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hello city of angels fandom!!! (like 4 other people) i turned detective stone and stine into critters

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Part four of pictures I took of my City of Angels (1989) scriptbook!

The last of the black and white pictures!

[Image ID: three black and white photographs from the City of Angels opening show. The first is of Kay McClellan as Gabby standing over Gregg Edelman as Stine sitting in a chair during the song "It Needs Work". The second is of James Naughton as Stone standing next to Kay McClelland as Bobbi during the song "With Every Breath I Take (Reprise)". The third and final image is of the whole cast during the finale of the show, with Stone, Stine, and Gabby on a platform above the rest of the cast, who are gesturing with their hands towards them, during the last note of "Without You I'm Nothing". /end ID]

Some costume designs by Florence Klotz!

[Image ID: Six pictures of twelve pen and watercolor drawings of the costumes for the characters in City of Angels. The first image is of Stine and Stone's designs, Stine's being a checkered jacket and fedora paired with a white shirt and black tie and pants; Stone's being a classic Noir detective's outfit. The second image is of Gabby and Bobbi, Gabby in a smart dress and Bobbi in a flirty one, leaning against a bartop. The third is of Alaura and Carla, Alaura in her elaborate fur coat and Carla in a revealing jumpsuit. The fourth is of an unnamed pimp and Irwin S. Irving, the pimp wearing a traditional pimp suit and Irving wearing a tacky striped suit jacket and striped boxer shorts. The fifth is of Oolie and Donna, Oolie in a polka-dot business dress and black beret, and Donna wearing a pleated skirt and short trenchcoat. The final image is of Margie's girls a Avril Raines, the girls in traditional prostitute lingerie and Avril wearing a polka-dot backless dress. /end ID]

Final image! A color photo of that finale scene.

[Image ID: same picture as the third one in the first image set in this post, only in color. /end ID]

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Ghosts of Fear Street, Don’t Ever Get Sick at Granny’s | Review

Title: Ghosts of Fear Street #15 – Don’t Ever Get Sick at Granny’s Author: Jahnna N. Malcolm (as by R.L. Stine) Cover Artist: Mark Garro

INTRODUCTION

The rumors are not true. This is not a Holiday Special review. Anyone calling it a Holiday Special, rest assured, I will personally find your favorite book and leave a bad review on Goodreads out of spite.

Just kidding. (Or am I?)

It’s good this review isn’t holiday themed. If it were, I’d call this book a lump of coal. I started reading this one as a palate cleanser when The Nightmare Room books got too weird. My palate now requires an exorcism.

STORY REVIEW

Why is Corey’s family traveling to Pennsylvania, famously the scariest state aside from New Jersey? His sister has an important ballet tryout there, so Corey’s family will be staying at a nearby hotel. All is lah-dee-dah until his parents decide to drop Corey off with his grandma instead. They cite him as a “distraction,” which makes no sense. He violently kicks his sister’s carseat while pondering this mystery.

Corey’s grammy is supposedly named Marsha. I say supposedly because Corey can’t remember meeting this woman before. (Does anybody remember the Grammys?) The old lady turns out to be pretty cool. She’s got popcorn, movies, and pinball. This place is basically Big Rock Candy Mountain until Corey sneezes. Granny begins surveilling the boy, insisting he’s ill. With how intensely she watches him, you’d think he was FOX News.

Q: What does Corey have in common with sugarfree Werther’s? A: Marsha keeps both of them in the house at all times!

The worse is yet to come for Corey. After locking him in, the lady begins experimenting on him. It’s uncomfortable from here until the end of the book. Granny wraps him in ten blankets so he can sweat out the sickness. Dehydrated, he drinks a pitcher of water and needs to pee. Granny refuses and demands he drink an entire pitcher of OJ instead. Later in the day, she lathers him up with stinky ointment. (“Rub it all in. That’s a good boy.” I won’t subject you to any more quotes from this segment, I promise.) The homemade lotion causes fur to sprout from his whole body and then his belly starts inflating. (“My big round gut was swelling again.” Sorry for breaking my promise.)

Weaker men might have given up there. But I swore an oath when I started this blog. I’m honorbound to protect and serve at all cost.

Corey’s sister shows up in a closet. I’ll do my best to explain how she got there. Corey’s parents sent Meg on a taxi to rescue her brother because Granny is bonkers. Meg went through a doggie-door, and somehow it led to the closet. They had to send Meg because Corey’s parents are busy doing ????.

Corey is prepared to crawl through the tunnel and run away. His sister stops him and demands he come up with a plan first. Corey pitches an excellent idea: to crawl through the tunnel and run away. This whole exchange is so redundant, I love it. Despite its excellence, the plan backfires when the tunnel leads the kids right back to Granny.

The siblings figure Marsha must be a witch. If they can throw water on her, maybe she’ll melt just like in that movie they both saw. Splashing her with the water pitcher from earlier, Chekhov’s Water Pitcher, the kids melt their grandma. The whole house begins to melt, in fact. Things will get stranger, in fact.

Corey wakes up from a fever dream. His parents can’t figure out why he won’t stop babbling about someone named Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. If you thought that twist was jawdropping, try not to spit out your bubblegum with this next one. Corey wakes up again. He is actually the family dog. I swear I’m not making this up. The family wonders aloud about how dogs dream, but Corey is busy musing about catching a neighborhood cat.

“Maybe today… I’ll catch her!”

Why is this line in quotes? Who is speaking? The dog?

THE VERDICT

This is either the worst Ghosts of Fear Street book I’ve read or maybe it’s a deliberate satire of Stine. I’m inclined to believe the former, though.

How many headaches Must I stand Before I find a book That I can praise again? The only thing That keeps me readin’ on When I feel my strength Is almost gone I remember granny said “Can’t hurry books You’ll just have to wait Trust in Robert Stine It’s a game of give and take”

BEST QUOTE

“I was voted most pale in my class.”

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Guys I’m board request soul eater stuff pls I wanna do some funny soul eater quotes

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Who force-feeds the other poisonous leaves?

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Voting ended onMay 24, 2023

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On this day we have been blessed! 🙏🌤✨

Hadley Fraser in rehearsal for City of Angels (2020)