Monster of the Day #782

Monster of the Day #782

Not part of last week's gang, but I wouldn't want to leave them out. Except for Booberry, I must have eaten more of this than any of the other monster cereals. I don't really remember it, but I know I had all the plastic figures (which I think Sandy COMPLETELY ripped-off for his Cthulhu…
Monster of the Day #781

Monster of the Day #781

Big surprise here. Still, these were heady days in early nerd culture. A big time breakfast manufacturer built (successfully) an entire line of cereals based on old monster movies, figuring kids liked monsters, and that at least a percentage of them (along with their parents) would recognize ersatz voices based on Lugosi, Karloff and…
Monster of the Day #780

Monster of the Day #780

Not the most suspenseful week, true. Still, even if I never really ate the cereal, I'll take this guy over, say, the Monster from Van Helsing anyday.
B-FEST 2014 DATES!

B-FEST 2014 DATES!

Just got confirmation of the dates for B-Fest 2014, and as expected, it's the last Friday / Saturday combo of January, i.e. the 24th-25th. Anyway wishing rough accomodations, local travel arrangements, general info on this end, please just email me at ken@jabootu.com. See you there, I hope!
Monster of the Day #779

Monster of the Day #779

  Well, the mystery is solved. This was (easily!) my favorite. I never really tried the two later add-ons to the line. Count Chocula struck me as the worst of several chocolate cereals out there, far outgunned by both Cocoa Puffs and Cocoa Crispies. As for Frankenberry, I've never been partial to the red…
Monster of the Day #778

Monster of the Day #778

Here's Sandy's favorite, apparently. I don't know if I've ever tried this, actually. I do like orange dreamsicle-flavored stuff, though. Indeed, I'm very excited because Friday my local Culver' s is offering their all too rare Orange Dreamsicle custard. Already looking forward to a couple of scoops of it.
Monster of the Day #777

Monster of the Day #777

This variation came around after the Big Two, which was followed by the Semi-Big Third, and then the two after rans, including this baby.  I only ever liked one of these; I have a horror of those little marshmallows. I'm not a fan of marshmallow in the first place, and then add the way…
TCM in October…

TCM in October…

Correspondent Michael C. saved me a LOT Of time (assuming I'd have thought of it, now that I don't have TV anymore) and assembled a list of TCM's offerings for the Halloween season. So time to fire up the DVRs. It should be noted that all the times listed are EASTERN standard time. [And…
Monster of the Day #776

Monster of the Day #776

We wrap up our re-posts of Readers' MoD week with this entry from Cullen. Quoteth the man himself: You have no idea how hard it is for me not to just type "Goodnight!", hit submit, then run off some place giggling like an idiot. None. That's my level of humor in a nutshell, folks.…