Chooseday Challenge

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It's Tuesday, so today you get a choice between two prompts. Pick one, combine both, pit them against each other - on Tuesday, you choose!

This week, your options are:

Dash's trenchcoat versus the Old Hitchcock Mill

In Discussion With: Screenwriter Jose Rivera

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Who: Playwright/Screenwriter/TV Writer José Rivera

What: Live Q&A discussion with Ben Snyder, St. Francis MFA Dramatic Writing Coordinator

Where: St. Francis College – Founders Hall

180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201

When: Saturday, November 9, 2019

5-7 pm

FREE & Open to the Public

ZombieShark1980 on Eerie Indiana

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Fuck yeah. #eerieindiana #90skid #90shorror #tvhorror #kidfriendlyhorror #worldostuff #elvisismyneighbor #bigfooteatsoutofmytrash #hardinthepaint #horrorlife #horrorforever #horroreveryday #halloween #spooky #scary #omrikatz

Eerie Indiana on YouTube

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Premieres 31 Oct 2019

New story from Embrace the Mads

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@ eerie indiana fans, you can read the first short story in my ongoing series called The Diary Vault on my patreon by joining the tulpa tier for $1.23. more stories to come! pic.twitter.com/XHfy4Gw4Ju

— madi prime (@embracethemads) October 29, 2019

SketchyMagpie on Eerie Indiana

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Did you ever watch 'Eerie Indiana'? Hocus Pocus is basically like the movie version of that, it's great.

— Paul Williams @ Thought Bubble ( ComiXology #13 ) (@sketchymagpie) October 29, 2019

Death by Video on Omri Katz' finest roles

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In my humble opinion, Omri Katz third greatest role in TV and film.

The first being ‘Eerie Indiana’ and the second being ‘Matinee’ by @joe_dante

— Jimbo Jones (@Deathbyvideo) October 29, 2019

Gogorobotendo on John Astin

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Was the guy who played Gomez also the guy who ran the sweet shop in Eerie, Indiana?

— Brain Wraith-Deadford @ Thought Bubble (@gogorobotendo) October 29, 2019

yeppo!

— Dave Bulmer (@DemonTomatoDave) October 29, 2019

Yes, yes it was. https://t.co/KMTDa4dy0F pic.twitter.com/ZSp2WkEuGC

— Brain Wraith-Deadford @ Thought Bubble (@gogorobotendo) October 29, 2019

PhoenixJustice on Eerie Indiana

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It really did! We were very lucky. So many amazing shows, even if they didn't last long, like Eerie, Indiana. Some did though like the GOAT Are you Afraid of the Dark?

— Spooky Phoenix loves Pro Wrestling!! 🎃🎃🎃 🏳️‍🌈 (@PhoenixJustice) October 29, 2019

Maybe an Eerie Indiana reboot would change their minds...

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We reach the end of the #areyouafraidofthedark revival, and with it, the end of our podcast. Check out our review of Destroy All Tophats, featuring Satan, Godzilla, and Lassie. https://t.co/dB9IQIzBos

— You Scared of This (@youscaredofthis) October 28, 2019

Eerie Indiana next?

— amature13 (@amature13) October 29, 2019

Alas, not in this lifetime.

— You Scared of This (@youscaredofthis) October 29, 2019

I do not remember this episode...

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Found my pumpkin! pic.twitter.com/yuPllMo2Oa

— Chad Kovac (@ChadKovac) October 12, 2014

Were you ever a character on Pete and Pete? Or possibly Eerie, Indiana?

— scarydebbie (@scarydebbie) October 29, 2019

Cristiona on Eerie Indiana

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@GoodBadFlicks oh man, Eerie Indiana. I watched that show religiously back when it aired. Wouldn't mind an Exploring on that, even though it's a show.

Since Dragonslayer will probably never happen. Le sigh.

— Cristiona (@Cristiona) October 28, 2019

Max From Hocus Pocus Looks Completely Different In 2019

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“Thank you Max, for that marvellous introduction”. If you don’t know what that quote is from, you should probably turn back now. We’re once again opening Winifred Sanderson’s book of spells and lighting the black flame candle as we take a look at Hocus Pocus.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 26 years since we saw the villainous Sanderson Sisters pay the price for their crimes in Kenny Ortega’s cult classic. Although Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Bette Midler have all gone on to have successful Hollywood careers, you might be asking what the cast of kids is up to now.

Vinessa Shaw (Allison) has appeared in the likes of The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Eyes Wide Shut, and Ray Donovan, while Thora Birch (Dani) made a name for herself with American Beauty and The Walking Dead. But what about Omri Katz’s starring role as the virginal Max?

After already appearing in bizarre sci-fi series Eerie, Indiana, Katz played the floppy-haired Max Dennison in Hocus Pocus. Since 1993, he’s only appeared in a handful of projects including TV movie Dallas: J.R. Returns and a single episode of General Hospital. His last credit was a 2002 short called Journey Into Night.

Now aged 43, Katz is something of a ghost, however, search hard enough and you’ll find what he looks like now. He appeared at last year’s Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary, and safe to say, lil Max is all grown up.

Katz’s Instagram has just 3,666 followers (spooky reference), but he looks like he’s still living his best life.

@twitgera Max from Hocus Pocus turned into a total daddy, by the way

Although Katz’s IMDb lists him as “retired”, we’re hoping he could be back for the upcoming Hocus Pocus sequel. Apparently, Katz left Tinseltown behind to focus on a career in hairdressing. As you can see from Twitter, there’s still a lot of love for Katz and Max Dennison:

@keith_r_foster If Omri Katz is in the sequel then they should see if he's interested in a new series of Eerie, Indiana in which he's 45, still living with his parents and trying to prove Eerie is the centre of weirdness for the entire planet.

@JaeKay Omri Katz grew up to be a handsome 20 something. #HocusPocus

@JamieDeLine Doing my annual rewatch of ‘Hocus Pocus’ and Omri Katz could still get it.

@UltimateDallas Wishing a Happy 39th Birthday to Omri Katz this Saturday the 30th day of May. All the best Omri.

@VickyBurrows Mega crush on Max out of Hocus Pocus.

@alexiskaymolnar said it before and i'll say it again: omri katz was the *ultimate* babe

Speaking about the upcoming Disney+ revival, it sounds like the Sanderson Sisters are cooking up something new. News of a sequel has been swirling in the cauldron since 2014, but according to Collider, Hocus Pocus 2 is coming to the House of Mouse’s streaming service.

As if we needed any more reason to pay the streaming service’s subscription cost. Better still, sources claim the studio is keen to lure back Najimy, Parker, and Midler.

In 2017, there were reports of a possible remake/reboot, which was quickly panned by Midler. Even though she’d previously said she’d like to return as Winifred Sanderson, she slammed the idea of a remake with new stars playing the troublesome trio.

There no news on whether Katz, Birch, and Shaw could return, but none of them have done that much recently. Birch is arguably the most famous of the bunch, but if Bette’s back, the rest should fall in line. Elsewhere, Workaholics writer and co-producer Jen D’Angelo is working on the script for Hocus Pocus 2. Either way, this is not a drill people, this is not a drill!

Resetera: Useless facts regarding Hocus Pocus

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I watched a YouTube video on Hocus Pocus and it seems the fact this movie got made at all is something of a miracle.

The pitch was made to Katzenberg at Disney. The director went in 30 minutes early to the meeting and spread 25 lbs of candy corn on the conference table to get the execs in the Halloween mood. Disney bought the rights in 1984 during their "dark time". They took the script to Spielberg who declined which ended up putting the film on hold for 10 years until Bette Midler got ahold of thevscript.

With a major star intrested, they ditched the idea of getting Cloris leachman for the role of Winnifred. They wanted Rosie ODonnell for the middle sister but she turned it down because she didnt want to play a scary character. They also modeled the middle sisters hair after a pumpkin stem.

They offered the role of Max to Leonardo DiCaprio but he turned it down to do Gilbert Grape. Instead they got the kid from Eerie Indiana after telling him he didnt get the role. They decided on Vanessa Shaw at 7pm the night before rehearsals started.

The woman who was the set decorator is also the set decorator for Rise of Skywalker. The fountain the kids celebrate in front of at the end is the same one from the Friends intro. They used cgi for some shots of Binks the cat which was very new still.

Disney had 2 Halloween films in 1993. Nightmare Before Christmas and Hocus Pocus. Disney thought Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Mary Whatsherface were big enough stars to carry the film so they released it in July. The movie bombed as it went up against Jurassic Park, The Firm, In the Line of Fire and Free Willy opened the same weekend.

Evert gave it 1 star and most critics hated it. The film was pulled after 7 weeks. Many years later the film had a resurgence on DVD and ratings on cable were very strong. Disney included it in their Halloween show which got more and more famous. Bette said it was the most fun she had ever had working on a film and was vocal about its continuation as a sequel. Unfortunately disney planned a reboot without any of the original cast which angered Middler. Thankfully the reboot was scrapped and a sequel planned for Disney +.

The movie was unusually dark for Disney which put a large focus on virginity, witches eating children, witches killing children on screen (Bink's sister), burning the sisters in an incinerator, Max's mom being Madonna wearing her cone bra.

I had no idea the movie was such a bomb and panned by critics. I think it's a great Halloween film that somehow talks to young kids and teenagers. Disney dropping it in the middle of Sumner probably did the film no favors either.

Anywho, I thought these were some interesting production trivia. Has anyone shared the film with their kids? What do they think about it?

Apple TV+: 10 Classic Kids Shows It Should Reboot

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Apple TV+ is an upcoming subscription video on-demand service provided by Apple Inc. Since we're on the cusp of Apple TV+'s launch, we can't help but look at all they have in store for audiences and potential subscribers. Right now, the service has original programming starring the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carrell, Jason Momoa, Oprah Winfrey, and Reese Witherspoon.

But something worth paying attention to as well is Apple TV+'s inclusion of some youth-oriented programming. Coming soon is a Ghostwriter reboot and a new Charlie Brown series called Snoopy in Space. Now, if Apple TV+ is looking to benefit from the demand for nostalgic revivals, then they should look to reboot these ten other classic shows for kids.

8: Eerie Indiana

A teen named Marshall Teller is uprooted from his comfortable life in New Jersey and moved to the small town of Eerie, Indiana. The population is barely 16,000, and something's not quite right about this place.

When supernatural occurrences then plague Marshall's life, he and his new friend Simon swoop in to solve the mystery. This short-lived NBC property was unique among its peers because it was self-aware and never shied of being plain weird. Although we already got a sequel series, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension in 1998, a new and kookier reboot would be keen.