SHV - S08E07 - The Simpsons: Treehouse Of Horror VII (1996)

 On this week we bring you our final Treehouse Commentary before Halloween 2020, but not the final episode of the season! (These continue into November with 10 episodes total, which isn't unfamiliar to Simpsons fans due to baseball pre-emptions of the actual special.) This one is a doozie and may be Anni's favorite Treehouse episode including the segments "The Thing & I", "The Genesis Tub" and the all too timely "Citizen Kang". 

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SHV - S05E00 - The Silent Age (1896-1930)

In this special episode zero, a prelude to Universal Monsters, we'll trace the roots of horror from the silent era, how Carl Laemmle built Universal Pictures and literally created the movie studio system in the process, and the rise of Lon Chaney and how the man of 1000 faces was the first true horror icon. We'll also talk about how the financial woes of the great depression set the company up for an unlikely savior as the new wave of horror films ushered in by Carl Laemmle, Jr, would help keep the studio afloat during the worst financial crisis in U.S. history.