Tune Into Svengoolie’s ‘BOO-Nanza’ This Weekend For Cartoons, Karloff & Classic Halloween Episodes
Starting at 7 a.m. ET on Saturday, October 5, Svengoolie will be kicking off his third annual Svengoolie’s Halloween BOO-nanza , a monthlong programming block on MeTV. Each week, Sven and the gang will be presenting creepy cartoons, specials, classic Halloween TV, and Saturday night horror double features — all with extra spooky flair. Get ready for sitcoms, scary movies, and everything in between, from now until Halloween!
Here’s the schedule for the first weekend of programming — check back for more schedules as the month goes on!
Saturday, October 5
Saturday Morning Cartoons “House of Svengoolie Cartoon BOO-Nanza” (7 – 10 am ET/PT)
Svengoolie’s very own Sven Squad – Gwengoolie, Nostalgiaferatoo and Imp – take over Saturday Morning Cartoons to present a collection of their favorite spooky-themed Looney Tunes cartoons including “Hair-raising Hare,” “Transylvania 6-5000″ and “Hyde and Hare.”
Halloween Westerns Mini-Marathon (10 am – 6 pm ET/PT)
Spend the rest of your Saturday afternoon with special eerie episodes of Western TV shows.
Wild Wild West, “Night of the Man-Eating House” (10 – 11 am ET/PT)
Wagon Train, “Little Girl Lost” (11 am – 12 pm ET/PT)
The Big Valley, “A Noose Is Waiting” (12 – 1 pm ET/PT)
Gunsmoke, “Legal Revenge” (1 – 1:30 pm ET/PT)
Gunsmoke, “Night Incident” (1:30 – 2 pm ET/PT)
Bonanza, “Dark Star” (2 – 3 pm ET/PT)
Rawhide, “Incident of the Murder Steer” (2 – 3 pm ET/PT)
Have Gun, Will Travel, “No Visitors” (4 – 4:30 pm ET/PT)
Wanted: Dead or Alive, “Witch Women” (4:30 – 5 pm ET/PT)
The Rifleman, “Face of Yesterday” (5 – 5:30 pm ET/PT)
The Rifleman, “Hostages to Fortune” (5:30 – 6 pm ET/PT)
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie Double Feature
Son of Frankenstein (8-10:30 pm ET/PT) and The Monster that Challenged the World (10:30 pm -1:00 am ET/PT)
This double creep-ture kicks off with the 1939 Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi film where Dr. Frankenstein’s son (Basil Rathbone) meets a spooky blacksmith (Lugosi), who holds the body of the Monster (Karloff). And in 1957’s The Monster That Challenged the World., a giant evil mollusk is running amok in California, and only Audrey Dalton and Tim Holt can stop it.
Sventoonie (1 am-6 am ET/PT)
If you’re too rattled to sleep after that, never fear — a block of Sventoonie episodes will keep you company until daylight!
“Hellspring is in the Air” (1-1:30 am ET/PT)
“Feed Me!” (1:30-2 am ET/PT)
“Organ Failure” (2-2:30 am ET/PT)
“An Ax to Grind” (2:30-3 am ET/PT)
“Ain’t No Party Like A Donner Party” (3-3:30 am ET/PT)
“Blob Gnarly” (3:30-4 am ET/PT)
“How Hellspring Got Her Groove Back” (4-4:30 am ET/PT)
“Sventoonie Rocks Out!” (4:30-5 am ET/PT)
“I Wanna Seance With Somebody” (5-5:30 am ET/PT)
“Chairman of the Circuit Board” (5:30-6 am ET/PT)
Sunday, October 6
Halloween Classic TV Comedy Mini-Marathon (10 am – 6:30 pm ET/PT)
Get in the season’s spirit with a full day of classic Halloween episodes from some of your favorite shows..
The Brady Bunch – “The Great Earring Caper” (10-10:30 am ET/PT)
The Brady Bunch – “Fright Night” (10:30-11 am ET/PT)
Happy Days – “Haunted” (11-11:30 am ET/PT)
Laverne & Shirley – “Haunted House” (12-12:30 pm ET/PT)
I Love Lucy – “The Seance” (12:30-1 pm ET/PT)
Leave It To Beaver – “Beaver’s Long Night” (1-2 pm ET/PT)
The Beverly Hillbillies – “Trick or Treat” (2-2:30 pm ET/PT)
The Beverly Hillbillies – “Ghost of Clampett Castle” (2:30-3 pm ET/PT)
Gilligan’s Island – “Ghost a Go-Go?” (3-3:30 pm ET/PT)
Gilligan’s Island – “Up at Bat” (3:30-4 pm ET/PT)
Mama’s Family – “A Grave Mistake” (4-4:30 pm ET/PT)
Mama’s Family – “Farewell, Frannie” (4:30-5 pm ET/PT)
TheLove Boat– “Ship of Ghouls” (5-6 pm ET/PT)
The Andy Griffith Show – “The Haunted House” (6-6:30 pm ET/PT)
For the full month of MeTV’s BOO-nanza schedule click here.
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