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HEY! Well, sorry about the delay. I wish I had an excuse better than "I've been too busy to think straight," but that's the truth and I know it hurts. Here's a few subsidized entries to get us caught up so I can move onto cooler features as we enter the final week of the Countdown...
For October 21, a Head On A Platter. For October 22, Marshmallow Halloween Peeps. For October 23, I have absolutely no idea.
Say, do you think my boss would mind if I took off next week to write Halloween Countdown features on an unaffiliated website? Couldn't one of you throw me the flu or something? More entries on the way...

Posted by Matt on 10/24/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 44 comments

And in an attempt to help out our good friend Matt:

“I wish I had an excuse better than ‘I’ve been too busy to think straight,’”

Improvise a story involving goblins.

“Say, do you think my boss would mind if I took off next week to write Halloween Countdown features on an unaffiliated website?”

If you come up with a decent excuse. Improvise a story involving goblins.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/24/2004 6:58 PM

Personally, I think the peep pumpkins’ main merit (how’s that for alliteration?) is that it gives the illusion that you’re getting more peeps for your money, since they’re so small.
I’m gonna have to check out the chocolate-filled ones. That’s the most exciting peep news since “Christmas Cookies.”

Chestnuts roasted by Frostor @ 10/24/2004 6:59 PM

Nothing that poor ghost does is good enough. I’m starting to feel for him.

And I have a huge sweettooth, so I love Peeps. For as long as I can remember. Its not Easter without sugary baby chicks.

Comic Book Guy: (On Peeps) “I wish the real chicks would go down this easy.”

Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 10/24/2004 8:32 PM

Nice to see the articles are catching up! Excellent work as always Matt!
Great Hank Hill ideas! Everytime I read about Peeps, I think of that hilarious Malcolm in the Middle episode where Francis has to eat all those Peeps and, at one point, the count goes backwards! Good stuff!
On a side note, I’m kicking around the idea of doing the Halloween thing as Alice Cooper… I’m just at a loss for a top hat at this point. Doh!!

:)

Chestnuts roasted by Croww @ 10/24/2004 8:49 PM

The Head on a Platter looks *exactly* like one of the original Madballs! If Madballs ate bones, I’d think they recycled one for the platter. Then made it lame.

Chestnuts roasted by VeganMike @ 10/24/2004 9:41 PM

The Halloween Peeps were among the first Halloween items to be stocked at the grocery store where I work this year. For once, the store carries all four kinds. I haven’t tried any of them yet. I’m wary of Peeps after the Cocoa Bats almost sent me into sugar shock last year. I may at least give the Cocoa Cats a chance. The Bats TASTED good, but were just too darn big. The kitties may be just the right size.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/24/2004 10:07 PM

It bothers me that the first thing to come to my mind after viewing another Matt masterpiece is that the complaining ghost should have pointed out that that the monster wearing the read shirt is Frankenstein’s Monster, not Frankenstein himself.

I did nothing this weekend but sleep and stay up late being nonproductive, and I feel like crap. I’m just taking it out on the only person I know will love me/continue to not tknow who I am, Matt. ;P

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 10:44 PM

Oh, and by “read” I meant “orange”. Obviously…..

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 10/24/2004 11:17 PM

The best part was the stains on the last page!

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 10/25/2004 2:51 AM

#35!! w00t!

Chestnuts roasted by solvable @ 10/25/2004 4:17 AM

“It bothers me that the first thing to come to my mind after viewing another Matt masterpiece is that the complaining ghost should have pointed out that that the monster wearing the read shirt is Frankenstein’s Monster, not Frankenstein himself.” –Night_Trekker

Dude, Matt knows what he’s doing. After all, I just thanked him the other day for describing the green-faced man we know as the Monster…not Frankenstein. He’s obviously making a statement about the ghost’s literary prowess.

Yay, Matt. Love your stuff. Going to the store in the morning (a few scant insomniac hours from now) to buy my friends some Peeps. Already printed the article as a greeting card to enclose with the treats.

Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 10/25/2004 6:32 AM

Jackie Mason played Krusty the Klown’s father.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama @ 10/25/2004 8:06 AM

the comic is awesome!!!

Chestnuts roasted by erfefeg @ 10/25/2004 8:06 AM

I turned on the Food Network last night, and lo and behold, “Unwrapped” was on, and what were they talking about? Peeps! And yes, the Halloween Peeps, too. Of course, I thought of Matt right away, since I had just read this article big grin

They showed the cats but they looked like they were coated in purple sugar.

And those “jack-o-lantern” ones remind me of easter bunny heads more than anything. o_O

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/25/2004 11:48 AM

For geting the sticker off the serving platter, two words: Goo Gone. Or Un-du. I’m thinking of setting up a DVD player and small color monitor up on the porch and playing Ghostbusters and/or HellBoy on it during Trick or Treat. No worries about it getting swiped, there’s always someone outside during the yearly door-to-door begging. I’d only worry about the player. the monitor is an old Commodore color monitor I bought at a garage sale recently for five. It has the computer and regular AV hookups on the back. I really dig the ghost comics. Here’s hoping for more.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/25/2004 11:53 AM

marshie mixed with teen girl squad, lol

Chestnuts roasted by Rychiar @ 10/25/2004 12:14 PM

Dishwashing liquid will sometimes work on sticky stickers. Just dump some right on there and scrape the sticky off. Or, for tougher stickers, hairspray will work. It resaturates the glue. Hairspray will also take pen ink out of clothes for the exact same reason.

I am a wealth of trivial nonsense, I am.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/25/2004 3:07 PM

I like that kids pompadour in the comic lol

Chestnuts roasted by Lauren @ 10/25/2004 8:23 PM

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