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May. 1st, 2020
Eerie Indiana Beltane/May Day Challenge
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froodleGet jumping over your bonfires and decorate your maypoles, gang, because today is Beltane! Let us know how the farming community of Eerie protect their crops and cattle, and ensure a successful summer season.
Eerie Indiana Feedback Friday!
May. 1st, 2020 12:02 amfroodleIt's Friday, Eerie fans, and it's a great time to look back on all the sweet fanworks you've created over the years. Why not revisit some sweet artwork, admire someone's crafting efforts or leave an appreciative comment on an uploaded video?
Happy Brothers Mortuary
May. 1st, 2020 04:09 amfroodleA factory in Colombia is making hospital beds that can be turned into a coffin if the patient dies
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 14, 2020
These dual-purpose beds are designed for #COVID19 patients
All the latest #coronavirus news here 👇https://t.co/VAjyXIw6P2 pic.twitter.com/1SoZmzDoeZ
Horrible, no lo supero, en esta situación tantas cosas parecen sacadas de un capítulo de la serie de los 90s "Eerie Indiana"
— Esther (@miniogirl) May 16, 2020
slaybruhamlinkn on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 07:39 amfroodleThank fuck, Eerie, Indiana is back on amazon prime.
— A Mexican Werewolf In Texas (@slaybruhamlinkn) May 1, 2020
thehitman1985 on an Eerie Indiana reboot
May. 1st, 2020 07:42 amfroodleIf you could bring any tv show back on the air what would it be?
— nickbat (@nickbat) May 1, 2020
Eerie Indiana
— Brett Smart (@thehitman1985) May 1, 2020
AyerNomasSeries on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 07:44 amfroodleSiempre, capos! Y jamás pierdo la esperanza que un día aparezca una de mis favoritas, como “Los años maravillosos” o “Eerie, Indiana” ✌🏻
— Felipe Arratia (@farratia) May 1, 2020
Vamos más por Eerie, Indiana, eh
— Ayer Nomas (@AyerNomasSeries) May 1, 2020
froodleYou have to dig out the stuff that speaks to you from work that is not necessarily meant to speak to you.
— Gennifer Hutchison (@GennHutchison) April 30, 2020
Engagement with a show is so personal. And special.
Shows and movies and books have made deep personal impacts on my life in ways the creators probably did not intend.
Thread. I've been thinking a lot about this exact thing from an audience perspective, most recently since I listened to @eerieindianapod's "Heart on a Chain" recap last week. 1/ https://t.co/5QPkU2CZ5M
— 🧟♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️🌈 (@deifire) April 30, 2020
That ep's a tale of young love and death and perhaps nothing supernatural at all. One of my favorite #eerieindiana eps ever.
— 🧟♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️🌈 (@deifire) April 30, 2020
Was anything I saw in it about identity, gender, sexuality actually there? Don't know. May never know. Didn't stop it from being a story I needed. 2/
Side note: I grew up and years later met #ZNation, which has such a similar feel to Eerie at times--I mean, they *do* share a creator--plus levels of casual queerness I don't see in genre TV all that often and was all, "Hi! I have been waiting a *very* long time for you!" 3/
— 🧟♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️🌈 (@deifire) April 30, 2020
(I hope whatever work sparks that feeling next doesn't take 23 more years to appear, but I can be patient.)
— 🧟♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️🌈 (@deifire) April 30, 2020
Anyway, this is a note to me that I've owed the long version of these thoughts to @Wart_M for his zine for weeks now and should go write. 4/4
jlbellwriter on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 08:31 amfroodleFriends! Help me think of well known TV shows and movies in which the narrator speaks up quite frequently—not just as a framing device at the beginning and end of an episode, but throughout. For example, Jane the Virgin. It’s okay if the narrator is also the protagonist.
— Rachel Stark ✊🏻 (@syntactics) April 30, 2020
“The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show”
— J. L. Bell (@jlbellwriter) April 30, 2020
“It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”
“Eerie, Indiana”
“Malcolm in the Middle”
“Arrested Development”
TimVargulish on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 08:33 amfroodleWhoaaaa Stephen Root popping up in Eerie, Indiana? Now that’s solid gold!
— Tim "Creator of Goatman" Vargulish (@TimVargulish) April 30, 2020
..is Elibot the son of Mister Wilson?
May. 1st, 2020 08:34 amfroodleremember Eerie, Indiana? well, thanks, it killed my dad, real nice of you to bring that up
— eli bot (@REALelibot) April 30, 2020
Joe Dante on the set of Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 08:35 amfroodleA great behind the scenes photo of the fantastic director Joe Dante setting up a shot for an episode of Eerie Indiana. @joe_dante #bts #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana #justinshenkarow #onset pic.twitter.com/eNGdaSk991
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) April 30, 2020
DrEmWhitaker on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 08:37 amfroodleEerie, Indiana was preteen Twin Peaks vibes. Loved it.
— Emilie Whitaker (@Dr_EmWhitaker) April 30, 2020
oikatsuki on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 08:38 amfroodleI just added Eerie, Indiana to my library! #tvtime https://t.co/5IT22h0JfE pic.twitter.com/raVuNYbUn3
— el debilos de la cuidad (@oikatsuki) April 30, 2020
Alvaro_Pita on Eerie Indiana
May. 1st, 2020 11:44 amfroodle'Eerie, Indiana' (en Amazon Prime Video), es la serie 'de' Joe Dante. El episodio 'ATM with a Heart of Gold' ironiza sobre las zapatillas deportivas (manufacturadas en talleres de trabajo esclavo) y sugiere que el única modo de enriquecerse consiste en hacer pobres a los demás. https://t.co/KLEMZI7rL5
— Álvaro Pita (@Alvaro_Pita) May 1, 2020
froodleThe stink of burning popcorn was thick in the unventilated space, and Marshall's eyes stung. There was a thin pulsing whine coming from the shadows above him that might have been the smoke alarm, and might have been some of Polio's followers singing his praises.
The sprinklers came on, the susurration of falling water drowning out the rhythmic beep-beep-beep overhead. Probably the smoke alarm, then.
The knee-high drifts of yellow-white popcorn flakes quickly grew soggy, losing their volume and melting away into a congealed inert goo.
Marshall looked at the cultists. The cultists looked back.
"You just Wicked-Witch-of-the-West'd your army."
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The sprinklers came on, the susurration of falling water drowning out the rhythmic beep-beep-beep overhead. Probably the smoke alarm, then.
The knee-high drifts of yellow-white popcorn flakes quickly grew soggy, losing their volume and melting away into a congealed inert goo.
Marshall looked at the cultists. The cultists looked back.
"You just Wicked-Witch-of-the-West'd your army."
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Reframing
May. 1st, 2020 05:20 pmfroodleThere was a long silence, broken only by the fire suppression system at work and the rapidly-diminishing bleat of a smoke alarm in dire need of new batteries.
One of the cultists coughed.
"No," he said. "No we didn't. This was..." he glanced nervously at his robed brothers, who nodded their cowl'd heads at him.
He straightened, apparantly drawing strength if not dignity from their encouragement.
"This was a test!" he declared grandly. "To see if these newest children of the great Popcorn God were worthy of carrying out His will in the daylit world beyond the Eerieplex!"
Marshall blinked.
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One of the cultists coughed.
"No," he said. "No we didn't. This was..." he glanced nervously at his robed brothers, who nodded their cowl'd heads at him.
He straightened, apparantly drawing strength if not dignity from their encouragement.
"This was a test!" he declared grandly. "To see if these newest children of the great Popcorn God were worthy of carrying out His will in the daylit world beyond the Eerieplex!"
Marshall blinked.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Comprehension
May. 1st, 2020 05:27 pmfroodle"That's..." Marshall began, then paused, guiltily remembering Simon's admonishment about calling people - even very stupid ones - stupid.
"That's not true," he said instead. "You over-filled the popcorn maker and it caught fire. This wasn't a test, it was just-"
"Silence!" thundered the Popcorn Cult's self-appointed spokesman. "Yours is not to question the ways of the great Poplio! Our God is beyond petty human understanding!"
Marshall frowned.
"The last time I heard that, it was from a car that adopted the form of a five year old girl because it didn't think I understood the concept of a car," he said.
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"That's not true," he said instead. "You over-filled the popcorn maker and it caught fire. This wasn't a test, it was just-"
"Silence!" thundered the Popcorn Cult's self-appointed spokesman. "Yours is not to question the ways of the great Poplio! Our God is beyond petty human understanding!"
Marshall frowned.
"The last time I heard that, it was from a car that adopted the form of a five year old girl because it didn't think I understood the concept of a car," he said.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Moving Goalposts
May. 1st, 2020 05:34 pmfroodleEven the nubbly and butter-drenched logic of the Popcorn Cultists seemed flummoxed by this. They conferred amongst themselves, black hoods bobbing ominously.
"How does that even work?" asked their spokesman. "Why would a car think a person who owned a car wouldn't understand the concept of a car?"
"Right?" said Marshall. "It's like, I bought the car, I signed up for all the things that went along with car ownership, why would that be more foreign to me than the sudden appearance of an elementary school kid that wants me to feed her gasoline and leave her outside all night?"
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"How does that even work?" asked their spokesman. "Why would a car think a person who owned a car wouldn't understand the concept of a car?"
"Right?" said Marshall. "It's like, I bought the car, I signed up for all the things that went along with car ownership, why would that be more foreign to me than the sudden appearance of an elementary school kid that wants me to feed her gasoline and leave her outside all night?"
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froodle"So what happened?" asked the Cultist. "You got your parking validated when you came in, so did you trade her in, or...?"
"Oh," said Marshall. "No, I just checked the owner's manual and put the default setting back to 'car' again. It was a weird few hours, though."
He shook his head.
"Anyway, that's not what this is about. This is about an eldritch horror made out of stale movie snacks trying to up production to the point where all your popcorn soldiers catch fire and stop me from watching Korn Kritters 17: X-Treme Korn."
The Cultist nodded.
"Refund then?"
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"Oh," said Marshall. "No, I just checked the owner's manual and put the default setting back to 'car' again. It was a weird few hours, though."
He shook his head.
"Anyway, that's not what this is about. This is about an eldritch horror made out of stale movie snacks trying to up production to the point where all your popcorn soldiers catch fire and stop me from watching Korn Kritters 17: X-Treme Korn."
The Cultist nodded.
"Refund then?"
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Refund
May. 1st, 2020 05:50 pmfroodleThe Cultist pressed one bulbous and misshapen appendage to the card-reader on the side of the register. The touch screen chimed softly as it lit up, displaying a name that seemed to be a series of warped glyphs which writhed horribly as Marshall looked at them.
"Cash or a ticket for another showing?" asked the Cultist. "We're showing Korn Kritters again tomorrow at six, but it's an immersive screening where the great God Poplio will eat the entire audience at the end of the second act."
"Cash please," said Marshall, thinking that William Castle had a lot to answer for.
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"Cash or a ticket for another showing?" asked the Cultist. "We're showing Korn Kritters again tomorrow at six, but it's an immersive screening where the great God Poplio will eat the entire audience at the end of the second act."
"Cash please," said Marshall, thinking that William Castle had a lot to answer for.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Customer Feedback
May. 1st, 2020 05:58 pmfroodleIt was hard to tell, given the ceremonial-robes-slash-ushers-outfit that covered his entire face, but Marshall could swear the Cultist seemed disappointed.
"Okay," he said, handing over a handful of dollar bills slick and yellow with artificial butter flavouring. "Sorry your cinema-going experience was suboptimal. Feel free to supplicate the statue of Poplio outside if you've got any feedback on what we could do better."
"You could not raise a popcorn army to take over the world," suggested Marshall. "Or at least only put them in the popper outside of business hours?"
"Poplio doesn't like to pay overtime," the Cultist explained.
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"Okay," he said, handing over a handful of dollar bills slick and yellow with artificial butter flavouring. "Sorry your cinema-going experience was suboptimal. Feel free to supplicate the statue of Poplio outside if you've got any feedback on what we could do better."
"You could not raise a popcorn army to take over the world," suggested Marshall. "Or at least only put them in the popper outside of business hours?"
"Poplio doesn't like to pay overtime," the Cultist explained.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Career Opportunity
May. 1st, 2020 06:06 pmfroodleMarshall raised an eyebrow.
"You guys get paid to be in a cult?" he asked.
The Cultist nodded enthusiastically.
"And watch movies and eat whatever we like from the concession stand," he said. "For free!"
He pulled an application form from beneath the counter and slid it over to Marshall, leaving bubbled fingerprints on the white paper.
"We're always hiring," he said. "If you're interested."
Marshall folded the application form into quarters and slipped it inside a ForeverWare ReSealable Freezer Bag. Hopefully pitting one freaky Eerie-specific cult against another would negate any malign influence the paper held.
"Thanks," he said.
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"You guys get paid to be in a cult?" he asked.
The Cultist nodded enthusiastically.
"And watch movies and eat whatever we like from the concession stand," he said. "For free!"
He pulled an application form from beneath the counter and slid it over to Marshall, leaving bubbled fingerprints on the white paper.
"We're always hiring," he said. "If you're interested."
Marshall folded the application form into quarters and slipped it inside a ForeverWare ReSealable Freezer Bag. Hopefully pitting one freaky Eerie-specific cult against another would negate any malign influence the paper held.
"Thanks," he said.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Try Before You Buy
May. 1st, 2020 06:16 pmfroodle"Seriously," said the Cultist, now slipping into the kind of salesman-mode Marshall had seen Mister Radford employ a time or two. "If you do have a genuine interest in the unknowable mysteries of the universe, pledging your allegiance to Lord Poplio is a tried-and-true way to get the answers you seek."
Marshall forced his face into a thoughtful frown.
"I do like answers," he mused. "Can I get some taster answers? Like a free knowledge sample before sign-up?"
The Cultist hesitated, and for a moment Mars thought he might have overdone it, but then-
"Sure!" said the Cultist. "Go ahead!"
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Marshall forced his face into a thoughtful frown.
"I do like answers," he mused. "Can I get some taster answers? Like a free knowledge sample before sign-up?"
The Cultist hesitated, and for a moment Mars thought he might have overdone it, but then-
"Sure!" said the Cultist. "Go ahead!"
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: First Question
May. 1st, 2020 06:22 pmfroodleSimon might have been right about the relative kindness of calling someone an idiot, Marshall thought, but not saying it didn't make it any less of a fact.
"Okay," he said, propping both elbows on the counter and looking into the patch of shadow that was statistically most likely to contain the Cultist's eyes. "First question: why did Poplio tell you to fill the popcorn maker so high that it ended up catching fire if he's all-knowing and knew that would happen?"
"He was testing the popcorn maker's battle-readiness," said the Cultist. "To make sure we could replenish our forces."
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"Okay," he said, propping both elbows on the counter and looking into the patch of shadow that was statistically most likely to contain the Cultist's eyes. "First question: why did Poplio tell you to fill the popcorn maker so high that it ended up catching fire if he's all-knowing and knew that would happen?"
"He was testing the popcorn maker's battle-readiness," said the Cultist. "To make sure we could replenish our forces."
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Second Question
May. 1st, 2020 06:29 pmfroodle"Oh," said Marshall. "That actually makes sense. So are you guys going to buy a new popcorn maker?"
The Cultist laughed wildly.
"Salt my butter substitute, of course not!" he said. "We'll scrape out the burnt bits and try again! Do you know how thin the profit margins are on a movie theatre? Why do you think we only eat from the concession stands?"
He slapped a spot on his robes where his knees might be, and something crunched and shifted beneath the fabric.
"Fine," said Marshall. "Whatever. Why did Poplio drown the successful popcorn batches made before the fire?"
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The Cultist laughed wildly.
"Salt my butter substitute, of course not!" he said. "We'll scrape out the burnt bits and try again! Do you know how thin the profit margins are on a movie theatre? Why do you think we only eat from the concession stands?"
He slapped a spot on his robes where his knees might be, and something crunched and shifted beneath the fabric.
"Fine," said Marshall. "Whatever. Why did Poplio drown the successful popcorn batches made before the fire?"
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froodleThe Cultist stopped laughing abruptly. He leaned forward, far enough that he was almost nose-to-cowl with Marshall. Despite the closeness, Marshall still couldn't see anything but shadows beneath the hood.
"Because," he said. "They were unworthy. That's why the popcorn maker caught fire so soon after their birth. It was a sign, you see?"
Marshall shook his head. The Cultist sighed.
"Poplio saw into their salt-sweet souls and He judged them by what He found there," he explained.
"He sounds fickle," said Marshall. "Or maybe incompetent."
"I'm starting to think you don't really want a job here," said the Cultist.
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"Because," he said. "They were unworthy. That's why the popcorn maker caught fire so soon after their birth. It was a sign, you see?"
Marshall shook his head. The Cultist sighed.
"Poplio saw into their salt-sweet souls and He judged them by what He found there," he explained.
"He sounds fickle," said Marshall. "Or maybe incompetent."
"I'm starting to think you don't really want a job here," said the Cultist.
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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Third Question
May. 1st, 2020 06:44 pmfroodle"No!" said Marshall hastily. "No, no, I totally do, I'm just trying to figure out if I'm a good, uh... cultural fit for this place."
"Oh," said the Cultist. "Well, of course, a good culture fit is very important around here!"
He laughed heartily, slapping his not-knees again in appreciation of his little bon-mot.
"Okay," said Marshall. "Third question: will you give me the big Korn Kritters poster hanging in the lobby so I can go home and really, you know, dive deep into the question of whether I want to pledge myself to a Popcorn Monster for minimum wage?"
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"Oh," said the Cultist. "Well, of course, a good culture fit is very important around here!"
He laughed heartily, slapping his not-knees again in appreciation of his little bon-mot.
"Okay," said Marshall. "Third question: will you give me the big Korn Kritters poster hanging in the lobby so I can go home and really, you know, dive deep into the question of whether I want to pledge myself to a Popcorn Monster for minimum wage?"
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