As the scariest time of year draws to a close, our hosts are discussing what may be the most terrifying subject we've seen yet - the innate fear in all of us of having to walk home alone at night. That's right, it's time to look at Disney's take of the legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman...which because it came out in the 1940s was paired with the story of an anthropomorphic toad that was sent to jail for joyriding in a stolen car. Also very scary! So join us on our journey merrily on our way to nowhere as we debate the true fate of Ichabod Crane, the nature of mania, and share some stories of our own scary walks home.
Long time D-sciples will know that Disney hasn't really stockpiled a plethora of Halloween-themed movies in their theatrical catalog, but rather than let this spookiest time of year go unacknowledged, Vicky, Nolan and Jill are returning to the well of Disney's televised movie offerings. After being nigh-on inundated with requests, we had no choice but to go with MR. BOOGEDY and its sequel BRIDE OF BOOGEDY, movies that may very well have scarred many children in their time. But watching these as adults - hoo boy. One is too short, the other too long. One has about four sets, the other has about four unnecessary characters. One has a joke vacuum cleaner, the other has a true-crime wax museum. The sheer insanity of these movies would be frightening in their own way, if they weren't just so gosh-darn silly.
We're kicking off this spooktacular season with a mini-episode looking at the most gruesome, disturbing, karmic deaths in the Disney animated canon. Note this episode was recorded back before we had watched some of the movies referenced, so no you did not travel through time while listening to this episode!
It's time for another edition of 1960s/70s Disney live action Mad Libs! You know the one, it's Ron Miller's favourite game. The one where you just fill in the blanks between the phrases like "illegal gambling," "extended car chase," and "adult romance plot." In the case of THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS we get some real doozies, though - "cool new Reverend," "Treasury Department, and "church explosion" to name just a few. And for as predictable as this era of Disney has gotten for our hosts, that last one was a real surprise - showing that even after all these episodes watching all these movies, we may never get a bead on the strange mind of Ron Miller.