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Halloween is just around the corner, which makes this upcoming weekend the perfect time to gather around the television with your friends and family and watch all of your favorite Halloween TV specials! Yay! Yayayayay! Halloween TV specials are perfect because they are never scary, because apparently there are people out there who do not like to be scared (?), but they are still festive and a fun way to celebrate this special time of year. (For those of you who do not think that Halloween is a holiday that necessarily needs to be celebrated, and that maybe the holidays that you’re forced to celebrate are enough, I want to say this: WHAT? Holidays are the best! Enjoy them when you can! What’s wrong with you? Go to the dollar store and get some spooky decorations and put them up around your house, you will enjoy it! #YOLO.) Plus, for whatever reason, just about EVERY television show has done at least one Halloween special. After the jump I’ve posted clips from a few of my favorites, though I’m sure I’m forgetting many, many wonderful other favorites, which you will have to provide. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITES? Boo!
Freaks and Geeks: “Tricks and Treats”
Friends: “The One With The Halloween Party”
Boy Meets World: “Who’s Afraid Of Cory Wolf”
The Office: “Halloween”
It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
The Simpsons: “Treehouse of Horror V”
The Young Ones: “Nasty”
All wonderful. All festive. None scary. Now it’s your turn!
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HAVERCHUCK 4 LYF
“Oscar Goldman! It’s me, Jamie Summers. Steve Austin is trapped in the reactor– Hi. Mom. Okay, you can use the phone.’
I’d have to say Community is the best currently for Halloween episodes.
The NewsRadio episodes “Halloween” and “Spooky Rapping Crypt” are pretty great too.
I agree! Love Community Halloween eps!
I just realized something…
Did you just compare Abed to Andy Dick?
No, I compared him to Matthew, the character on NewsRadio.
Also a more appropriate surrogate for Jimmy would be Dean Pelton, but he was not in the cast photo that I found after searching on Google for one second.
That is still terrible. Andy Dick is horribly annoying and pain-inducing in all forms.
This is fantastic work.
So what’s gonna happen to this year’s Halloween episode? Will it air after Halloween? Why aren’t more people talking about this?!
My thoughts exactly! :’(
They’ll probably air it on Halloween when nobody is watching television, at like 6pm with no advertising, and then complain about how the ratings are terrible, and then cancel it forever.
The Garfield Halloween special with pirates lives in my heart. Although the Young Ones is the best and should be treated accordingly.
I used to love that Garfield special! Somehow, I suspect that it wouldn’t really hold up if I were to watch it as an adult.
I suspect that as well which is why it must never be shown again. Never.
Respectfully disagree, I still watch it every Halloween and those ghost pirates are STILL SCARY.
My So-Called Life Halloween forever and ever.
The bit from the first Treehouse of Horror with the alien cookbook, How To Cook For 40 Humans. It’s a great segment and a great parody of a Twilight Zone episode.
the last Happy Endings was pretty great.
Never forget:
Fat Albert Halloween Special:
Hey! That was going to be my choice. I don’t know why it’s stuck with me all these years but, I’m glad someone else still remembers the Cosby Kids.
The Buffy Halloween episode from season 2. I always wear an Iron Man suit just in case that shit ever happens IRL.
Last year’s Modern Family Halloween special was really funny with the haunted house ( to scare the trick-or-treaters) gone wrong. This year, not so much. But my favorite all time is, of coure, Charlie Brown’s special.
This face forever.
the buffy episode where everyone turns into their halloween costumes!
I’m a scrooge when it comes to holiday tv. Halloween specials are ok – not nearly as annoying as Christmas or Thanksgiving specials.
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Roseanne!
i was just going to say every roseanne halloween episode and every home improvement halloween episode.
Seriously, the Roseanne halloween episodes were the best!
I just press LIKE thinking this is Three Stooges halloween special hehehe but love this.
I love Sabrina with the Candy Corn River!
I would say that super fucked up Punky Brewster episode where Alan got stuck in the wall, but since that never happened, and I never saw that and was terrified, I’ll go with the episode of Just shoot Me where something Halloween-y happened (this is an educated guess).
Remember how good the Home Improvement Halloween specials were? Especially the one where they freak out the older brothers in the back yard with Iron Butterfly and a weird light suit?
I know, right?!?
Home Improvement was great every year
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horrow IV: “Bart Simpson’s Dracula.”
They rarely, rarely air this one, which makes me love it more. I saw it as a kid at the height of my fear of vampires which makes this one the scariest Simpsons Halloween episodes I’ve ever seen. Last Halloween Burger King had a throwback kid’s meal thing where every toy was a Halloween character from The Simpsons with Mr. Burns as Dracula. I was half-tempted to buy a meal and try my luck.
Anyone see South Park last night? I saw it by accident, which was a good thing. Stan’s dad bought a Blockbuster Video store despite everyone telling him that streaming is the new dvd, and he goes all Jack Torrance on the town.
I really liked it.
CHiPs and the Halloween Hobgoblin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heCJhcGcF1Y
I wish they would show “The Worst Witch”. It was my favorite when I was little. Tim Curry as the wizard is the best. I have to watch his song every single Halloween on YouTube.
And, of course, Freaks and Geeks is the best. I also like the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror when they get a Krusty the Klown doll that keeps trying to kill Homer and then Marge calls the company and finds out the switch on the back was turned to evil.