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Among all the amazing content that Amazon Prime Video has been curating lately, the one-season wonder of Eerie, Indiana has invoked the most nostalgia. Filling the void of small-town weirdness vacated by Twin Peaks’ cancellation, Eerie, Indiana was an anthology series set in a town filled with strange occurrences investigated by teen Marshall Teller (Hocus Pocus’ Omri Katz) and his sidekick Simon (Justin Shenkarow). NBC boldly placed this family-friendly oddball show smack in the middle of prime-time network television during the 1991-1992 season, and enlisted a slew of well-regarded horror talent. Horror master Joe Dante directed the pilot, among a handful of other episodes, and stayed on as a creative consultant for the remainder of the series. Which meant he had a direct say in casting, and setting the initial tone. He even appears as himself in the ballsy meta finale. Critically adored, Eerie Indiana cleverly towed the line between light-hearted, quirky humor and its underlying darkness, but its unforgiving time slot and expensive production ultimately relegated it to a single season.

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froodle

I have so many questions about Phyllis Stouffer. How did she become a foreverware lady? How freaky has it got to be to be settling into your suburban home in the 70s and some white lady in a 50s house dress knocks on your door? (this is what my fic is gonna be about)
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) June 15, 2020

Is it just me or is she the only black person in the whole series
— Kristina Stancil, MH (@kstancil13) June 15, 2020

there's another background character you see at the laundromat in "The Losers" but I think that might be it? iirc Karl Schaefer has said Eerie was eerily white on purpose? @UnrealKarl?
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) June 15, 2020

A couple Eunice approaches in "No Brain" before Dash shows up.

Also, Lyle the prop guy in "Reality" (which may or may not technically count as being set in Eerie).
— 🧟‍♂️ Undead Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) June 15, 2020

ah thank you! It's been awhile since i did a proper rewatch (aka not crafting while watching)
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) June 15, 2020

froodle

Eerie, Indiana says socialism NOW!
— Jay Exotic (@BamberJay) June 11, 2020

froodle

Eerie, Indiana. - No Brain, No Pain. Yes I know its a kids show but I saw it when I was off sick when it was originally aired and the pay off is incredible. I can only find one small clip on Youtube so it might be difficult to find it so here is a quick plot summary.

The heroes keep bumping in to a tramp who only speaks in vague mumbles but is being hunted by a Terminator like female assassin. As you watch the programme the tramps mumbles seem to jog your memory a little....

Turns out the tramp used to be a famous scientist and the assassin used to work with him. He invented a way of downloading his personality on cassette tape and tried it out with his assistant promising to load him back in once he had proved it had worked. She double crossed him and loaded in the cassette single of The Knacks My Sharona instead, keeping his real personality.

So the tramp isn't really mumbling, the only language he has are the lyrics to the song...... rofl

Why no one has ripped that idea off for a movie, I have no idea

froodle

Loved this idea! So here’s a little Eerie doodle from one of my favorite scenes in the series!

froodle

What is going on in this frame of #EerieIndiana? [6.7561@441s] #TVWithNoContext #NBC pic.twitter.com/dLPtC8p62x
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) May 15, 2020

froodle

Anita Morris as Eunice Danforth in ‘Eerie, Indiana’ pic.twitter.com/4GNbs32h72
— runningwithscissors (@running42419669) May 8, 2020

froodle

Eerie, Indiana s1e13 Tornado Days https://t.co/J954QkbTnN
— SiameseTwins18 (@high_bread) April 12, 2020

Eerie, Indiana s1e14 Hole In The Head Gang (haunted structure no.51) https://t.co/PYOjrb9C2W
— SiameseTwins18 (@high_bread) April 12, 2020

Eerie, Indiana s1e15 Mr. Chaney https://t.co/CgWYCmGTxy
— SiameseTwins18 (@high_bread) April 12, 2020

Eerie, Indiana s1e16 No Brain No Pain https://t.co/6jO5VwSV8K
— SiameseTwins18 (@high_bread) April 13, 2020

froodle

omg jake’s mom is the cool evil scientist from eerie indiana

lucky
— a24’s hustlers 2020 (@aimforthethroat) April 9, 2020

an american icon pic.twitter.com/1WlIiATdG6
— a24’s hustlers 2020 (@aimforthethroat) April 9, 2020

froodle

Here we have a random frame from #EerieIndiana [6.7561@1141s] #TVWithNoContext #NBC pic.twitter.com/c9ZY5WuP4L
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) March 11, 2020

froodle

eerie indiana refers to jimmy carter by name and reagan only as “that actor guy” lmao rip

kids’ shows today would never
— aimee (@aimforthethroat) March 4, 2020

I can see someone saying Barack Obama and "that apprentice guy" today.
— Standroid 🇳🇴 (@Stan_Strange) March 5, 2020

froodle

eerie indiana refers to jimmy carter by name and reagan only as “that actor guy” lmao rip

kids’ shows today would never
— aimee (@aimforthethroat) March 4, 2020

froodle

And For Fun, My Recommended Viewing Order (with My Ratings)

1. Foreverware - A-
2. The ATM with the Heart of Gold - A+
3. Scariest Home Videos - B-
4. The Losers - A-
5. Broken Record - A
6. Tornado Days - B
7. Heart on a Chain - A
8. Just Say No Fun - B
9. Who's Who - B+
10. Marshall's Theory of Believability - B+
11. The Lost Hour - A+
12. The Hole in the Head Gang - B+
13. Mr. Chaney - B+
14. The Loyal Order of Corn - A-
15. Zombies in P.J.s - A+
16. Reality Takes a Holiday - A

I've skipped my least favorite episodes and stuck mostly to the original production order to keep the main story intact. Then, I alternated some of the lighter popcorn-fare with the heavier dramatic episodes to create a nice balance. So, if you're wondering whether or not to get into the series, this would be my suggested approach. You can skip any you wish or add the ones I took out, but I don't know why you would need to see a young Tobey Maguire that badly.

froodle

“Questions were playing tiddly winks with my grey matter...”

Most times you go back to watch a programme from your youth, it's pretty disappointing. Every now and then, however, they're genuinely as good as you remember. Eerie, Indiana is one of those special few. There are a handful of series that tried to be The Twilight Zone for kids. Round the Twist (which I'll be coming back to in another article) is well-remembered by British and Australian audiences. Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps scared the kids of the early and late nineties, respectively. None had the wit of Eerie, Indiana. So why this series only lasted for a single season baffles me.

The series was set in the eponymous town of Eerie, Indiana, population 16,661. Marshall 'Mars' Teller moves to Eerie with his family. Only he, and his best friend, Simon, seem to notice just how bizarre life in Eerie really is. Bigfoot eats out of Marshall's trash, Elvis is on his paper round, and each episode, some uncanny occurrence makes becomes the subject of Marshall and Simon's investigations. The situations the duo faced were man and varied. Some were drawn from classic horror and sci-fi, but with a twist, such as “America's Scariest Home Video,” which drew the Mummy straight out of a black-and-white movie and into Marshall's living room, while Simon's younger brother took his place (and proved far scarier). Some drew on science fiction for their inspiration, such as the HAL 9000 riff “The ATM With a Heart of Gold.” Others were barmy in their originality. “No Brain, No Pain,” involved a shambling vagrant, who was in fact a genius, but had accidentally taped over his mind with a copy of The Knack's My Sharona.

While the writing was generally very good for a children's drama, it was the direction and the cast that really set Eerie apart from its rivals. While Jose Rivera and Karl Schaefer were credited as the series' creators, Joe Dante was a major creative force on the show, directing several episodes. This is the man who directed such sci-fi classics as Innerspace, Gremlins and, um, Piranha. Not the sort of person you'd expect to be working on a children's TV series for the Disney Channel. The cast were what really made it, though. The series boasted not only a solid regular and semi-regular cast, but some of the best guest actors in television. Weird old Vincent Schiavelli played the town's terrifying orthodontist, while Rene Auberjonois tried to brainwash the town. Dante's favoured actor, Archie Hann, played Mr Radford, the proprietor of the World O' Stuff, until the series' midpoint turnaround, when he was revealed to be an imposter. The real Radford was revealed, played with twinkling charm by John “Gomez” Astin. In one fan-favourite episode, “The Lost Hour,” putting the clocks forward one hour incorrectly stranded Marshall in an empty parallel version of Eerie, with only a mysterious milkman to turn to for help. That milkman – who, it was hinted, may have been Marshall's own future self – was played by the late, great Eric Christmas, an actor who was born to play the Doctor. These impressive guest spots and many clever references make the series a joy to watch for genre fans.

It would be wrong to overlook the core cast, however. Omri Katz was the star of the show. Fifteen at the time of filming, but playing it a little younger, Omri was perfect as Marshall, representing the many young boys who were just entering puberty and being torn between silly kids' shows and adult life. Omri gave Marshall a wide-eyed wonder at the weirdness of the world, with just enough snark to make the character snappy, but never obnoxious. Stealing the show, though, was Justin Shenkarow, four years younger, as Simon Holmes. Justin dominated every scene he was in, despite being the youngest member of the cast. Simon was an outsider in Eerie, and became close friends with Marshall, only to find himself take a backseat to the teenager's problems. Popularity, school, and above all, his burgeoning interest in girls, threatened to take Marshall away from Simon, but at the end of the day, the two were inseparable. There was a lot for young boys to relate to.

Marshall's family were equally as important to the setup, forever oblivious to the strange goings on around them. Frances Guinan was just the right side of eccentric as his father Edgar. Possibly named in association with Edward Teller, inventor of the hydrogen bomb, Edgar tried to keep afloat with his career as an inventor for Things Incorporated. His inventions were often a main plot point in the series. Marshall's mother, Marilyn, was played Mary-Margaret Humes, who I only now realise was quite impossibly sexy and wasted as Edgar's housewife. As Marshall's older sister, Syndi, Julie Condra provided the boys watching with the twin interests of an irritating sibling to run rings round, and a beautiful young woman to gaze at.

It was something of a boys' show. Marshall had a new crush every other week, and while the girls were often strong, impressive characters, there was less for the female members of the audience. That changed in the thirteenth episode, which began a process of revamping the series by introducing Jason Marsden – that guy who's in everything, these days – as Dash X. A mysterious, amnesiac with grey hair, Dash X didn't know his real name or where he came from. He became the amoral antagonist to Marshall's hero, sometimes helping him, sometimes out for himself. He might possibly have been an alien, and was even seemingly aware that he was part of a television programme. He was also, importantly, the one all the girls watching had a crush on.

Dash X threatened to steal the series away from Marshall, something that the producers were fully aware of. In what was surely intended as the final episode of the series, but actually aired as the penultimate instalment, Marshall woke up to find that his name was really Omri, and his entire life was, in fact, part of a TV show. “Reality Takes a Holiday” was an ingeniously postmodern episode, and saw Dash X – the only character referred to by his fictional name, and not his actor's name – attempt to oust Marshall as the star. Genuinely clever, it was a high point for the series.

My favourite episode, however, was “Heart on a Chain.” Marshall and a previously unmentioned classmate, Devon (played by another Dante favourite, Cory Danziger), both fall for the new girl, Melissa. When Devon is killed in a road accident, his heart is transplanted into the desperately ill Melissa, who begins to display some of Devon's personality traits. Marshall and Melissa's burgeoning romance is sabotaged by Devon's restless spirit. Apart from the fact that I had a huge crush on Danielle Harris, who played Melissa, this episode really touched me as a kid. Watching it again now, it's still affecting. It's a genuinely sweet, sad, creepy little ghost story, just really fine television.

For all the silliness, references and naff monsters, Eerie, Indiana was quite a dark, subversive series. The strangeness of the town and its supposed ordinariness was a metaphor for the harsh realities that are so often kept behind closed doors. While Marshall had a strong, loving family, Simon was from a broken home. He was able to spend so much time with the Tellers because his mother was rarely home, and his father was often “entertaining.” Other characters' lives were rarely anything to celebrate. “Who's Who” revolved around a young girl whose mother had abandoned her, and who was neglected and exploited by her father and brothers. Even the pilot episode, “Foreverware,” hinted at the dark secrets behind so many supposedly perfect families.

For some reason, Eerie, Indiana never took off on its initial 1991-2 run. It sank without a trace, with certain episodes not even airing. It wasn't until 1997 that Fox bought the series and it was given a new lease of life. It was then that the series made it overseas, onto the Saturday mornings of my thirteen-year-old self. It became successful enough to spawn a spin-off series, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension. The concept was rather clever: in a parellel version of Eerie, life is perfectly normal, until a crazy cable guy opens an interdimensional rift. This lets the weirdness of the “prime” Eerie through to the Other Dimension, and threatens to destroy the Eeries of all realities. Marshall and Simon even appeared in the first episode to help out their younger equivalents, Mitchell and Stanley. However, although the effects had improved over the years, the scripts hadn't, and the weaker sequel series lasted only one season itself.

Eerie, Indiana amassed something of a cult following in its brief renaissance, but has little legacy. Even much of its cast are no longer acting. Omri Katz made the occasional film up until about eight years ago, while Justin Shenkarow now does mainly voice work. Julie Condra no longer seems to be acting. Of course, many of the more legendary guest stars are no longer with us. On the other hand, Jason Marsden is a familiar face on American television, Danielle Harris has become something of a modern day scream queen, and some kid called Tobey Maguire, who played a ghost boy, did quite well for himself. Still, I doubt any of these roles will make me smile quite as much as Eerie, Indiana.

froodle

Watch it here.

froodle

Here's a random capture from #EerieIndiana [6.7561@470s] #TVOutOfContext #NBC pic.twitter.com/NwWv9dUXgJ
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) January 20, 2020

froodle

Your themed episode for the month of January is "No Brain, No Pain".

froodle

Ready to check out the egg rolls at the Dragon of the Black Pool? Time to rewatch No Brain, No Pain.

froodle

Featuring Todd and Donna.

froodle

Watch it here.

froodle

Eerie Indiana: “He’s shorter than most.”

friendof_dorothy

"How do we know if you're the real Radford?"

Most of these are just me trying to change the colour of scenes. I really wanted to make this a colour 'porn' set...but didnt quite come up the way i thought it would. The mitchell one is really cool tho.

My baby, my sweetest girl!!

Dash X set to Dead Bird by Mccafferty, ever since I heard this song i was like.....damn...dash x vibes.

"These hands are registered weapons!!" lmfao about Mars's non reaction.

BANG!

friendof_dorothy

A poster - full disclosure on this one: i just wanted something to do with my hands while i listened to a true crime podcast so I wasn't overly concerned with the quality.

Dash does some zapping

Mars, bouta throw hands with a ghost.

Scariest Home Videos gifset for the rewatch. These are really fun to make because I don't do that much with gradients usually, and ive already done one gifset per episode with normal colouring; let's get exciting!

my favourite scene in the whole show basically. Kind of wish id used another font but still good.

froodle

It's not exactly correct to describe the short-lived 1991 TV series, Eerie Indiana as X-Files meets The Twilight Zone for the tween set because Eerie actually preceded the X-Files by two years!

But since it first aired in the U.S. on NBC, Eerie Indiana's original 19 episodes have built a huge worldwide following with scores of fan web sites, a 1998 spin-off series, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension, and a fervent fan base which lobbied for years to get the series released on DVD. Eerie was clearly as important and pivotal a series for budding Gen Y sci-fi fans as My So-Called Life was for Gen Y teen angst.

Thirteen-year-old Marshall Teller (Omri Katz) and his family have moved from his beloved New Jersey to the picture perfect town of Eerie, Indiana. But as the boy observes, Eerie is a strange town caught between the worlds of David Lynch and Tim Burton. Elvis lives on his paper route. Big Foot rummages through the garbage. And the neighbours are very, very weird. Marshall and his best friend Simon (Justin Shenkarow), like a prototypical Mulder and Scully, start to investigate the strange happenings in their town because Marshall wants to know why Eerie is the centre of weirdness. As Mulder would say, The truth is out there.

Also reminiscent of the junior Goosebumps series (for the pre-teen set?), Eerie Indiana has an impressive pedigree. Co-creator and writer, Jose Rivera, would later write indie film The Motorcycle Diaries. His co-creating and writing partner, Karl Schaefer, would go on to write and produce The Dead Zone. And giving the series a Danny Elfman-like soundtrack is Stephen King favourite, Gary Chang (Kingdom Hospital, Rose Red, Storm of the Century). Series producer and occasional episode director was Joe Dante (Gremlins, Explorers, Small Soldiers).

Even with rotating guest directors and writers, Eerie maintained an interesting atmosphere of unease thanks to the central theme of a young stranger living in a strange land. Series star, Omri Katz, narrates each episode with a pitch perfect teenage weariness. The writers had a lot of fun playing with sci-fi themes - everything from ghosts, werewolves and aliens to mysterious Chinese restaurants, Tupperware of the damned, lost souls trapped in the one-hour of Daylight Savings time, to an episode where Marshall finds himself starring on a TV show - as Omri Katz! Though this series is almost 14 years old, it doesn't feel dated. Production values and special effects are pretty good - much better than say cheapie Canadian location shoots, Sliders or Goosebumps - and the episodes are smartly written so that fans - new and old - can enjoy the strange tales of a boy stuck in a town he can't quite call home.

Best of all are glimpses of some familiar faces. A very young Tobey Maguire (Spiderman) guest stars in the episode "The Dead Letter" as a ghost. And one-time child actor favourite, Gabriel Damon (Robocop, Star Trek) shows up in "ATM with a Heart of Gold" along with Full House teen idol, Scott Weinger (Aladdin). John Astin (The Addams Family) and Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) guest star in an episode about a teleportation portal - in the middle of a cornfield!

WORTH IT? Long time Eerie fans should be thrilled to finally replace their worn tapes with this clean digital transfer. Unfortunately, if you're looking for extras, you won't find them on this set - no commentaries, nothing. But it's an accomplishment in itself that a 14-year-old series was done well enough to have such an enduring fan base.

RECOMMENDATION: Definitely worth a rental for a weekend of weirdness or a Halloween marathon. And fans should snap up this set to replace their tapes.

froodle

I finally has grey hairs!! Yus! Went for a trim and there were shit loads in there. I've wanted to be grey since i was a kid (weird i know)
— Krafty_Exe (@ExeKrafty) September 21, 2019

I am proud to be (dyed) grey 😏
— The Valkyries Your favourite nerdy squad#valksquad (@valkyriesblog) September 21, 2019

Pretty sure my obsession came from 'eerie Indiana' there was a kid with white hair, never dyed my hair though.
— Krafty_Exe (@ExeKrafty) September 21, 2019

pic.twitter.com/ZbbOiUQdzc
— Krafty_Exe (@ExeKrafty) September 21, 2019

I loved that show!!!
— The Valkyries Your favourite nerdy squad#valksquad (@valkyriesblog) September 21, 2019

SOMEONE ELSE FINALLY! no one remembers it!!!
— Krafty_Exe (@ExeKrafty) September 21, 2019

It was weirder than round the twist....well maybe not... but in my head they are basically the same.
— Krafty_Exe (@ExeKrafty) September 21, 2019

froodle

Have all of the love for this show. As October approaches it's time for my annual rewatch.

Best eps - Heart on a Chain, The Lost Hour and any/all featuring Dash-X.

Fun fact: I totally used to wear a key round my neck like Marshall.#BetterWeirdThanDead #EerieIndiana https://t.co/4MYowaZK1I
— Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) September 15, 2019

froodle

Our fifth annual Eerie Indiana rewatch starts in twelve hours. Join us at 7:30pm UK time as we watch the Eerie Indiana pilot episode, ForeverWare. A quick reminder, the entire series is available to watch for US Amazon Prime members, as well as various other places.

How are you watching? On DVD, via streaming, online? Are you watching alone or with friends or family? Have you thrown an Eerie Indiana screening party as suggested in this poster?

What snacks have you got lined up? A well-aged bologna sandwich, ForeverWare pancakes, vacuum sealed brains or a pretty pastel milkshake? Feel free to share!

As a reminder, the rest of the rewatch schedule is below:

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froodle

Do you remember this episode of #EerieIndiana? [6.7561@251s] #NoContextTV #NBC pic.twitter.com/R2CWhyqOPH
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) September 13, 2019

froodle

WasteChester already invented a ForeverWare drinking game, but following

deifire's awesome idea about expanding it to cover the rest of the series, what do you think a drinking game for each episode would look like?

friendof_dorothy

sorry everyone! I'm a little behind on my crossposting .<.

im actually still kinda fucked up over this because this is the second time that my brain has given me a dream where i am unable to watch a reboot of a show that is important to me and like...it actually looked kinda good....

Mah Wife, Marilyn Teller. This is actually a gif of the whole shot with no cropping, which i dont do very often because i prefer rectangles.

an extremely colour graded set of Syndi and Marilyn. not sure about the colouring, though it certainly is different.

Marshall! Hims baby, and that's all there is to it!

and for australian father day....happy fathers day to Edgar, one of the three good dads in eerie.

froodle

Our annual rewatch starts a week today at 7:30pm BST. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £10 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

See the schedule below:

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froodle

The Eeriversary is on the 15th of the month and this also marks the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £10 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2019:09:15: ForeverWare

2019:09:22: the Retainer

2019:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2019:10:06: the Losers

2019:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2019:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2019:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2019:11:03: Broken Record

2019:11:10: the Dead Letter

2019:11:17: the Lost Hour

2019:11:24: Who's Who

2019:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2019:12:08: Tornado Day

2019:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2019:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2019:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2020:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2020:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2020:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

froodle

Watch it here.

froodle

@eerieindianalj1 you wouldn't happen to have any script pdfs would you? Just started transcribing Foreverware into Final Draft, but a shooting script would be way cooler for the students and easier for me
— Mr. Danny (@DannyShutler) August 17, 2019

@DannyShutler https://t.co/hLAv79goYU Hope this helps!
— eerieindianadw (@eerieindianalj1) August 17, 2019

Oh yes it certainly does! Thank you so much!
— Mr. Danny (@DannyShutler) August 22, 2019

:D I hope the class goes well. I'd love to know what your students think of it. Also, jsyk, it's streamable on Amazon Prime in the US and you can also buy a digital copy on iTunes, the PlayStation store etc.
— eerieindianadw (@eerieindianalj1) August 23, 2019

froodle

We're one month out from the Eeriversary and the start of our annual rewatch. If you'd like to watch along, the R2 DVD is about £10 on eBay or Amazon, and in the US is free to stream for Amazon Prime customers. Check out our "where to watch Eerie Indiana" tag for more options.

We'll be starting with the pilot episode, ForeverWare, on 15 September at 7:30pm BST, and the rest of the schedule is below:

2019:09:15: ForeverWare

2019:09:22: the Retainer

2019:09:29: ATM with a Heart of Gold

2019:10:06: the Losers

2019:10:13: American's Scariest Home Video

2019:10:20: Just Say No Fun

2019:10:27: Heart on a Chain

2019:11:03: Broken Record

2019:11:10: the Dead Letter

2019:11:17: the Lost Hour

2019:11:24: Who's Who

2019:12:01: Marshall's Theory of Believability

2019:12:08: Tornado Day

2019:12:15: Hole in the Head Gang

2019:12:22: Mr. Chaney

2019:12:29: No Brain, No Pain

2020:01:05: Loyal Order of Corn

2020:01:12: Zombies in PJs

2020:01:19: Reality Takes a Holiday

froodle

Finally digging out...
...my DVD box set of Eerie Indiana and watching a few more episodes that I hadn't caught when aired.

(watching a crazy homeless guy with a shopping cart)

MR TELLER: People say he's Eerie's last remaining liberal.

SIMON: What's a liberal?

MR TELLER: I'll tell you when you're older.

---------

Later on, after the boys witness a woman zap the homeless guy with a raygun in an alley,* they take him home and clean him up.

MARSHALL: (narration) He didn't look like an axe murderer or a liberal.

* It's Eerie, Indiana. This sort of thing happens a lot.

froodle

I may be spending way too much time in my little Eerie, Indiana world here, but it really bugs me that I can't get a solid read on the political leanings of the Teller family. It normally wouldn't bug me, but the show makes so many political comments and I just can't tell where Marshall's dad stands. (Judging by the "Who's president?" "George Bush [Senior]." "Things are worse than I could have imagined!", etc. Imma go out on a limb and say the show's creators are fairly liberal. JUST A HUNCH.)

Mr. Teller jokes about there being no liberals in Eerie, tells Simon he'll explain what a liberal is when Simon's older, and felt betrayed by the Iran-Contra affair. I'm thinking...moderate Republican?

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS BUGGING ME SO MUCH.

I think it's 'cause I just read an essay on it by someone else, but they determine that Eerie is fairly conservative and the show's creators are fairly liberal, and I'm like, "Duh. What about Marshall's daddy? SATISFY MY CURIOUSITY, PERSON WITH NO MORE AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT THAN I."

Also, I bought eight of the Eerie books today. Most of them for a cent each. Cost me a fair amount in shipping mind you, but I had a gift card.

This particular fandom obsession of mine? Possibly unhealthy.

froodle

Does anyone else remember that (short-lived) TV show, Eerie, Indiana? What the sodding hell was that thing about, anyway? I believe it was an Are You Afraid of the Dark-esque program than ran at, like, five AM on Saturdays. You know, when us 80s progeny had just gotten up to eat our sugar-crusted breakfasts.

I remember having so many crackpot ideas when I was a kid. For instance, I thought my bike was a horse. Really. I'm not talking about just nurturing a fantasy here; I'm talking about "shoving carrots into the wheel spokes" crazy.

I also remember being excited that Regan got re-elected.

Thank god I've grown up since then.

froodle

See him here.

friendof_dorothy

been a while since i done one of these boys haha

- eerie/unhappily ever after. Tiffany Malloy is Janet Donner, sent tweet.

- Dash in No Brain, No Pain. done for subtitle practice...i like the chunky outline better

-Janet and Marshall just b4 kissing

-Mayor Chisel set to The Mountain Goats. As one is want to do.

- Mars in No Brain, No Pain

- the beginnings of a beautiful ot3 (shitpost)

froodle

Here's a random capture from #EerieIndiana [6.7561@446s] #TVOutOfContext #NBC pic.twitter.com/FGb2T4vvDc
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) July 23, 2019

froodle

#CaptionThis frame from #EerieIndiana [6.7561@612s] #NoContextTV #NBC pic.twitter.com/UIwKcAh3Xs
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) July 17, 2019

froodle

[to the tune of "my sharona"] m-m-m-macaroni pic.twitter.com/HV0EELU1Z2
— Lilac ⚧⚢ (@slowb1rd) July 15, 2019

Now I'm reminded of the Eerie Indiana episode featuring the singer from My Sherona driven somewhat made and mumbling that song wondering around town.
— 🔔Bell🔔 (@bellpei) July 15, 2019

friendof_dorothy

ive had this idea for a while but havent acted on it because I couldn't be bothered to find the appropriate screen caps lol. But since I'm sick as a dog and I havent got anything better to do....I set out to make this to cheer myself up. The cap of Justin Shenkarow comes from Picket Fences, the Omri Katz screen cap comes from Dallas.

moodboard

what do you think?

(bonus Dash X gifset trying a new gif size)

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See it here.

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"I don't care if he's an axe murderer OR a liberal, I don't want you spending time around him." (Thanks, Eerie, Indiana.)
— Carly Kocurek (@sparklebliss) July 1, 2019

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