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Monster Cereals & A Farewell To Halloween!

Well, it's finally over. Halloween is here, soon it'll be gone, and with it, we bid farewell to the X-E Halloween Countdown until next year. My brain says THANK GOD, but my heart yearns for more rubber bats and bloody wonder. This will all be forgotten in a week when I see Holiday Fruity Pebbles at Waldbaum's, I'm sure. Speaking of something similar, the final entry on the Countdown takes a look at a decades-standing Halloween favorite, The General Mills Monster Cereals. I found a megabox containing all three varieties -- Count Chocula, Franken Berry & Boo Berry -- and it's made Halloween actually feel like Halloween. A much needed boost, since it's like 200 degrees outside and the kids next door are trying to set up an inflatable pool.

Had fun with the trick-or-treaters today. We gathered up all of the small toys and candy I intended to write about, packed 'em in Halloween-themed Ziploc bags and continued the tradition of being the best loot-givers of the block, sure to be adored by every six-year-old in the neighborhood, at least until 9 PM or so. Oh, of the many things I didn't have a chance to cover this season, I really didn't want to let this one slide. Here's a gallery of pics I took at our wonderful local mall's Halloween store, which by now is probably selling reindeer that dance when you clap:




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Thanks for reading all month-and-a-half. Click "more" to see the final entries in the Halloween Art Expo, and check out the previous posts for more installments. Oh, and do me a favor -- out of sheer megalomaniacal curiosity, I'd like for you to tell me which three entries on the Countdown were your personal favorites this year, in the comments. Don't have to list reasons or anything. Hope everyone had a great Halloween! Think I'll hop in the coffin now...

Ubu Rex lines his paper with madness...

Maramuray is a visionary of the most arguable kind...

Underdawg owes me ten bucks...

Dumpweed probably committed suicide soon after e-mailing this...

T. Walter's pride is in his stomach...

James Smith doesn't believe in God...

B-Dawg had the right idea...

Ferange perpetuates anorexia...

F.O.S. ends the Art Expo properly. With cats...

Happy H, all.

Posted by Matt on 10/31/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 141 comments
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One day after I had read all of Maddox’s articles I scrolled down to his links, Matt was one of them and now thanks to the halloween countdown I still obssessivly check x-e evertyime I get online.

Chestnuts roasted by gimpy421 @ 11/03/2004 10:50 PM

I think my favorite things in the Halloween countdown were the examination of all Jason’s different faces, the Emeril cartoon, and I guess the review of the snake-drug dealer commercial, which I didn’t even realize was part of the Halloween countdown until I looked at the list just now.

Chestnuts roasted by Talia @ 11/03/2004 11:22 PM

Y’know what X-E needs? Another mystery to solve. I mean, we had the myster of Nathan Bitner, and the mystery of the disappearance of Slimer’s Ecto Cooler, and even the mystery of Boo Berry. What we need is something else to rediscover and uncover that has been missing since our childhoods, and still possibly exists.

Chestnuts roasted by The REAL Nate @ 11/04/2004 12:04 PM

Thank all of you who responded to my question!! I figured everyone else just kinda "stumbled" into this madness called x-entertainment. and by the way i can’t believe the video for Aiesha by Another Bad Creation is on TV right now. God bless VH-1 Classics!!!! Once again thank you Matt for doing the work of a million slackers like me over the years!!!

-Kevin

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/04/2004 3:55 AM

wow i just read the "Mae Young" interview. Frrrrrrrrrrrrrreakayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

Makes me wish i was hip to this many a years ago. It reminds me of something that me and my friends woulda done if we knew the meaning of effort back in the day.

-Kevin

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/04/2004 4:09 AM

happy belated halloween, hope you had a good one.

my favourite articles is a tough question, I liked them all! If I had to pick 3 though, to take away onto a (haunted) desert island to read again & again I’d pick
1. grosser than gross party favors. I liked this because I managed to pick some up from a supermarket here in the uk, it made me feel a little bit more like a matt.
2. halloween costumes for pets, just because it’s always funny to see an animal dressed up.
3. many faces jason vorhees. we all like jason. He constantly reinvents himself, you know you have to keep up with the kids

looking forward to more x-e in the near future!

Chestnuts roasted by Gaz @ 11/04/2004 5:28 AM

trajeal–

Waitaminit, waitaminit. RoG was on VH1? Double-yoo tee eff?

Chestnuts roasted by freakachu @ 11/04/2004 7:00 AM

yeah, he was on Toyally Obsessed. He was on The Daily Show once, too. Cool, huh? We need to get Matt some gigs like that. All of this "behind the scenes" stuff at Nick is only secondary to actually seeing his mug on tv. Well, actually, working at Nick is way cooler than a tiny guest spot on tv, but it would still be a-a-a-awesome to see.

Talia, are you my sister? That’s my sister’s name and it’s not exactly common. :-)

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 11/04/2004 7:54 AM

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention – I love the Mae Young interview. Hee! That’s classic X-E. I like how Matt tried to disguise himself as someone names Alex Troi. Like we wouldn’t know!

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 11/04/2004 7:55 AM

I think my 3 favorite enteries were 1. Cat costume, 2. Crazy Contacts, and 3. Ghost comics, but I have to put the Monster cereals on here, too. Count Chocula is the greatest and I cannot imagine what mixing the 3 cereals together would be like. It seems like it would be insane! :)

Chestnuts roasted by Andrea @ 11/04/2004 2:31 PM

I concur with the masses: Many faces of Jason and the cat costume. I also liked the Shocktober ad (even though I am not from the NY area by a long shot. It was just nice).
I know Halloween is over, but I wish you could make one last reference to all of the hoopla this year. The big AMC and BRAVO horror movie specials were 5 star. Just an idea……

Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 11/04/2004 7:50 PM

Yeah, sweet Uatu reference, i hear they might be bringing "What if?" back.

Chestnuts roasted by alan smithee @ 11/05/2004 12:35 PM

There should be a book about the stuff that, under no circumstances, will not ever happen in any form of the Marvel Universe. It could be called "As If!"

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 11/06/2004 2:10 PM

Your Halloween coverage is great! I always get a laugh out of your writing. Oh that isn’t a head clock on Frankenberry, it’s a pressure gauge! Keep up the good work,

Chestnuts roasted by Andy @ 11/07/2004 1:09 AM

Two years ago after many hours spent searching for Boo Berry, we happened upon it at a local target. I think I may have crapped a brick in the process, but I got it home and it sat around the house for a few days, the magic wearing thin. Then the idea between me and my fellows that we should create a trifecta, the holy trinity, the mother%$#!ing triforce of cereal.

We got all the boxes and poured ourselves a bowl, and then we realized we forget the milk. so we used mango juice.

Mmm cha-cha-cha-cha-cha Delicious.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 11/10/2004 9:42 PM

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