The annoying animations, mountain of sound effects and fake "echo chamber" applied to his voice ruin that video.

Should have just let him read it without all that crap tacked on.

This is one of the rare occasions we can use the walken tag.

Why not use it??

"Goodnight Goodnight Moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon." Please, children, scootch closer. Don't make me tell you *again* about the scootching. You in the red, chop-chop.


/not Poe, but excellent Walken nonetheless

Unfortunately, could barely hear him over the sound effects.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: The annoying animations, mountain of sound effects and fake "echo chamber" applied to his voice ruin that video.

Should have just let him read it without all that crap tacked on.

Agree.

So has anyone bashed the shiatty sound effects and music drowning out what probably would have been unmitigated awesome?

Because that *really* sucked.

I liked the Alan Parsons Project take a little better ;) (new window)

James Earl Jones from the Simpsons episode is still my favorite.

Or the full video, instead of just audio(new window)

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I websurfed, weak and weary,
...Over many a strange and spurious website of 'hot chicks galore',
...While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning,
...And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour.
..."'Tis not possible," I muttered, "give me back my cheap hardcore!" -
Quoth the server, "404".

The Tell Tale Heart (new window)

.. I coulda used a little more cowbell ...

I could deal with most of the sound effects, but the electric guitar almost made close the window.

Children, what did I have to tell you about the scooching?

Had to take it seriously.

40yoVirgin: "Goodnight Goodnight Moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon." Please, children, scootch closer. Don't make me tell you *again* about the scootching. You in the red, chop-chop.


/not Poe, but excellent Walken nonetheless

That was Jay Mohr, who is quite the impressionist.

kudayta: Or the full video, instead of just audio(new window)

thank you for posting this.... every year, on reruns, they show this but without the "Eat My shorts" part...
This one had it, which makes it funnier..

If you want to know scary, listen Vincent Price tell it.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: The annoying animations, mountain of sound effects and fake "echo chamber" applied to his voice ruin that video.

Should have just let him read it without all that crap tacked on.

Yep.

40yoVirgin: "Goodnight Goodnight Moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon." Please, children, scootch closer. Don't make me tell you *again* about the scootching. You in the red, chop-chop.


/not Poe, but excellent Walken nonetheless

I've been reading that book to my kid since she was two. I started doing a (bad) Walken voice after seeing that episode a while back. She's now 4-1/2 and she won't let me read it any other way.

I've always wanted James Earl Jones to do another complete version without the Simpsons characters mucking it up.

needs more cowbell.

What?
No one's mentioned the ROTO-ROOTER version yet?

THE RAVING... (new window)

The definitive reading of Poe was done by Basil Rathbone. The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, etc. I have it on LP, and I'm sure it can be found somewhere on teh internest.

Jeez, that approached Larry Carlson levels of annoying, disorienting AV effects.

oldebayer: The definitive reading of Poe was done by Basil Rathbone. The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, etc. I have it on LP, and I'm sure it can be found somewhere on teh internest.

+1. I had that as a kid (I think the albums were a combo of Rathbone and Vincent Price, IIRC), and those readings of The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado are absolutely brilliant, and helped spark a love for Poe that's endured with me for 25+ years.

randomjsa: I've always wanted James Earl Jones to do another complete version without the Simpsons characters mucking it up.

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