My favourite was the one where he's on the set of the EI TV show and Simon is a womaniser lmao. The one with the heart transplant always stayed with me as well. Very creepy.
Thanks for using my scanned image of the complete series DVD set. No, I'm not kidding, that's my box, I recognize the white creases at the top and bottom of the spine (yep, those DVDs have gotten a lot of love❤). I scanned it into the computer and gave it to Amazon because they didn't have a front cover image at the time, next thing I knew, it appeared on the page for the show at Wikipedia. Glad everyone is enjoying it so much. 🙂 I also have The Other Dimension on digital (yes, it's available!) Eerie Indiana was a gem of a children's show that didn't get the respect that it so clearly deserved, other wise it wouldn't have been canceled. There were two things that you didn't touch upon here, in the first series, starting with episode 14, the writers were switched out which is why the show's quality seemed to suddenly drop. This also made the anti-hero character Dash-X the only reason to watch the last few episodes, because he was the only good thing about it at that point. In fact, if not for the show's cancellation, I would say that Dash was it's saving grace. * sigh * Oh well. Also, there is a script for an unproduced twentieth episode of series. It's called "The Jolly Rogers" and, as the title suggests, it would have been about a crew of pirates (either undead or immortal) who have returned to Eerie after two hundred years to reclaim their buried treasure. And guess where it's buried? No really, take a wild guess. That's right, under the Teller's house, because, of course it is. Great video and thanks for the additional info, you went over a lot of things here that I didn't know before.
I *LOVED* this show. It was *fantastic.* I've never understood why it wasn't more popular. There was so much potential. I would have loved to have seen a couple "status quo" seasons before having a season built around the over-arching plot why exactly things are so strange in Eerie. I would STILL love a follow-up. The evidence locker was the perfect "back-door" for a return, as well. Just have someone else move to Eerie, weird stuff start happening. They find the evidence locker, realize the town has a history...the story writes itself. God this channel is amazing at making me feel nostalgic. Also makes me realize how much (apparently) obscure stuff I watched as a kid.
It wasn't more popular because it was preachy. Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of The Dark were basically the same show but those two weren't always trying to say something stupidly left-wing. That desire to propagandize REALLY ruined this show in the last few episodes. It was another show like Captain Planet that ended up having an opposite effect on most kids that watched it because it just came across as adults being pushy.
@@picklejuavez6795 what the F are you on about??? This was a kids show not some attempt at a political message you fool. Stop over analysing it! Really? seriously?you actually picked up on a left wing political message when watching this as a kid??? I call BS on your analysis, it’s a kids show dude give the politics a rest! Anything you perceive as a politically aware adult is totally irrelevant. It’s popularity was halted only by its exposure. Myself and everyone I knew at my school loved it the UK.
Just learned about this show on TikTok and stumbled WAY down the rabbit hole. Just added Eerie on my Prime watchlist! Thanks for the history :) love the pumpkins
honestly i think a major difference between stranger things and eerie is stranger things is not made for kids while eerie was at the very least marketed as a kids show. also i think it was how i can put this lightly limited by the 90s if that makes any sense. its show that feels super 90s. where as stranger things ironically takes place in the 80s and yet feels like its a show made today.
There needs to be road signs in Hawkins and Eerie pointing towards each other (can you go straight between them, maybe on Indiana State Route 13, or do you have to go through Pawnee and Hohman?)
This series' title was my first notion when I first heard about the town from 'Stranger Things' being called Hawkins, Indiana. This unique show dealing with all kinds of weird stuff left a footprint simply too big to ignore. Bringing in Omri Katz or Justin Shenkarow on ST would also be a neat idea, just like it was the case with Sean Astin.
I remember watching Eerie, Indiana when it was being rebroadcast on Disney from 1993 - 1996. I had originally missed the first run of the series and had always assumed it was a Disney property. Now I know the full story. Thanks TG!
Sophomore for me. Unfortunately, it ran up against "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" and that was my go-to show for 7:30 on Sundays. So I only watched it during reruns.
Same here but for most of the first run I could only watch if the game ran way long on CBS but not on NBC, or vice versa, since I was in a public-affairs class that made 60 Minutes required viewing. If both started on time and 60 Minutes' 3rd segment was a celeb puff piece I was in luck!
I remember seeing the commercials for this show when watching Power Rangers on Fox Kids, but it just never caught my interest enough for me to even bother to watch a full episode.
Believe it or not, the Other Dimension did a Cross over with the 1st Season, where both Of the Universe Boys got to meet and come up with a plan to keep their World from Colliding!
I remember this one when I was a kid, it was the retainer one where they could understand dogs. I thought it was a fever dream for years before rewatching again a few years ago. Great show. I'll have to watch again soon.
Funny that you posted this. I just got done rewatching the series after not having watched it since I was a kid. The "Heart on a Chain" episode has stuck with me for so long!
I loved this show, it had extremely limited availability in my country (it just ran for a couple of months in a not very popular channel) but it left a huge impact on me, pushing me to a life time of love for horror and mystery movies.
In the uk on BBC1 during the times children/youth would be watching. There was an Austrilian TV show, called Round the twist aired which was really good, it ran for three maybe four series.
I've told this story more than once on my own channel but more people will hear it here 😁 Anyway, the twins from the first episode were from my hometown, shell rock iowa, and were classmates of my sister. It was just the biggest deal in the world when they were on the show, the whole town stopped and they even announced in in church sunday morning! They never did anything again as far as I know, though one showed up as an extra in some van dam film, prompoting me to always joke that I'm the 2nd most famous person from shell rock, with one of the twins being the first and the other being the third 🤣 But seriously with the cult status of the show they got me beat.
This was one of my favourite shows. Another was Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. According to the tv listings in this video, they aired in the same time slot. That might have been different where I grew up.
I first saw Eerie, Indiana on Encore. I was an adult, but loved it. I really wish they had done another season. a lot of the problem was they didn't know how to market it.
I love the original series as well as the books. As a kid, I couldn't get into the Other Dimension. Maybe I should revisit it. Joe Dante and Omri Katz had the movie Matinee together, and to me, that's a highly underrated movie.
I caught this show in its first run but only the foreverware pilot episode, I could nevet find it again for years, Ive owned that 5 disc series collection for at least 16 years now! Still watch it from time to time with people that havent seen it😊
Wow. This video gives me some of the feels. The theme tune brings me right back to memories I didn't know I had. The dude in the atmosphere creeper the shit out of me. Good times
That feeling when you finally learn something new about something you enjoy. Good job! I was waiting to hear when the show was on Fox Kids. I had no idea how old it was! I thought it was contemporary for Goosebumps, except not made for babies. I'll never forget Omry's name, since the episode where he wakes up and is on a set. They demolished the fourth wall and it was scary because Simon was the actor who played him, not his comrade in solving mysteries. Also.. I honestly couldn't believe that was a real name as a kid.
I was introduced to Eerie Indiana when it moved over to Fox Kids... speaking of Fox kids, I wish I could get my hands on the recording of the Fox Kids Countdown radio show. I loved waking up early on Sunday mornings and listening to Christopher Leary talk about the shows that aired that week and what was to come in the later season.
I remember watching this here in the UK in the early 90s when I was about 7, I think during after school kid's programming. The only episode I remember is the weird life preserving Tupperware one.
I watched Eerie, Indiana when it first aired in the early ‘90s and was a huge fan, I rewatched it on Amazon not long ago and was glad to see it still holds up today. Can’t say the same about the Other Dimension, which I didn’t even know existed until recently. I watched the first few episodes after binging the original series and was disappointed that it lacked the original’s satirical edge and penchant for surreal humor, plus it seemed directed at a much younger audience. I probably wouldn’t have liked it even if I’d watched it when it first aired in the late ‘90s, by then I was in high school and had completely aged out of the “horror for kids” stuff.
I am forever grateful for Fox Kids. Do you remember the Twins of Destiny?? None of my friends my age seem to remember this show but it was my absolute favourite!
I discovered Eerie, Indiana when it moved to Fox. It was on during the same period as all the Saban shows, like Big Bad Beetleborgs. Didn’t know it was created in 1992. WAY ahead of its time. 🐾
Oh man! I watched this show religiously when it was first on i got it on dvd at some point and it still holds up, particularly the series finale that deserves a place in the museum of television
My Toy Galaxy wishlist is getting shows crossed off like crazy! As a Goosebumps kid, Eerie, Indiana was right in my wheelhouse and still remember feeling creeped out by the talking ATM.
I remember watching Eerie Indiana in the ate 90's and thinking it looked like it was an early 90's show. I never knew the history behind it. Great video!
Oh my gosh didn’t expect to come across this! Loved this show. There’s a cross street near my parents house that is Erie Drive and Indiana Ave. made me smile first time I saw it.
I watched it when it was on Fox in the late 90s, never knowing it was from the early 90s. I also had one of the books. I don't remember much, other than the name of the show and book, but I recall enjoying it. I was also a fan of Twilight Zone and Goosebumps (and read quite a few of them).
My girlfriend and I watch everything you release and I've been meaning to comment for a while. Exceptional content here, like always. The channel just keeps getting better! Loved the Manimal episode recently, BTW.
I was 12/13 when it came out in the U.K. and I absolutely loved it! This was aired on channel 4 as you mentioned, at 6pm (can’t remember which day) which was a time slot where they had a few other American tv shows (like Hanging with Mr Cooper). I’d love to see a modern day version of this.
I remember The Other Dimension. It came out around a weird time in my life where I was just discovering actors could just be replaced but the characters were supposed to be the same. I had started watching Around the Twist (another "weird" show Fox aired) and they eventually replaced their whole cast with different actors. And Big Bad Beetleborgs had done the same with one of the leads. I found it all very unnerving
One of my all time favourite TV shows !!! I recently re-watched this and the first ever "HBO Original" Dream On ... I have very fond memories of both and they still stand up now.
I was a big fan as tween, catching it in reruns on various channels in the mid 90s. Loved the Tornado episode especially. Dante’s touch was all over the show and helped make it a true cult classic. And it’s influence helped lead to Gravity Falls, so I’ll always be grateful for that.
Great synopsis on a very underrated and under appreciated show. I was ravenous for it in 91 and when the DVD box set came out it was an immediate purchase. Kudos for name dropping The Burbs as well, another classic that is incredibly underrated yet absolutely brilliant.
I remember when the show premiered. There were a lot of commercials promoting it. But it was on at the same time as Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which was a favorite show of mine. So I kept watching Parker. At the start of one episode of Parker, there is a student protest with students holding signs, and one sign says "thanks for not watching Eerie Indiana."
My personal favorite is the one where Parker's Dad and his "OG crew" were involved a skeme similar to one of Parker's Crew and they go, "Gentlemen, sequinze Bulivins!" (16 year old me watching in the living room screaming to my mom cleaning up the kitchen (whose also watching it on the kitchen TV): "Mooooommmmm? What's a 'Bulivin?'" 😂
I loved Eerie. Looking back now, some of the episodes were super surreal and dealt with some pretty abstract content considering the age of the audience. Which I think in retrospect, was excellent.
Loved that show! Wow what a blast from the past. My parents wouldn’t let me stay up to watch Amazing Stories, but I saw every episode of Eerie when it aired; was so bummed when it got canceled.
Man, I was watching Amazing Stories, when I was 2 years old. I remember seeing that episode "Go to the Head of the Class", & being absolutely terrified. That episode has stuck with me, over the years, lol.
@@brandonpage7087 I don’t know what my parents’ deal was in 1985, but strict bedtime. By 1988 they were letting me rent Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm St videos, so go figure. I saw some episodes of AS later, but don’t remember any very well. There was one Twilight Zone Vol. 2 episode that stuck with me as a kid, where this young boy’s grandmother was a witch and at the end she died and possessed him, man that freaked me out; that and some scenes from Night Of The Comet I saw as a young boy haha.
Great video! I loved this show during its initial run, and was just talking with a friend how it would make a nice choice for a re-boot, with the original cast grown up.
I loved this show!! Born in 78 I was the right age for this to be right in my wheelhouse. In one episode I distinctly remember a DeLorean showing up. ♥️
I had never realized that Eerie as I watched it on Fox wasn't an original response to the XFiles. @ToyGalaxy I love these episodes, I learn so much about shows I enjoyed as a kid and teen.
Original run, I vaguely recall it being on YTV in Canada though I may be mistaken, that along with Are You Afraid of the Dark definitely kickstarted my love of fantasy and urban arcana
Omg, I totally forgot about this show. I was a teen when it came out loved it. I didn't there were books. Totally gonna track them down now. Thanks Dan!
I have never watched the show before, but I see it referenced often on popular culture sites. Awesome video, the show looks very unique. Thank you for making the video.
