From the Pete brothers in wacky Wellsville to a young witch learning her craft, here's a list of memorable Halloween-centric television episodes from the '90s. It's about to get nostalgic up in here.
‘Tis the season for ghosts and ghouls, jack-o’-lanterns and bats, candy and costumes, and most importantly, the Halloween TV specials. Teen witches, boys meeting the world, freaks being extra freaky… The following is a list of the best Halloween TV specials pre-2000. Grab a blanket and a large bowl of Reese's (because we all know that's the primo candy of Halloween) and get ready to be washed in nostalgia.
Review: Two more episodes in the series' inaugural season find it sticking to its shallow routines while once again showing promise for poignancy underneath.
Making friends as an adult is weird.
As a kid, your world is small. You sit next to other kids on the bus. You swing on swings. You play in the sand. Your moms drink wine on the porch while you ride bikes in the driveway. Friendship.
As a teen, you pick a category and define yourself. Jock, geek, goth, theater kid, music nerd. These are your people. Stick to them like glue, and enjoy the same things as far as your minimum wage part-time salary from the grocery store will take you. Friendship.
Review: The season ramps up its crime narratives and finally fleshes out Bruce Wayne, the story's catalyst, as a fuller character.
A man sits on a dirty Gotham street corner, playing a guitar. Propped in his case is a cardboard sign that reads, "Why lie - I need money for drugs." A bewildered-looking but unflinching man approaches and drops in his case a green vial. The label reads, "breathe me."
Review: An improved story arc involving mob-boss warfare proves yet again that the villains in this pre-Batman series are more captivating than the heroes.
Can a lowly, hobbling dishwasher take over Gotham City without anyone noticing?
In the fourth episode of Gotham, the political tangles of government, law enforcement and the rival gangs reach a climax. The disturbed vigilante justice of the first few episodes gives way to organized crime syndicates at war.
Through its social-media caution tales, 'Selfie' has the power to be relevant -- if it can control its self-destructive impulses. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
Haters gon' hate. But in the Twitterverse, haters mean you've "made it." You're famous. And favoriting their hateful tweets is a way of showing it doesn't hurt you. But we can't favorite away real life haters. We should change to better fit their expectations of us.
Fox's Batman-without-Batman tale plows onward, though its villains prove much more interesting than the heroes. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
"If people take the law into their own hands, then there is no law."
Fans of the Batman franchise know all too well that Gotham is a broken city. The corruption in government, the police force and business create fertile ground of vigilante justice, and the Batman series has brought us some of the DC Comics universe's most interesting villains.
The show's wit and pop-culture savviness show promise, but it runs the risk of getting old fast (just like its title).
If there was ever a show orchestrated for people in their mid-twenties, Selfie is it. And I mean orchestrated. "Arranged or combined so as to achieve a desired or maximum effect" (thank you, Merriam-Webster).
The new Fox show delves into the city that spawned Batman but could use some tightening and polishing.
Gotham is a serious place. Such crime, such corruption, such stormy skies. Detective James Gordon, a war hero-turned-cop, may be the most serious part of this dark city.
The 'Whose Line is It Anyway?' star talks candidly with The NewsHouse about creating comedy on the spot and making people laugh for more than two decades.
Armed with nothing but their imaginations, comedians Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie have been delivering laughter to cities across the United States since 2003.
And their next stop happens to be here in Syracuse.
The Tenderloins, the laugh-happy crew behind the Impractical Jokers TV show, bring their crack-up comedy to the Oncenter War Memorial Arena tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Sal Vulcano's co-workers scare him almost every day he works.
The 37-year-old Staten Island native stars on truTV’s "Impractical Jokers," a hidden-camera show featuring The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe comprised of himself and three of his lifelong friends: James "Murr" Murray, Joe Gatto, and Brian "Q" Quinn.
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