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PunkyP0WER · 10-19-2008, 08:49 PM

For me, its the second season episode of The Commish entitled 'Witches of Eastbridge'. Its about some one in the town poisoning Halloween candy. The community is very concerned and suspect this unfortunate outcast (Ray Walston) of doing it because hes kind of a loner and is living in this ramshackle house that everyone thinks is haunted. In a subplot someone broke into a local funeral home and cut out the heart of a corpse. The ending for both stories has a nice twist and it feels Halloweeny all the way through. Very good episode, its one of my favorites of the whole series! Watch it after a good Unsolved Mysteries marathon Of course its never Halloween to me without Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown; Garfield Halloween Special aka Garfield In Disguise and Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow!

DSfan · 10-19-2008, 09:49 PM

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Of course its never Halloween to me without Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown; Gafield Halloween Special

Agreed. I remember when I was younger always on Halloween or a Friday night near Halloween CBS would show these 2 specials, in the order you listed them in above. I always liked the Garfield one more, however.

I also like watching Scooby-Doo on Halloween and I'm thinking of watching some Unsolved Mysteries next Friday night, now that you mentioned it!

Maybe some Goosebumps and Tintin cartoons also

andress_jade · 10-19-2008, 09:56 PM

The Dr. Quinn Halloween episodes from each season were pretty good. The story lines were very creative and the costumes they had were really cool. I liked the one when Michaela was being "haunted" by Abagail's ghost.

The Roseanne Halloween episodes were good. They were really funny and creative. My most favorite was from Season 1 when they had the haunted house in the house. I liked the one when Roseanne and Dan scared Kathy Bowman. It was hilarious! I couldn't stand Kathy.

Some of the Home Improvement Halloween episodes were neat. I liked the one where they had the haunted house in the basement. I also like the one where they played a trick on Tim, making him think that he killed Wilson. That one was funny.

PunkyP0WER · 10-19-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DSfan

Agreed. I remember when I was younger always on Halloween or a Friday night near Halloween CBS would show these 2 specials, in the order you listed them in above. I always liked the Garfield one more, however.

I also like watching Scooby-Doo on Halloween and I'm thinking of watching some Unsolved Mysteries next Friday night, now that you mentioned it!

Maybe some Goosebumps and Tintin cartoons also

LOL I was going to say a Scooby Doo marathon too but didn't want to hog all the good suggestions! Any episode of Scooby Doo can pretty much be considered Halloween themed.

JT · 10-19-2008, 11:10 PM

Roseanne.

I literally can not wait for Oxygen to roll out the marathon next week.

Schmoopie · 10-20-2008, 03:08 AM

My all time favorite Halloween themed episode didn't even air around Halloween! In June of 2004 or whenever it was, Monk did a Halloween-themed episode that has become my all-time favorite. It's hilarious and it makes me cry as well. Very touching episode involving Adrian's brother, Ambrose. It's called "Mr. Monk Goes Home Again."

Andrea

PunkyP0WER · 10-20-2008, 12:45 PM

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Agreed. I remember when I was younger always on Halloween or a Friday night near Halloween CBS would show these 2 specials, in the order you listed them in above. I always liked the Garfield one more, however.

I also like watching Scooby-Doo on Halloween and I'm thinking of watching some Unsolved Mysteries next Friday night, now that you mentioned it!

Maybe some Goosebumps and Tintin cartoons also

i remember when cbs aired them back to back too. those were the good old days! now abc has the rights to all the peanuts specials (i preferrred them on cbs as cbs back in the day seemed like the home of all the holiday specials: peanuts specials, garfield special, rudolph, frosty and wizard of oz - not really a special but i remember them always playing it near thanksgiving). anyway it seems like the garfield specials have been given up on completely, i haven't seen them aired on any of the networks in years. abc family has a lot of the xmas specials but to me its not the same as watching it on one of the 3 orig. networks, cbs.

catlover79 · 10-20-2008, 12:49 PM

I recommend all the Bewitched Halloween episodes as well as Garfield Halloween.

PunkyP0WER · 10-20-2008, 01:43 PM

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I recommend all the Bewitched Halloween episodes as well as Garfield Halloween.

which season is it where Darrin has to do the campaign for Halloween candy and Sam is offended about how he draws the witches in the ads?

ekkostar · 10-20-2008, 02:41 PM

All of the Roseanne Halloween episodes are solid and the Night Court Halloween episodes were pretty cool until the arc where Harry hooked up with Margaret and lost his Halloween spirit (Mac fools Dan with an "obituary from the future"? Lame). I suppose you could count 'The Guy Named Phantom' episode if you wanted to because of the costume ball and Dan losing it with cardboard cutouts down in the sub-sub-basement.

DSfan · 10-20-2008, 03:17 PM

I agree about HI having good Halloween episodes. They seem to have good holiday episodes altogether, along with Christmas episodes.

Boy Meets World, I don't know if it originally aired around Halloween, but I love the episode where Shawn has a dream that he is a killer and Jennifer Love Hewitt guest stars. They also, however, had a terrible Halloween episode where Eric was dating a girl played by Candace Cameron, it was awful.

Jude The Obscure · 10-20-2008, 03:49 PM

Love the Peanuts one and every Bewitched halloween episode.....The Brady Bunch's episode about the kids one upping one another in the scare department is fun (even though it is NOT a Halloween episode). I miss the old Bugs Bunny Howl-O-Ween Special

And they haven't played "Halloween is Grinch Night" in what 20+ years?

catlover79 · 10-20-2008, 04:24 PM

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which season is it where Darrin has to do the campaign for Halloween candy and Sam is offended about how he draws the witches in the ads?

That's Season 1 - the episode is titled "The Witches Are Out".

mrsmatthewperry · 10-20-2008, 06:56 PM

Any of Rosanne's halloween episodes and of course the Friends episode TOW The Halloween Party ..gotta love Pink bunny Chandler and Space Doodie Ross!

catlover79 · 10-20-2008, 07:01 PM

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The Dr. Quinn Halloween episodes from each season were pretty good. The story lines were very creative and the costumes they had were really cool. I liked the one when Michaela was being "haunted" by Abagail's ghost.

The Roseanne Halloween episodes were good. They were really funny and creative. My most favorite was from Season 1 when they had the haunted house in the house. I liked the one when Roseanne and Dan scared Kathy Bowman. It was hilarious! I couldn't stand Kathy.

Some of the Home Improvement Halloween episodes were neat. I liked the one where they had the haunted house in the basement. I also like the one where they played a trick on Tim, making him think that he killed Wilson. That one was funny.

Yes, the HI Halloween ones were always fun. Who can forget the three boys each dressed like Moe (of the Three Stooges) and Jill dressed up like the carrot??

10-19-2008, 08:49 PM	#1
PunkyP0WER Member Senior Member Join Date: May 23, 2008 Location: MACY*S on 34th St. Posts: 1,908	Recommended Halloween Themed TV Show Episodes For me, its the second season episode of The Commish entitled 'Witches of Eastbridge'. Its about some one in the town poisoning Halloween candy. The community is very concerned and suspect this unfortunate outcast (Ray Walston) of doing it because hes kind of a loner and is living in this ramshackle house that everyone thinks is haunted. In a subplot someone broke into a local funeral home and cut out the heart of a corpse. The ending for both stories has a nice twist and it feels Halloweeny all the way through. Very good episode, its one of my favorites of the whole series! Watch it after a good Unsolved Mysteries marathon Of course its never Halloween to me without Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown; Garfield Halloween Special aka Garfield In Disguise and Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow!
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10-19-2008, 09:56 PM	#3
andress_jade Life Goes On... Moderator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2004 Location: Iola, KS or Glenbrook Posts: 1,220	The Dr. Quinn Halloween episodes from each season were pretty good. The story lines were very creative and the costumes they had were really cool. I liked the one when Michaela was being "haunted" by Abagail's ghost. The Roseanne Halloween episodes were good. They were really funny and creative. My most favorite was from Season 1 when they had the haunted house in the house. I liked the one when Roseanne and Dan scared Kathy Bowman. It was hilarious! I couldn't stand Kathy. Some of the Home Improvement Halloween episodes were neat. I liked the one where they had the haunted house in the basement. I also like the one where they played a trick on Tim, making him think that he killed Wilson. That one was funny.
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10-20-2008, 03:08 AM	#6
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10-20-2008, 02:41 PM	#10
ekkostar Coffee, Tea & Larroquette! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 1,077	All of the Roseanne Halloween episodes are solid and the Night Court Halloween episodes were pretty cool until the arc where Harry hooked up with Margaret and lost his Halloween spirit (Mac fools Dan with an "obituary from the future"? Lame). I suppose you could count 'The Guy Named Phantom' episode if you wanted to because of the costume ball and Dan losing it with cardboard cutouts down in the sub-sub-basement.
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10-20-2008, 03:17 PM	#11
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	I agree about HI having good Halloween episodes. They seem to have good holiday episodes altogether, along with Christmas episodes. Boy Meets World, I don't know if it originally aired around Halloween, but I love the episode where Shawn has a dream that he is a killer and Jennifer Love Hewitt guest stars. They also, however, had a terrible Halloween episode where Eric was dating a girl played by Candace Cameron, it was awful.

10-20-2008, 03:49 PM	#12
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Love the Peanuts one and every Bewitched halloween episode.....The Brady Bunch's episode about the kids one upping one another in the scare department is fun (even though it is NOT a Halloween episode). I miss the old Bugs Bunny Howl-O-Ween Special And they haven't played "Halloween is Grinch Night" in what 20+ years?

10-20-2008, 06:56 PM	#14
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