A Big Lipped Alligator homecoming: the Nostalgia Critic takes on All Dogs Go to Heaven

Doug Walker's look at Don Bluth's 1989 film arrived as Walter Banasiak began a month of nightly Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

All Dogs Go to Heaven - Nostalgia Critic

"All Dogs Go to Heaven - Nostalgia Critic" is Doug Walker's take on Don Bluth's 1989 musical about Charlie B. Barkin, the German Shepherd mix who sneaks out of Heaven to settle a score in 1939 New Orleans and ends up looking after an orphan instead. For this channel the film is something of a family heirloom. The Big Lipped Alligator Moment, Doug's name for a bizarre musical number that comes from nowhere and is never mentioned again, takes its name from this film's singing alligator, and the comment section greets the review as the term finally coming home. Viewers also single out what he says about Dom DeLuise's performance, and a few are counting how few Bluth films he has left.

The rest of the week belongs to October. Walter Banasiak opened Midnight Mania, a review of an Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode every night of the month, starting with "The Tale of the Phantom Cab" and then Zeebo the clown in "The Tale of Laughing in the Dark." On Friday Doug added a short, deadpan-titled verdict on the new Tom Cruise film, billed as one sure to divide audiences, and it is the upload moving fastest right now.

All of it has the channel drawing more than twice its usual daily views, though its 1.43 million subscribers held steady. RedLetterMedia and Mr Sunday Movies are having similarly lively weeks, while Lindsay Ellis and Rapid Trailer are running quieter than usual.

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The videos drawing views on Channel Awesome right now

Midnight Mania Trailer41,999 views · 2026-09-28 The Tale of the Phantom Cab - Midnight Mania40,377 views · 2026-10-01 Well this will be easy to talk about37,599 views · 2026-10-02 Doug Plays Wolverine part 134,231 views · 2026-09-26 The Tale of Laughing in the Dark - Midnight Mania32,899 views · 2026-10-02

The numbers

Here is how Channel Awesome's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

ClipZone: High Octane Hits

9,380,403

Reel Rejects

3,507,471

RedLetterMedia

3,504,704

Rapid Trailer

3,028,857

Lindsay Ellis

2,433,246

All Action

2,320,805

Channel Awesome

1,742,297

Mr Sunday Movies

1,274,582

Fandom Entertainment

268,818

subscribers

1,430,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,320,146,155

views per day

510,196

typical day: 225,840

this week's videos (first-day views)

All Dogs Go to Heaven - Nostalgia Critic

144,046

Midnight Mania Trailer

31,702

The Tale of the Phantom Cab - Midnight …

34,709

Doug Plays Wolverine part 1

29,282

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

RedLetterMedia

1,620,000

Fandom Entertainment

1,500,000

ClipZone: High Octane Hits

1,500,000

Reel Rejects

1,490,000

Channel Awesome

1,430,000

Mr Sunday Movies

1,420,000

Lindsay Ellis

1,340,000

Rapid Trailer

1,300,000

All Action

1,290,000

As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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