Familiar Faces: Top 13 Weirdest Halloween Specials Part 1

[@jeffcee500]

1991’s “The Last Halloween” was a prime time Emmy winner! Nice!

[@danwilliams1989]

"The Headless Gym Coach?" Sounds like the title for a Goosebumps title.

[@TECH097]

QUICK! *CALL JACK BLACK!*

[@Werewolf_Korra]

Oh shit, it does!

[@Dimensioneer88]

Considering Chad is a Goosebumps fan, that's probably where he got the idea.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

I would have watched that one out of curiosity.

[@Daviticus042]

Cause a Goosebumps title don't stop! 😉🎃

[@JackandSally4ever]

"He ain't messin with no broke Quaker" cracked me the fuck up.

[@Dimensioneer88]

Figured this would be helpful: 1:03 Witch's Night Out 3:44 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1972) 6:31 Jack O'Lantern 9:36 The Devil and Daniel Mouse 12:10 Disney's Halloween Hall-O-Fame 15:29 Marc Summer's Magical Mystery Tour 18:38 The Last Halloween

[@amberflame5656]

Thanks!

[@Montork]

i swear.. that "you dont know jack" thing? best editing ever.

[@HeilRay]

The Devil and Daniel Mouse. There needs to be more cartoons like this.

[@WakoDoodle]

Just remembered "the scary godmother" is another good halloween movie. It's pretty tame in terms of horror, but a nice nod to halloween.

[@StevRayBro]

CR, you're my favorite.

[@heidifedor]

I remember watching The Devil And Daniel Mouse on TV.

[@pixieanna1]

Watching these has become a tradition for me. I then check out the specials as well🎃

[@Dalia1784]

That has got to be the cutest title card ever X3

[@MWolfL]

'It was even hosted by the master of darkness himself...Mike Eisner.' XD Did you ever read the Outland strips? It was a sequel to the 1980s Bloom County strip, and it made fun of Eisner.

[@Ontarioku77]

Loved the The Devil and Daniel Mouse, great ending though I always felt Nermia Daikon Brothers put it best "music can be the cure, for the heart that ain't so pure"

[@MWolfL]

Well, at least regarding the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, I did notice something interesting: despite having a huge appetite and eating a lot, Ichabod stayed really skinny and never even got a bloated stomach. That reminded me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, and it was stated in one movie that Shaggy has a high metabolism. Because of that I think that at least the Disney Ichabod wasn't gluttonous, he just had a high metabolism and needed to eat that much just to stay alive. So maybe he aimed for marrying someone wealthy because he wanted to always be able to afford large meals - survival instincts, to sum it up - rather than being a gold digger. Or maybe it was both survival instincts and him being a gold digger. Who knows.

[@SuperRat420]

Autistic

[@sarah98917]

Mayhe Shaggy is a descendant of Ichabod Crane (side note: Why HAVEN'T THEY DONE A HEADLESS HORSEMAN SCOOBY DOO FILM!?)

[@MWolfL]

@@sarah98917 They did do a Headless Horseman episode of The Scooby Doo Show. It's called The Headless Horseman of Halloween, and it actually features the Crane family (apparently in that world Ichabod Crane managed to marry Katrina and have kids with her before being chased by the Horseman).

[@sarah98917]

@@MWolfL Ok fair, but a full length film would be awesome

[@asuraludu]

Webbie Vorheez and Pistol Brown are just adorable! Bravo to you! I loved the Devil and Daniel Mouse. The concert parodies just warmed my heart.

[@Jangobadass]

Great googly, moogly! I now remember watching "The Last Halloween" "Jack O Lantern" and "Witch's Night Out" when I was a kid! O_O

[@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373]

The Vampire Medusa looks something you would see in Devilman

[@Daviticus042]

1:52 "I can't believe our dollar-store-quality masks aren't fooling anyone!" :)

[@JellyBabie1984]

Grew up with Witches Night Out, still watch it now with my niece and nephews. That and what it used to generally be showed in conjunction with the halloween that almost wasn't, my mother recorded them for us on VHS and they are now on KZbin. Don't know why those have been retired from reruns they are still so fricken great.

[@christineclarevilgos-mitch1955]

Omg Witches night out is another one I have been looking for. 😺 Thanks again.😺

[@dorko4u]

Oh boy! I always love me some CR videos. The audio balance isn't so great (aka some clips are really quiet) but this was a fun watch. Ah, that nice combination of informative and funny. It keeps me coming back. The Devil and Daniel Mouse looks pretty good. Might try to find that one. Aaaugh! That Johnny Quest CGI is the scariest thing I've seen all month.

[@briancomiskey9824]

It's that time of year again! This actually has become one of the Halloween specials I watch every season.

[@-null123]

For 'The Last Halloween" The animation was done by PDI the same studio that would later make Shrek (They also made that Homer^3 special in 1995 as well) and Hanna-Barbara produced the special with Mars.

[@briancomiskey9824]

It's early September but close enough! Time to watch this amazing Halloween tradition. "Brom boner" never gets old 🤣🤣🤣

[@22freedom33]

I love your lists specially the weird/forgotten movies/specials :D!!

[@briancomiskey9824]

Hooray! Tis the season to watch this again. It has become a Halloween tradition for me.

[@HashUpAshole]

I love watching your Holiday Specials about long forgotten, or unknown gems. I always have a sense of nostalgia, and uplifted spirits when someone other then me remember a lot of these. The sad part it is time to start buying or downloading a digital collection of all those VHS classics. Soon they will all decay...

[@thewalrusclown]

yeah, no real witch would be caught dead riding a broom, they're all riding swiffer sweepers now

[@DukeofArtz]

I loved Disney's Halloween Treat, I watched it when I was a little boy in 1995, as I remembered first seeing it. I watched the part as magic mirror tells about the disney villian and fades away when Madam Medusa starts shooting. :) By the way I like this review. keep up the triple good good good work.

[@RedCordPlayer]

Nice list. I am currently making my own top 13 list of the best cartoon halloween specials and might be ready by the end of the weekend

[@JoeKerr019]

sirvaine here! excelent work dude!! happy halloween, bud!

[@Cheesegoddess]

OMG I love Witch's Night out. I grew up watching it and man...I just love it! I really love this list!

[@nvfury13]

Oh man...I remember that first one, loved it so much as a kid.

[@GeminiTara]

love the memories your videos bring to mind. I'm all warm and fuzzy

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I remember seeing that Disney Halloween special as a kid! (According to Wikipedia, it was aired Oct. 30th, 1977, so I would have been five years and four days old.) Apparently, the head-swap is only for Halloween, so Jack can go out and enjoy it like he used to, and Jonathan's happy to let him have that.

[@Recessbiru]

5:18 Speaking of Hey Arnold, apperently the Patakis were decended from Brom Bones?

[@MWolfL]

I never heard of that theory before, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true since it would explain a lot about Bob Pataki....

[@Recessbiru]

@@MWolfL That's not a real theory. I was just pointing out that Brom Bones from this video's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow looks like Big Bob in my first comment.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Love the picture of Webby as Jason and Mrs. Beakley as Mrs. Voorhees and Peg in the background in with devil horns and tail walking Pistol in the Charlie Brown ghost costume!

[@lkim100]

freeze frame of smug foresight is one of those old things all shows used to do that were eventually forgotten....deep breath.....that need to come back

[@briancomiskey9824]

I've been waiting all year to watch this again!

[@briancomiskey9824]

He tries to arrest him...self.

[@briancomiskey9824]

Uh oh, freeze frame of smug for sight..😂

[@danielperez5327]

Rewatching in advance of your 2024 countdown!

[@Ed2Bobobo]

And Festival of Family Classics! I was looking for the name for a long time!

[@lMUNCHAUSENl]

This is actually really nice.

[@arj4y]

Ah, that time of year again. God I love these.

[@Vauldemare]

I thought I was one of the only people who remember the mark summers halloween special. God now I feel old. Great video CR.

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

I love how different 'Jack-O-Lantern' is from the source material. The original tale differs but it inolves a blacksmith named 'Stingy Jack' who was the town drunk and just an overall douce, when Jack dies the Devil comes to take Jack to hell. Jack tricks the devil (which can be Jack sealing the devil with a cross carved into a tree or turning him into a coin) and getting a second chance at life. Jack doesn't change his ways and when he dies again he can't get into heaven, so he wanders the void for a while before going back to hell. The devil curses Jack with a coal of hellfire and turns him into a monster nobody would ever mistake for a normal spirit. Depending on which version you hear Jack either becomes a guide for spirits on Halloween, stays his normal drunken gambling self, or straight up becomes a malicious monster who lures people into the forest with his light and pumpkin head so he can eat them. Its one of my favorite Halloween stories and its an underrated one too, and its a hell of alot cooler than a leprechaun who lives in a pumpkin as a scarecrow.

[@Rubberman202]

Revisiting some fun videos from yesteryear... "Headless Gym Coach", classic. Having said that, I like having these more odd and obscure Halloween specials get some attention, makes the Spooky Season more fun.

[@Digitalfairy]

I liked witch's night out and Marc Summers' magical mystery tour as kid - such memories.

[@TomTheyy]

Hanna-Barbera may have also done the CGI on the extremely-obscure The Moxy Show, CN's first original program. Maybe you could make that your next episode...

[@TheGenomario]

That would be interesting to see

[@Dragonrider1227]

Thank you! I think I saw #13 once as a kid but couldn't remember what it was called!

[@notcompletelyaverage]

Jack: I'm the hero halloween deserves, but not the one it needs.

[@fatsmcgee8923]

I've only seen jack o'lantern just recently, and I absolutely adore it.

[@the9claw]

that friday the 13th ducktales thing is amazing.

[@kyletowers9662]

6:40 boy that has a different context post-not so awesome

[@Ed2Bobobo]

Hey, that hanging skeleton's on the financial aid door at my college!

[@Montork]

OHHH MYY GOOODD!! A NEW ONE!~!! I LOVE YOUOOOU!

[@MaliceInCandyland]

Marc Summers was actually a professional magician. It's too bad he didn't perform in the special. But I'm sure he had the connections that made the special happen.

[@SnackNStack]

The Halloween season doesn't officially start for me until I watch Halloween Is Grinch Night. Sour Sweet Wind FTW.

[@BellaTeter07]

Honestly, I really like the Invader Zim Halloween special, but it’s also SUPER weird. The plot? Dib and Zim get stuck in a nightmare world that exists in Dib’s mind on Halloween. The two run from monsters, but find out that the monsters want to get to the human world to cause chaos or whatever. The portal to it is inside of Dib’s head, and because he has the crazy collar (it’s a silver and red collar that deemed him crazy) the monsters realize he’s the one with the portal. After running, in a moment of survival instinct and a will to live, Dib RIPS the collar off and SLAMS it on Zim, throwing him to the monsters and using him as a sacrifice. He realizes that they can’t get home without the portal, so blah blah blah they escape and it gets all gross and Zim breaks his spine. Just some spooky Halloween fun, right? Right…?

[@deviantknight7009]

he reminds me of AVGN except not angry :)

[@SuperXzm]

And not video game. Just N.

[@Speems]

He actually does sound like James Rolfe at certain points.

[@Bluecho4]

Oh God, the New Adventures of Johnny Quest. That show, man.

[@SpookySkellyGurl]

That wasn't The New Adventures of Johnny Quest at the end, it was The Real Adventures of Johhny Quest. Two totally different shows. Good list though. Always a treat to see a new video.

[@OrganizedChaos1117]

Wow, I thought I was the only one who remembered that Marc Summers special. Does anyone else remember a short comic starring the aliens from The Last Halloween in an issue of Disney Adventure Magazine? It was drawn and written by John Blair Moore and was more or less an advertising device for M&Ms, Snickers and other Mars Candy.

[@danielnorton9803]

Are you gonna make a new Halloween special CR????

[@DrakeVagabond]

18:05 MOUNTAIN GOAT TO THE COUCH

[@KellogsR-ny7ug]

I still enjoy watching Marc Summers’ Magical Mystery Tour annually I’m a sucker for stage magic particularly that of Tina Lenert

[@TheSirenNymph]

Unexpected guest? It's not just the title that has me intrigued

[@Shenruss]

Dude, where do you FIND this stuff? Your list are pretty decent but your VHS collection must be FRIGGING HUGE!!!! I hadn't even HEARD of some of these! Thanks for another awesome list. Good job

[@Falcovsleon21]

You're right. Also that witch/warlock/whateverheis at 8:54 kinda looks like the Boogeyman from Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Fun fact: that rule regarding witches he mentioned is not actually a rule but a (very) commonly used trope known as "The Hecate Sisters." tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHecateSisters

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

8:22 They started with gourds and switched to pumpkins. Turnips wouldn't have been large enough to hold the candles they were using.

[@Pooky1991]

I watched The Devil and Daniel Mouse just recently and discovered this video through the related vids. Alright movie.

[@hemidas]

17:17 Hello, Gomez Adams.

[@masteroflag]

I had the Sleepy Hollow Tape as a kid. good times.

[@ColeYote]

Yes, dude, I *would* like to see adults running around in silly costumes. That shit is all over my radar.

[@sasamichan]

I was just remembering an old 80s or 90s era movie non-CGI movie about aliens that keep blending in with trick or treeters. It was too raunchy for my mom to let me see it but if any one remembers it, toss the suggestion to Doug Walker.

[@kingsilvershark]

so with nowhere to go he hollowed out a turnip and carved a face into and placed a candle in it to act as a lantern and he now wanders the world to find a place to rest in peace using the lantern to guide him through the cruelly cold nights. their are variations on the story but this is the one I like the most. (he also night have been called jack)

[@LaDracul]

"Witch's Night Out" seemed to run more in the US instead of "The Gift of Winter"... It seems that this Jack O'Lantern must've inspired the Grand Pumpkin on "The Simpsons"...only I don't think this scarecrow was looking for revenge on people making food with pumpkins... Welp, not the first rock musical to play around with "Faust"...though I wonder if "The Devil and Daniel Mouse" inspired "The Apple" somewhat. A Canadian singing duo as Adam and Eve stand-ins with the girl tempted by a music promoter who is literally the Devil and becomes a flashy rock star...that's TOTALLY what happens.

[@jasonsmith7633]

Hey, CR! Are we going to see this on TGWTG?

[@devanhinskey9001]

“The Devil and Daniel Mouse”, made by Nelvana, would go to serve as the inspiration for their first feature, “Rock and Rule”. I know this because both share three things in common. Furries, rock n roll and Satanic worship.

[@kevinfrontz5691]

Man, I bet if anyone saw Pete's wife walking down the street on Halloween with her little girl that would turn a few heads!

[@WeirdWonderful]

They had Jon Astin in a Halloween special, and wated him. There are no words.

[@southy98]

The night out witch kinda looks like Art the Clown.

[@crazyinsane500]

Ichabod the liar stole my pie.

[@iweargoggles2]

witches night out creeped me out as a kid

[@DJKrimskull]

Ween Notes: Part One 1: Cosplay's a Thing. Also they could buy a realistic costume 2: This is in the Public Domain. (One) 3: Jack sounds like a Irish Stereotype. That's a Good Point 4: Fame and Fortune isn't a bad trade for your soul. 5: Ironic. It's for one Halloween only 6: Marc has OCD. or Emmys 7: This was a Emmy Winner. To probably be Disected

[@ShaDHP23]

Does anyone else yell out "SCIENCE" whenever CR says 'science'?

[@kingsilvershark]

the story of the original jack o lantern goes like this. Their was a lazy farmer who was basically a total jerk who one night discovered that a devil was in his barn. So he got a cross and pitch fork and corned the devil. He said that he would only let the devil leave alive if the devil would agree to deny his soul to enter hell when he died, the devil agreed to the terms. When the man died and as he approached the gates of heaven he was denied entry since he was such a lazy and foul old man

[@sonamyfan666]

Can you tell me the name of the company that made the #12 Sleepy Hollow so that I can track it down.

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

you know, CR has told me on tumlr that he's a big ed,edd,n eddy fan. But if that's the case, why arent any of THEIR holiday specials on these lists?! those specials were awesome!

[@classicrockkid345]

Well CR has yet to do a valentines day related countdown so there's no need to put Hanky Panky Hulabalo on any of the lists, Jingle Jingle Jangle really isn't a forgotten Christmas special in fact it's the most well known Christmas special, and Boo Haw Haw is weird in terms of the series but not in general so that kinda excludes it from the list.

[@Oliviagarry69420]

+classicrockkid345 weird for the series dude did you even watch it the Halloween special it's like the norm for the characters and fans

[@butchdeadlift10]

So Chad, every thought of listing the top 11 inexplicable TV cartoon adaptations? Robocop, Rambo, Swamp Thing, Toxic Crusaders, Conan, Robocop again, and other stuff that makes less sense than Teen Wolf or Ghost Busters in terms of kid appeal?

[@gerilynhotchkiss9288]

k

[@AtlantaCommercials96]

15:56 "Oh Piss Off!" XD

[@TomTheyy]

HEY CR, Hanna-Barbera also made Cartoon Network's The Moxy Show, which was motion-captured CGI. Unfortunately though, very little of it exists online. Not even a full episode.

[@TheGenomario]

TomGyroid The intro is on KZbin

[@TheGenomario]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaPLd4qelJWHnrc I think I found something

[@Montork]

i dont know what it was with rankin bass and lepricons but they fucking loved them.

[@TheSirenNymph]

Never mind ,but I'll stay because I really like ya XD

[@danielnorton9803]

Does anyone know where to find the Legend of Sleepy Hollow short The one with solid colors

[@jurfrokstar]

I used to love New Adventures of Johnny Quest.

[@Tailzy26]

for #8 the actor who was on where his suit case opened, was that the same actor who played Gomez Adams?

[@Magmaster13]

Full on product placement isn't allowed in kids shows that's why they didn't show any Mars Candy Bars.

[@bradyham4979]

That or MIRAGE! She was badass!

[@NFSA678]

@4:36 and apparently turn into a freaking spider creature