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The Return of Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest and Season 9 Premiere

Last year Eva and Andrew discovered the Curious George Halloween Special called Halloween Boo Fest. They watched it nearly every day and loved it. Well, it is returning again on October 27th and also October 31, 2014. It also happens to coincide with the launch of Season 9 of Curious George. Program information and episode descriptions below.

CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest
CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest is a one-hour PBS KIDS special that celebrates curiosity, friendship and trying new things, all while providing safe and family-friendly holiday entertainment.
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CURIOUS GEORGE: A Halloween Boo Fest – Airs Monday, October 27 and Friday, October 31

It’s George’s first Halloween in the country, and Bill tells him and Allie about the “Legend of No Noggin” – a spooky tale about a hat-kicking scarecrow who haunts the countryside on Halloween. But is the legend real? George and Allie are determined to find out by taking a picture of No Noggin in hat-kicking action. But first, George needs to figure out what he’s going to be for Halloween so he can win the costume contest at the town Boo Festival and give the prize to the Man with the Yellow Hat. Will George be able to put together the perfect costume and find out the truth about No Noggin? Only the curious will find out! Continue reading The Return of Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest and Season 9 Premiere →

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Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

I’ve now see the all new Curious George A Halloween Boo Fest holiday special about 6 times. I received a screener of the movie to check out with the kids. It has become Andrew’s favorite thing to watch now. He is crazy about “ooh ooh” as he calls George. We’ve been watching many past seasons on Amazon Prime. George is now Andrew’s go to character.

But how is the special? It is a cute story of Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat enjoying Halloween at their country home. While there they learn the legend of “No Noggin” a ghost with a penchant for kicking off hats. George is determined to find out all about this mysterious character and also determined to win the costume contest at the town’s Halloween fair so that he can win a leaf vacuum for the Man in the Yellow Hat.

There is one very funny part in the special that I loved. It is a small exchange between Curious George and The Man in the Yellow Hat. As an adult it really struck me as funny because it was one of those small bits of dialog that takes a moment not to take itself, too seriously. It was my favorite part. It sort of went over the kid’s heads but if you are an adult and have grown up with Curious George and read the books and just know the character then you’ll probably get it, too.

The special comes out on Monday October 28th and will also replay on Halloween. Check your local listings for showtimes. I’d suggest taping of DVRing it to watch with the kids on Halloween night or afternoon. They will get a kick out of it. I’m pretty sure we’re going to wear out the screener before Halloween. We watched it twice this morning alone.

Below is the official press release about the show.

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