The real losers over the solstice

Coming up is the shortest day of the year. You know who the real losers are? Vampires. They have less time to play and romp through deserted streets. Seems a shame. Today's Shockwave Radio will feature vampires, from the Shockwave live stage show where Dudley Doright gets turned into a vampire to Boogie Knights to Folk Underground.

But as long as I'm here, I might as well display a chart I've been creating while watching the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Terrible shows, with some good ones tossed in. I finally figured out how to watch the show: Buffy isn't a cut-rate teen-angst version of The X-Files, it's a 90s updating of The Munsters.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. The Munsters

Category	Buffy	Munsters
Monsters	Yes	Yes
Teenage girl angst	Yes	Yes
Special effects	Bad	Chintzy
Lighting	Bad	Good
Vampires	Yes	Yes
Werewolf	In A Band	In Grade School
Frankenstein's Monsters	No	Yes
Cemetaries	Yes	Yes
Dialog	California pseudo-hip	Puns
Pop references	Yes	No
Laugh Track	No	Yes
Loving Family	Yes	Yes
Kids are social outcasts	Yes	Yes
Designer wheels	No	Yes
Characters	Develop	Stay the same
Theme Song	Bad	Good
Goth chics	Faith	Lily
Fight scenes	Lots of kicking	Lots of stomping