Mmmwwwwwaahaaahaaahaaahhaaaaaa! We’re switching from laughs to scares this week as Cartoon BOO-reakdown celebrates Halloween with a spooky selection of shorts. Are mice scarier than ghosts? What’s a proportionate punishment for unsuccessful chicken theft ? Are all cartoon skeletons contractually obliged to be played like xylophones? And what’s the link between Edgar Allan Poe and a really good burger? Todd and Andy answer these questions and more as they make their way through creepy cartoons from four different studios.

SHORTS DISCUSSED:

The Skeleton Dance (1929, Walt Disney)

Swing You Sinners! (1930, Dave Fleischer)

Scaredy Cat (1948, Chuck Jones)

The Tell-Tale Heart (1953, Ted Parmelee)