By John Maruskin

Clark County Public Library

Tuesday, Oct. 15, (P.G. Wodehouse’s birthday) Ron Kibbey’s Comedy Classic is one of the wackiest scare fests in film history: “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

Railroad baggage clerks Chick Young (Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Costello) receive coffins containing the remains of Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster.

When Chick and Wilbur deliver them to a House of Horrors, the coffins are spirited away to a secret island.

Chick and Wilbur follow and encounter Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and a mad scientist (Charles Bradstreet) who plans to put Costello’s brain in Frankenstein (Glenn Strange).

Non-stop hijinks and hilarity ensue, and despite the risk of decapitation, Wilbur finds romance and the monsters find final resting places … or do they?

Kibbey provides short, entertaining introductions to his films.

There will be a Halloween-themed Popeye cartoon to begin the program.

Free soft drinks and popcorn will be served. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended but not necessary.

Speaking of P.G. Wodehouse. at noon Wednesday, Book Lunch laughs over “Joy in the Morning.”

Bertie Wooster believes his biographers will refer to the harrowing saga of Nobby Hopwood, Stilton Cheesewright, Florence Craye, Uncle Percy, Bokko Frittleworth, Edwin the Boy Scout and (gasp!) Aunt Agatha as “The Steeple Bumpleigh Horror.”

For P.G. Wodehouse, this novel, completed amid the horrors of wartime Germany, was something of a miracle.

“The supreme Jeeves novel of all time,” he wrote.

In the course of “Joy in the Morning,” novelist Bokko Frittleworth tells Bertie Wooster: “You’re a great comfort Bertie … You give me hope. You raise me from the depths.” Wodehouse may have been encouraging himself when he wrote that.

Copies are available at the circulation desk. Please register to attend by Tuesday.

Recently, The Sun published an article about a new vegan cookbook, “Millennial Vegan,” by local author Kena Dijiba.

Millennial Vegan will open your eyes to delicious vegan food, and keep you laughing while you mix the recipes.

Don’t worry about exotic ingredients. All are readily available in any market.

Give another dimension to your dining with satisfying and healthful vegan cooking, like “Your ‘Bougie Auntie’s’ Mac and Cheese.”

Copies of Millennial Vegan are available now in the new books section of the library, call No. 641.5636 Diji.

Other programs this week?

— At 11 a.m. Monday, Pageturner’s Book Group discusses “The Turn of the Key,” by Ruth Ware.

When a nanny at a luxurious Scottish Highlands home is imprisoned for a child’s murder, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration.

Books are available at the Circulation Desk.

— At 2 p.m. Monday, chair yoga taught by Kathy Howard, a certified yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance. There is a $5 charge per class.

— At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kentucky Picture Show presents a (2017) remake of a twisty Agatha Christie.

A spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather’s murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets. Rated PG-13.

— At 7 p.m. Wednesday, that’s not an AC unit humming, it’s Wednesday night Engine House Pizza Pub patrons simultaneously saying, “Hmmmmm,” about Jeff Gurnee’s Trivia Challenges.

— At 9:15 a.m. Thursday, gentle yoga taught by Kathy Howard, a certified yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance. There is a $5 charge per class.

— At 10 a.m. Friday, Write Local celebrates adverbs.

— From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Outside the Lines Adult Coloring makes autumn more colorful.

Bigfoot and UFO enthusiasts, get ready for Tuesday, Oct. 22, at CCPL.

John Maruskin is director of adult services at the Clark County Public Library. He can be reached at john.clarkbooks@gmail.com.