Eerie Indiana Thurberus Thursday

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It's Thursday, the day we dedicate to Simon's absolute best boy, Sparky the Hellhound.

This week, meet Cameroon the Chimera:

Dash X in Eerie Indiana: Mister Chaney

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#dashxeerie #jasonmarsden #cowboy #eerieindiana

therookiesketchnoter on Eerie Indiana

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Last night my brain was fried and I couldn't focus on a presentation, so I decided to make a list of my favorite shows when I was a kid. Do you know any of these shows?

What was your favorite show?

Note: I used this image to practice making a template that actually has Instagram proportions (otherwise they're always cut off) and to practice how to use different layers on Procreate.

amourduloup on Eerie Indiana

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Does anyone else remember Eerie, Indiana? in my (totally unbiased and not at all formed when I was around 8 years old) opinion it’s probably the best horror show for children, surpassing Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps. it only ran for one season (I didn’t watch the 1998 spin-off) because it was too good to last. Every episode was so creative and it balanced humor with some genuinely creepy atmosphere. Please understand all I’m saying here is from a child’s perspective because I haven’t seen it in forever, but isn’t a child’s perspective what matters? Still, if I find the episodes online I’ll rewatch it this October.

Psychogrotesque on Eerie Indiana

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Also, without googling, name a city in that state besides Indianapolis.

— Lo-Ping (@PandasAndVidya) August 20, 2020

Only thing that comes to mind is Eerie, Indiana... but I’m sure it’s fictional.

— Hi I’m: Mister Eerie (@Psychogrotesque) August 20, 2020

I've heard of eerie, PA but never IN

— CHUK (@kuhchuk) August 20, 2020

It’s apparently spelt with only two Es. https://t.co/ef96SaftPF

— Hi I’m: Mister Eerie (@Psychogrotesque) August 20, 2020

osheamobile on Eerie Indiana

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Tangent:

Y'all remember that episode of Eerie, Indiana where it turned out the family was sleeping in tupperware to slow down their aging

was that fucked up or what https://t.co/xu2Tq9qf2X

— K O'Shea - No, YOU Move (@osheamobile) August 20, 2020

Only episode I remember and it still comes back to me occasionally when I use Tupperware.

Now I want to watch it again lol

We didn’t have cable but picked up the NBC station from Buffalo most days.

— Caitlin 🍁 (@Caitlin2013D) August 20, 2020

I loved that show.

— Just Me (@JosinMcQuein) August 20, 2020

Remember it VIVIDLY.

— Noel Thingvall (@NoelCT) August 20, 2020

brigidrahilly on Eerie Indiana's ForeverWare

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Parents just need to build a controlled environment chamber to store their kids when they aren't at school..simples. What's the fuss?

— Brigid ag Rithallaigh (@brigidrahilly) August 20, 2020

Eerie, Indiana...what a show! pic.twitter.com/GJXBIe5mNX

— Brigid ag Rithallaigh (@brigidrahilly) August 20, 2020

encyclophobia on Eerie Indiana

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Who remembers the Tupperware Twins from EERIE, INDIANA? pic.twitter.com/RMyvPAxt8g

— •k• (@encyclophobia) August 20, 2020

AaronRathAuthor on Eerie Indiana

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Move over, Eerie, Indiana. I've been dreaming about a place my subconscious like to call Anomaly, Texas.

— Aaron Rath (@AaronRathAuthor) August 20, 2020

AntzScaravilli on Eerie Indiana

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Last night my brain was too fried for a sketchnote so I made this. Do you know any of these shows? What was your favorite? #90skid pic.twitter.com/olApGLRISJ

— Antonella Scaravilli 🚀 (@AntzScaravilli) August 20, 2020

I remember Trapdoor (Burt!), Eerie Indiana (And how the second series was an alternate timeline or dimension?), Thundercats (had lots of toys from it).

— 🏴‍☠️ Lee Marshall 🏴‍☠️ (@ThePirateTester) August 20, 2020

I didn't like the second Eerie Indiana that much, I guess partly because I had a crush on Omri Katz pic.twitter.com/GklWjX7utW

— Antonella Scaravilli 🚀 (@AntzScaravilli) August 20, 2020

Sarochi1 on Eerie Indiana

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Donald Trump has been inspiring villains since like the 80's, so hard meh.

— Vicsor (@Sarochi1) August 20, 2020

And the soul-stealing shady businessman called "The Donald" from Eerie Indiana.

... Which in retrospect is a bit more on the nose than I remember. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/sDiCX0jN5K

— Vicsor (@Sarochi1) August 20, 2020

loved that show

— Im a better Feminist than you! {_}{_}{_} (@TheCartoonLoon) August 20, 2020

The real Eerie, Indiana is about 2 hours from my house. That's practically next door by America standards.

— Fragtastic (@Fragtastik) August 20, 2020

LothSloth on Eerie Indiana

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Be still my tween girl heart, it's Omri Katz #EerieIndiana #HocusPocus #DrambuieRevue

— Su (@LothSloth) August 20, 2020

Boston1775 on Eerie Indiana

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Need suggestions for a good series to watch with a 13 yo. She likes sci-fi and fantasy genres. (Already seen Stranger Things) Anything good on Netflix or Prime?

— Dr. Erica Johnson Edwards (@DrEricaJohnson) August 20, 2020

“Eerie, Indiana” on Prime.

— J. L. Bell (@Boston1775) August 20, 2020

TheHounzinator on Eerie Indiana

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I’m at the point in quarantine where I have sex dreams about guys bringing me mozzarella sticks and lightly touching my butt while I recap episodes of Eerie, Indiana.

— Calhoun (@TheHounzinator) August 19, 2020

silent_paranoia on Eerie Indiana

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i see all the love for goosebumps but lets not forget about fear street

— 💉 𝕶𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖑!💉 COMMS IN PROGRESS 4/10 (@KhalilVivo) August 19, 2020

I was more of an Eerie Indiana kinda kid.

— DamnFineCoffee (@silent_paranoia) August 19, 2020

iamclawrence on Eerie Indiana

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Speaking of eerie things...

I miss “Eerie Indiana”.

If you know, you know.

— 🎶 ChrisTophie 💵 (@iamclawrence) August 19, 2020

xSarahOHx on Dean Friedman and Eerie Indiana

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A pleasure to talk to @DeanFriedman about ‘Songfest’, which is being held virtually at the end of this month! Thank you so much Dean. I loved talking to you about songwriting, the festival and your music in shows such as Eerie Indiana! Interview coming soon in @MystMag @MusicPR

— Sarah O’ Hara (@xSarahOHx) August 19, 2020

deeadavisbk on Eerie Indiana

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Catching up on Watchless Podcast..... The eerie, Indiana was amazing lmao @The_SummerMan @khal

— Dee (@deeadavisbk) August 19, 2020

Recommendations for fans of the Dark

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I thought it might be nice to start a recommendation thread where we can put all the things we are watching and think others should watch while we wait for Dark season 2. I have Netflix and no cable so that's where all my shows are coming from. I'm going to put mine in order, number 1 I think is best and then going down from there.

The OA
Tabula Rasa
Altered Carbon
Les Revenants (not the American version)
Stranger Things
3%
The end of the fucking world
Travelers
The Chalet
Glitch
The Shannara Chronicles
Requiem
Collateral
Containment
Cleverman
And OBVIOUSLY Black Mirror, I think everyone's seen it by now.

Anyway, please add to my list! I'm currently working on The Rain but I'm almost done and I'm gonna need some new binging material soon.

Honestly, even though I love all the shows I'm about to recommend, none of them compare to Dark. :(

Mindhunter, X-Files, Lost (1st, 3rd and 5th are my favorite seasons PERSONALLY although 4th is kinda good in its own way), Grimm, Broadchurch, Legion. If you can find it, Eerie Indiana has a couple of good episodes like Foreverware and The Lost Hour.

HorrorDigest on Eerie Indiana

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When people think of horror-ish TV for kids, they usually recall Are You Afraid of the Dark or Goosebumps. One of my personal favorites however has always been the short lived show Eerie Indiana, starring Omri Katz (Hocus Pocus) as Marshall Teller. A show created by Jose Rivera and notable for its creative consultant--Joe Dante. What was special about Eerie, Indiana, was that it was heavily influenced by The Twilight Zone.

In addition to that, the opening credits featured a wide range of classic horror that would make any horror fan giddy. Shots of Bela Lugosi and Nosferatu, populate the Twilight Zone style credits. These are things, I never noticed as a kid but now they make me happier than ever.

Today while browsing what Netflix Instant watch had to offer I stumbled upon Eerie, Indiana and was overjoyed. The show was briefly in syndication from 1997-98 but that was last I had seen it. Ever since then I've been thinking about the show and a few of the episodes that stick out in my mind most.

As the intro so wonderfully explains, Marshall Teller has recently moved to Eerie, Indiana with his family. While here, he notices some strange happenings. He collects evidence that he locks in his cabinet hoping to one day inform the world of the central spot of weirdness known as Eerie, Indiana.

Marshall encounters a wide range of weird including Bigfoot, Elvis and super intelligent dogs planning to take over the neighborhood. What people will probably most remember however is the pilot episode, Foreverware.

Having recently moved to the neighborhood, Marshall's mother is one day greeted by Mrs. Wilson, a strange woman seemingly stuck in the early 1960s.

Mrs. Wilson sells a brand of Tupperware called Foreverware, guaranteed to keep anything fresh....forever. To prove her point she presents Marshall's mom with a baloney sandwich packaged in Foreverware back in 1974.

Upon exiting the Teller house, the two rotund twin boys present Marshall with a note bearing the words, "Yearbook 1964".

Curious to know what the note is about, Marshall and his sidekick Simon bust out the 1964 yearbook. Here they find a picture of the twin boys, looking exactly as they do now.

Doing some math they figure that that would make the twins 30 years old...but how have they been stuck in the 7th grade for 30 years?

Suspecting that Mrs. Wilson and Foreverware may have something to do with it, Marshall sneaks into the boys house to spy on their nighttime routine. What he finds horrifies him. Mrs. Wilson tucks her twin boys into giant sized Foreverware beds!

No doubt keeping them fresh for eternity as long as they are vacuumed sealed each and every single night.

Realizing that his mother's aging process may be in Jeopardy, Marshall immediately decides to take matters into his own hands. While the neighborhood women are at a Foreverware party (Marshall's mother included), Marshall sneaks upstairs. The twin boys find him and ask for his help. Being stuck in the 7th grade is apparently no fun and they want to grow up. After agreeing, Marshall busts into the house at night, freeing the twins from their Foreverware trap. Thanking Marshall, the boys proceed in to their mother's room, presumably to unfreshen her as well.

The next day, Marshall and his mother go to the Wilson's to cancel her order of Foreverware. Here they find two 30 year old twins hammering in a For Sale sign and a very, very old woman curiously resembling Mrs. Wilson.

With the seal of Foreverware broken, Marshall rests assured knowing that his Mother and his family will age regularly--and locks up the evidence in his cabinet.

God, I love this episode. And I love this show. If you haven't ever seen Eerie, Indiana, do yourself a favor and check it out. It's not as nightmarish as Are You Afraid of the Dark, but horror fans can find more than enough to be excited about--and it's quirky as hell. I look forward to reconnecting with my childhood as I delve deeper into Eerie, Indiana. And also, Omri Katz's un-pubertized voice is hilarious. Yes I made that word up and yes it is amazing.