The Tale of Laughing in the Dark

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Air Date: Saturday, August 22, 1992

A little snot named Josh (Christian Tessier), his best friend, Weegee (Daniel Finestone), and Weegee's little sister, Kathy (Tamar Kozlov), attend a local carnival called Playland. However, they hesitate to enter a fun house with the idea that it's really haunted by a cigar-smoking clown named Zeebo. Josh tries to prove himself the brave one by going in and stealing a dummy Zeebo's nose but is soon met with the haunting consequences of what happens when someone takes something that doesn't belong to them.

This episode has a few memorable moments that stand out as spooky and solid atmospherically. The room of doors in the fun house has a certain eeriness to it I can't quite put my finger on, and all of the haunting aspects of the episode never show a ghost, but maybe a puff of Zeebo's cigar smoke and a giggle. Sadly, however, none of that is enough to dull down Josh's cocky attitude and his constant talking to himself to the point of annoyance. So, while in some ways it's pretty effective, in others, you get taken out of any spooky fun you may be having with it.

Final Rating: Spooked