Are You Afraid of The Dark? - I wanna celebrate and show love to one of the few good things Canada has ever given the world, and that is this cheesy ass 90s kids horror anthology series. Thanks Canada!

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Are You Afraid of the Dark was a Canadian kids anthology horror show centered around the Midnight Society, a club of a bunch of the coolest kids you never got to hang out with in school because that shit didn't exist no matter how much you tried to make it a thing, and it lasted from 1992-1996 but it had a little revival in 1999 that we don't need to talk about, but we can if you insist.
But we REALLY don't need to talk about the 2019/2020 reboot effort though I'm curious about it.

I did want to make a poll about the best Tale but there's too many good Tales. Maybe if people give a shit enough I can add the top episodes mentioned to a poll later on.
Also Tales of The Dead Man's Float and the Dark Music and Laughing In The Dark seem to be so loved due to the Jontron Halloween vids and such videos on YouTube to the point they feel almost overrated so it wouldn't feel fair to other fantastic episodes that get overlooked.

Any hoozles, let's pretend it's the 90s again and discuss this somehow equally overlooked, yet also beloved series is the shit.
 
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Maxwell Carter said:
thank god the country i was born in made something actually good instead of being a shithole of faggotry
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Hey, you gave us AYAOTD and Degrassi. Childhood and teenage me thank you. Also Trailer Park Boys was the shit before they sold it to Netflix.
I love my leafbros. You also gave us hockey! What Canada makes, the world takes, right? <3
 
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Prehistoric Jazz said:
I initially skipped it when it was on but eventually gave it a chance and regretted not being onboard immediately. Good show.
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What made you skip? I was a late to the party but what else was on TV for kids? I was born in 94 but I grew up with countless VHS Tapes of Boy Meets World and AYAOTD and also So Weird.
LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
i used to watch it all the time but in my memory is very blurred with goosebumps and mix up the stories from the two together.

Was always curious about the powder they throw into the bonfire, that has long been spoiled as being just coffee creamer.
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The difference I've seen between AYAOTD and Goosebumps is the acting. AYAOTD actors were always better. Goosebumps actors just always seemed like they didn't give a shit
 
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polaris_VII said:
No, but I'm unable to fall asleep without some form of nightlight. A pitch black room just seems weird. The important benefit is having some form of emergency lighting though.
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I'm similar but replace light with noise.
I need a fan going. I hate dead silence.
But haha my friend this is about one of the greatest shows of the 90s you were around for the 90s even briefly, yeah?
 
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Are You Afraid of the Dark, So Weird, Goosebumps, Tales from the Darkside, and Tales from the Crypt were my favorite things to watch when I was a lad. I sometimes watch a few episodes every now and then.

My favorite reoccurring bit in AYAOTD was Sardo.
 
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Meth Dick said:
What made you skip?
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I'm not really sure, I believe it was on around 8 o clock. I wish there was a single, good and comprehensive resource for TV programming in history; I'd love to go back and look at what was on then and see what the hell I was distracted by. Probably crap. I find TV Channel programming history and the histories of the stations themselves fascinating. In Canada we had a channel called MITV when I was young that I watched a lot of Fox programming on before we got Fox here. Eventually it became Global, and turned into complete crap. No idea if it still exists now. Probably under a new name if it's still a thing. YTV was incredible in the early 80s and early 90s; I remember watching Red Dwarf, OOOOOLD Dr Who on it late at night along with The Man From Uncle.
 
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Are You Afraid of the Dark, So Weird, Goosebumps, Tales from the Darkside, and Tales from the Crypt were my favorite things to watch when I was a lad. I sometimes watch a few episodes every now and then.

My favorite reoccurring bit in AYAOTD was Sardo.
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That's SARDO
No mister, accent on the Doh!

Prehistoric Jazz said:
I'm not really sure, I believe it was on around 8 o clock. I wish there was a single, good and comprehensive resource for TV programming in history; I'd love to go back and look at what was on then and see what the hell I was distracted by. Probably crap. I find TV Channel programming history and the histories of the stations themselves fascinating. In Canada we had a channel called MITV when I was young that I watched a lot of Fox programming on before we got Fox here. Eventually it became Global, and turned into complete crap. No idea if it still exists now. Probably under a new name if it's still a thing. YTV was incredible in the early 80s and early 90s; I remember watching Red Dwarf, OOOOOLD Dr Who on it late at night along with The Man From Uncle.
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I think perhaps a lot of the people that were older than I back then looked at AYAOTD as a kids show (good call) and neglected it then found out years later "oh shit that show was actually creepy?" I could see people disregarding it because it was on Nickelodeon in the States. If you told me there was a terrifying show on Nick today, I'd call bullshit. I'd be probably be right because they wouldn't dare pull the shit today they did back then. Even back then people complained about the campfires so today it's would the lamest gayest thing ever made.

RinguPingu745 said:
I loved and hated this show when I was a kid. Always muted the intro music or changed the channel because it freaked me out so much. For some reason The Tale of the Frozen Ghost really scared me. I guess it was just the way the kid talked about being cold. I need to go back and watch this series again for old times sake.
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When I was like 4-5 years old the the intro is what drew me into it. I thought it was big kid stuff so I'd basically headbutt my brother running to the living room to watch a new scary tale he never wanted to watch. I always teased him about it calling him a chicken, but now I realize in 1999 those episodes were like at least 1-2 years old and he'd seen them already and he was just letting me watch them for the first time.
 
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sometimes when im outside and theres no lights on but other than that no im not 3
 
In context of night time, or absence of light, no I am not afraid of the dark

In context of people from the subcontinent and them immigrating to my country (given the fact they undercut pay, rip people off, are the worst when it comes to committing sexual assault, commit the most ethnic and religious violence out of any group in the world and a cheap skates who make everything unsafe through negligence), then yes I am very afraid of the dark and I don't think it is unreasonable to be.
 
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Prehistoric Jazz said:
Yeah, xfiles got me too, even when I was older I remember closing the blinds when that theme would come on because it was dark outside and I had a ridiculous fear of some Grey looking in at me while I watched TV.
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The house I grew up in had a giant ass picture window in the front room and my parents didn't put blinds or shades on it, I understand you.

Epikusername4 said:
sometimes when im outside and theres no lights on but other than that no im not 3
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Popper Whiting said:
In context of night time, or absence of light, no I am not afraid of the dark

In context of people from the subcontinent and them immigrating to my country (given the fact they undercut pay, rip people off, are the worst when it comes to committing sexual assault, commit the most ethnic and religious violence out of any group in the world and a cheap skates who make everything unsafe through negligence), then yes I am very afraid of the dark and I don't think it is unreasonable to be.
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The jokes been done but I'm still curious, what's your favorite AYAOTD episode? It's a fun topic
 
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Meth Dick said:
I think perhaps a lot of the people that were older than I back then looked at AYAOTD as a kids show (good call) and neglected it then found out years later "oh shit that show was actually creepy?" I could see people disregarding it because it was on Nickelodeon in the States.
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That might be it.
 
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