Eerie Indiana 30 Days of the Jackalope

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April is here and the shops are full of cut-price chocolate eggs. Traditionally a time for bunnies, in Eerie they probably have the Easter Jackalope bringing their chocolate eggs. To celebrate, I'll be posting a different Jackalope-themed bit of merch every day in April.

Here's a sad coned jackalope by KikiDoodles:

Eerie Indiana WIP Wednesday

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What have you been working on this week, Eerie fans? Now's the time to spread the word about any fannish treats you've got cooking: a line of dialogue from an upcoming fic, linework for your latest art piece, the yarn colours for a new toy. Let us know in the comments!

2020: the Year of Nurse Nancy

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It's the year 2020, and to mark the occasion we'll be running weekly prompts based around Just Say No Fun, the episode that introduced everyone's least favourite optometrist.

Your prompt for this week is:

Womp-Bomp-a-Doo-Domp

a90slife on Eerie Indiana

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“Eerie Indiana.” Originally aired on NBC on September 15, 1991

fromtheshore on Eerie Indiana

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Is it me or does Mr Wilson from Eerie Indiana look like @johnscotbarrowman ? Weird...

ACSial on Eerie Indiana

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Virginia teen gets stuck in washing machine during game of hide-and-seek https://t.co/vavTaxvOod

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 22, 2020

Anyone remember Eerie Indiana, and 'The Bureau of Lost'? https://t.co/2FKE5rzEQl

— Adam C. Sieracki (@ACSial) April 22, 2020

somefriends on Eerie Indiana

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Name just one comedy show and, in your opinion, its greatest episode. NO lists, just put one show, one episode.

For example:

The Young Ones: 'Bambi' - Series 2, Episode 1.

— edgarwright (@edgarwright) April 21, 2020

Eerie, Indiana: “The ATM with a Heart of Gold”

— Some Friends (@Some__Friends) April 22, 2020

rickclark58 on Eerie Indiana

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Who remembers Eerie, Indiana? I just came across it on Prime. Going to have to watch this again. https://t.co/0eMNgqhyGr

— Rick Clark (@rickclark58) April 22, 2020

WilburyMax on Eerie Indiana

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Las Aventuras de Shirley Holmes, El mundo secreto de Alex Mack, El Fantasma Escritor, Mecanica Popular para Niños, La Mágia del Cine, VR Troopers (?)...

— Jorge Abreu 💚🧡🦄 (@ar_jorge1987) April 21, 2020

Eerie Indiana

— Max.- (@WilburyMax) April 21, 2020

CIERTO!!!!

— Jorge Abreu 💚🧡🦄 (@ar_jorge1987) April 21, 2020

Nervatel on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie Indiana 😱https://t.co/lfo5WshHii

— Nervatel (@Nervatel) April 21, 2020

DchanZockt on Eerie Indiana

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An alle die Serien auch mehr als einmal durchgucken!
Welche Serien könnt ihr immer & immer wieder schauen, weil sie euch nie langweilig werden bzw., weil ihr sie bei jedem mal durchschauen sogar noch mehr mögt? 😊
Bei mir sind es so einige, die ich schon oft durchgeguckt habe. 🙈 pic.twitter.com/QSoxC2Pkjw

— Jenni ✌🏻 (@Sommerjung) April 21, 2020

Mhm... vielleicht:
Eerie, Indiana
Parker Lewis - Der Coole von der Schule
Pete & Pete
Grusel, Grauen, Gänsehaut
(Nicht wundern darüber, das die asbachuralt sind. Bin ein alter Sack... °~°)

— DchanZockt (@DchanZockt) April 21, 2020

RadioNightTrain on Eerie Indiana

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If Covid 19 puts a halt to new TV shows being made, which older shows would you like to see being repeated?

— Jean (@notsupermum) April 20, 2020

Generation Kill
Treme
Eerie, Indiana
Once Upon a Time, Life
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 https://t.co/l5UW0AQmzj

— Tʜᴇ Nɪɢʜᴛ Tʀᴀɪɴ (@RadioNightTrain) April 21, 2020

Geeks that Don't Want to Grow Up on Eerie Indiana

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Tune in to @AccessNW_Radio tonight over onhttps://t.co/qE0Y0J1Pnn

Tonights show will be the best of what we've done so far. It also features our own #Prince tribute on the 4th anniversary of his passing.

10pm tonight#TheWizard #Marrianne #EerieIndiana #KevinSmith #Mallrats pic.twitter.com/11RahupPQK

— Geeks: Destroy & Conquer Show (@GDCShow_chat) April 21, 2020

Quotes from the Eerie Indiana Discord

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No gods no kings only CORN

ellenmhart on Eerie Indiana

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Hold up? Round the Twist is on prime! pic.twitter.com/KnrtcCPHii

— Gary Horner (@thegingervoice) April 21, 2020

This is very exciting news. Is love it if they'd show Eerie Indiana too!

— ellenhartley@live.co.uk (@ellenmhart) April 21, 2020

Ooooh yeah. I only ever remember the Tupperware episode tho

— Gary Horner (@thegingervoice) April 21, 2020

ragbonehair on Eerie Indiana

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It's time for my annual 30 Rock re-watch, isn't it?

— Fraser Campbell (@FraserC69) April 22, 2020

Yep. I'm eyeing up my Eerie Indiana box set myself.

— Lizard Queen (@ragbonehair) April 22, 2020

jazzparanoia on Eerie Indiana

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Ох, щас наткнулся на старый детский сериал, который я в школе обожал "Eerie, Indiana". Меня все время мучало, чем там все закончилось, пока я не вырос и стал совсем скучным. Даже Джо Данте 5 серий снял, между прочим. pic.twitter.com/jpJgqXHj7u

— Греча с Хумусом (@jazzparanoia) April 21, 2020

langers81 on Eerie Indiana and Gravity Falls

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Gravity Falls really is very helping

— i hate the coron-Ewa-rus (@EwaSR) April 21, 2020

I've suggested it to friends as the child friendly version of twin peaks to get them to watch it (Eerie Indiana was the teen version). Strange American towns with mysteries around them that slowly unfurl.

— Matt (@langers81) April 21, 2020

Eerie Indiana merch from RedRawlo

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See it here.

Eerie Indiana mug from Hellwood Outfitters

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See it here.

TWIN PEAKS INSPIRED A LASTING LEGACY OF SMALLTOWN WEIRDNESS IN TELEVISION

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It didn’t take long before other shows tried this formula. Just a couple of months after Twin Peaks' debut, CBS premiered Northern Exposure, which introduced us to a small town in Alaska that was as whimsical (and at times magical) as Twin Peaks was dark and full of backward-speaking entities. Likewise, Eerie, Indiana and Picket Fences also had similar “weird town” vibes that feel straight out of the Black Lodge. More recently, Atlanta was billed as "Twin Peaks with rappers" and though we didn't get dwarves, that show's setting does offer a lot of Lynch-inspired surrealism like recasting Justin Bieber as a black artist.

Eerie Indiana Evidence Locker on eBay

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Honesty Box

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The rain fell hard, rattling on the tin roof of the little shack.

Once it might have been a useful place for enthusiastic bird watchers and over-ambitious hikers to shelter from inclement weather. There was a small honesty box in the driest corner, packed with wet wipes and matches in waterproof boxes and the kind of lightweight poncho that folded up to the size of a handkerchief only once, and into an ungainly bundle of plastic forever after.

The addition of several severed human hands in various states of decomposition cast a pall on any kindly intentions behind it, though.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Climb

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The Milkman dragged himself up the last of the six hundred and sixty six steps leading to the tallest point of the tallest tower in Eerie, and stopped.

He leaned against the warped and rotting door frame, breathing hard, willing his heart to return to it's normal rhythm. He wasn't as young as he was, or as he would be again, and he hadn't expected to make this climb today. He'd not had to make it in any of the previous iterations, but then, maybe that's where it had gone wrong.

The thirteen clocks of the bell-tower began to chime.

Ongoing Verse: Milkman

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Twist

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From her vantage point high on the cold slopes of Wolf Mountain, Janet could see the way the roads twisted.

Every bend was a blind one, even in the places where it didn't make sense for the street to turn that way. Shops and houses were cut short to make the curve, or stretched long and thin, like they'd switched places with their reflections in some giant funhouse mirror.

Deadwood Park was changing shape, the ornamental pond narrowing in the centre as though some invisible hand was choking it, the two ends bowing out to form the sign of infinity.

Ongoing Verse: Janet

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Pulling Weeds

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Some idiot had buried the mangled doll parts which once hung from the dead trees in the dead centre of the dead section of Deadwood Park.

Now they had sprouted, horrible rubbery growths of dyspeptic pink with staring eyes and too many limbs.

"You'll need to pull up the root system," Euclid Daganfort informed the Faceless Aide that had shown up on his doorstep. He handed back the stack of photographs and added:

"He'll be tempted to burn them, but it won't help. All the fumes and melted plastic might just spread their spores further."

The Faceless Aide scowled, facelessly.


Ongoing Verse: Euclid

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Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: If, Then

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"I swear to the Lords of the Corn," said Marshall, teeth gritted and hands pressed over his ears. "If we get one more spirit who thinks the way to right the wrongs of their mortal life is shrieking in people's faces, I'm setting fire to their haunt."

Simon and Dash exchanged a look.

"I'm okay with that," said Dash. "Nobody cares about a ruined Amway salesman haunting an abandoned strip mall anyway."

"I have a flame-thrower," said Simon, a little too quickly for anyone's peace of mind.

Marshall paused, then shook his head.

"One more try," he said. "Then arson."

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Cyclical

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Someone had placed a traffic cone on the head of the Taxidermied Deer. It wobbled precariously between a pair of dead and desiccated antlers, and even with the kick stool he'd taken from the cleaning cupboard, Dash couldn't quite reach it.

"Just use the mop handle," the fox advised. "Knock it down. It'll be fine."

Dash glared at it.

"You know that thing comes to life," he said. "Roams the halls, orders drinks, tips in solid gold. I'm not jabbing it with a broom."

The fox scoffed.

"It's a new moon," it said. "Stuffed animals don't roam in the dark!"

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Moving In

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The flagstones outside the ruined house had been swept and mopped, old leaf litter and discarded organs collected into a tidy pile at the northern-most edge of the little yard. It looked like the new occupants were planning a bonfire, or perhaps a barbeque.

Beneath the surface of the freshly-scrubbed stone, crawling, segmented things writhed. These were the dangerous words uttered by the home's previous inhabitants, roused from a long sleep by the presence of fresh blood.

A wind chime hung on the gate, tinkling in a non-existent breeze.

Marshall slid a free newspaper into their mailbox and wished them luck.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Pony Rides

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The kelpies that lived down by the creek in Deadwood Park had covered themselves in bright rugs and garlanded their heads with bridles made from silver thread and human intestine.

They clustered together in the shade of the red oak, the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves and obscuring the slime-slick scales of their coats.

"Pony Rides!" the sign beside them might have read, written in an indifferent hand using a dusty brown ink that smudged and flaked at the slightest touch.

The day-trippers from the Eerie Nursery and Garden Centre crowded around them, and the kelpies muffled their giggles.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Propagate

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Miss Holahan used a trowel to gently turn the soft earth of her flower beds.

In the bassinette beside her, the child she'd found under the rhubarb leaves grown wild in the back garden burbled happily, plump and greenish hands smeared with mud and mouth ringed with the sticky remains of earthworms.

The small retinue that Chimpbee had sent to wait on her when she moved in buzzed about, pollenating here, leaving educational pamphlets exhorting the merits of letting bees live inside one's organs there.

She left them to it; she had no time for proselytizers full of honeyed words.

Ongoing Verse: Leprechaun

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Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Feign

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The clouds had taken on the shape of a great wyrm, it's body a series of serpentine coils and it's jaws the sucking tooth-lined throat of a monstrous lamprey.

Farmer Ephraim Chambers gathered his flock in great butterfly nets, scooping them up as they bobbed over the fields of flowering helium that gave them their white and balloon-like coats. His mostly-faithful, somewhat revolutionary-minded dog, Jess, ran back and forth, snatching the trailing ribbons of the stragglers and towing them to the safety of the low-roofed wooden barn.

Above them the dragon yawned and stretched, pretending it hadn't planned a thing.

Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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