravaganza as they theorize and fantasize their way through the darkest corners of Wonkaâs (okay, mostly Roald Dahlâs) potentially not-so-pure imagination - complete with haunting real world racial implications. Oompa Loompa doompity DO come with us and youâll be in a world of simultaneous whimsical escape, satirical, societal criticism, and as always, some good old fashioned existentialism to taste. At least we still have one anotherâŠ
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Everlasting literary quips, Bavarian asteroids, and Pure Imagination⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they take you on your very own Golden Ticket tour behind the scenes of one of the pillars of the âPretty Darkâ genre and learn a little more about two of its founding fathers: Roald Dahl and Gene Wilder. Get a taste of everything youâve ever wondered about the filmâs storied history, fantastical sets, and legendary performances, plus unwrap the details on the brand deals and production rumors that left generations of mouths watering.
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Recurring cosmic phenomena, terrible toy testing, and triskaidekaphobia⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they settle into Are You Afraid of the Dark?âs second season by discussing societyâs denial of the proverbial and literal âthirteenth floor,â the potential for intergalactic adoptive trauma, and the coming-of-age drama behind morphing into your âfinal form.â If youâve ever thought your sibling might be from another planet⊠or maybe felt more like a faceless misfit, yourself⊠this episode proves once and for all, that even still, youâre never really alone.
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Birthday curses, chem lab terror, and rejection sensitive dysphoria⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for another round of Midnight Society mayhem as they get groovy with â60s slang, walk the graffitied hallways of their childhood, and even uncover some reported high school hauntings from this side of the TV screen. This episode will have you spiraling into the 30 year pop culture cycle, seeing not only its stamp on the present and our (increasingly obsolete) place within it, but also its implications for the futureâŠ
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Identity crises, lactose intolerance, and the Hare Krishna⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids in the back-to-school spirit for a good old fashioned mingling of history lesson and book report where theyâll investigate a well-meaning, if dark phenomenon that swept the country in the â80s â milk carton kids â via a controversial young adult novel born from it by Caroline B. Cooney. Theyâll bust some myths, pay homage to the devastating realities, and get to the haunting core of the novel⊠what if the face staring back at you from the breakfast table was your own?
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Sploosh, supernatural serendipity, and the âTroubled Teen" Industry⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids to celebrate and unpack what is, arguably, one of the best book-to-film adaptions ever created. This time, theyâll revel in magical, mystical romance, wax poetic about generational curses and cycles, plus build character while exploring deeper themes of abuse in teen ârehabilitationâ programs, and Americaâs dark history with segregation and racial prejudice. This is a heavy one, Darklings, but itâs important, and your Ghost Hosts hope you enjoy it with all the same curiosity youâd bring to the Scholastic Book Fair.
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Holey euphemisms, storyboard solidarity, and... Donnie Darko?!? Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids in the dusty desert of Camp Green Lake (21 years later!) where they dig up all kinds of exposition including production stories youâve always wondered about, details on the cast and crew, and the importance of empowering childrenâs literatureâŠ
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Flashlight flasks, Bram Stokerâs widow, and Dr. Nosferatu⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids in another Midnight Society flashback where they reminisce on theatrical magic and âFright Nightsâ gone by, revel in the glory (and grief) of early Germanic horror, and uncover every disturbing detail available about the legend of the Pied Piper. Sometimes, movie monsters are so terrifying they seem like they might just step out of the screen and into our very livesâŠbut what if one actually did?
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Eye boogers, bedside weapons, and iron nests on the moon⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they gather âround the Midnight Society campfire to laud and applaud some of the darkest forgotten Grimm tales, get cozy with Jekyll and Hydeâs originator, and learn the eye-popping lore behind everyoneâs favorite nighttime visitorâŠThe Sandman. Growing up is hard to do, and despite enormous pressure to give up our whimsy, itâs nice to know imagination is, was, and will always be our saving grace in the face ofâŠdun dun dunâŠreality.
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Haunted islands, dreadful pennies, and idiotic scheming⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for a Saturday back in Hey Arnold!âs Hillwood as they break down one of Geraldâs true-blue urban legends involving a phlegm-hacking murderous figure and counterfeit buried treasure. Kalyn and Christian join Arnold and the gang, flashlights and jellybeans in tow, to make some Goonies and Scooby Doo connections and unravel a few real-world examples of spooky islands along the way.
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A Big and Loud villain, misremembered footprints, and the horrors of the Hayes Code⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids to unravel some of Hollywoodâs best and brightest landmarksâŠand its darker chapters of censorship, racial tension, and child-star trauma. Laughing their way through one of the wittiest scripts theyâve discussed yet, theyâll explore how its allegories and core themes all point back to the importance of inspiration, humanityâs shared artistic experiences, and the collective power, strength, and unity that comes from creating art for artâs sake.
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Backlot kitties, Gene Kelly, and studio-executive dysfunction⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they swing into the 1930s (by way of 1997) to understand the storied studio history and production lore that brought this musical mainstay into existence. Learn with them how, while times at Turner Feature Animation were tough, a 28-year-old director pulled off the impossible with the help of a talented team of animators-turned-storytellers, a cast list for the ages, and Randy Newman.
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Dreamland predators, great expectations, and the rise and fall of the Nightmare King⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these punch-drunk â90s kids as they wrap up their journey into Slumberland/Nightmareland and the revolving door of creatives involved in its production throughout the 1980s â including the famed Sherman Brothers. From the earliest inklings of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahataâs most beloved titles, to coming-of-age uncertainty, to Freudian nightmare analysis, this episode has something for every Darkling. Email us at [email protected]
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Quiet On Set, flashy circus ads, and the dark side of animation history⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they confront some harsh realities and trace the origins of one of their most requested Movie Nights back through the late 19th and early 20th centuries via its creator â the dream-obsessed (and problematic) Winsor McKay â and his plight as one of the founding fathers of modern animation. Follow along as they plot the path of Nemo as a character through his print and theatrical lifetime, all the way to the mid â70s when the first inkling of this pretty dark title was âawakened.â
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Mummified curses, the infamous Big Toe bandit, and lessons in Egyptology⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids as they seek to âreturn the slabâ by unpacking some of Courageâs most talked-about and seemingly sinister segments. Theyâll dive into ancient omens and confounding cases that brought Egyptian history to the Western world, look back at old Hollywood legends that led to the modern heist trope, and probably tell you far more than you ever expected to know about plagues of locusts. Email us at [email protected]
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Grabby shadows, psychic hotline hi-jinx, and emotional alien encounters⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids in the land of Nowhere once again as they traipse through extra-terrestrial lore surrounding tractor beams and alien abDUCKtions, enjoy television psychic tropes, and explore the anti-hero elements present in so many Courage the Cowardly Dog antagonists. These episodes showcase the showâs uncanny ability to layer in lessons, from commentary on how isolating greed can be, to the often necessary reminder that itâs okay to ask for help. Email us at [email protected]
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Narcissistic neâer-do-wells, supposed Southern expressions, and makeshift northern lights⊠Oh lawd, it's about to get pretty dark! Join these â90s kids for the final leg of their Balto-thon where they trek through voice-cast trivia and unpack every ounce of jaw-dropping peril, malignant personality disorders, and innocuous innuendo that made Balto one of the foremost millennial favorites theyâve explored to date.
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