...scares my little cousin.

Every time the Count comes on to teach all the little children to count and breaks out in his dracula laugh, my little cousin busts out in tears. Now just the sight of the Count gets him to hollering. How is that chile gonna learn how to count now?

When you were little what character designed to appeal to children made you cry or gave you nightmares?

Ronald Mcdonald

Snuffeluppagus.

I don't remember being afraid of him, that's just what I have been told. I think he is cute now.
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What a cool topic... unfortunately, I don't have anything to add to it!

for me it was the dude in the ape suit in "Electric Company" (does anyone even remember that show?)

NuPwrSoul said:

Of course! Morgan Freeman as Ezy Reader. Rita Moreno as Rita Moreno!

The intro to the theme music, "HEY YOU GUYYYSSS!!!" They still show it on some channel I forgot the name of.


Electric Company
Zoom
Conjunction Junction
Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids
Sesame Street


But the only thing that ever scared me on tv as a kid was scary movies. I don't remember anybody in an ape suit on EC.

Specific episodes from certain shows scared me...

For example, the scary episode from Hey Dude where the people came up through the floorboards to kill everyone

In My Little Pony when the water was drying up and the Shu-shu-pee-doos (however the hell it's spelled) are going to die

In Today's Special when everyone gets stuck in the dungeon... another one when Jeff shrinks and has to stay inside a top hat with only marshmallows to eat... and one last one was when Muffy was locked outside by Sam.



I'm scarred for life.

Thats funny...I'm sorry the little tikes break into tears , but my kids like him. I think he was the Pimp of Sesame street, snufalupagus was the junkie. ala, ( Dave Chapelle)

I didn't like Sweetums on the Muppet show.Big scary mouth!

Erendira said:

"I think he is cute now."


call snuffy for a date you might have a chance... eheh...

Santa...i think this is a common fear amongst little kids...my son is scarred of him too and i still don't like the fat, perverted bastard (hey little girl...do u want a candy...come sit on my knee!!!)

not any specific one from t.v but ALL clowns...yes, ronald mcdonald included...damn those happy meals...

This one episode of Ernie and Bert...Ernie imagines a balloon that's blowing up and eventually it pops! I was about 3, I guess, and it always scared the shit out of me when the balloon popped because though it was imaginary, it totally shook Ernie and Bert's bedroom.

I usually had to turn the TV off for what seemed an appropriate amount of time before I could continue with my daily dose of muppets.

that whole scene from the winnie the pooh christmas (or thanksgiving, or halloween, or some friggin holiday) special... the one with the heffalumps and woozles... it still freaks me the hell out... i always wondered if someone had the intention of scaring the piss out of little kids with that one...

everythings changing colors, like some kind of psychadelic music video or something... and winnie the pooh is walking around with a gun... and there are these elephant-ish creatures walking around... and the creepy ass music, with the singers chanting "heffalumps and woozles"...



tell me when they're gone...

Yeah, he is kinda scary The Count.

i seem to remember I found a show called "Let's Pretend" a little spooky, with mops and everything.

Morgan Freeman as Dracula on the Electric Company hands down.
"V is for Vaaampirrre."

silentflute said:

I like your signature, it reminds of something in Zen literature.

NuPwrSoul said:

i can't remember that fucks name and mostly all of you
are TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER.
when i was a kid there was a puppetshow and i think it was WINCHELL MAHONEY (MA-HO-NEE) his partner KNUCKLEHEAD.
any way,
after seeing the puppet on the TWILIGHT ZONE (late fifties)
i didn't like them.
my GRAN' gave my brother this WINCHELL puppet and i never could shake the feeling that he was following me.
funy thing is, i liked HOWDY DOODY...

I really miss the Electric Company - it had an awesome cast, and supported a higher level of learning.

These days one of my favorites is Between the Lions - again on PBS. It's set in a library, and they focus on reading and phonics. That show taught ME how to go about teaching my daughter how to read.

Check it out!

silentflute said:

Heh...wasn't he also "The Fiend in the Fields" ?

NuPwrSoul said:

Roflmaoo!

One time in a movie theater some previews came on and they were showing Childs Play 2 or 3..and this kid was havin a fit screaming down the aisle about Chucky! Chucky! His mom was tryin to calm him down but he was not havin' it. He walked out.I could not believe it.

Santa! I could NOT even go to the mall without having a heartattack! If I was within 500 feet of his 'North Pole Experience' or whatever they call that hell shack they take kids pictures in I would have a freakout.

00769BAD said:

OK...
it was JERRY MAHONEY
i hope this comes out...

TELL ME THIS FFUCK WOULDN'T SCARE YOU!!!

00769BAD said:

Oh shit! Paul Winchell and that damn dummy! (the voioce of manyu cartoon characters too-Banana Splits etc). And that damn Twilight Zone with that dummy with the "fucked" up hair. And that Magic movie trailer. Imma scurred of that stuff. I bet if you had those dummys at your house and you were alone at night, they would move just from the power of ones fear.

00769BAD said:

he's back!!

NuPwrSoul said:

I remember 'The Electric Company' very well. Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno used to be on it, believe or not!

00769BAD said:

No, he didn't but...Corky did!
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077889

rdhull said:

OK... you asked for it!!!
my bro. and me shared a room
my gran put the fuck up on an EXPOSED SHELF
one night at bed time i threw my housecoat
in the closet and jumped into bed,
as i ws about to turn off the lite
the fucks head AND eyes turned in
my direction.
i got beat for HOURS...( due to some language i used in expressin my fear)
cos there was NO FUCKING WAY i was going back in that room.
EPILOGUE:
i bashed that fucks head in with a hammer PULVERIZED HIM...
(of course there where more ass whippings)

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00769BAD said:

I'd be scared that in the midle of the night he would awaken me and say "you did a bad thing to me ", with his head intact but messed up still.

00769BAD said:

Poor thing. Do those types of dolls still bring those fears back?

Lav...
when i pulled that pic up on the web
i almost pissed mysel
BUT REALLY.
i did get gitters just lookin at him.