Ack! I’m so unprepared for this year’s countdown, but it hasn’t hindered me from enjoying the heck out of the season thus far. Though I missed a couple days this past weekend, I’m not going to sweat it. I’ll just double up on some stuff as we enter day 15, the half-way point on the countdown this year! So today I have two spooks to share (well one spook and one creepy dude.) The first animation cel is of the Addams-Family-inspired character Mr. Bello Micawb (pronounced like “macabre”) from the Real Ghostbusters episode Loathe Thy Neighbor which debuted in November of 1987…
Bello, the patriarch of the Micawb family, is sort of the Gomez Addams/Herman Munster of the family (though he leans much more towards Gomez in design and in the voice acting.) The episode is one of my favorites, which doesn’t surprise me as Michael Reeves was the main writer listed. From what I’ve found during my 80s cartoon explorations, Reeves tends to be responsible for some of the better episodes of all the series he wrote for.
The second creature I have today is this adorable purple brute from Filmation’s Ghostbusters episode, The Battle for Ghost Command…
Again, though this fellow came with a production photocopy background, it’s not from the same scene as the actual animation cel I acquired. As you can see from the below screenshots, I managed to snag a cel that has this grape-colored fur monster right in mid-snack in an alleyway…
So come back each day this month for a new monster animation cel, and also, for more Halloween-y fun all month long, be sure to check out the Countdown to Halloween website for the complete list of sites participating in this year’s spooky fun. John Rozum has been working hard compiling the list, and it looks like there is a lot of awesome sites already signed up.
