Cartoon Sunday: Elvira's Very Scary X-Mas

Merry Christmas Eve, lurkers! As a quick reminder, TBS will be premiering American Dad's 15th season tomorrow night. 

Not only will tomorrow night's episode be a premiere, but also a Christmas premiere. Yes, it will be a new episode on CHRISTMAS. TBS deserves a gold star!

Speaking of animation and TV Christmas specials, did you know that in 2010, Elvira had an animated short for Christmas? 

Earlier this month, I discovered her animated short on YouTube. It's amazing what you find online.

Hopefully, fellow Horror fans will enjoy it. I managed to stumbled upon a rare gem, that I never knew existed.

"Elvira's Very Scary X-Mas" is technically a Christmas Horror Stop-motion Animated Short. 

With the help of the creators of Killer Klowns From Outer Space, the animated short was featured on her show, Elvira's Movie Macabre.

If you are a Gen 'Xer, Millennial, or an Xennial and watched Horror movies and shows during the '80s, then you should already know about Elvira. I don't expect younger adults and children (Generation Z) to know about Elvira.

Even though the so-called "Mistress Of The Dark" is on social media sites like Twitter, chances are highly great that younger Millennials and Gen Z barely know much about her, if anything at all. 

Elvira was DECADES before younger Millennials and Generation Z's time.

In this Christmas Horror Stop-motion Animated Short for today's Cartoon Sunday, Elvira hunts for the perfect Christmas tree.

Elvira's Movie Macabre "Elvira's Very Scary X-Mas" (2010)

Song Saturday: Krampus + More About Saint Nick's Evil Sidekick

How's it going lurkers? Have you been naughty for Krampus or nice for Saint Nicholas? 

Last year, NBC's Grimm premiered an episode about Krampus. I have never heard of Krampus, until last December.

Krampus On Grimm (2013)

I would've learned about him 2 years ago on American Dad. American Dad has an episode titled "Minstrel Krampus."

Krampus & Steve Smith's Duet On American Dad's "Minstrel Krampus" (2012)

"Minstrel Krampus" was supposed to air on Fox in December 2012.

Fox pre-empted the episode, until last December. Because of the controversy surrounding the Sandy Hook Massacre, "Minstrel Krampus" was NOT aired in December 2012.

Leave it up to the media to cause more hysteria than necessary. Don't get me wrong, I empathize with the families of the Sandy Hook victims. They spent their holiday and continue spending their entire lives without their children.

However, American Dad's "Minstrel Krampus" episode had ZERO involvement in a 15-year-old boy, NOT a 20-year-old man murdering innocent children. It's appalling that the media's Mathematical skills are much worse than mine.

2012-1997= 20 years

2012-1997= 15 years

Fox would not air that American Dad's "Minstrel Krampus" because they really did NOT  want to be used as a scapegoat for a 15-year-old boy with mental and behavioral problems, who killed innocent adults and children. Go figure.

The network already knows the media is skilled at condemning and demonizing entertainment. This justifies Fox's reason for unairing American Dad's "Minstrel Krampus" in December 2012.

Since I am on the topic of Krampus, DanniDarkness (1 of my subscribers) published a blog last year on Blogster about Krampus. Unfortunately, I don't know if she removed her blog about him, or if that Blogster glitch deleted it. Regardless, I couldn't locate the link to Danni's Krampus blog.

According to what I have learned about Krampus, he is a beast-like monster that is a part of ancient Germanic folklores. 

Krampus is a black and/or sometimes brown haired demon with cloven hooves and goat-like horns.

On December 5th (Saint Nicholas Eve), Krampus punishes misbehaved children by capturing them in his sack. Then, he carries them to his lair. Some have said, that Krampus even carries them to hell. In the following vlog, Lucas Livingston explains in more detail about the history of Krampus.

Lucas Livingston Explains The History Of Krampus (2012)

After learning a little more about Krampus, I understand why he is depicted as being a womanizer on American Dad. 

When I read DanniDarkness' blog last year on Blogster about Krampus, she mentioned that songs were made about him.

I don't know any of the songs about Krampus, although I found a Metal song about him for this Song Saturday. Listening to the song makes me automatically think about Adult Swim's Metalocalypse for some odd reason.

Today I have a song by Craterface. It's titled "Krampus Carol."

Craterface "Krampus Carol" (2013)

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

Cartoon Sunday: Ghost Hunt

How's it going lurkers? Last week, I learned that American Dad will no longer be airing on Fox. WTH? Seth MacFarlane's American Dad has been a part of Fox's Sunday night programming, since 2005.

Starting October 20th, American Dad will NOW  be premiering on Monday nights at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central on TBS. 

I wouldn't have much of a problem with the relocation had it been relocated to Adult Swim. I watch Adult Swim at least twice a week (mostly on Saturday and Sunday nights).

Because Adult Swim nightly airs American Dad, it would've been more logical to air the cartoon's premieres on Adult Swim rather than TBS. I do NOT  watch TBS regularly. 

Usually, I watch the network for the 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story. I use to watch syndicated episodes of Married With Children on TBS because I missed its last few seasons, from the mid to late '90s. Otherwise, I do NOT  watch TBS.

That reminds me, American Dad will now be running against Sleepy Hollow. This sucks! Now, I will have to watch newer American Dad episodes on Adult Swim in syndication.

I am sorry but right now, I love watching Ichabod on Monday nights more than American Dad. Thank you Fox, for once again screwing over your audience!

Why didn't Fox remove Bob's Burgers or The Simpsons from the block?

I quit watching The Simpsons before I was a teenager, and I have always HATED Bob's Burgers. Those are 2 cartoons, that can be canceled or relocated to TBS. Once Desperate Housewives ended on ABC 2 years ago, I started to regularly watch Fox for American Dad and Family Guy on Sunday nights.

Speaking of Adult Swim, I briefly visited its Toonami sub-forum and voted in some of the polls. Based on us Adult Swim voters, most of us want to watch Black Lagoon's OVA's, Roberta's Blood Trail. I have already seen the OVA's. However, that does NOT  mean every viewer has seen it.

Roberta is by far my favorite Black Lagoon character. Then again, she is quite popular. This would explain why she has 5 OVA's dedicated to her. 

Roberta gives every character a run for their money, including Revy. Oh, how I love Roberta. I can't STAND Revy!

Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail OVA Roberta Goes Psycho Scene (2010)

Here is something I have been meaning to ask lurkers. 

Should I share Anime in Japanese with English subtitles for Cartoon Sunday?

 There are some really nitpicky Anime fans, who only watch them in Japanese with English subtitles. Then, they are those, who will only watch Anime dubbed in English.

Do you prefer to watch Anime in Japanese or in English?

I watch them both in English AND in Japanese. If it's poorly dubbed in English, I will only watch the Anime in Japanese with English subtitles. So, I have an English dubbed episode of Ghost Hunt.

Ghost Hunt is a Shojo Psychological Supernatural Horror Mystery Drama Anime. It begins with high school freshman, Mai Taniyama and her friends exchanging ghost stories. As she and her friends exchange ghost stories, they are introduced to Kazuya Shibuya.

Kazuya is the 17-year-old, Paranormal Researcher/Manager of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center. He, a few psychic mediums, and exorcists are sent by Mai's high school principal to investigate an allegedly haunted school building.

While they investigate the haunted building, Mai ends up getting into a dangerous situation. A bookcase nearly falls on her. Kazuya's taciturn assistant, Lin Koujo rescues Mai.

Lin becomes incapacitated in the process by the falling bookcase, and she accidentally destroys their expensive camera equipment.

Since he is incapacitated and because Mai destroyed their expensive equipment, Kazuya makes Mai repay her debt by making her work for his company. Mai later nicknames him "Naru."

"Naru" is her short Japanese nickname for Kazuya, which means "narcissistic."

Rather than explaining the entire beginning episode, here's the link to Ghost Hunt in English.

Ghost Hunt: "File 1: Evil Spirits All Over!? Part 1" (2006)

Anna H's Christmas Anime Blog Special: Lucky Star

How's it going lurkers? I hope you're all safe, warm, and finished with all your Christmas shopping. 

Originally, I planned to share American Dad's "The Story Of Minstrel Krampus". "Minstrel Krampus," which aired on TV ~2 weeks ago, explained some of the history behind Krampus in satirical form. 

Apparently, FOX deleted the episode from YouTube and only kept the clips. Then, I YouTubed episode 37 from the Shonen Jump Comedy Anime, Gintama. From Season 1 of Gintama, there was a Christmas episode titled, "People Who Say That Santa Doesn't Really Exist Actually Want To Believe In Him." This particular Christmas episode was ALSO removed.

Speaking of Santa Claus, I find it incredibly irksome hearing people say, "There's no such thing as Santa Claus." If more people actually cared to conduct their own research, they would've learned that Santa Claus WAS a real person, centuries ago. 

The same applies to Krampus. Krampus was Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas' evil sidekick, who gave children lumps of coal for misbehaving. Sometimes Krampus threw them in his red sack, whisked them away to hell, and ate them.

Rather than taking on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge by ruining Christmas for EVERYBODY (mainly for children), adults should really tell children, that Santa Claus was a real person centuries ago. We as adults SHOULD carry on Santa Claus' jolly tradition for CHILDREN. 

Also, adults (you know who they are) need to STOP being so damn miserable and NOT project that same misery onto everyone around them, including children.

I always felt it was so mean-spirited and ignorant for people to say, "There's no such thing as Santa Claus" and to taunt children for believing in him. They must be some of the same skeptics, who don't believe in ghosts, or that we actually landed on the moon.

Well, since it is Christmas Eve and because I had no such luck in sharing American Dad or Gintama, I decided to share Lucky Star's 11th episode, "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve." 

Lucky Star is a Shonen Slice of Life Comedy Anime and is mostly considered a "Slice Of Life" Anime because of its comedic depiction of daily life in Japan. Imagine Seinfeld in the form of a Japanese cartoon about high school girls.

Lucky Star includes the holiday seasons surrounding the characters Konata Izumi, Miyuki Takara, and the fraternal twins, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi. In Japan, it seems as if their Christmas Day celebrations are similar to Americans celebrating Valentine's Day. I say this because the Native Japanese seem to emphasize their need to have dates on Christmas.

I am NOT saying that people in other countries do not do this for Christmas. However, it seems as if having a date is a requirement in today's Japanese culture for the holiday.

Luckily in Lucky Star, there is not a huge emphasis on having a date for Christmas. Although, they do bring up the topic frequently. 

Anyway, I will let you sit back and watch Lucky Star's episode 11, "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve."

Lucky Star: Episode 11 "Various Ways To Spend Christmas Eve" (2006)

 

 

Here's a Gintama bonus clip for laughs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!