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Post by Crypt Keeper on Mar 13, 2018 20:47:11 GMT -8
Sitcom from 1995. None other than the Crypt Keeper himself has a cameo at the very beginning with John Kassir re-dubbing his dialogue over the footage at the beginning. I remember catching this on TV with my Grandmother (R.I.P.) and us both being surprised at seeing Crypty on there. I remember when this showed aired on the WB back in the day when they were still around, before the became the CW. I recall after the initial commercial break there was a voiceover from Crypty as well. Hilarious to see this and goes to show you how bigger than life Crypty was then, with him making appearances on sitcoms.
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Post by gljbradley on Mar 23, 2018 17:47:53 GMT -8
I think I remember seeing this on YouTube one time when I was looking at various Cryptkeeper related videos and clips. This is awesome! And hilarious! Especially the Fran Drescher joke! LOL! |
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Mar 24, 2018 12:04:57 GMT -8
This aired right around the time TFTC was at it's peak of popularity. It's pretty astounding that Crypty became this much of a pop culture phenomenon that he kept popping up unexpectedly, between this and also his brief appearance in the Casper movie.
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Post by gljbradley on Mar 24, 2018 12:10:52 GMT -8
This aired right around the time TFTC was at it's peak of popularity. It's pretty astounding that Crypty became this much of a pop culture phenomenon that he kept popping up unexpectedly, between this and also his brief appearance in the Casper movie. Exactly!!! Crypty was quite the pop cultural phenomenon back in the 90s! And yes, I remember seeing him in Casper.  |
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Mar 24, 2018 13:08:47 GMT -8
I remember how terrified I was when he appeared in Casper. Totally didn't expect that It was just for a little bit but damn. At eight years old there's not much more that's scarier than him. |
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Post by gljbradley on Mar 30, 2018 20:55:27 GMT -8
I remember how terrified I was when he appeared in Casper. Totally didn't expect that It was just for a little bit but damn. At eight years old there's not much more that's scarier than him. Same here! And it didn't help that he did 'The Scream' painting pose! LOL!!!  |
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Mar 30, 2018 21:29:44 GMT -8
It's pretty hilarious to think the studio let him be in the movie and it still got a PG rating. Then again it was the 90s.
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Post by gljbradley on Apr 1, 2018 1:11:30 GMT -8
It's pretty hilarious to think the studio let him be in the movie and it still got a PG rating. Then again it was the 90s. Oooh! Good point!!! LOL!!!! TFTC is basically TV-MA while Casper is rated PG! |
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Apr 1, 2018 12:40:31 GMT -8
I still find it hilarious how a show with so much explicit content ended up having it's ghastly-looking mascot marketed so much to kids back then. I get that TFTC and Crypty were both very popular then but still, TFTC's not exactly family-friendly. Which makes it all the more awesome they tried marketing it to kids |
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Post by gljbradley on Apr 4, 2018 2:33:59 GMT -8
I still find it hilarious how a show with so much explicit content ended up having it's ghastly-looking mascot marketed so much to kids back then. I get that TFTC and Crypty were both very popular then but still, TFTC's not exactly family-friendly. Which makes it all the more awesome they tried marketing it to kids Exactamondo!!! Crypty was so popular in the 90s, even children loved him and thus, he was marketed towards them as well. That's why I think the 90s were awesome! Back then, people were, if you don't mind me saying, a little less pussified than nowadays. Back then, people handled things better. They didn't give a damn. In fact, today, Deadpool is kind of and subtly being marketed to children in terms of Ryan Reynolds dressing up as Deadpool to visit sick children, and Deadpool action figures being sold to children. Like Crypty, Deadpool is the non-family friendly icon that even children can't help but love. Who knows. Maybe with Deadpool, this kind of thing will return and there will probably be people who be so uptight about this just as long as parents guide their children in this type of entertainment. |
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Apr 4, 2018 15:54:37 GMT -8
The irony is that most kids were terrified of Crypty, which makes the fact the studio tried so much to make him more family-friendly and market the character and TFTC so much to kids that much funnier. I'm sure things like a cartoon series and toyline were the farthest things from anyone's minds when the show premiered back in 1989.
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Post by gljbradley on Apr 4, 2018 20:29:07 GMT -8
The irony is that most kids were terrified of Crypty, which makes the fact the studio tried so much to make him more family-friendly and market the character and TFTC so much to kids that much funnier. I'm sure things like a cartoon series and toyline were the farthest things from anyone's minds when the show premiered back in 1989. Definitely. As a 5 a year old girl, I was absolutely scared shitless of Crypty. But I couldn't get enough of him nor the show! I believe that I wasn't the only child who felt that way at the time. So, perhaps it was decided that Crypty would be marketed to children as well.
And yes, when the show first premiered back in 1989, this was the farthest thing from anybody's minds because it was clearly geared towards mature audiences and was so damn scary. Maybe after a few years, they decided, "Why not?"
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Apr 4, 2018 20:48:37 GMT -8
I remember I could watch the actual TFTC episodes fine as a kid. It was the Crypty segments I couldn't watch. I'd either look away, change the channel or leave the room whenever he came on. I remember how scared I was to even have HBO on back then knowing he'd pop up eventually.
At the time probably nobody expected TFTC and Crypty to become as popular as they did. Much like other R-rated properties like Nightmare On Elm Street, it somehow got unexpectedly popular with kids and probably the producers took notice and that was when they decided to try marketing to a wider audience.
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