Nightmare On My Street 1988

The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff released a track in 1988 that would appeal to any 10 year old with a monster fascination. The Song A Nightmare on My Street was the third single off their Parents just don't understand album, and subsequently also the first rap tape I owned. I loved it, could get enough. I memorized the words of the song and would sing it every where! Last night while driving home the song came on the raido and the words came back to me with the same ease as jumping back on a bicycle. I got strange looks from the wife and kids, but there was no stopping the lyrical flow. The song also brought back a rush of memories of childhood Halloween.

Heres a video with the song with lyrics included.  Now you to can sing along to this awesometastic Halloween song!

The Real Ghostbusters:The Boogieman Cometh 1986

The Boogie man was a legend told to make kids do things their parents wanted them to do. I was never really afraid of the Boogieman, but I think it was more because I didn't have a mental imagine to associate with the guy.  That all changed in 1986 when the Real Ghostubsters cartoon came out. I was a huge fan of the movies and the cartoons as a kid.  I would watch them on Saturday mornings as part of my line up, navigating from channel to channel and sometimes having to make important decision as to what I was going to watch and not watch. Ghostbusters though was always one I hated missing.  I don't think these cartoons were every really meant to frighten their viewers, but seeing the Boogieman did in fact give me chills.

This little discription is off the Wiki Page.

"The Boogieman is a somewhat goblin-esque, anthropomorphic creature with human and animal features not unlike the god Pan from Greek mythology.  His skin and fur are pale blue.  He sports a head grossly oversized in comparison to his arms, legs and torso.  His goat-like ears and humanoid nose are quite pronounced and elongated, and his face features high, prominent cheeks.  His humanoid eyes are large and yellow, set under black brows and fantastic, porcupine-like blue hair which projects over his face and runs down the length of his back. The Boogieman's mouth (often twisted into a frightening grin) is large and ugly- bearing ruby-red lips and jagged, yellow teeth.  To top it off, he sports what appear to be unshaven whiskers on his chin.  From the neck down his body is covered in fur.  His arms are humanoid, and his large hands end in pointed red nails.  Below his waist, the Boogieman resembles a hoofed ungulate, like a sheep or goat.  His legs are short, often bent and terminate in cloven hooves. 

The Boogieman wears some clothing.  Around his short neck is a blue bowtie.  He also sports a dark blue dress coat with very long tails."

The first few nights after watching this cartoon,  sleeping was a little harder, getting sent into a room to get something at night became more of an adventure, and closing the closet door was a MUST.(Even though the bastard could open it)  

The Boogieman must have been a popular character for the franchise, because he got a second episode and even came out in a few cameo episodes. Out of all the  cartoons from this franchise the boogieman and the spirit of Halloween stick out the most in mind.  Both episodes were eerie and creepy in their own way.  

A little Halloween treat! The entire episode of The Boogie Man Cometh!

Cereal legends

Class is in session boys and girls, for a class from The Skool Of Old.  If you lived through the 80s as a kid or were ever a couch potato in the 80s  for Saturday morning cartoons im sure you will remember these next three guests.  The monsters cereal or better known as Boo-berry, Frankenberry and Count Chocula.

I think that fact that the cereal was comprised of monsters made it popular especially targeting boys from the 4 to 10 age, and probably older,  hell Iv seen boo-berry a few times at the store and I just have to buy it for nostalgia purposes, not to mention the cereals not bad tasting at all.

I was a huge fan of this cereal as a kid especially Boo-berry, though I have to admit that Mr. Franken gave the ghost with a most a good run for his money.  Count Chocula was never all that big to me I guess mainly because there was so many other chocolate cereals out on the market. Freddy you and your chocolaty pebbles won me over!

So a quick History lesson from these ledgands,  the monster brand of cereals from general mills was brought to us in the early 70s, I think 1971.  Over the years the monsters changed in appearance, to make them less spooky. Here is a quick bit of trivia history that you can take back with you and chew, there was actually another monster that was part of the monster cereal collection.  Fruit Brute (1974) is a werewolf. He was discontinued in 1982. A Fruit Brute box shows up occasionally in Quentin Tarantino movies. It appeared in Pulp Fiction (a scene in which Vincent calls Lance on his cell phone, Lance is eating a bowl of Fruit Brute), and Reservoir Dogs(in Mr. Orange's apartment).

I think its easy to say that the public as well as me were more fans of Frankenbearry and Boo-berry then they were of the count.  These two even have there own home pages of all things.  I believe there might be a few old school commercials there as well to check out and maybe have flash back trips.  

What ever happened two these cereal legends and how did they loose there popularity,  how is it that the fat ass cooks from the cinnamon toast crunch commercials are still around but finding a box of boo-berry is almost as hard to find as a cat walking around a Chinese food market. Monster cereal I salute you and hope this small article pays you guys some sort of tribute.