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{{Infobox_episode|title=Show For Children|partOfSeason=2|episodeNumber=1|writer=[[Kris Straub]]|director=Kris Straub|previousEpisode=[[You Are On The Fastest Available Route]]|nextEpisode=[[Real Sleep]]|image=File:LOCAL58 - Show For Children.poster.jpg|airDate=July 30, 2018}}
'''Show For Children '''is the second part of the [[Local 58]] lore.


== Overview ==
'''Show For Children''' is the first uploaded entry in [[LOCAL58TV|Local 58]]’s second season and the fifth uploaded overall in the series. The episode takes the form of a children's show broadcast of an animated cartoon.
The video begins with a Local 58 ID card, followed by a schedule stating that "Show for Children" starts at 4:15 am. The broadcast glitches into a Local 58 bumper with a clown figure in an amusement park accompanied by distorted carnival music, along with the title "Show for Children", before then fading into the title card of a cartoon called "[[Cadavre (show)|Cadavre]]".  


The cartoon begins with the titular character [[Cadavre (character)|Cadavre]] walking in a graveyard at night, where he is looking for his [[Cadavre's Wife|wife]]. Peeking into one of the graves, he instead finds a disturbing-looking skeleton (which still has its eyeballs, and its mouth wide open). Cadavre gets scared and runs away. Frightened, he walks around the graveyard some more and finds another open grave. He peeks into it and this time, he sees a baby bird's skeleton. The baby bird opens its beak and makes a weakly noise. Cadavre, once again, runs away.
==Synopsis==
The episode begins with a [[Local 58]] ID card, stating that the Show for Children show starts at 4:15 AM. The broadcast displays a bumper with a clown figure signifying the start of the show before fading into the titles for the animated cartoon "[[Cadavre (show)|Cadavre]]". 


The weather becomes windy, and Cadavre becomes cold. After walking further through the graveyard, he finds another open grave which is now deeper than the others. He enters the hole, and finds a cave. After walking through the cave for a while, the shot fades to black and then fades back to a shot Cadavre, now lying on the ground beneath a grave. He is staring at the sky through the opening above him. The moon slowly slides into view and soon after, Cadavre is shown as a skeleton (without his clothes, and buried into the ground), implied dead. The cartoon ends.
The animation begins with the titular character [[Cadavre (character)|Cadavre]] walking through a graveyard at night while the [[moon]] watches overhead. He comes across an empty grave, where he thinks he will be able to find his [[Cadavre's Wife|wife]]. Peeking into the grave, Cadavre instead finds a realistically drawn skeletal corpse, which frightens him and causes him to run away. Scared by what he has found, Cadavre walks around the graveyard some more and finds another open grave. He peeks into it and discovers a decayed, bird-like creature which meows at him. Cadavre once again runs away.


The video ends with the Local 58 clown figure bumper from before, except for the text saying "See You Next Time" and the clown subtly turning its eyes to the camera, until it's cut short and the video glitches into black.
The weather becomes windy, and Cadavre has become even more unnerved. The moon is no longer smiling, and as Cadavre walks we see the moon pass in front of a tree. After walking further through the graveyard, he finds another open grave which leads into a seemingly bottomless hole. Descending into it and finding himself in a cave, Cadavre continues walking but is extremely cold and weak.


== Trivia ==
After some time, Cadavre is shown lying on the ground, staring up at the entrance to the grave he came down from where the bottomless pit he saw seems to be stretching upward. The moon slowly slides into view and Cadavre is suddenly shown as an inanimate skeleton. The cartoon ends with the Local 58 clown figure bumper from before, saying "See You Next Time". The clown figure's eyes are looking in a different direction and its mouth is widened since the start, and as the video cuts out, the eyes move to look towards the camera.
* Cadavre is a continuously recurring character in [[Kris Straub]]'s comics on ''Chainsawsuit'' and his series, ''Broodhollow.''
* The music used in the title for the show ''Cadavre'' is from the 1935 Ub Iwerks animated picture, ''"The Brementown Musicians".'' The score for the short was composed by Carl Schilling.


== Continuity ==
==Trivia==
* Cadavre turning into a skeleton after the moon approaches his field of vision is tied to the meteorological event seen in [[LOCAL58 - Weather Service]].
* Cadavre is a continuously recurring character in [[Kris Straub]]'s comics on ''Chainsawsuit'' and his series ''Broodhollow''.
*For one frame after the second grave's contents appear (the creature), the first grave's contents (the horrified skeleton) is briefly visible.
**The image files of both creatures are simply labeled in Kris Straub's files as "corpse1.png" and "corpse2.png" respectively.<ref name=":0">https://www.twitch.tv/videos/666470173</ref>
**Speaking on the nature of the second creature, Straub has joked that it might be a shrimp because he had seen a Red Lobster ad that made him hungry.<ref name=":0" />
*The first time Cadavre walks above the surface, the Moon passes behind a tree in the foreground. However, after Cadavre has peered into the first two graves, the Moon passes in front of a tree in the foreground, despite appearing smaller and shadowier.
* The clown figure in the closing moments of the episode has a wider mouth compared to its first appearance. The figure's eyes also slowly move to stare at the viewer before the video cuts off.
* The music used in the title for the show ''Cadavre'' is from the 1935 Ub Iwerks animated picture, ''The Brementown Musicians''. The score for the short was composed by Carl Schilling, a reference to the song's actual composer, Carl Stalling.
* The music used during the show is from the 1939 Max Fleischer Color Classic, ''The Fresh Vegetable Mystery'', which was composed by Sammy Timberg.
* The date on title card, MCMXXIX says 1929, which means the cartoon was made in 1929.
* The cartoon was inspired by other YouTube creepypasta videos like Suicide Mouse, as well as 1930’s theatrical cartoons like Max Fleischer’s Swing You Sinners!
* The clown at the beginning is from the stock footage "Clown Shaped Garbage Can At Carnival" by Spafron. The stock footage can be found [https://videohive.net/item/clown-shaped-garbage-can-at-carnival/1826149 here].
* The likely reason of this TV show to be at 4:15 in the morning was unknown, as Analog Horror viewers noted that it seems unusual for a child to be up at 4:15 in the morning, to watch this.
* The comments are currently turn off, the reason for the comments to be turned off is currently unknown.


== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
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File:Horrormoo.png|Unused render of the Moon made for this episode as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
File:Horrormoon.png|Full view of the final render of the Moon as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 11 November 2026

Show For Children
Season 2
Episode 1
Air date July 30, 2018
Writer Kris Straub
Director Kris Straub
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Show For Children is the first uploaded entry in Local 58’s second season and the fifth uploaded overall in the series. The episode takes the form of a children's show broadcast of an animated cartoon.

Synopsis

The episode begins with a Local 58 ID card, stating that the Show for Children show starts at 4:15 AM. The broadcast displays a bumper with a clown figure signifying the start of the show before fading into the titles for the animated cartoon "Cadavre". 

The animation begins with the titular character Cadavre walking through a graveyard at night while the moon watches overhead. He comes across an empty grave, where he thinks he will be able to find his wife. Peeking into the grave, Cadavre instead finds a realistically drawn skeletal corpse, which frightens him and causes him to run away. Scared by what he has found, Cadavre walks around the graveyard some more and finds another open grave. He peeks into it and discovers a decayed, bird-like creature which meows at him. Cadavre once again runs away.

The weather becomes windy, and Cadavre has become even more unnerved. The moon is no longer smiling, and as Cadavre walks we see the moon pass in front of a tree. After walking further through the graveyard, he finds another open grave which leads into a seemingly bottomless hole. Descending into it and finding himself in a cave, Cadavre continues walking but is extremely cold and weak.

After some time, Cadavre is shown lying on the ground, staring up at the entrance to the grave he came down from where the bottomless pit he saw seems to be stretching upward. The moon slowly slides into view and Cadavre is suddenly shown as an inanimate skeleton. The cartoon ends with the Local 58 clown figure bumper from before, saying "See You Next Time". The clown figure's eyes are looking in a different direction and its mouth is widened since the start, and as the video cuts out, the eyes move to look towards the camera.

Trivia

  • Cadavre is a continuously recurring character in Kris Straub's comics on Chainsawsuit and his series Broodhollow.
  • For one frame after the second grave's contents appear (the creature), the first grave's contents (the horrified skeleton) is briefly visible.
    • The image files of both creatures are simply labeled in Kris Straub's files as "corpse1.png" and "corpse2.png" respectively.[1]
    • Speaking on the nature of the second creature, Straub has joked that it might be a shrimp because he had seen a Red Lobster ad that made him hungry.[1]
  • The first time Cadavre walks above the surface, the Moon passes behind a tree in the foreground. However, after Cadavre has peered into the first two graves, the Moon passes in front of a tree in the foreground, despite appearing smaller and shadowier.
  • The clown figure in the closing moments of the episode has a wider mouth compared to its first appearance. The figure's eyes also slowly move to stare at the viewer before the video cuts off.
  • The music used in the title for the show Cadavre is from the 1935 Ub Iwerks animated picture, The Brementown Musicians. The score for the short was composed by Carl Schilling, a reference to the song's actual composer, Carl Stalling.
  • The music used during the show is from the 1939 Max Fleischer Color Classic, The Fresh Vegetable Mystery, which was composed by Sammy Timberg.
  • The date on title card, MCMXXIX says 1929, which means the cartoon was made in 1929.
  • The cartoon was inspired by other YouTube creepypasta videos like Suicide Mouse, as well as 1930’s theatrical cartoons like Max Fleischer’s Swing You Sinners!
  • The clown at the beginning is from the stock footage "Clown Shaped Garbage Can At Carnival" by Spafron. The stock footage can be found here.
  • The likely reason of this TV show to be at 4:15 in the morning was unknown, as Analog Horror viewers noted that it seems unusual for a child to be up at 4:15 in the morning, to watch this.
  • The comments are currently turn off, the reason for the comments to be turned off is currently unknown.
  • Unused render of the Moon made for this episode as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
    Unused render of the Moon made for this episode as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
  • Full view of the final render of the Moon as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
    Full view of the final render of the Moon as seen on a Kris Straub Twitch livestream.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/666470173
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