**This week, we're diving into the groovy world of "The Devil and Daniel Mouse," a delightfully strange 1978 Canadian animated Halloween special that's pure 1970s magic. Originally aired on CBC on October 22, 1978, this 25-minute Nelvana production takes Stephen Vincent Benét's classic tale "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and reimagines it with anthropomorphic animals in the world of rock music.**

**The story follows Jan and Daniel Mouse, a struggling folk duo whose old-fashioned sound just isn't cutting it anymore. When the smooth-talking record producer B.L. Zebub (subtle, right?) offers Jan fame and fortune, she signs a contract in blood without reading the fine print. Soon she's the lead singer of "Funky Jan and the Animal Kingdom," topping the charts with her supernatural band of conjured animals. But when the Devil comes to collect her soul at midnight, it's up to Daniel—who's definitely not a lawyer—to defend her in a supernatural courtroom filled with ghostly music industry souls.**

**With music by John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful and animation that screams vintage 1970s, this Halloween special later inspired Nelvana's cult classic feature film "Rock & Rule." Join us as we explore this wonderfully weird piece of Canadian animation history that asks the eternal question: can a song from the heart really beat the Devil every time?**

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We cover the 1941 film All That Money Can Buy (also known as The Devil and Daniel Webster), based on the short story The Devil and Daniel Webster!

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On this episode:
OLD Scratch is my Father!
And the murderer is....O'Henry?!
Daniel...or Dan'l?
Who's catching butterflies in handkerchiefs?!
Tolkien's elves are like lobsters
Daniel Websters knows front parlours
Hot and heavy!
Like the Good Book says...
This story rips off The Simpsons!
Hathorn, or Hawthorne?
...and more!

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On this episode:

• Listen to our TERRIBLE Bostonian accents!
• Friggin Gawker Blockers!
• When I showed up late to the party, your sister dropped me like a sack of lobsters!
• Prince of the Air Bud
• Like the largest pickle in the jar, he's a really big dill.
• Fahckin Phileas Fogg!
• If You're wicked smaht, you'll get a stickah when you pahk your cawh at hawvahd yahd.
• Don't copy that floppy!
• ...and more!

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On this episode, we cover F.W. Murnau's Faust: A German Folktale. In this classic of silent cinema, our Mephisto (Emil Jannings) makes a bet with an archangel that Faust's soul can be corrupted. Faust (Gösta Ekman) is desperately trying to save his village from a plague. He is able to help the villagers, thanks to Mephisto, but further dealings with the devil lead Faust on a decadent downward spiral. Can he redeem his soul before it's too late?

Featuring:

• "Fauft?!"
• The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse (because times were tough in Germany)
• You win this round, God!
• Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Paradise What Did I Come Into This Room For?
• Mephistos Just Wanna Have Fun
• Cancel your subscription, Lester!
• Otho from Beetlejuice?! What are YOU doing here?
• You can see her doublets!
• I ALWAYS drink ... wine!
• Kynan puts dirty words ... in my MOUTH!
• All you need is love, love, love ...
• ... and more!

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On this episode:

• "This will probably be a short episode." - Lester
• Choruses? Chori? Choropods?
• Remember Hoop-On-A-Stick?
• "You don't get to murder someone just because they're mean." - Kynan
• Fausted by your own petard
• "Demons are like vampires." - Lester
• There's a PUPPY Bowl???
• Team Fluff VS Team Ruff
• Mephis-Doubtfire
• ...and more!

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On this episode:

• Remember compact discs?
• No, it's not "CATS!" It's "The English Cat" Completely different!
• Hansel and Gretel: Now You Have Nightmares
• How Faustus Got HIs Groove Back
• Boris n' Bela
• Big Top Mephistopheles
• Siebel wears the pants in this show
• WAGNER?!! What are YOU doing here?
• Do YOU know the difference between a coffin and a casket?
• Casket - a junk drawer for people
• ...and more!

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On this episode:

• This show is become FAUST'S details!
• YOU SHALL NOT SCRUB!
• Now on sale! "No Capitalism" T-shirts
• Special guest Jim Baucus
• Inside Out 4: with Want, Debt, Distress and Care
• ....and SURPRISE!
• Faust is CONVENIENTLY having second thoughts
• Lemures....or lemurs?
• GRETCHEN!? What are YOU doing here?!
• ...and more!

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