Even with all the cable channels and DVD releases, a bunch of great 80’s TV shows still remain unseen. But soon, some of the best will be coming to DVD…

Tales From The Darkside: Season 1 will finally be released February 10th. I consider this series equally as good as The Twilight Zone. I watched all four seasons when they originally aired and can’t wait to see them all again. Especially some of the fun ones from season one like “Djinn, No Chaser”, “The Madness Room”, “The Tear Collector” “The False Prophet”, “In The Cards”, and “Snip, Snip”.

Friday The 13th – The Series: Season 1 was released a few months ago. That’s the season that had my absolute favorite episode of the series – The Quilt Of Hathor. It was a two-parter where they had to track down a cursed object in an Amish-like community. Season 2 also had some great episodes, including one with a cursed radio (“And Now The News”)! The 2nd season comes out February 10th. I’m guessing the 3rd and final season won’t be too far behind.

Mr. Belvedere: It ran for six seasons and rarely gets rerun anymore. But that won’t matter now that seasons 1 & 2 will be out on DVD March 17th. If it sells well, maybe the releases will continue and I’ll finally get to see the ten episodes from the final season that never aired. Life would be very good then. Amazon doesn’t have it listed yet, but here’s a look at the package art.

California Dreams: I know this wasn’t an 80’s show, but it was close. I don’t care what anyone says, this show was way better than Saved By The Bell. It debuted in 1992 and lasted 78 episodes. You can see the first 31 very soon – seasons 1 & 2 are coming to DVD March 31st. Amazon doesn’t have this listed yet, but here’s the package art.

Most places drop a traditional New Year’s Eve ball tomorrow night. But Pennsylvania is never normal and they’ll prove that many times over tomorrow night.

Here’s some of the strange things that will be dropping tomorrow night in Pennsylvania cities…

Dillsburg, PA: A pickle.

Mechanicsburg, PA: A wrench.

Harrisburg, PA: A giant strawberry.

Elizabethtown, PA: A huge M&M.

Bethlehem, PA: A 25-pound fiberglass illuminated “marshmallow” Peep.

Shippensburg, PA: An anchor.

Falmouth, PA: A stuffed goat.

Lebanon, PA: A 120-pound, seven-and-a-half foot edible bologna!

(Click on the city names for either the event’s official website or Mapquest directions from Buffalo.)

Best Moment of 2008

The Aud Being Built

We see what Memorial Auditorium looks like being torn down.
Click here to see what it looked like being built.

Zamboni Accident

Much like the did here in Buffalo, they are getting Wrigley Field ready for the Ice Bowl.
One glitch…the brakes on the Zamboni failed as they were unloading it. Too me, it looks like the planking they used to drive it onto wasn’t settled correctly. Watch it here.

I’m probably eating banana cream pie right this very second.

I hope you are too…

This will be a relatively quiet Christmas in the Demay House. My parents are down in Florida this year, conserving their strength from a pretty harsh year health-wise. My brother is visiting with them, and my other brother is spending the holiday with his wife’s family.

So it’s just our little nuclear family until late Christmas Day when my mother-in-law arrives. In the spirit of the season, I will refrain from any snarky MIL comments. Instead, I will share some interesting Christmas trivia that I talked about on the air this week:

Did You Know….

The “Twelve Days of Christmas” was originally written to help Catholic children in England remember different articles of faith during their persecution by Protestant Monarchs. It was a sort of code to preserve their faith. The “true love” represented God, and the gifts all represented different Catholic ideas: The “Partridge in a pear tree” was Christ.

• 2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
• 3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity
• 4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels
• 5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament
• 6 Geese A-laying = the six days of Creation
• 7 Swans A-swimming = the seven sacraments
• 8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
• 9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• 10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
• 11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
• 12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed

Christmas Traditions
- Through the ages a spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck

- During World War II it was necessary for Americans to mail Christmas gifts early for the troops in Europe to receive them in time. Merchants joined in the effort to remind the public to shop and mail early, and lo – the extended shopping season has been with us ever since.

- An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and see 28 eight cards return in their place. How many did you send and receive?

- After “A Christmas Carol” Charles Dickens wrote one Christmas story each year for several years, but none were as successful as the original.

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

–Brian

Here’s one of our huge requests on Star 102.5. It’s Lou Monte’s Dominick The Donkey set to video from the Shrek movies.

Just as exciting, the awesome Crazy Frog with Jingle Bells (from the Crazy Frog CD Crazy Christmas Hits).

On that same CD is a remake of Wham’s Last Christmas! Here’s the video for that one.

Finally, the original Last Christmas and the 1984 video from Wham.

Merry Christmas!

This is strange. And I’m thinking the people that put this together are stranger still!

I’d like to wish all my listeners the Warmest Holiday Greetings this year, and a very happy/healthy 2009 too!

Christmas With The STARZ Bunnies

Thanks to former STAR 102.5 weekend Terri Foltz for reminding me about holiday shows from the STARZ Bunnies!

Click here to watch A Christmas Story

And here to watch Christmas Vacation

In honor of Gina and Rob’s Christmas song / nightmare coming up tomorrow morning at about 8:40am, I thought I’d post some animal videos.

First up is a lazy cat that finally does something for its owner.

The second video might be proof that dogs are smarter than humans. Especially some humans I saw while Christmas shopping this past weekend.

In another cat video, see what what happens when you let your cat watch too much TV. It’s scary, but it’s nothing compared to the next video.

Get ready for the Ninja Cat. He will will get you when you’re not looking. And you won’t even know what’s coming.

By the way, if you love animals, I sure hope you have the 2009 Star 102.5 SPCA Calendar! If not, find out where to get it here.