SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN Commentary Track (A Big-Ass Pumpkin Day Extravaganza)

About this episode

The crew celebrates Big-Ass Pumpkin Day with a commentary track for Spookley The Square Pumpkin, exploring themes of misfit acceptance and holiday nostalgia.

Holidays in the 2020's just don't hit like they used to. Halloween? Cancelled. Christmas? Stolen. Thanksgiving? You can eat cranberry sauce any day of the week. There's only one celebration that gives us the season for a reason: Big-Ass Pumpkin Day! And this year, a last-minute pivot (damn you to high hell, R.L. Stein) causes the crew to spring a trap on Cody during his favorite day of the year. Join them for a surprise Bop n' A Movie commentary track for Spookley The Square Pumpkin, the harrowing tale of a malformed misfit trapped in a world he never made, spurned by his barnyard brethren until his indoctrination into a brutal Olympiad, his only ally a homunculus torn between loyalties to the opposing worlds of man and nature. A beloved animated classic enjoyed by kids the world over! Check out the mega documentary IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995-99 by CreatorVC: https://90shorrordoc.com?sca_ref=9729058.lIiOUEN8Xd https://www.boxofficepulp.com/ Listen on Apple: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/apple Listen on Spotify: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/spotify Listen on Amazon: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/amazon All The OTHER Ways to Listen: https://www.boxofficepulp.com/listen Follow on…

People in this episode

Host: Cody

Topics covered

• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• animated films
• commentary tracks
• holiday celebrations

Keywords

• Spookley The Square Pumpkin
• Big-Ass Pumpkin Day
• R.L. Stein
• animated classic
• misfit
• barnyard brethren
• Olympiad
• homunculus

Mentioned in this episode

Products: IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995-99

Books & works: Bop n' A Movie, Spookley The Square Pumpkin, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS 1995

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