Wow!

That's about all I can say.  If you had told me 2 weeks ago, that next week I and my fellow Dutch redhead geek friend would build an entire social network in about a week, I wouldn't have believed it.

But here we are, using some off-the-shelf components, some decent hosting, fiddling and debugging, a little programming here and there to smooth things out, and just hours and hours of work: it's here.

Not to say there isn't plenty of work left ahead, and due to that, I must keep this blog short.

Wouter705 & I welcome all you redheads and redhead lovers!  I hope that this free network will meet and exceed your needs!

Jesse Sheehan of Wellington College in New Zealand won 1st place in the Smokefree Rockquest, a battle of the bands of sorts that has been going on for a number of years.  The musician with a head of poofy red hair sung and played acoustic guitar for three original songs that wowed the judges.

One of those songs is entitled, "Brothers and Sisters" ("Brothers"), and its music video will be one of redheads' new favorites.  The reason?  Director Ivan Barge and Jesse realized when working on the music video for the winning song that they both had red hair.  So why not make a music video with a bunch of redheads! 

3 News Campbell Live Article and Video Interview featuring the "Making Of" Video of the Redhead Music Video

By the looks of it, they gathered close to 20 redheads from social networking and people on the street to appear in the video.

Jesse's Webpages:

You can see a live performance of "Brothers and Sisters" here.  I'm eagerly awaiting the finished music video.

Very cool.

Hug a Ginger Day / Kick a Ginger Day

As Violence Continues, Countermovement Strengthens

I didn't blog about "Kick a Ginger Day" earlier last week.  I was hoping that the day of gingerism spawned from a Facebook group spawned from a stupid intrepretation of the South Park episode "Ginger Kids" would quietly die out after its mild commotion in Canada last year.  (Some background on "Kick a Ginger Day" and a clip from the inspiring South Park episode can be found here.) Unfortunately, it seems we've had something of a second annual event.

Violence against redheads continued this November 20, 2009, possibly worse the the inaugural 2008 event:

• More than 24 students were suspended at a Canadian school for allegedly beating 4 redhead students.
• Up to 14 students in Calabasas, California, United States beat up a 12-year-old redhead boy.
  • Děti zbily spolužáka. Byl Den kopání do zrzounů (Czech / Česky)

Apparently, the phenomenon is not being contained within English language countries.

Articles in other languges:

• • Rødhåret mobbet fra skolen (Nowegian / norsk)
• • Frykter vold mot rødhårede (Norwegian / norsk)
• Uakseptabel netthets mot rødhårede (Norwegian / norsk)
• Skämt blev till hot Otryggt för rödhåriga (Swedish / Svenska)

Universal Hug a Ginger Day

Fortunately a redhead woman in its place.  While the "Kick a Ginger Day" group peaked at 5,000, the new "Hug a Ginger Day" has a very respectable following of 1,300 members.  The group asks, "Next November 20th why not give a red head friend a hug instead of a kick?"

Facebook Group:

Let's hope 2010 brings more peace to gingers.

Last year on this U.S. Thanksgiving day, a certain redhead performed the ultimate Rick Roll.

Yes, the terrific 80's performer and redhead, Rick Astley, brought us the hits "Never Going to Give You Up" (which became #1 in 1988) and "Together Forever."  As I'm sure all of you know by now, his big hit was turned into a somewhat strange internet meme courtesy of the crazy people at 4chan - the "Rick Roll."  And if you've been under a rock for years, a "Rick Roll" is where someone posts a link to something tantalizing in description only to find the music video, or some derivative of, "Never Going to Give You Up."

It spread across the internet, in places such as Fark.com threads.  As it's popularity grew, you found new forms and humor regarding it:

xkcd comics:

But Rick Astley can always get you back:

On April 1st, 2008, April Fools Day, Youtube did the best to date, posting this video on the front page:

BUT, the ultimate was yet to come.  In the greatest meetup of internet meme and pop culture, that 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade topped the whole event - the greatest Rick Roll in history, performed live by none-other than the redhead 80's icon himself. 

I'll back up for a moment though.  I'm sure most of you already know the story of Thanksgiving in the U.S. (celebrated a month earlier in Canada), giving thanks for survival of the pilgrims, coming together of different peoples in peace, etc.  Well, the U.S. Thanksgiving is marked 1st by togetherness and family, 2nd by turkey, and 3rd by the Macy's parade in New York, featuring floats, performers, and lots of gigantic helium balloons.  So when the following happened:

 It was truly Rick Rolling the whole United States, and through the power of the internet, the whole world!

Thank you Rick Astley, a redhead who created a #1 hit, that through very weird circumstances, will never be forgotten.

Happy U.S. Thanksgiving, Redhead World!

Help a Redhead Escape Prison to be Home for Christmas in new Flash Game

A new redhead flash game for 2009 features a redheaded, troubled heroine.  She wants to escape prison to be home for Christmas.  Follow the clues, search and pick up needed items, and unlock the puzzles to distract the guards.

Hint: Redheads are easy to remember!

Redhead Prison Escape

This week through December 15, the U.K.'s "Strawberry Bus" gives free fare to those with red hair!

A family-owned bus company created to connect three cities northwest of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom is not only making commuters smile since its debut November 16, 2009.  Starting this week through December 15, 2009, the Strawberry Bus is offering free tickets to ride for redheads! 

The Strawberry Bus's 1-line of service provides connections from Warrington, up to St. Helens, and ending at Skelmersdale.  The trip is about 90 minutes end to end with several stops along the way.  It operates for most of the day, Monday-Saturday.

Another article on the Free Redhead Rides:

• Free Bus Travel for Gingers

Adam Savage & Kari Byron must be working to bust some redhead myths!  They want 25 natural redheads from the San Francisco area that are available for 4 hours on January 21, 2010.  No payment, but they will get a free t-shirt.

The fact that they are also looking for women who have done natural childbirth around the same time makes me wonder though, are they looking into the pain myths that have been studied recently by scientists?

There's been quite a lot of retweeting and some enthusiastic responses, even by redheads outside San Fran.  But they insist, you must be living in their home base.

Twittered on the , January 5, 2010 - 18:00 GMT 

MB needs 25 NATURAL REDHEADS. 18yrs + & avail in SF 1/21 for 4 hr. No $ but free T-shirt. (Email contact removed.)

UPDATE: MythBusters Pain Episode with Redheads airs April 28, 2010 with possible Redhead World member appearance 

Newspaper Ad is Second Recent Instance of Media Gingerism

Britain was forced to ban a newspaper ad that implied dating a redhead was a losing proposition by implying they are unattractive.  The ad is for a TV show.

Full article at The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/britain-bans-anti-redhead_n_394494.html

The News Tribune Follow-up Shows Experiences of Redheads

You may recall Chazz's blog awhile back that pointed to The News Tribune call for experiences of being a redhead, the good and the bad.  Well, I found the follow-up article and have finally gotten around to posting it.

"From the Mouths Of Redheads"

The article contains about 30 people's responses with about 2 quotes per person.  The men, women, and children range in age from 6 to 90.  And, totally making my day, the responses are overwhelmingly positive.  There's a few "well, I got teased" or "there's a downside to red hair" but it's always followed by a big "but."  The attractive allure of red hair is not in short supply either.  These redheads really love their locks!  Quite a good read.

Now if we can just let them all know about our community. 

The legendary Redhead Scholarship for red hair is not a myth - at least not anymore.

There are a few things I do find frustrating.  One is the fragmentation of the redhead community worldwide, but that's getting better everyday through big-name events, redhead days and festivals, and media coverage.  Another is urban myths, especially ones that can be harmful.  Fortunately, some redheads of the online community will help bust some redhead myths in late January.

The Former Myth

One persistant urban myth or urban legend over the years has been the elusive "redhead scholarship" or "scholarship for people with red hair."  Oh, you could scour the search engines.  All you would find is a bunch of redheads asking, "where is the redhead scholarhip?"  That question has gone all over Yahoo Answers.  There's blogs and forums full of comments and conjecture.  Some people proposed that the myth was grounded somewhat in reality; that people referred to scholarships where the surname was "Redhead" (and indeed there are such scholarships).  A formerly prominent redhead social network even says in their FAQ that a red hair scholarship is a myth.

The Hunt

So as I came across an article and newscast clip with the sensational title "Redheads, air guitarists can find college scholarships in Colorado" I was mixed between hope and frustration.  The scholarships mentioned, such as left-handed people and air guitarists, are very easy to find, but no where did they say where the redhead scholarship was.  I checked the site that the news centers on, www.collegeincolorado.org, and searched for anything red-related I could think of.  Nothing.

A letter soon followed to their PR department, perhaps heaping it on a bit with "in an age of growing gingerism" that jerking around redheads for media sensationalism is not good, though "I'd be tickled to be proved wrong" about a redhead scholarship.  Well, I commend the College in Colorado site's PR head for getting back to me (and promptly at that).  Though they did not know where the redhead scholarship was either, they did provide additional help in searching their database and another example of a left-handed scholarship.  They also referred to the news station, as it is the reporter that mentions "redhead" and not the CiC member in the interview.  Still no redhead scholarship in their database though.  Perhaps there could have been one in years past, but as they say on Wikipedia, "citation needed" or in other words "show me the money."

It charged me up though.  I felt ready for another go.  I had a bit more failure at Google-fu.  But I remembered my rule, when Google-fu fails - use Yahoo-fu, because Yahoo will index even the most obscure pages on the internet.  A few searches and pages on this latest attempt at Yahoo and I found that blue hyperlink that almost glowed.

The Redhead Scholarship

So after all of this fiasco, it comes as no wonder that I was greeted by these words by the author and scholarship creator on the site: 

"There are scholarships out there for everyone! There are even scholarships for Redheads and left handed people!". Well, with hope instilled in me by the scholarship authorities, I scoured the internet in search of the infamous Redhead Scholarship. Well guess what? My high school days are over and I have yet to find this scholarship. I even tried to find to find loopholes in the minority scholarships.

Being similarly hacked off about the situation and full of redhead love and ginger well-being, the creator decided to go and make their own redhead scholarship.

Redhead Scholarship Website

Requirements: The requirements are pretty simple.  You must be a junior or senior in high school in the United States.  Grades above 2.0 are acceptable, but there will be some focus on academic standing.  There are two main criteria.  You must submit two photos proving you are a natural redhead.  The most important criteria is to submit something describing what being a redhead means to you - "academic essay, drawing, or YouTube video."  This component is anything goes and creativity and redheadedness are the important things. 

Amount: $250

Deadline: March 31, 2010

Winner Notified: May 1, 2010

So give it a go all U.S. high schoolers and please spread the word to any redheads you know or parents of redheads!  We'll make this a hard choice to make.

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The Great British Redhead Festival 2010

BrillantRedHair announced on Facebook the Great British Redhead Festival day is Saturday, April 10, 2010.

He's got lots of internet channels to update on this so, I'll fill you in.  BrillantRedHair wrote:

Hello all, the local council have now given both the green light and their support for the first UK Redhead & Ginger Day to take place, in Morley, Leeds, on Saturday 10th April.

A big thank-you to all those involved in smoothing the way.

Keep watching the group for information and we shall be putting up a dedicated website for the event.

Redhead-World.net has both an event page and group forum dedicated to the new festival.  You can chat about the festival or make plans to attend with other Redhead World members there.

You can also join the

or the to RSVP.

I can't wait to see the dedicated site and all that he has in store.  It sounds like this festival will be even bigger than the London redhead gathering a couple years ago!

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Just one week after the Great British Redhead Festival, a PR firm for the new short film, Chasing Cotards, is hosting a ginger flashmob this coming weekend.  It's an exciting week for redheads in the United Kingdom!

London Ginger Flashmob

April 17, 2010 - 3:00pm-3:30pm BDT (GMT+1)

London, England, United Kingdom

Meeting at The Betjeman Arms at 3 and heading to graveyard.

The Betjeman Arms, Unit 53, St. Pancras International Station, King's Cross London NW1 2QR

Wear white clothes!

The redheads will meet at the Betjeman Arms pub at 3pm first:

The Betjeman Arms Pub
Unit 53, St. Pancras International Station, King's Cross London NW1 2QR
.

Then, once gathered, the group of gingers will walk to the graveyard of the St Pancras Old Church and Gardens, one of the oldest churches in Britain.  There, the mob will haunt the graveyard.  The address is:

St Pancras Old Church and Gardens, Pancras Road, NW1 1UL

There will be plenty of media photographers of national and local newspapers and magazines on hand documenting the event.  Afterwards, most will probably return to the pub for socializing and a drink.

You might be wondering: why redheads haunting a graveyard in morbid fashion?  Well, the new movie deals with a man who is haunted by the portrait of his deceased, beautiful redhead wife who left him much too soon.  He apparently tries to commit suicide and believes that he is dead.  You can see the trailer and read more about the film at their website:

 http://www.chasingcotards.com/

Chasing Cotards will premiere at the London's BFI IMAX cinema on Saturday, May 8th, 2010.  With 3 years of work, a huge production team and excellent cast, it looks to be quite a film.

The mob of redheads will no doubt almost rival the beauty of lead actress, Olivia Grant, pictured above.  Further contact information for the Ginger Flashmob can be found at their page on Facebook: 

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We reported earlier about the TMZ "Ravishing Redheads" photo contest.  The results are in!

TMZ released the 177 entries and put them up for voting.  You can see all the entries here.  There are a few familiar faces in the bunch, and some really wonderful photos - from professional quality to great subjects.

The final results were a little surprising after having looked through all 177 photos (some with multiple fiery redheads in the same photo), but still very nice.  The final winning photo is here.

I apologize for not letting you know more about the stages of the contest, but there was so little information.  It was unclear whether this contest was open to just U.S. residents or the whole world, and there was no deadline specifically posted.  Hopefully, the next redhead photo contest TMZ holds will have more detailed rules and a longer entry duration.

Edit: Well, I just found the contest rules, not on the entry form page, but on the voting page. 

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The Great British Redhead Festival, the first major redhead festival in the United Kingdom, is less than a week away and there's lots more news and final details to cover.  Once again, the festival's main information:

The Great British Redhead Festival

Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11, 2010

Morley/Leeds, England, United Kingdom

UPDATE (April 6, 2010):

The Great British Redhead Festival now has it's own official webpage with Google map links to all locations:

http://thegreatbritishredheadfestival.moonfruit.com

Sponsor On Board

The logistics company dealing in freight, Redhead International, was recently announced as the sponsor the 2010 Great British Redhead Festival.  A wonderful match in names, the senior management will also be joining in on the fun activities and helping with the charity walk on Sunday.

British Redhead Cosmetics Company Offering Contest

The British company specializing in cosmetics and hair care products just for redheads, Simply Redheads, will be at the festival with Zoe doing a free prize draw for products. 

If you are not able to attend and would like to enter into this draw please email before 9th April 2010 with your name and preferred email address. Products will be despatched free of charge to the UK only.

Interview with the Creator of the Festival

In case you haven't seen it yet, Redhead-World.net interviewed "BrillantRedHair," the creator of the festival.  Here are the YouTube videos of the telephone interview:

Official Full Schedule

The Great British Redhead Festival aka Gingerfest

The Great British Redhead Festival, which will take place on 10th April, this year. This will be the first ever UK national celebration of all things redhead/gingerish/auburn/strawberry-blonde and carrot-top... Taking place in Morley, Leeds on Saturday 10th April 2010, a free event, not-for-profit, and a fun day to make a light-hearted celebration of all things gingerish. There is no political angle, no bureaucrats and nobody taking offence at being called ginger.

The highlight of the day will be a mass photograph of hundreds (hopefully thousands) of redheads by the media.

10.00 am Meet-up Cucina, Queen Street with live music. 

10.30 am Welcome by the Hon. Mayor of Morley, Mrs Varley. 

11.00 am The Ginger Hoppity Horse Derby down Queen Street (Cucina to The Queens) with teams divided into England v Scotland v Ireland v Wales with prizes. Master of Ceremonies, the Hon. Paul Cockroft aka The Tingley Troll. 

12.00 am Ernie Wise statue. A mass performance of the Parrock Nook Band. All attendees are asked to bring a ‘homemade' instrument (even if it is just a tin can and a stick), and familiarise themselves with three tunes: Edelweiss, The Entertainer and Rocking All Over the World. We shall then all play them together. Several hundred inept musicians in musical disharmony. Bedlam. There will be prizes. Master of Ceremonies, the Hon. Peter Mudge, Town Centre Manager. 

1.00 pm The Mayor's Parlour. Presentation of the prize for the "Ginger Ninja" children's art competition by Secretary of State for Schools, Ed Balls. First prize, a £100 gift voucher donated by Land Securities/White Rose Centre. Runner-up prizes kindly donated by Soo Rayner and Tesco. 

1.30 pm. The Council Chamber. We are also proud to announce a talk by Glyn Watkins, the author of The Wayne Jacobs Little Red Head Book - a book about red headed footballers and the mysteries of red hair. Glyn also organises The Great British Hat-throwing Championships and likes a pint. 

At lunchtime, we shall have The Big Red Picnic in the Park in Scatcherrd Park with a few fun and games, do a bit of shopping/eating/drinking and attend the funfair with live music.

3.00 pm. The highlight of the day will be The Big Red Photo, a mass photograph of hundreds (hopefully thousands) of redheads by the media on the steps of Morley Town Hall sponsored by Redhead International Freight. 

4.00 pm We shall end the day with a Big Red Chillout at Stush Bar & Club  

Additional events to be updated. A guide to events will be distributed on the day courtesy of Ginger Design & Print Ltd.

The Great British Redhead Festival's nominated charity is The Lord Mayor of Leeds Appeal 2010. The Lord Mayor's appeal is supporting three charities, The Samaritans, Riding for the disables and CREATE.

If you are attending The GBRF and would like to make a weekend of it, the appeal is running a sponsored walk or ride in the luxurious grounds of Lotherton Hall on Sunday 11th April. Ideal opportunity to work off any excesses in this beautiful stately home.

There will be a 45k cycle a 15k walk and a 5k walk to chose from.
All money raised will go to The Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal; supporting Riding for the disabled, The Samaritans Leeds Branch and CREATE, helping the homeless and vulnerable of Leeds. 

If attendees want an entry form, they can email



and she will send them one or, for Morley residents, they can pick one up at several places in Morley, Peaches and Cream on Wesley Street, Berties Diner and Althams in the precinct or Peter Batchelors at the top of Church Street.


THIS IS A FREE EVENT 

Official Facebook Pages for the Great British Redhead Festival

You can find the latest, official information at these pages:

NEW Official Website for Great British Redhead Festival

Redhead World Resources for the Great British Redhead Festival

To keep up with other Redhead-World.net members about the festival, check out:

Redhead-World.net's Great British Redhead Festival Event Page

Redhead-World.net's Great British Redhead Festival Group

and

Forum thread.

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TMZ's website is boasting a $250 top prize as well as "some secret mystery gifts" for winners of a redhead photo contest.

TMZ's Ravishing Redhead Contest

Unfortunately the site is a little low on details.  It was posted last Wednesday, March 24, 2010 and I heard that they have contests like this weekly.  So when is the deadline?  Wednesday, March 31?  Friday?  Later?  We just don't know.

Also, in photography circles of late, there has been criticism of how many rights are handed over in photography contests.  Some photography sites track such contests and provide warnings for potential entrants.  The sparse rules, seem to be on the level, but I'm not an expert.  "You acknowledge you own all rights to the photograph and you hereby grant to TMZ the royalty-free and non-exclusive right to use your photograph(s) for any purpose and in any media, including without limitation, on the TMZ.com website and on the TMZ television program."  This isn't much different than what you agree to on Facebook, YouTube, or Redhead World; you keep all rights, but grant them rights to display winners in their media and shows, as well as promotions.  They also insist you and anyone in the photo has given consent for this usage.

To enter the contest, you just click on the graphic on TMZ's site and it will launch your local e-mail application.  You attach the photos and provide your name and phone number.  There seems to be no geographic limits either, but maybe that's covered under the TMZ website's terms?  It is rather surprising at the lack of legal wording.

So, are any of you redheads going to be entering the contest?

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The MythBusters pain episode featuring redheads that everyone has been waiting for is tonight, April 28, 2010 (in the U.S. at least). 

In early January we reported that Adam Savage was making a call for redhead test volunteers for the show via his Twitter channel.  We got the word out quickly enough that a couple of our members were able to apply, and so you just might see our own MissyMarie on tonight's program.

BoltZero and others did more research and found that the episode would revolve around pain.  Do redheads feel more?  Women or men?  Can cursing help ease the pain?  All of that will be found on tonight's episode.

Here are some preview clips:

See the Kari Byron Swear Pain Test at the Discovery Channel site.

UPDATE #1: User OmniTomato was spotted.  Here he is with Jamie Hyneman while Adam Savage works the computers.  They used ice water to test the myths.

After dunking:

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North American Redhead Gathering - Summer 2010

Redhead World is working to create a redhead gathering in North America this summer.  For the past few years, there has been a lot of demand for a large redhead gathering on this side of the Atlantic for those who can't make the trip to Roodharigendag in the Netherlands.

So, Redhead World is going to dive in with a large gathering, possibly 2,000 or more redheads.  We've been in talks with a midwest Celtic festival for several months now.  We haven't quite made all the arrangements official yet, so we can't reveal the particular festival or location just yet.  The festival council has met to consider our ideas though, and given it an enthusiastic "go."  We want to give all of you a "heads up" so you could start planning travel plans.

The event will take place in the United States' midwest region on the weekend of August 8, 2010 with the redhead events currently planned for that day.  In addition to a massive redhead gathering and photoshoot, there will be a redhead contest.  Redhead World will also have a small information tent set up at the festival so you can stop by to meet me, CelticCurls, and other member volunteers and maybe meet some other redheads in the days leading up to Sunday's big event.

A redhead documentarian whose team is doing a documentary on redheads is attending.  They will be filming the various redhead events and conducting some interviews.

We hope to release official details very soon, however, Redhead World needs your help!

Our sponsorship of this Celtic festival alone will be quite a substantial fee ($5,000), but it does buy us a lot.  Based on the festival's annual reports' attendance figures, we expect over 2,000 redheads to be attending the festival each day - we hope most of them will attend our photoshoot.  We also get everything that goes along with one of the best-planned and largest Celtic festivals in the world: many food vendors on hand, lots of shopping, insurance, police/security, first aid, transportation, parking, and several stages and exhibits of the best Celtic music and entertainment.

So, please, please, help make our redhead gathering possible.  We have just launched a sponsorship page where you can sponsor us for as little as $10.  We would only need 600 people to buy a $10 sponsorship to make our goal of $6,000 to cover our expenses.  Please help us as much as you can; as a new website, we simply don't have enough money to cover all of the costs.

We'll be publishing a list of ways you can help spread the word in the coming days too, please help however you can!

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Redhead You Didn't Know!

Cassandra Peterson

by CelticCurls

CelticCurls Author's Note: This is a timely Halloween repeat of a blog from May on another site.  I'm already researching another fun one and hope to make "Redhead You Didn't Know" a semi-regular feature.

Have you ever heard of this redhead?  She was born in 1951 and still looks remarkable in the recent photo shown below.  She holds the Guinness Book of World Record's title for youngest show-girl ever in Las Vegas, starting that job days after graduation in 1969.  She makes two small appearances as a redhead showgirl in James Bond 007 movie, Diamonds are Forever.  She even was part of an Italian band and had a small role in film.  Elvis dated her for awhile!

But...do you really know who this fabulous redhead is??  (scroll down for the answer)

Keep scrolling...















And scrolling....









 

That's right!  None other than Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!

The campy, valley-girl/goth-influencing woman with the quick-sarcastic wit, hosting awful B-films from her red Victorian couch during the 1980's.  Her Los Angeles-based show became syndicated nationwide in the U.S., with tons of talk show appearances, and even a few movies.  She's the one who's become a sort of unofficial hostess of all things horror and halloween.

Couldn't wait until Halloween to share this with all of you - I never would have guessed, but in retrospect, it all makes sense.

 
 Here's a sample from her tv show:

or Watch Full Episodes of Elvira Movie Macabre on Hulu.com

Until next time, "unpleasant dreams..."