# I'm your Boogey Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341 "2006-04-26T19:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/1 "2006-04-26T19:04:14Z")
That’s what I am. Points for style… 1. does anybody here remember the cartoon, “Eek The Cat?” 2. in one episode, Eek meets The Boogeyman–does anyone remember why he’s called The Boogeyman? 3. Hi Opal! 4. What was Eek’s girlfriend named? No fair googling it if you don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/2 "2006-04-26T19:18:24Z")
I remember the cartoon, but not the particulars. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/3 "2006-04-27T15:41:25Z")
When the boogeyman goes to bed at night, he checks his closet first to see if Chuck Norris is in it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/4 "2006-04-27T16:07:45Z")
Just because you mentioned “Boogeyman”, the other day for no particular reason I was singing Hot Chocolate’s “I Believe In Miracles” to myself, but for some reason changed the words to “You look like the Boogeyman”. Not that anybody cares, but I was pretty amused. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/5 "2006-04-27T16:17:15Z")
HA! With that silly giggly voice too! Great…now I’ll never hear that song the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/6 "2006-04-27T16:32:36Z")
The girlfriend was Annabelle, IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/7 "2006-04-27T16:41:52Z")
I have no information on Eek the Cat, so I will content myself with pinting out that you have fucked up the “Hi Opal!” joke. “Hi Opal!” is only used if your list consists of exactly two items. If you have three items independent of “Hi Opal!” then you don’t use “Hi Opal!”. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/8 "2006-04-27T16:58:58Z")
First Opal attempt and I blew it. Figures. But thanks for pinting that out for me. Boogie on. Annabelle is most certainly correct. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/9 "2006-04-27T17:06:45Z")
… > [@](#): > > When Mr. Oogie Boogie says > There’s trouble close at hand > You’d better pay attention now > ‘Cause I’m the Boogie Man > And if you aren’t shakin’ > Then there’s something very wrong > 'Cause this may be the last time now > That you hear the boogie song ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/10 "2006-05-04T10:37:18Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Just because you mentioned “Boogeyman”, the other day for no particular reason I was singing Hot Chocolate’s “I Believe In Miracles” to myself, but for some reason changed the words to “You look like the Boogeyman”. Not that anybody cares, but I was pretty amused. So I’m sitting in a restaurant doing lunch with five other coworkers yesterday when this very song comes on. I almost choked laughing so hard. I wasn’t about to even try to explain myself. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/11 "2006-05-04T11:11:01Z")
Wow, I thought **Mrs. Fresh** and I were the only two fans of this show left on earth. Twelve years after getting into it, we _still_ quote it for laughs. The girlfriend’s name was indeed Annabelle, but I don’t remember the Boogeyman episode. Was it because he liked to dance or because he had a runny nose? I’m still waiting for the entire series on DVD, but I’m not holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/12 "2006-05-04T11:15:01Z")
Oh, and it’s **Eek!stravaganza** or **Eek! The Cat** (Don’t forget the exclamation mark). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/13 "2006-05-04T11:15:30Z")
I miss Eek the Cat. Ta for the memories. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/14 "2006-05-04T13:36:15Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > So I’m sitting in a restaurant doing lunch with five other coworkers yesterday when this very song comes on. I almost choked laughing so hard. I wasn’t about to even try to explain myself. No, there would be no rational way to explain that at all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/15 "2006-05-04T14:52:51Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > the Boogeyman episode. Was it because he liked to dance or because he had a runny nose? Yeah, IIRC The Boogey Man was a big flimflam-looking guy with a huge collar on a half-buttoned disco shirt & he wore the nastiest-looking polyester pants. The scene: _Knock Knock Knock_ **Eek!:** Who is it? **Boogey Man:** It’s The Boogey Man. **E:** Who? **BM:** The Boogie Man. I’ve come to get you. _Eek!opens the door, The Boogie Man saunters in, spins around and looks at Eek!_ **BM:** Do you know why they call me The Boogey Man? **E:** Uh…no? **BM:** Because I … - At this point The Boogie Man starts disco dancing (very badly) and singing “I boogie boogie bogie boogie…” \* - Eek! screams and runs off with The Boogie Man chasing after him. \* And from there my memory fades. Probably because I passed out from laughing! And still, Bugs & Daffy get air time. The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-boogey-man/354341/16 "2006-05-04T17:29:33Z")
what the freak have you got against Bugs and Daffy? Yeah they’ve been aired a gazillion times each, but many of them still make me laugh