I had the VHS copy of this and the little kitten softly "meow"ing for help as he was about to be eaten by the rats was very disturbing. Especially when he was trapped in his own home and his mom and aunt couldn't find them.
EDIT: Here it is in full! God what a throwback. As messed up as this story is, I loved it as a kid and would watch it all the time.
of fucking course this is posted on my birthday
Not sure, a lot of nostalgic things seem to have some sort of nightmare fuel for some reason, haha
Jeff Porcaro was definitely one of the greatest drummers in the industry. That drum pattern is called the Rosanna Shuffle, and it's notoriously difficult to pull off.
Living Books were a series of CDs you would either play in the computer lab or buy in book fairs or wherever you could get your hands on shareware. They were essentially interactive picture books that would read to you and you could click on stuff in the pictures and see what would happen. They were pretty ingenious because any kid could have fun with them. Even if you already knew how to read, it was fun playing inside the story or making your own fun sentences from the words up top.
They had all sorts of books from the Berenstain Bears to Dr. Seuss, but Stellaluna was my favorite. They tried to keep with the realistic style of the books, which was a massive undertaking. By far the best looking CD out of all of them. It also taught me real things about bats, like how they are not blind and how a lot of them eat fruit. It was a real misconception-buster for me.
A fun activity game. I remember there was a game similar to Hangman where you had to match the notes of a well-known song in the right order and if you didn't win, a gorilla would kidnap a cat from a tree and put them in a sewer. It's about as scary as it sounds. Most of the game was fairly pleasant, though.
Holy shit I thought I'd never see this again, we used to play this at Grandma's house all the time
To be fair, it's a construction game
Like a hippo's butt when it muck spreads
I don't get it. Why are they at a Halloween party? Who burned the place down? Why is that guy wearing suspenders? No no no, this doesn't make sense at all. I'm off to read some high-brow Marmaduke, some actual humor I can understand.
Mmm 64 slices of American cheese
Honestly, it's not nearly as disturbing as those. Watership Down sticks with you for life.