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In 1967, Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass surveyed the breadth of their kingdom and sighed.
Still, the online grid requests for more holiday specials continued to roll in.
Theyd eventually return to draw from their dependable Yuletide well over (the Miser Bros!)
and over (Kubla Kraus!)
until theyd pumped Christs birthday dry.
Before that, however, they set their sights on Halloween.
Like a couple of reverse Jack Skellingtons, they sought to exchange their whimsy for the macabre.
Chameleonic voice actor Allen Swift handled all of the attending RSVPs, with one notable exception.
Credited as the Monsters Mate, she dishes out characteristically ribald one-liners keeping with her celebrity profile.
I keptitin a jar for a week!
Kiddie viewers will assume she means his eyeball, while parents know what shes getting at.
Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk Borscht Belt comedy supplies the medium that bonds these disparate figures together.
Just walking around, crushing boars right in its hands!
graphic to Draculas impromptu tap routine, the film has a healthy sense of irony about itself.
Thats the secret ingredient in the cauldron that makes this witchs brew so heady.
