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Oct 5, 2026 17 min

Grand Opening Night

from The Night Shift

The Night Shift for October 5, 2026: Grand Opening Night. 9 pieces (songs and theme tunes, vintage commercials and promos, sound effects): Night in a Graveyard - 1985 - Spooky Sound Effects: Thunder & Rain, Andrew Gold - It Must Be Halloween, Movie Trailer - King Kong and more, with Vivienne Vayne. In this episode: 0:00 The Night Shift opens: Vivienne Vayne welcomes you 1:23 Night in a Graveyard - 1985 - Spooky Sound Effects: Thunder & Rain 2:03 Andrew Gold - It Must Be Halloween 4:16 Movie Trailer - King Kong — King Kong is a 1933 adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, featuring special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Steiner. The film, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, combines live-action with stop-motion animation and stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot in a story about a giant gorilla named Kong who develops affection for a young woman given to him as a sacrifice. Cooper created the film based on his idea for a movie about a giant gorilla struggling against modern civilization. 5:15 The Night Shift on MonsterCast 5:26 John Zacherle - Happy Halloween 7:49 Franken Berry / Count Chocula : Tevevision Commercial 1971 — General Mills has produced monster-themed breakfast cereals as a seasonal line in North America since 1971, with Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry as the main brands. The line has also included Frute Brute and Yummy Mummy with more limited availability, and added Carmella Creeper in 2023. 8:20 Shasta soda commercial - Frankenstein — Shasta Beverages is a soft drink manufacturer located in Hayward, California that produces affordable sodas in many different flavors and some drink mixers sold under the Shasta brand name. The company takes its name from Mount Shasta in northern California and Shasta Springs. 9:17 The Night Shift on MonsterCast 9:30 The Misfits - Crimson Ghost 11:39 The New House on the Left (Night Train Murders) radio spot-251 — Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill and stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows Michael Myers, an escaped mental patient who was committed for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield, and who returns 15 years later to stalk teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends. Dr. Samuel Loomis, Myers' psychiatrist, pursues him throughout the film. 12:05 Danny Elfman - The Finale ~ The Wolfman 16:10 Goodnight from Vivienne Vayne Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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  1. 0:00 The Night Shift opens: Vivienne Vayne welcomes you
  2. 1:23 Night in a Graveyard - 1985 - Spooky Sound Effects: Thunder & Rain
  3. 2:03 Andrew Gold - It Must Be Halloween
  4. 4:16 Movie Trailer - King Kong
  5. 5:15 The Night Shift on MonsterCast
  6. 5:26 John Zacherle - Happy Halloween
  7. 7:49 Franken Berry / Count Chocula : Tevevision Commercial 1971
  8. 8:20 Shasta soda commercial - Frankenstein
  9. 9:17 The Night Shift on MonsterCast
  10. 9:30 The Misfits - Crimson Ghost
  11. 11:39 The New House on the Left (Night Train Murders) radio spot-251
  12. 12:05 Danny Elfman - The Finale ~ The Wolfman
  13. 16:10 Goodnight from Vivienne Vayne

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