Synopsis from the MeTV website… “In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town’s veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 5/10/2025: Kingdom of the Spiders
Now that we’ve all got free comics, it’s time to read them! And if you didn’t get any, might I suggest Comic Book Plus? They’re home to hundreds of public domain comics. Might I interest in you in some golden … Continue reading The Night Thread of Reading Comics
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 5/3/2025: Mysterious Island
No ideas for a thread? Why not borrow (with permission) a reaction image-worthy pic of an Avocado cat? I’d say have fun posting, but I don’t know if Chrissy would approve. Continue reading The Night Thread of Judgmental Chrissy
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/26/2025: Willard
Tonight, I bring you something we may never see again – a cable channel broadcasting for the first time. On April 18th, 1983, the Disney Channel went on the air. Here is the initial sign-on of the channel. The video … Continue reading The Night Thread Launches A Cable Channel
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert, and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strange. “ AND THEN! “An archaeologist discovers … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/19/2025: It Came From Outer Space AND Munchies
Thanks(?) to Nudeviking for reminding me of the existence of this Flash cartoon I haven’t thought about in probably over a decade. Have fun posting! Continue reading You Got A Night Thread And You Got A Magnet…
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts to eat their occupants, then makes its way to the warmer latitudes … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/12/2025: The Deadly Mantis
Tonight we celebrate the greatest attraction in Disney history. On April 5th 1998 Disney World opened The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management), an update to the opening day attraction that gave the people what they really wanted, Gilbert Gottfried … Continue reading The Enchanted Night Thread (Under New Management)
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/5/2025: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
I’m on my last day of house-sitting (so, packing, last minute cleaning, and a little more time with Smokey) so tonight’s thread is simple. Here’s a cool webcam – underwater, below a private dock “in the lower Florida Keys”. Come … Continue reading The Night Thread Watches Fishies
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Aliens from Planet X request the use of Godzilla and Rodan to fight off King Ghidorah, but have a better use for the three monsters.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/29/2025: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
Did you know the Goo Goo Dolls began their career as a punk rock cover band called Sex Maggot? Judging from the fact these two videos combined have less than 10K views, not many people do. From their self-titled first … Continue reading But Wait, There’s Still More Goo Goo Dolls On The Night Thread
The beatings John Rzeznik will continue until more people sign up for headers. I stumbled on this video because I was trying to match beinggreen’s night thread, but it’s actually kind of cool. It’s from a now-obscure early 2000s DirecTV … Continue reading The Day Thread Feasts On Goo Goo Dolls
In our probably final but no promises entry in the impromptu series on Snow White musicals, we have Snow White: An Enchanting Musical. First performed in 2004 at Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theatre, this was one of Disney’s periodic attempts to have … Continue reading The Night Thread: An Enchanting Musical
I love Creature, but Sven…you run it way too often. Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/22/2025: Creature From The Black Lagoon
Continuing our impromptu series on Snow White musicals…did you know Disney had a stage musical in New York well over a decade before Beauty and the Beast was a hit in the nineties? In the seventies, Radio City Music Hall … Continue reading The Night Thread Live At Radio City Music Hall
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A professor leads an expedition into the Amazonian jungle to find dinosaurs.” AND THEN! “An evil puppeteer targets psychics using his deadly marionettes.” Enjoy the movies! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/15/2025: The Lost World AND Puppet Master
