Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon! was a Halloween Special that featured a lovable zany clown named Baron Von Laugho hosting 3 short tales. It only aired once and was thought to be lost forever until a homemade VHS tape was found with a recording of the original 1979 broadcast. The full Halloween special is online and you can watch here.
More found VHS footage has recently been uploaded to YouTube containing another bizarre cheaply made untelevised holiday special with the infamous clown that seems unfinished in some parts. It’s Baron Von Laugho’s Christmas Special! Watch below. Viewer Discretion is advised. Video by Archico Productions.
IMDb.com SYNOPSIS:He's lovable. He's zany. He's insane-y. He's Baron Von Laugho, a Halloween loving clown here to bring you three terrifying short tales to celebrate the wonderful night of Samhain in this TV special from 1979. Once thought to be forever lost has been brought back due to an amazing find---a homemade VHS copy from when the special first aired.
WHERE TO STREAM Baron Von Laugho's Halloween Spook-A-Thon! (2016):
This Halloween themed 1979 TV special features clown Baron Von Laugho introducing 3 short films deemed too bizarre and explicit for repeat airings:
The first short That's No Bear starts off slow with long exterior shots of the woods and follows a hunter returning to his trailer with something lurking outside. I loved the synth score and the twist ending:
Short two is a twisted version of a 1950's style black & white sitcom (laugh track included) featuring a pumpkin headed father and his family called The Karvers:
While handing out candy on Halloween a babysitter has a conversation with a servant of God who knocks on the door in The Hallowed Sin the final short:
The beginning of The Video Dating Show was also on the VHS recording along with the special:
To this day the infamous special is one of the greatest mysteries of all time and may have even included actual murder and other heinous crimes. All that remains of the lost special is footage gathered from a VHS taping from when it originally aired with commercials in 1979.
