National Book Lovers Day

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It's National Book Lovers Day, so how about some fanworks themed around the Eerie Library, the spinner rack of faded romance novels at the World o' Stuff, or that rarest and most difficult to obtain even through inter-library loan, the Sorcerers Bible?

Eerie Indiana behind the scenes photos shared by Justin Shenkarow

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It’s an Eerie kind of Wednesday!
Fun photos of the cast and being directed by the great @joe_dante credit #frankschaefer for these awesome shots. #eerieindiana #blackandwhite #photos #series #nbc #reboot #horror #kids #weird #TVSeries pic.twitter.com/nlQmW8RIcY

— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) August 9, 2018

The Night Strangler sounds worth a watch

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Watching 1970s horror #TheNightStrangler on @TalkingPicsTV, so far ticking all the right boxes.
Made in the '70s ☑
Horror ☑
Funky soundtrack ☑
Mysterious underground city of the past in Seattle ☑
Narrator says "Item:" like Marshall Teller in #EerieIndiana ☑@joe_dante pic.twitter.com/xvP6EuLDsr

— Watson (@DoktorWatson) August 8, 2018

JonnyFearnley spreads the gospel of Eerie car and wide.

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Loved it! Eerie Indiana, too ❤️

— Jonny (@JonnyFearnley) August 8, 2018

Check it out! It was produced by Joe Dante, directed by him for a few, too.

Like an American Round the Twist 👍

Kid being kept young in Tupperware, all sorts of oddness!

— Jonny (@JonnyFearnley) August 8, 2018

I remember watching Eerie Indiana as a kid, this passed me by though. It wouldn't be until much later in life that I'd have any kind of access to international shows.

— Clinton Coddington (@puritythrufire) August 8, 2018

They were both shown on UK tv, in the same children's TV slot - back when we had 4 channels! - the 'young adult' slot I guess it was

I ran home from work to watch them!

— Jonny (@JonnyFearnley) August 8, 2018

Same, Montimer. Same.

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Dammit, it's 3am and now i have an urge to binge watch Eerie Indiana.

— Ben Mortimer (@montimer) August 9, 2018

r/SciFi on Stranger Things

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Eerie Indiana the 'dark' version is what I keep calling this show.

I get that people love it, but it's not really ground breaking story telling, most sci fi and fantasy folk know what's going to happen :)

E A Henderson reviews ‘Gravity Falls: Lost Legends’

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As a much younger, miniature, version of myself I was drawn to stuff like Scooby-Doo, Eerie, Indiana, and the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series of books. From there, I graduated to The X-Files and eventually found my way to Twin Peaks.

As a much older, larger version of myself I would lament that “kids today” were missing out on the weirdness that permeated much of MY childhood. What’s weird about the world when the computer in your pocket can explain that what you thought you just saw was actually just swamp gas or Jupiter. Nothing is unexplainable anymore.

Then Gravity Falls came along. A show that was surprisingly on the Disney Channel aimed at kids (but, really, it’s for everybody) about a tiny town in Oregon where weirdness abounds. It’s a must watch for fans of the shows I name-checked above and it’s conveniently out on Blu-Ray from Shout! Factory as of this writing and you should for sure pick up a copy. (Full disclosure, I would not say “no” should someone at Shout! Factory want to send me a copy of the Blu-Ray for REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY. I have no shame.)

Gravity Falls had a great run that had a definitive end to the story which is rare in entertainment industry in recent years. Supernatural has been on since time immemorial, we’re going to be getting more Star Wars movies until the sun goes out, you know how it is. I’m conflicted, of course. What’s better than something you love? MORE OF IT. Give me more of it until I’m sick off it and I start to hate it. Let it taint the memories of when I did love it so I can speak ill of it on Twitter.

That brings is to Gravity Falls: Lost Legends. I’m happy to say it fits in seamlessly with the canon of the show in the four “lost” tales presented in its pages. The show even addresses the sticky issues of fans wanting more of their favorite thing I mentioned in the last paragraph. I’m chasing to view it as a tongue-in-cheek “I see you” to the fans but I’m sure others will take it as an invite to scream long and loud for Disney to bring back the show.

The four stories penned by series creator Hirsch and narrated by a fan-favorite character all feel like “lost” episodes of the show that could have been produced if budget was not object. The myriad of artists on the book all perfectly capture the house style of the show and even get an unexpected chance to show off in one particular tale.

This is a must buy if you’re a fan of the show and you kinda, sorta, maybe want to see a little more of it.

TvTropes page for Pounds Are Animal Prisons

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One trope that's sure to rub animal-shelter volunteers the wrong way is the frequently antagonistic portrayal of animal shelters in fiction.

This is especially the case with Talking Animal cartoons, where pounds are depicted as little more than prisons full of animal inmates "serving time" for some alleged misdemeanor offense and hoping to one day see the warm sun and blue skies again. In extreme cases, depictions may even echo Nazi concentration camps with Diabolical Dogcatchers deliberately hunting down and impounding innocent household pets by the hundreds (as one New York City pound became infamous for during the 1800s) to be "put to sleep", never to see their beloved family again unless they immediately stage some kind of daring jailbreak.

Now while it is true that animal-control officers may impound problematic or aggressive animals when responding to an emergency call, and that not enough lost pets at animal shelters get reunited with their families, modern (Real Life) animal-control facilities and shelters are nowhere near the depraved standards that fiction likes to depict them with. Animal shelters know firsthand how deeply pets become family members, and have a vested interest in providing their animals with a regular supply of food, shelter, health care, and companionship — doubly so for "rescue" shelters who specialize in rehabilitating victims of neglect or abuse by previous human owners. Meanwhile, they do their best to get them adopted by loving new guardians or try to find the proper owners of lost animals, while leaving euthanasia as an absolute last resort (or, in the case of "no-kill" shelters, not using it at all).

Fortunately becoming a Discredited Trope with animal welfare groups (not the Animal Wrongs Group) making the plight of abandoned and abused animals more well-known, though it may have originated from the Forgotten Trope of the Diabolical Dogcatcher (especially in areas where pet ownership required an official license).

A particularly strange variation can occur with zoos and/or wildlife rehabilitation centers, who work with non-domestic animals that (for whatever reason) might not survive in the wild; they too have a vested interest in their animals' health and upkeep.

Probably related to the Sadistic Science Lab and the fear of winding up there, and the Orphanage of Fear.

An early episode of Eerie Indiana involved a dog pound, and a boy whose dental bracers could detect (and translate) the dogs' language. It was implied that an ominous room at the end of the hall was where they put dogs to sleep, and the dogs were organizing some kind of rebellion.

The Sheriff of Eerie?

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hey guys, I was making some gifs today from MTOB and I was wondering if this dude with the dust buster has a name (canon or fanon)

New Drabble Soup challenge!

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As always, interpretations are your own, multiple entries are fine, and have fun!

This week's prompt is:

come, my heart, that I may speak to you

K8EHawkes has some recommended reads to share

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If you want a good time, read the episode descriptions for the early 90s "Eerie, Indiana" thriller:

"Through a schoolmate's dental retainer, Marshall and Simon learn of a planned takeover by the town's dogs."

"Marshall goes on daylight-saving time, but everyone else doesn't."

— Katie Elizabeth Hawkes (@K8Ehawkes) August 9, 2018

"A capitalist comes to Eerie and converts the townsfolk into easily led consumers."

"The town celebrates a twister that occurs annually."

"Eerie's automatic teller machine has befriended Simon and benevolently doles out cash to him."

— Katie Elizabeth Hawkes (@K8Ehawkes) August 9, 2018

Do you remember the weird neighbors that slept in large Tupperware containers to stay young forever? pic.twitter.com/fUR1DOcyiB

— Madeline Petersen (@madpetersen) August 9, 2018

This is the only right answer to that question

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what was your favourite "horror for kids" show growing up? pic.twitter.com/mD3shsLZYJ

— Cult Movie Network (@CultMovieNtwork) August 9, 2018

#EerieIndiana

— E-FLUENT (@EFluent) August 9, 2018