{"id":494,"date":"2019-09-27T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T17:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/?p=494"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:32:20","slug":"beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, care for a fan wank? Over at 366Weird, <a href=\"https:\/\/366weirdmovies.com\/mr-burtons-brand-of-peculiar-movies-a-tim-burton-roundtable\/\">a bit of controversy<\/a> spiked up awhile back: What to do about Tim Burton? He&#8217;s obviously a director of *somewhat* unusual films, but most of them are not at all up to being ranked with the weirdest. But shouldn&#8217;t we give him an honorary bone?<\/p>\n<p>Which is it to be? All us weirdies haggled for awhile, but the site administrator went with <em>Batman Returns<\/em> (1992). &#8220;Blasphemy!&#8221; responded those of us on the <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> (1988) side. Well, this week I got to make <a href=\"https:\/\/366weirdmovies.com\/apocrypha-candidate-beetlejuice-1988\/\">my pitch for Team <em>Beetlejuice<\/em><\/a> as the weirdest Tim Burton movie. Join my crusade!<\/p>\n<p>Bonus buck on the click:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t let a <em>Beetlejuice<\/em> discussion pass when you&#8217;re a <em>Minecraft<\/em> fan and not post the greatest in-game content video ever made: The <em>Minecraft Beetlejuice<\/em> roller coaster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beetle Juice - A Minecraft Roller Coaster\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/afcudstM9zA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now your day is complete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, care for a fan wank? Over at 366Weird, a bit of controversy spiked up awhile back: What to do about Tim Burton? He&#8217;s obviously a director of *somewhat* unusual films, but most of them are not at all up to being ranked with the weirdest. But shouldn&#8217;t we give him an honorary bone? Which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,38,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-media","category-movies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#039;s Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I&#039;d pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#039;s Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I&#039;d pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Penguin Pete\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Penguin_Pete\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Penguin_Pete\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Penguin Pete\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penguin Pete\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30\"},\"headline\":\"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":159,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Beetlejuice.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Main\",\"Media\",\"Movies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Beetlejuice.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I'd pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Beetlejuice.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Beetlejuice.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":668},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/27\\\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits\",\"description\":\"Selections from my two decades of freelance writing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30\",\"name\":\"Penguin Pete\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/PP_avatar-140x140.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/PP_avatar-140x140.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/PP_avatar-140x140.png\",\"width\":140,\"height\":140,\"caption\":\"Penguin Pete\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/PP_avatar-140x140.png\"},\"description\":\"Take good care of my memes; I've raised them since they were daydreams!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/penguinpetes.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/hosiah\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits","description":"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I'd pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits","og_description":"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I'd pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.","og_url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/","og_site_name":"Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits","article_published_time":"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":668,"url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Penguin Pete","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Penguin_Pete","twitter_site":"@Penguin_Pete","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Penguin Pete","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/"},"author":{"name":"Penguin Pete","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30"},"headline":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie","datePublished":"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/"},"wordCount":159,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg","articleSection":["Main","Media","Movies"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/","url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/","name":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's Weirdest Movie - Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-27T17:58:07+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-24T20:32:20+00:00","description":"Look, I never ranked Tim Burton weird enough to make the cut of weirdest movies, but if I just gotta had-to, I'd pick Beetlejuice and throw the rest back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Beetlejuice.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/27\/beetlejuice-is-tim-burtons-weirdest-movie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beetlejuice is Tim Burton&#8217;s Weirdest Movie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Penguin Pete&#039;s Greatest Hits","description":"Selections from my two decades of freelance writing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/9444fa5a58096bf48bbde50467585e30","name":"Penguin Pete","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PP_avatar-140x140.png","url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PP_avatar-140x140.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PP_avatar-140x140.png","width":140,"height":140,"caption":"Penguin Pete"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PP_avatar-140x140.png"},"description":"Take good care of my memes; I've raised them since they were daydreams!","sameAs":["https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/author\/hosiah\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}