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Welcome back to the Eerie, Indiana 2021 rewatch. This Friday, give your dog the side-eye and pray that doorknobs will be enough to save us. Ladies and gentlemen, keep the Canine Arrest Team on speed-dial, because it's time to watch... The Retainer!

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The Riding Mower Dads hovered at the very edge of their lush green lawns, the air around them filling up with the grumble of an idling engine and the think fug of petrol fumes. Their eyes were hidden beneath the brim of their identical white bucket hats, but their mouths were set in a thin, tight line.

In the centre of the road, far from whirring blades and the well-aimed kicks of passing legs, the dogs sat. Tongues lolling, teeth exposed in a mocking canine grin. The Riding Mower Dads knew what came next. The dogs knew too.

All waited.

Ongoing Verse: The Powers That Be

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Ongoing Verse: CAT

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The ghost cats thronged about the memory of their water dish, filling the air with the faint and melancholy tinkle of a dozen incorporeal collars.

Simon knelt among the chilly, purring mass, a box of kibble depicting a cartoon kitten in a long white shroud in one hand. Several of the ghost cats mewled in displeasure, and Simon gave them a reproving look.

"You know wet food doesn't travel to the afterlife," he said. "If you didn't want an eternity of Kitty Kat Spooky Snacks, you should have stayed away from the dog pound and away from Fifi and Fluffy."

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: CAT

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Fluffy's lips peeled back around long and yellow teeth and his ears lay flat against his skull. He could feel the growl reverberating in his chest, rumbling up his throat and emerging as a low, threating snarl.

"These humans truly are deceptive and mendacious creatures," he ground out.

Beside him, Fifi remained as outwardly composed as ever, though he could tell that inside she was vibrating with rage.

"Their time will come," she promised, her French accent turning the threat into something musical, even if it was the Imperial Death March. "We won't fall for this "human resources" treachery twice."

Ongoing Verse: CAT

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She said her name was Mrs. Fluffins, but Marshall was almost one hundred percent sure that it was Fifi in a tall trenchcoat, possibly balanced on a number of slightly larger dogs, possibly some that had learned to walk upright.

He hefted that day's newspaper in his free hand, contemplating his options. He could throw it, relying on her canine instincts to fetch to shatter the illusion. Alternatively, he could play along, leaving the Eerie Examiner neatly wrapped in plastic on the porch of the house whose true owners were most likely buried in the back yard.

"Hmm," he said.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: CAT

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"Darla" the dog who played "Precious" in ~ The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is the same dog "Queenie" from ~ The Burbs (1989) 🐩 #horror pic.twitter.com/Bivd2CCPcN
— 🔪🎃John Grant🚫👻 (@Y2John84) October 30, 2020

😆 For sure! And television shows Coach & Eerie Indiana! 90/91 respectively 😉
— 🔪🎃John Grant🚫👻 (@Y2John84) October 31, 2020

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Eerie Indiana! That girl who got a heart transplant from her crush and it didn't let him date another boy until she returned a heart-shaped necklace to his grave! And that kid who could read minds of dogs through his braces, and the dogs killed and ate the shelter guard! WTF?!
— Gem the Autumn Lizard 🍂 (@gemlizard) October 25, 2020

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Welcome back to the Eerie, Indiana 2020 rewatch. This Tuesday, give your dog the side-eye and pray that doorknobs will be enough to save us. Ladies and gentlemen, keep the Canine Arrest Team on speed-dial, because it's time to watch... The Retainer!

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Welcome back to the Eerie, Indiana 2020 rewatch. This Friday, give your dog the side-eye and pray that doorknobs will be enough to save us. Ladies and gentlemen, keep the Canine Arrest Team on speed-dial, because it's time to watch... The Retainer!

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I was watching episodes of this 90s kid’s show “Eerie, Indiana.” In one episode some dogs apparently killed the evil dog pound guy (rightfully so). You know this because the kids find one his bones. I wasn’t quite sure why the dogs decided not to slaughter everyone but they did.
— 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Ⓥ (@BidiBidiComCom) August 24, 2020

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The centre of the large room was taken up by an enormous pile of bones, long stripped of their last vestige of meat and now pockmarked along the long axis by dozens of sets of canine teeth.

Around it sat the bulk of Eerie's canine population, ears up, tongues lolling, watching as a smaller group played a game of spillikins with the thighbones of various dogcatchers, cat lovers, and those children who had avoided death by milk-truck long enough to find themselves at the non-existent mercy of Fifi and her compatriots.

All tails thumped in anticipation, and the game progressed.

Ongoing Verse: CAT

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Ongoing Verse: The Children

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Simon's gaze refocused, and his eyes darted back and forth as he clutched the two remaining unidentifiables to his chest.

Marshall sighed.

"Simon," he said. "Come on. It's a big cardboard box in the middle of a mushroom ring with 'free to a good home' written on the side. You can't keep them."

"I already named them," Simon whispered. "I didn't mean to, but the perfect names just popped into my head."

Marshall bit his lip.

Fairy adoption laws were far more arbitrary than those of the local humane society, even now the latter was run by militant child-eating dogs.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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The dog was huge, it's bulky shoulders taller than Simon or Dash, and only a little shorter than Marshall. It's head was broad, the muzzle short and blunt, and thick white and brown fur framed a face permanently set in a mournful expression.

It wagged a plumed tail as it trotted down Main Street, clutching it's own leash neatly between powerful jaws. Glimpses of a bright yellow reflective collar could just be seen through it's heavy coat, and a silver tag shaped like a cartoon bone dangled at it's chest.

Fifi and Fluffy watched it go, eyes dark with suspicion.

Ongoing Verse: CAT

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Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Fun fact I'm scared of dogs and butterflies so stuff relating to these is immediately scarier to me, like the eerie indiana episode where the kid could talk to dogs, or that x-files episode with some were-dog-guy
— WhatWouldJlnGuangYaoDo? (@Tunalaq) July 19, 2020

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Darla

1975–1992

RIPhttps://t.co/rwJM7UTZzX pic.twitter.com/JHQIZ4s6JM
— ᴜʟᴛʀᴀᴅᴀᴍɴᴏ (@ultradamno) July 21, 2020

Eerie, Indiana. Highly underrated show
— Travis Garber (@TravisGarber5) July 22, 2020

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"Oh," said Simon. "I guess that's just how he likes to look. I don't know that he was ever even part of the Chase."

Marshall's brow furrowed.

"So he's just a regular dog?" he asked. "I guess I thought that the Wild Hunt bred their hounds specifically and Mustard was just kind of an outlier, but now I don't know. Is the King recruiting out of our world's pounds and petshops and stuff?"

"I think even the Wild Hunt wouldn't dare poach from Fifi's talent pool," said Simon. "Which is good, because otherwise his hounds would be a lot crueller."

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: CAT

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@butashermanager do you remember Eerie, Indiana? pic.twitter.com/mm0uxyoqV7
— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

I’m the lil white bitch in the window
— Mz.Meowz (@butashermanager) June 5, 2020

I thought you would love that
— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

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@butashermanager do you remember Eerie, Indiana? pic.twitter.com/mm0uxyoqV7
— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

No I do not lmao
— Mz.Meowz (@butashermanager) June 5, 2020

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— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

This show is fucking unbelievable
— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

There really isn't a non-hilarious line in this whole episode pic.twitter.com/tpjqL6dbwK
— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

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— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

SCREAMING
— Mz.Meowz (@butashermanager) June 5, 2020

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— •┤Ȧ├• Traveler (@HowdyDuda) June 5, 2020

Why do the dogs want to fight
— Mz.Meowz (@butashermanager) June 5, 2020

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Remember that episode of Eerie, Indiana where a kid gets a retainer and it somehow lets him hear dog thoughts and turns out dogs are trying to take over the world and the dogs realize the kid can hear them so the dogs KILL THE KID THIS WAS A CHILDREN'S SHOW
— Hamza ء (@CTZ) April 10, 2020

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6 series

-el hombre en el castillo
-utopia
-eerie indiana
-fantasma 2040
-workaholics
-doctor who https://t.co/7r5mmTiX2z
— Juan Salvo (@Eternauta_1982) April 4, 2020

Eerry Indiana!! Con Ombrie Kat! Pensé que nadie más la había visto!! 😍 los perros que quería conquistar el mundo y el chico con frenillos que los escuchaba, los gemelos que no envejecían porque dormían en un tuperware
— Raven (@laCiudadanaZ) April 4, 2020

una gran serie
pero no fue bien valorada en su momento por el canal gringo que lo exhibía T_T
— Juan Salvo (@Eternauta_1982) April 4, 2020

Creo que buscaré Eerie Indiana, solo para recordar la niñez!! Que recuerdos me trajiste a colación @Eternauta_1982
— Raven (@laCiudadanaZ) April 4, 2020

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Fun fact! 'Precious' from Silence of the Lambs was played by Darla, a Bichon Frise, who was SIXTEEN. Darla also had roles in Batman Returns, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, The 'Burbs, and Eerie, Indiana. Darla was absolutely smashing the shit out of Hollywood in the early nineties. pic.twitter.com/UzD6LStcDw
— Clint Edwards (@ClintJEdwards) March 31, 2020

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There are cornfields in her painting that were not there the day before. Yesterday this had been a street scene in a bustling city, pedestrians and cyclists weaving their way along the cobblestones, the signs in shop windows all in French. Sara Sue can still see them there, the faintest palimpsest beneath the wash of yellow and green.

A butchers shop displaying hams and ropes of sausage is now full of ravens, and the ravens' beaks are full of eyeballs. A French poodle has become a bichon frise that bears her teeth to the surrounding humans. One of the humans is taller and hairier than the rest, and appears to be rummaging through an American-style metal trashcan.

At a small table outside a café that is no longer there, a heavy-set man in a sequined jumpsuit reads the paper. It should be La Monde. Instead, it's the Eerie Examiner.

The palette knife isn't sharp enough to pierce canvas easily, but she forces it through, dragging the dull broad blade through layers of paint she doesn't remember mixing. The dog snarls at her as she cuts, and the ravens take flight, fleeing to the safety of the edges of the picture.

Ongoing Verse: Pay Attention

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We’ve confirmed it! 🐶 Darla the bichon frise played all the roles we mention in this week’s episode! 🤩 #eerieindiana #theburbs #thesilenceofthelambs #precious https://t.co/vtaECmveVd pic.twitter.com/GHzglNdQha
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 21, 2020

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Scooby found wigless. Lassie is shaking and crying. Darla is an icon and I cannot help but stan. https://t.co/bKn27dwTf1
— JOSHUA TONKS (@JoshuaTonks) March 21, 2020

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More online love for "Eerie, Indiana!" Why hasn't this been rebooted?? I'm available!https://t.co/8XZJLCwqtW
— Joe Dante (@joe_dante) March 21, 2020

Man I remember watching that! Lol! The dogs will take over the world!
— Bob Ottaway #WeAreStarfleet (@Queer_Trek) March 21, 2020

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Creepy. Weird. Strange. Eerie! Eerie, Indiana was a cool show back in the 90s that could have been considered a teenage version of the X-Files, but it actually aired before the X-Files. The show followed a teenage “weirdness investigator” as he looked into the strange happenings in his small hometown. So, even though X-Files had yet to begin, the show makes you think X-Files meets Goosebumps. The show stars a teenage version of Mulder, but the content isn’t as scary or intense as it's meant more for kids. Since Eerie ran just one season, it’s sadly been mostly forgotten.

When Marshall Teller, the teenage weirdness investigator, moves with his family to Eerie, Indiana, he quickly starts noticing very strange things about the town. Elvis lives there. People disappear. Dogs are trying to take over the world, and the only thing stopping them is their lack of opposable thumbs. Naturally, he and his friends take an interest. They find that Eerie is the center of weirdness for the entire universe.

Helped along by his friends Simon and Dash, the trio investigate each of the weird events of the town. Most often, though the show does attempt to be a family friendly X-Files-type show, the episodes turn a bit comedic. For example, teenage Marshall gets turned into an old man in one episode. In another episode, an AI ATM continually gives money to Marshall, just to be friendly.

Back in the 1991-1992 season, Eerie ran for 18 episodes on NBC. Later, when re-showing on the Disney Channel in 1993, the final unaired episode 19 finally came out. The show once again re-aired in 1997 on Fox Kids where it finally got a bit of a fan following, earning it a spin-off show that was mostly similar to its predecessor.

I’m assuming the show’s lack of ratings were due to difficulties in finding a target audience. Your 18-49 demographic likely would have thought the show a bit silly. Families with kids, though, should have enjoyed it as fun, family viewing, similar to the recent Just Add Magic on Amazon Prime.

I would have thought that, had the show aired on a more kid friendly channel, it would have performed better. Unfortunately, since it re-aired on Disney and Fox Kids and still couldn’t quite cut it, maybe that’s not the case. In the show’s defense, though, airing on kid friendly channels did get a following enough for more episodes to get created in the form of the spin-off. By that point, the creative team which included Joe Dante of Gremlins fame and the shows stars were gone. The spin-off wasn’t to the standard of the original, and its failings can’t prove that the original wouldn’t have fared better as an original on a family friendly network like Disney or Fox Kids.

While the show did posthumously earn a spin-off, the real show should have had the chance to continue. It was a fun and interesting show and, given the chance to find an audience, could have made for a good longer series.

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“Bite the hand that feeds us... wag-wag-wag-wag-wag!” - @JoshuaTonks • This latest episode is bonkers and you need to tune in! Here’s a SNEAK PEEK! 🐕 #EerieIndiana #dogs pic.twitter.com/VM8qG4NGcS
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 20, 2020

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"The Wagging Wagon," declared the big pink letters on the side of the van. "Eerie's premier fully-heated, fully-mobile pet pampering salon."

Fifi bared her small, white teeth as it cruised past her hiding place, deep in the shadows beneath the Dragon of the Back Pool's garbage-strewn fire escape. This was the third time it had gone by in less than an hour, and if it didn't yet know where she was, it would only take a few more circuits to figure it out.

She looked at Fluffy, then up at the blinking neon of the restaurant sign.

"We have no choice," she said. "It is an affront to our dignity, but the revolution will not be served by our capture, and we must evade the enemy at all cost."

Fluffy nodded once, then stood on his hind legs and began to scratch at the kitchen door.

Operation Lady-and-the-Tramp was on.

Ongoing Verse: CAT

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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:

Ravens versus Fluffy, Fifi and the rest of the Canine Liberation Army

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Right off the top of my head, I can think of no less than ten cult classics from the world of television. Among them would be Friends, Game of Thrones, and even crime dramas like NCIS. Going back a decade (or two), I’d even say shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed make the list as early favorites in the supernatural genre.

But, we’re not here to talk about these already-popular TV shows. No, in this article we want to talk about the shows that weren’t quite as popular while they were on the air. They may have had a loyal fanbase then. But that was nothing to what they gained after they ended.

With the multitude of streaming platforms available today, it’s entirely possible for anyone to become a fan – albeit a late one – of a show that’s already seen its demise. And like one show we’ve got on the list, a recent revival or reboot can also boost the original’s popularity.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at three TV cult classics that were unpopular when they aired.

Eerie Indiana

We mentioned the TV cult classics Buffy and Charmed, but did you know that the supernatural genre kicked off much earlier than that? Twin Peaks set it off in 1990. Followed by Eerie, Indiana the year after.

The latter follows two young boys as they explore the town they describe as “the center of weirdness for the entire planet”. The show’s introduction tells it all. There’s a still-alive Elvis, Bigfoot as their neighbor, and oddly-behaving dogs. Though, of course, no one believes them.

NBC’s Eerie, Indiana is the perfect balance of spooky and humorous, with the occasional nod to classic movies like The Fly, The Mummy, and even The Wizard of Oz. Sadly, critics continue to describe it as “a little ahead of its time”. Because it starred teens, it seemed logical that this would be the target audience. However, the tween horror market just hadn’t bloomed yet and the show was canceled.

Like I said, it was just a little ahead of its time. The year after it was canceled, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books were released, and Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark was starting to gain traction. Because of the growing popularity of the genre, Disney syndicated the show to air again from 2003 to 2007.

Generating a brand-new fan base yet again in 1997, the show saw its second revival on Fox Kids. And that’s where its popularity bloomed to cult status. Fox even produced a one-season spin-off, Eerie, India: The Other Dimension in 1998.

As a testament to its timelessness, The AV Club cites the complete DVD box set to go for as much as $100 on Amazon! Or, you know, you could always just stream it on Prime Video.

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Eerie Indiana https://t.co/7RbMoVh2ye pic.twitter.com/703rt7O9G4
— Rupert Denholm-Hall (@Hall_Business) January 25, 2020

Love Eerie Indiana! I still think about the braces that can communicate with dogs episode often! So good
— KinzaLeah (@KinzaLeah) January 25, 2020

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Alguien se acuerda de #EerieIndiana ??? 😗 me encantaba esta #serie cuando era chico, me daba #terror también 😅 quería tener una colección como la de #Marshall //_ vi tres capítulos y me acordaba de que los perros… https://t.co/CSqOVTgCCM
— Mariano C. (@marianoct) January 18, 2020

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Sometimes imdb can teach you about amazing careers you never knew about, for example Dog actress Darla.. pic.twitter.com/huIx0UIBwg
— the KING, of bloob town (@eddytheaxe) January 11, 2020

Incidentally if you dont know eerie indiana it was great show and the episode she was in was brilliant
— the KING, of bloob town (@eddytheaxe) January 11, 2020

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I've no new crafts of my own to share this year, so instead, I thought I'd spotlight some of the awesome craftworks the talented people in this fandom have created.

First of all is this amazing (and delightfully cozy!) doorknob scarf by

eviinsanemonkey:

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At the risk of sounding like a hipster, only 90's kids will probably remember the American television series Eerie, Indiana. The series has a resurgence on the internet briefly in the early 2010s, with many adults reminiscing on how unsettling the series was, without being able to place exactly why.

The nineteen episode show followed Marshall Teller, a teen who moves to the ghostly town of Eerie, Indiana. Throughout the show, Marshall and his only somewhat normal friend Simon encounter many strange scenarios.

Such creep-tastic themes in the show include urban legends, evil dogs, doppelgangers, and a whole lot of self-aware meta action. Marshall's dream sequence in "The Dead Letter" is a noteworthy disturbing scene. Eerie, Indiana is yet another children's series that feels more like David Lynch than anything else.

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Gauntlet thrown NBC. Reboot Erie, Indiana, you cowards! https://t.co/OwAxIW24HE
— Trevor Knoblich (@MobileTrevor) September 15, 2019

lol yes do it @joe_dante #JoséRivera @UnrealKarl the one about reading dogs' minds oh buddy https://t.co/89CpBqS3G0
— Radio Brian (@BDFMRadio) September 20, 2019

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Overheard walking down the street in Cambridge:

“She invented a soundboard so that the dog could press different buttons to express different ideas.”

Outside of “scratch this,” and “let’s eat cat poop,” what ideas do dogs have?
— Dana Gould (@danagould) November 16, 2019

Some pretty sinister ones according to "Eerie, Indiana".
— Julie, your Cruise Director (@beaudoin_lyle) November 16, 2019

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The first sitcom about adolescent paranoia and depression Eerie, Indiana is certainly novel way to end the weekend; up against 60 Minutes and Life Goes On, this new series is like Life Stands Still for 30 Minutes. Eerie‘s premise is simple and alluring: Marshall Teller (Omri Katz) is a smart, skeptical teenager whose family has recently moved from New Jersey to Eerie, Ind. Bored silly by Midwestern small-town life, Marshall is soon exhilarated and shocked to discover that Eerie is, as he says each week, ”the center of weirdness for the entire universe”.

How weird? Well, Eerie is a place where crows fly around carrying human eyeballs in their beaks, where the rotund fellow in the bathrobe stooping to pick up morning paper proves to be Elvis Presley. And that’s just in the show’s opening credits. The series’ recent debut is already a near legend for its introduction of Foreverware — human-size, Tupperware-like containers that hold warm bodies in suspended animation for years; a woman down the street from Marshall was selling the stuff door-to-door.

In a subsequent episode, a neighborhood youth whom Marshall had just met discovered that the canines were planning a violent revolt against their masters (The hounds chant, ”Bite the hand that feeds us!” and ”Today, Eerie tomorrow — Indianapolis”) Eerie Indiana has been invented by producers Karl Schaefer (TV 101) and Jose Rivera seemingly to give a wholly different meaning to the phrase ”new kid in strange town.”

Katz used to play a mostly silent, wide-eye son to Larry Hagman’s J.R. on Dallas (talk about your eerie experiences). With his lank brown hair falling over his big, sensitive eyes, Katz is an ideal Eerie Everyboy. His face is hand-some yet blank; each week. Katz’s Marshall tells us different story about some odd person or event in Eerie, and when he looks into the camera to emphasize his sincerity and wonderment, you’re not sure if you’re supposed to think this crazy stuff really happened to this kid, or if he?s just making it up as goes along.

At its best, Eerie combines two pop-culture phenomena: the substantial youth market for supernatural fiction (everything from Stephen King novels to the Nightmare on Elm Street movies) plus the let’s-take these-young-people-seriously attitude that made Beverly Hills, 90210 and Doogie Howser; M.D. touchstones for teen TV audience. Eerie proceeds on the assumption that Marshall’s adventures are so imaginative, so elaborately worked out, that they give adolescent daydreaming a good name, and thus afford much comfort to teenage goof-offs all over America.

So far, however, the show’s concepts have been funnier than its scripts. There are no conventional punch lines in thus laugh track-less sitcom, and most of the jokes rate little more than a smile. You watch Eerie for the small-screen spectacle of it all — to see the way, in the show’s first few weeks, feature-film directors like Joe Dante (Gremlins) and Tim Hunter (River’s Edge) oversaw episodes that summoned up an atmosphere of absurdist suburban dread. In a bit of overstatement more hilarious than anything in their show, Schaefer and Rivera have said that what they’re doing is the TV equivalent of the so-called ”magic realism” of Latin American writers such as Gabriel García Márquez (One hundred Years of Solitude). Sure guys. If Eerie is magic realism, I’m Edmund Wilson. Right now, Eerie is more interesting than entertaining.

And like a lot of interesting comedy, Eerie is, when you stop and think about it for a minute, rooted in some sobering notions. For example, if you believe the tenets of pop psychology and hundred Geraldo/Oprah/Phil talk shows, a boy like Marshall would be, in real life, a perfect candidate for teen suicide. He’s a morose loner with an overactive fantasy life, alienated from his family and most of his peers, whit very little parental supervision. ”I’m worried about Marshall,” said his mom in the second episode, but neither she nor her husband ever does anything about this poor mope of a kid.

Eerie, Indiana certainly gets one thinking, doesn’t it? I also wonder if anyone will ever mention how eerie it is that Marshall’s cute mother (Mary Margaret Humes) and cute sister (Julie Condra) look to be the same age, and whether Marshall’s Oedipal complex is extra-eerie as result. One of the ways this series seems bound to disappoint us is inevitable failure to explore its ideal topic: a male teen’s surreal fears and fantasies about sex. Can’t do that sort of thing before 8 on Sunday nights, can you? Too bad; it could have been a riot. B

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Hello again, as THE UNSEEN HORROR reaches out from across your TV screens. Last time, we ventured across dimensions with Rod Serling and NIGHT GALLERY. Today however, we look at a very different place– a small town in the American heartland. Oh, does that not sound scary to you? Well don’t worry, because this is no ordinary town. It’s a place where Elvis is on the paper route, and Bigfoot goes through your trash. It’s a town of alien societies and dog uprisings. This is EERIE, INDIANA.

The Plot

Marshall Teller and his family have just moved to Eerie, Indiana from New Jersey. Marshall’s parents waned a quiet, safe upbringing for their children. However, Marshall quickly learns that Eerie is anything but quiet. In fact, the town is the center of weirdness for the entire planet. However, none of the residents seem to realize the oddities that surround their lives. Marshall and Simon Holmes, the only other person to note the Eerie weirdness, must collect evidence as they deal with the strangeness of the town.

The Cult of EERIE, INDIANA

EERIE, INDIANA began on NBC, with GREMLINS director Joe Dante serving as a creative consultant. The series lasted for nineteen episodes. Disney Channel then put it into syndication. However, when it aired on FOX in 1997, as part of its children’s lineup, something unexpected happened. The show gained a new audience that propelled it into cult status.

The fan reaction impressed Fox. They eventually green-lit a sequel series (EERIE, INDIANA: THE OTHER DIMENSION), but it only last one season. Nevertheless, the influence was felt by many. GRAVITY FALLS creator Alex Hirsch cites the show as an influence of his work. Critics also enjoyed the show; USA described it as ‘Stephen King meets the Simpsons’. Others praised how it mocked suburban tropes and took them to strange, absurd lengths as well. Much of that likely comes from Dante, who directed similar themes in films like THE BURBS. The full series is available on DVD and Fear.net aired the episodes daily.

EERIE, INDIANA explored many odd ideas in suburbia. This included tupperware that could halt the aging process, being stuck in the lost hour of Daylight Savings Time, and more standard horror fare like ghosts and werewolves. Since this was designed for younger audiences, these stories weren’t full of heart-pounding terror. However, they did have strong writing, a good sense of humor and the absurd, and solid performances from the cast. However, the creativity of the stories was the real selling point. The show fully understood the norms of suburbia, and how to take them to extreme lengths. Personally, I enjoy the idea of the ‘Elks Lodge’ secretly being a meeting ground for aliens.

Beyond the plots I’ve mentioned above, the show also showcased people literary becoming credit-spending zombies, a town ‘tornado day’ involving a sentient windstorm, and even breaking the fourth wall when Marshall emerges on the set of the TV show. Marshall himself was also crucial to the show, as he served as the narrator. His monologues were full of dry wit, but also filtered through the eyes of a child. It’s refreshing to hear his take on how credit works mixed with his expertise on the weirdness around him. The weirdness was another wonderfully done aspect. It gave Marshall a conspiracy to unravel. This deepened his relationship with the younger Simon, who could see things more simply then Marshall.

EERIE Residents

The casting was another bonus for the show. Marshall and Simon had enough charm and charisma to carry the show easily. Marshall’s family was also perfectly cast. The family was rarely a focal point, but their normalcy helped Marshall feel more developed and unique to the town. The show also featured a number of character actors stopping by, such as John Astin, Rene Auberjonois, Matt Frewer, Stephen Root, Jason Marsden, and Ray Walston, just to name a few. Other actors got their start here, like Nikki Cox and Tobey Maguire. Omri Katz (Marshall) even got a role in another Halloween classic, HOCUS POCUS. Ironically, his character in that film disbelieved in the supernatural.

Take A Trip to EERIE, INDIANA

EERIE, INDIANA isn’t truly terrifying in the same way NIGHT GALLERY was. However, it’s full of strong writing, an appreciation for horror and imagination, and is always fun to watch. This show functions as a gateway to the TWILIGHT ZONE and similar shows. So if you want to share your love of strangeness with your kids, or just want to have a good time in suburbia, head to EERIE, INDIANA.

And afterwards, come back next week, when we move into the realms of science fiction and atomic energy…

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With the Halloween season in full swing now, it’s time for a special edition of Nearly Forgotten TV shows, this time focusing on spookier series that may have almost lapsed from your memory. These are shows that once upon a time were enjoyed audiences, but have since fallen out of favor. Without further ado, here are a few “spooky” old tv series for your Halloween binge watch this season.

Eerie Indiana

Imagine taking the quirkiness of a David Lynch-type series and applying it to a show for kids. The result might look something like Eerie, Indiana, which aired for a single season on NBC in 1991 and followed the adventures of a boy and his best friend who, much to their dismay, live in one of the most bizarre towns imaginable.

When young Marshall Teller, his parents Edgar and Marylyn, and older sister Syndi, relocate from New Jersey to the small rural town of Eerie Indiana, population 16,661, nothing seems too out of the ordinary at first. He quickly acquires a paper route and makes a new friend named Simon Holmes. That is until he is delivering papers and happens to spot both Bigfoot and Elvis along his route. He is soon faced with the realization that he has moved to “the center of weirdness for the entire planet.”

How weird is Eerie, Indiana? Well, when Marshall visits the orthodontist, he soon finds that his retainer allows him to read dog minds…and these sinister canines are plotting to take over the world. When his friend Simon gets an eye exam from the school nurse, it turns him into a zombie who adores doing homework. And worst of all, when Marshall tries to warn his family of the strange happenings around town, of course, nobody believes him.

Eerie, Indiana was a wonderfully unique kid’s show that, sadly, was never really given the chance it deserved, having been canceled after a mere 19 episodes. Still, in the years after its short run, and thanks to syndication, it has managed to retain almost a cult-like following. It is still fondly remembered to this day for its delightfully different storylines, such as the final episode when Marshall discovers a screenplay in his mailbox that lets him in on a little secret – his friends and family are all actors and his life is actually nothing more than a television show. In any other town, that might be a shocking revelation, but it’s just another day in Eerie, Indiana.

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Amazon just got Eerie Indiana which is a forgotten 90s kids TV classic. It’s X-Files for kids but it’s not dumbed down just focused on kids topics if that makes sense. In the first ep a kid is eaten by dogs.
— Big Clitty Goth GF 🔞 (@ArcaneElizabeth) October 21, 2019

That's the second episode. The first episode is the crazy tupperware lady. Love this show!
— Standroid 🇳🇴 (@Stan_Strange) October 21, 2019

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Amazon just got Eerie Indiana which is a forgotten 90s kids TV classic. It’s X-Files for kids but it’s not dumbed down just focused on kids topics if that makes sense. In the first ep a kid is eaten by dogs.
— Big Clitty Goth GF 🔞 (@ArcaneElizabeth) October 21, 2019

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Wait. Amazon has all the episodes of Eerie, Indiana on Prime?! YES. pic.twitter.com/pZfPWss1iz
— Timothy Guy (@timwguy) October 13, 2019

The Tupperware episode. Seriously. The best.
— Kim Guimarin (@KimGuim) October 13, 2019

It was the first episode. Just finished the retainer/talking dogs episode.
— Timothy Guy (@timwguy) October 13, 2019

Yes! I can't wait to watch it. Great discovery!
— Kim Guimarin (@KimGuim) October 13, 2019

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