SUNDAY CHALLENGE

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Sunday challenge time! Your prompt for this week is:

CABBAGE

Paralysis Shriek reviews Eerie, Indiana episode, Tornado Days

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“Eerie Indiana” is a show that has always prided itself on its bizarre ideas. And that tends to be the show's strength: it was unafraid to tread where other kid's shows would never dare to go. That being said, “Tornado Days” goes for outrageous, and ends up falling flat on its face, in a way that hasn't been seen since “The Retainer”. In fact, I would venture to say it's even worse than that one. It's a rather stupid idea, executed stupidly, and is easily the worst episode the usually creative show ever put out.

It's “Tornado Day” in Eerie, which is pretty much just an excuse for the locals to gather around for a community picnic. Ever the rebellious teen, Marshall refuses to go, and as a result, so too does his pal Simon (who, sadly, clearly wants to go, but would rather support his friend). Well, this pisses off “Ol' Bob”, the name given to the town's tornado (?) that visits Eerie every year on Tornado Day. Okay...

Things are already off to a bad start, but now we get another character tossed into the mix: A crazy stormchaser by the name of Howard Raymer, who crash lands on Marshall's front lawn. He informs Marshall that by boycotting the festivities, he is angering Bob, and sets out to find a way to tame the tornado before he wreaks havoc across the city. But his only way to do that is to get inside the tornado with his “Wind Rider”, which is basically a modified trailer.

Well I've spent enough time describing this, because none of it is remotely interesting or funny. Like I said, this show usually does really well when it comes time to dabble in the offbeat, but this one is just a flawed idea from start to finish. I was actually pretty excited to sit down with it the first time I read the synopsis, thinking there would be some typical "Eerie twist" that would make it a good episode, but it's just a straightforward failure. About the only thing I can give it is the tornado-themed dress that Marshall's sister Syndi wears...it's absolutely ridiculous, but she somehow looks adorable in it. (Kinda the way the looks adorable in anything.)

Overall, though, this is just a bad episode, full of uninteresting ideas, and lame jokes. Thankfully, this is the last bomb that I recall from the entire series; every show has its ups and downs, and this just proves that even an underrated show like “Eerie Indiana” isn't exempt from these issues. But man, what a bomb this is.

EPISODE RATING: 3/10

More screencaps and an exciting offer from Fuck_Yeah_Dash_X

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I was thinking that I will also upload my fanfiction here, with the description of each photo. It's in Spanish, but if you're interested in reading it, I think you'll take the trouble to translate it. Translators are everywhere.

I fucking love his lips.

Eerie Indiana/A Softer World remix by Merry-Melody

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See them all here.

Satan's Little Helper by the Super Friends

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That's not now you spell Simon, though.

From Jason Marsden's Instagram stories:

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With thanks to deifire for picking up on this, as I routinely miaa stuff that's posted in Stories:

"Justin Shenkarow himself writing in to ask if Jason would be interested in doing an Eerie reboot. Answer was something like, “Fuck, yeah, I would, but only if I get to play Justin Shenkarow’s role. Sorry, but I’d make a much better Simon and everyone knows it.”"

Bodyswap episode, I'm here for it.

Horror e Dintorni reviews Eerie, Indiana episode 9, Who's Who

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Marshall e Simon hanno una nuova amica che si chiama Sara Bo e i cui disegni sono cosi belli da sembrare veri…

Puntata favolistica con sfumature drammatiche (vedi la famiglia di Sara) che sembra quasi una variazione del segmento “Prigionieri di Anthony” della serie “Ai confini della realta‘” e con un finale docelamaro. Occhio alla citazione di “Easy rider”….

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Another Harley-esque design from Steven Rhodes...

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"Let's start a cult!"

17 September 1991: Greg Dawson reviews Home Improvement for the Orlando Sentinel

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Home Improvement isn't groundbreaking TV or even the most original new show of the year (that would be Eerie, Indiana), but it's the most perfectly realized: an idea whose time has come - the ripe-for-ribbing men's movement - combined with sharp writing and once-in-a-blue-moon cast chemistry. [17 Sep 1991]