“Not another new horror magazine?” asked Zombos.
I nodded. “Yes, they seem to be popping up as fast as flies on a corpse these days.”
“Any good?”
Before I could reply, I heard Zombos junior calling for his dad. Zombos panicked. “Lord no! If I have to watch High School Musical one more time I’ll pluck my eyes out! Don’t tell him you saw me!” Zombos jumped behind the sofa to hide.
“Have you seen Daddoes?” asked junior, as he ran into the room.
“Why no. I don’t know where he is,” I said, while motioning to junior to look behind me.
“Dadda!” he cried, jumping onto the sofa beside me and looking behind it. He is such a bright boy. “Come on! Mommy said you would watch High School Musical with me while she went shopping.”
A cry of anguish escaped Zombos’ lips as he was reluctantly pulled out of the room. I could hear him moaning all the way down the hall. Poor fellow. At least things were getting back to normal at the mansion.
I returned to reading my new horror magazine. When that was done, I flipped on the old PC for something completely different, and started watching the Something To Be Desired: Halloween Special (on Blip.tv).
STBD has been on the Internet air for four years now. Created, directed and produced by Justin Kownacki, who is also a rodeo clown and lawn-flamingo assembly worker (hey, it’s Pittsburgh, what else are you going to do?), the comedy series follows the trials and tribulations of DJs at the WANT FM radio station.
The Halloween Special is a fast-paced, wacky zombie-fest complete with gore and well done makeup, that places our intrepid DJs in a dire situation as they try to not get eaten by the horde of dead party-goers that suddenly show up at the station. It also answers the burning question, “what does a vegetarian zombie eat?”
It took STBD four years to finally do this Simpsons’ Tree House of Horror-styled episode, so I asked Justin and Erik Schark (he plays Rich Mathis on the show) a few questions about the special and STBD.
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