Comments on blogger beware: the goosebumps blog: #53 Chicken Chicken

the cover was printed the wrong way around if u lo...

2010-02-10T22:56:06.146-08:00

the cover was printed the wrong way around if u look closly u can c t.jacabus's name is back to front

Don't Call Them Chicken Legs! This book was godaw...

2010-01-25T09:41:53.742-08:00

Don't Call Them Chicken Legs!

This book was godawful. You're a brave man.

If there's any consolation to this awful book, is ...

2009-11-24T19:02:56.466-08:00

If there's any consolation to this awful book, is that it's actually better than the porn version. NO REALLY. Somebody Rule 34-ed this book. It is by far, the most disgusting, agonizingly bad story I've ever read.

I've seen a lot of terrible things on the internet, but the Rule 34-ed Chicken Chicken is the absolute peak. Worse than 2 Girls 1 cup, worse than Pain olympics, worse than ANYTHING. Disgusting doesn't even begin to describe this literary abomination.

Ironically, this is the book that made me realize ...

2009-11-11T18:40:21.795-08:00

Ironically, this is the book that made me realize that I had a transformation fetish.

even though this book is messed up, it was always ...

2009-11-08T05:17:38.734-08:00

even though this book is messed up, it was always one of my favorites, SO BE NICE!

A hitherto lost poem by William Blake: "Chicken C...

2009-10-21T17:55:06.930-07:00

A hitherto lost poem by William Blake:

"Chicken Chicken" burning bright,
In Troy Steele's hearth tonight.
What repulsive hand or mind
Could have writ-- Oh. R.L. Stine.

I'm not a fan of Goosebumps particularly, but I've...

2009-10-21T12:24:45.477-07:00

I'm not a fan of Goosebumps particularly, but I've read a few books when I was younger and I liked them.

I really think you missed the point. The book is not supposed to be funny, it's supposed to be terrifying. And yes, the poor children go through hell, but that's the idea, it's a horror book.

I was really hoping that their parents'd eat them, tough.

Agreed! I am a huge fan of Goosebumps, but I still...

2009-06-30T21:25:51.381-07:00

Agreed! I am a huge fan of Goosebumps, but I still love this blog and it cracks me up. Plus, you have to have been a long-time reader of Goosebumps to get some of the jokes (ie all the references to "the one where they all turn out to be dogs or something")

I really, really don't want to start a fight with ...

2009-04-29T23:43:00.000-07:00

I really, really don't want to start a fight with anybody but the person a few comments forward said that they wished you would stop dissing the Goosebumps books, because they enjoyed them. It was anonymous, on April 3rd. I would like to tell them that if they do like the Goosebumps books, then they didn't have to read the review (which I thought was great) and that we ALL have read Goosebumps, and therefore like them in someway.
Thanks for writing this review, I love the bit about, "I threw the goddamn book across the room". Hehe!

Have now read most of these blog entries and found...

2009-04-25T10:02:00.000-07:00

Have now read most of these blog entries and found them hillarious. I was obsessed with goosebumps when I was younger, but not so much that I can't see how crap they actually were.

Strangely, I really liked Chicken Chicken. Maybe I'm just a sadist.

I thought this was one of the better entries in th...

2009-01-30T16:46:00.000-08:00

I thought this was one of the better entries in the series. Bits of it were pretty good but let down by a lame finale chapter.

You make a very good case. This was never one of m...

2008-09-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

You make a very good case. This was never one of my favorites, and one wonders what the hell was going on in R.L. Stine's mind when he wrote this? None of the other transformation stories in the series revel so much in the gruesome physical details. Perhaps it was ghost-written by a repeat sex offender out on parole.

That said, for all that, it's still nowhere near as bad in terms of quality as certain other entries.

Unquestionable Parenting Alert:My parents didn't w...

2008-06-20T00:56:00.000-07:00

Unquestionable Parenting Alert:
My parents didn't want me to read goosebumps books because, supposedly, these books aren't of the highest quality.

I feel very unsettled because of the line:"Don't c...

2008-06-20T00:26:00.000-07:00

I feel very unsettled because of the line:
"Don't call them chicken legs"

Seriously, WTF?

Yes, this cover, like Why I'm Afraid of Bees, goes...

2008-04-25T22:37:00.000-07:00

Yes, this cover, like Why I'm Afraid of Bees, goes for a cheap shock by sticking a child's head onto an animal's body like so many Magic School Bus episodes. But this time it makes more literal sense, as the story is about a transformation rather than a mind swap.

So wait, Anthony apologizes for the accident in re...

2008-04-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

So wait, Anthony apologizes for the accident in real time, and he becomes a good golfer, yet the two kids attempt to retroactively apologize and they have to type a thank-you letter to not be turned into chickens? Wow, someone must have pointed at Vanessa and whispered "cunt cunt".

You know what else would be nice? Some ice cream. ...

2008-04-03T17:24:19.751-07:00

You know what else would be nice? Some ice cream. Mm-Mmm Ice Cream, Yum!

I like the goosebump books so it would be nice if ...

2008-04-03T11:04:00.000-07:00

I like the goosebump books so it would be nice if you wouldn't dis them

This book was painful, mostly because of the physi...

2007-05-26T06:22:04.645-07:00

This book was painful, mostly because of the physical abuse the kids went through.

as for the cover...did anyone notice that crystal ...

2006-08-05T21:30:28.370-07:00

as for the cover...
did anyone notice that crystal is also turning into a ROOSTER
(hens don't have the thing on the head or the wattle thinge)

Vanessa whispers "Pig pig" and I literally threw t...

2006-03-23T15:40:41.540-08:00

Vanessa whispers "Pig pig" and I literally threw the goddamn book across the room.

Awesome.

Also I think you mean "sadistic" instead of "masochistic."

I second mooch's request for Camp Jellyjam.

2006-03-21T12:42:21.766-08:00

I second mooch's request for Camp Jellyjam.

hey glass you should have thrown in something abou...

2006-03-18T19:52:53.140-08:00

hey glass you should have thrown in something about the cover
that has to be the worst cover in the series i've seen yet

mooch,

2006-03-14T07:30:35.840-08:00

mooch,

Good review.I'm still eagerly awaiting Camp Jellyj...

2006-03-14T03:09:25.836-08:00

Good review.

I'm still eagerly awaiting Camp Jellyjam (hint, hint).