Gattsy on Goosebumps

Have you ever been washing the dishes or, if you're a big shot, soaping up your Corvette, and looked down at the sponge in your hand and thought, "Say; what if they weren't a sponge but was instead a mythological beast that fed on bad luck?" No, of course you didn't, because you're not a twisted genius like RL Stine and you'll never have a million-dollar children's-horror series OR a Corvette, you idiot. God, you sicken me.

It Came from Beneath the Sink! is the thirtieth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1995.

How many times does the third entry in a trilogy derail the franchise? 'Godfather Part III' was the only film in the series not to win a Best Picture Oscar, while 'Spider-Man 3' required Peter Parker to dance AND cry, though thankfully never seen in the same scene. How will 'Monster Blood III' fare in comparison? Listen and find out, my fiendish friends.

Monster Blood III is the twenty-ninth book in the original Goosebumps book series, and the third book in the Monster Blood saga. It was first published in 1995.

"In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace," declares smuggler Harry Lime in Carol Reed's noir thriller 'The Third Man'. "And what did they produce? The cuckoo clock." Lime is wrong, incidentally--the cuckoo clock originated in Southern Germany--but it's fair to say he never envisioned a cuckoo clock that could reverse the flow of time itself. The best use of such a device? Killing Hitler, perhaps? No--getting your bratty sister in trouble! Now there's your thriller.

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom is the twenty-eighth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1995.

Time travel?? Dark magic??? SEX??? This Goosebumps is JUST like Harry Potter. Except for the sex part.

A Night in Terror Tower is the twenty-seventh book in the original Goosebumps book series, and the first book in the Terror Tower saga. It was first published in 1995.

"Ch-cha-cha-cha-changes," David Bowie famously said. "Time to face the strage (changes)." Today's Goosebumps book is all about the changes we start to go through at about age twelve or thirteen (twenty-one, in my case); changes to our friendships, changes to the way we think and changes to our bodies. Fortunately, these physical changes aren't always as horrifying as they're portrayed in this book. Other times, however, they are much, much worse. Believe me.

My Hairiest Adventure is the twenty-sixth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1994.

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe exploded onto our screens and into our hearts, the concept of larger-than-life superheroes existing in a world not-too-dissimilar from our own was explored much more effectively by RL Stine in Goosebumps #25: Attack of the Mutant. For those of us who grew up in the 90's, the exploits of America Man and Iron Downey Jr will always come second-place to the tale of Skipper Matthews and his battle with the Masked Mutant, who may or may not have ever existed, the story isn't really clear.

Attack of the Mutant is the twenty-fifth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1994.

One of the most-maligned groups in the Western education system is the so-called "theatre kid". I would know; I used to be one. Oh certainly, we were easy targets for the beautiful people of the schoolyard due to our grotesque physical appearances and social insecurity. More than once I found myself stuffed into the toilet in the disabled stall because I had broken into renditions of popular West End productions in PE class. But in the sanctuary of the drama room, we would dance, we would love, and we would plot our terrible revenge against the hateful upper-strata of the school. RL Stine's 'Phantom of the Auditorium' explore this revenge fantasy with chilling affect.

Phantom of the Auditorium is the twenty-fourth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1994.

Mummy's back, and you'd better hope you've not been a naughty boy!! No, it's not a description of my Friday night (well, not just that), but the description of this sequel to the earlier Goosebumps classic 'The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'. Once again, Gabe and his zany uncle are disrupting ancient Egyptian tombs in the name of archaeology and once again there is something waiting for them in the pyramids. Could it be long-serving Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who assumed power in 1981 after the assassination of President Sadat? Let's find out!!

Return of the Mummy is the twenty-third book in the original Goosebumps book series, and it is a sequel to The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. It was first published in 1994.

The beach... dwelling of ignorant tourists who never learned to swim and aggressive locals who confuse being from the coast with having a personality. But in the warped mind of horror-maestro RL Stine, the beach holds something even darker. What could it be??? A zombie lifeguard? A werewolf lighthouse keeper?? A ghostly vagrant?? (It's the last one. The clue was in the title).

Ghost Beach is the twenty-second book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1994.

Oh dear! It seems Uncle Gattsy stumbled on a bottle of happy sauce shortly recording this week's episode, and he's sounding crazier than usual! LOL!! But tanked or not, he's still the perfect guy to give you the rundown on Todd Bartsow, who really likes worms and probably doesn't have a girlfriend. Don't miss!

Go Eat Worms! is the twenty-first book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1994.