R.L. Stine was the keynote speaker when I graduated from college for the first time. In his speech, he mentioned how he couldn't remember who gave the keynote speech at this graduation, and he couldn't remember who the keynote speaker was at his son's graduation. With that in mind, he decided to tell us a ghost story. That way, we would always have something to remember our own keynote speaker by.
OfftheRadar
When I was in elementary school I went to a garage sale and saw a milk crate packed full of goosebumps books. I walked up to the owner and asked him how much the books were. He was surprised and replied, “for all of them..?? Uhh…. $2”
There must have been over 30 goosebumps books. Rest assured I read damn near all of them and loved those books. Thank you garage sale man. I did so many school book reports on those books and your hospitality of basically donating them to me was so much appreciated!
musicfinder
Dead Dogs Still Fetch is honestly SUCH a good story name.
tamby_teeze
Poor Jimmy. Imagine being a kid, the sheer excitement of knowing _your title_ is going to adorn a _real Goosebumps book!_ And then it just… never happens. And you never get an explanation. Crushing. I'd rather lose the contest than experience that, I don't think I'd ever get over it.
NoriMori
Honestly I have a lot of respect for Stine. He wrote a book a month. That is crazy. A lot of people can’t even write a chapter a month
animepsyclone
They say they never judge a book by its cover but the aesthetics of the Goosebumps Templet is so iconic.
davidb
I remember in elementary school, I would always rent " The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" from the school library. It came to a point that the librarian actually let me keep the book because she noticed how much I loved reading it. One of the coolest moments of my childhood.
knightofgod
The only missing story that wasn’t featured is “Something Evil, Something Cruel” which was the Goosebumps Creepstakes finish the story contest in Series 2000. We recently found the contest winner and now it’s a matter of reaching out! Great video, this is a new favorite watch of mine!
goosebumpscompletionist
I wasn’t born until 2005 and I still remember Goosebumps being a thriving series and a huge part of my childhood well into the 2010s
Fyreshield
There was a rare Goosebumps book I read as a kid and then couldn’t find it again for years. I think it was called The Haunted School. It was about this entire class of kids who were transported to a secret classroom in the school when the school photographer “Mr. Chameleon” snapped their photo. The longer they stayed in the classroom, the more they lost their color and turned gray. It was the coolest story but for some reason not the most popular book.
impasse
Honestly, having kids write Goosebumps titles seemed very effective due to how amazing some of them were
jooterlooter
It would be incredible if there was a Goosebumps story about a horror novel writer being sued and not being able to publish several of his books.
But it turns out the people suing him are actually the monsters from the books.
walnzell
Finally someone who understands the complex and nuanced history of Goosebumps.
malachiroberts
Stine was also kind enough to do a podcast with my friends in college (one where around 2005) where we made our own Goosebumps story with him based on The Metamorphosis… I have the audio somewhere
davidgorman
Goosebumps cover art should be a genre all of it's own. Love the style of them.
Skrenja
Came for "Dead Dogs Still Fetch", stayed for "I'm Trapped In R.L. Stine's Body" & "Pop, I'm for Supper"
josephceschini
I vividly remember being six and TERRIFIED of the Say Cheese And Die cover. His art was so good it unintentionally got stuck in my mind well over a decade later
elfodelputoinfierno
Funny, I feel like I missed out on Goosebumps because I wasn’t allowed to read them as a kid, but I will never forget how morbidly fascinated I was by the covers. They still fascinate me. Some of them are still downright creepy to me as an adult!
spiceupyourafterlife
Seeing goosebumps books is like instant nostalgic trip for me. In elementary school they were a big deal, you were the cool kid if you checked one out from the library, God tier if you actually owned the book
newnamesameperson
Seriously some of the raddest art EVER. I had no idea there was an art book! I’m going to try to find a copy.
