About this episode
đ Itâs the 13th of July, so itâs time for the Advent Calendar House to unearth one of our favorite Halloween haunts. Tommy Coombs flies in to talk 1979âs âThe Halloween That Almost Wasnât,â starring an exceptionally great Judd Hirsch as Count Dracula. **** đŹ Topics & Tangents: This was renamed for its VHS release as âThe Night Dracula Saved the World,â except no, he doesnât. Lyndhurst Mansion . Bachâs â Toccata and Fugue in D minor â was never in a Dracula movie. Wildwood, New Jerseyâs Castle Dracula . Jack Riley (Warren the Werewolf) in commercials for Country Crock spread . **** đŒ Commercial: McDonaldâs Scared Silly (1986) starring Ronald McDonald and the Chicken McNuggets. **** âThe Halloween That Almost Wasnâtâ © 1979 Concepts Unlimited. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house .