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Halloween Countdown Donations?

I can't believe how fast this year flew -- we're just a few weeks away from the fourth annual Halloween Countdown! After some intense personal debate, I'm pretty sure I'm going to take weekends off from entries -- or at least, I'm not going to promise entries on weekends. Reason being, the Countdown entries have essentially become junior articles, and with decreased time to sit at home waxing philosophical about bat-shaped candy, I don't want to dog it. I'll get to spend weekends making sure the following week's wealth of entries are as good as they can be. (And even without official Countdown entries on the weekends, the blog will be updated.)

What I really want to avoid is a tapering off of energies as we get closer and closer to Halloween Proper. I can't remember if I was just drained or lacking in time by the end of October last year, but I do remember having to either skip or skimp a little too often. I guess it's all about prep work, which is good, because I already have fifteen things I'm definitely writing about, and about five more I'm still on the fence about, either because the topics are too big for a Countdown or, at this point, seem "too small."

Anyway, the point: If anyone out there has a Halloween item that's perfect for the Halloween Countdown that they'd be willing to donate, please e-mail me! Some of last year's donations were really tremendous, and they helped me quite a bit. What am I looking for, exactly? Nothing in particular. If you've got an old VHS tape that has Halloween-themed episodes of a forgotten sitcom, or a VHS tape with some old Halloween-themed commercials, those would be boss. Toys, games, decorations, those are cool, too. I can get ya the cash for shipping/packing up anything you're willing to send. Thanks in advance. Again, please e-mail me about this -- I don't want to ruin the potential surprise for fellow visitors.

Previous Halloween Countdowns: 2003 - 2004 - 2005.

PS: This isn't today's August Megaparty entry. Stay tuned for that.

Posted by Matt on 08/21/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 61 comments

First at last!!! :)

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 08/21/2006 2:13 PM

OK, now I’m pushing it, but ahhh…feels so good, and so juvenile too. What XE’s all about. LOL…

Hmm… I’ll be trying to think of some rockin Halloween stuff. FYI for everyone- if you got to Michaels they have lots of sweet Halloween stuff already…that and you can use a 40% off coupon to get those sweet pre lit haunted houses for cheap. Woo!

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 08/21/2006 2:16 PM

I found a children’s book called “Countdown to Halloween” om the bargain bin at Rite-Aid for a buck. If it’s still there, I’ll buy it. Otherwise, we can find another copy online somewhere. It seemed right up Matt’s alley.

Chestnuts roasted by Hoverbored @ 08/21/2006 2:21 PM

I just hope Wal-Mart has the skeletons dancing to superfreak for sale again this year.

Chestnuts roasted by Tom_Slick @ 08/21/2006 2:29 PM

PS: This isn’t today’s August Megaparty entry. Stay tuned for that.

And you thought last tuesday’s thread was going to feel bad about itself.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/21/2006 2:29 PM

Those skeletons sang ZZ Top songs too! It’s the most surreal thing I’ve ever witnessed.

They should have a skeleton that sings that Captain Beefheart song, “I’m Gonna Booglarize You”

Chestnuts roasted by Deuce @ 08/21/2006 2:54 PM

DAMN IT! I knew I should have kept that witch with an apple for it’s head! Hmmm … perhaps it’s time to go dig around in the mutitude of bags in the garage …

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/21/2006 2:55 PM

I am very excited that the countdown is close at hand. Did anyone see the spooky white chocolate M&M’s? The toned the plain old m on the front of the cindies into a skull that utilizes the original M. I tried to save one just as a decoration, but they are delicious and I ate it within 10 minutes.

Chestnuts roasted by Old E @ 08/21/2006 2:55 PM

Just got back from a quick lunchtime trip to Family Dollar and looked through the modest beginning of the Hallowe’en displays. Ever notice how the special holiday items have their own peculiar, palpable energy? Christmas deco makes me feel all warm and happy, fresh banana bread-y, along my edges. All Hallows’ spooky look is a sharper, kinda icy thrill through my circuits, gently squeezing around my heart. I could live all Trick-or-Treat 24/7, if I had the monetary backing. I’ll dig through my tapes, and see if I have anything worthy of sending to the Mighty, Mighty X. My new camera has a neat trick that lets me store video off a A/V source onto SD/MMC cards. If I can manage it, I might snail-mail Matt the King of the Hill Hallowe’en episode. I’m looking for the Real Ghostbusters Hallowe’en Special myself. Boogaloo’s back in town!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/21/2006 3:24 PM

Does anyone remember that old Reeses candy tv show about the aliens that came to Earth on Halloween night? It was like a one shot, and I haven’t seen it since like 1991 or 1992.

Favorite Halloween treat is Monster Cakes…mmm.

Chestnuts roasted by Rixliss @ 08/21/2006 3:30 PM

Yeah! Halloween countdown on the way, I’ll keep a look out for stuff. I feel like I’ve got some old tapes with stuff on them. I went through a few and found mostly Christmas stuff from the 80′s, and lots of commercials that you might be into.

I do remember something about aliens and Reeses. Didn’t it have something to do with that kid skipping a rock on the water three times to make a wish, and the pond was dried up but it skipped anyway and he saved Halloween or something?

Is that it? Am I way off? I feel like that’s what Rixliss is talking about.

Countdown to the countdown!

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 08/21/2006 3:35 PM

Rixliss, do you mean
http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/629.html

then again at
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0742/
?

Chestnuts roasted by random bob @ 08/21/2006 3:38 PM

Sounds good, Matt – quality’s more important than quantity, after all.

Happy moment of today: after literal months of searching, the stores in my area FINALLY got the Cars toys back in stock. $7 later, I’m now the proud owner of the Luigi, Guido, and Tractor three-pack. :¬)

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 08/21/2006 3:55 PM

Bring on halloween and Skullpops!!

Chestnuts roasted by Agent M @ 08/21/2006 4:10 PM

As the only tatoo I have currentally is a bitchin jack o’lantern on my left wrist, you can imagine my love of halloween.

Matt, I love your halloween tributes. They have defenatly become just a sacred to me as the halloween specials and walking thru the isles looking for new halloween stuff.

My only regret is that on halloween proper I’m so busy or involved there’s no way I can spend time on the compy seeing the last post. Not until Nov 1st, and that seems sad alittle. It is kinda nice in a meloncholy way.

Anyway, I realized you don’t get anything from this site except the satisfaction of expressing yourself and pleasing your multitude of fans. Wich is more than enough, to be sure.

But you work, try so hard to make things the best they can when basically you don’t have any reason to do so.

So in rapt expectation of this years Halloween countdown and your continued efforts in proving why you have my (and countless others) favourite website; Kudos, thanks, and Wow.

P.s. I don’t know if Juris was the alien in the movie that was talked about, but I totally remember that special. I seem to recall loving it. And it was about a towns candy factory closing. I remember something about a drie up lake also. And sure, an Alien. I think so.

Anyway, That’s exactally why I love this site so much. Minutia that no one else remembers but I love to death that others here also remember.

I do know it was a full special. Not just commercials. And yeah, I know it only ran once around here. Hell maybe it aired 10 years later on the Family Channel, they do weird shite like that, but not that I know of.

Anyone remember what it was called or anything else about it, I would totally also love to know. I was always a little dissapointed for a few years after that it didn’t re-air.

Live on (possibly) reeses candy halloween special.

Chestnuts roasted by spooky @ 08/21/2006 4:21 PM

I can’t believe the Cocoa bats were in 2003… where has the time gone?

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 08/21/2006 4:24 PM

Sorry buddy, all I got is my PowerPoint on the History of Halloween and it’s not that great. Definitely looking forward to the countdown though. I am working on my Salem Witch Trials lesson now, it is raining outside, and the past couple of times I went to the store I looked for HALLOWEEN stuff.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/21/2006 4:54 PM

My only outlet of Halloweeny fun is X-E, so you better make sure those articles aren’t all poopy-like :(

Chestnuts roasted by Trash @ 08/21/2006 4:55 PM

Halloween.. a time to stock up on fake blood from Birthdays ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 08/21/2006 5:15 PM

Dude. If you can talk it up well, or make it funny, NOTHING is too small to write about.

Or at least, that’s what your mom tells me!! OOOH BURN!! Hehe, Jus’ Kiddin’, playa. :)

Write what you think will work for ya. Obscurity is like… hmmm… ok, Light. The more obscure the topic, the less people it will reach, but those it does reach will get a super-intense dose, and be blown away.

Eh, probably coulda thought of a better analogy, but it’s been a rough day at work.

Chestnuts roasted by Yooka @ 08/21/2006 5:30 PM

My wife has all of those TV episodes of “Friday the Thirteenth” the series on VHS. And Dark Shadows too. I wonder if they are on DVD, I’d love to get rid of all those tapes.

Chestnuts roasted by klatubaradanikto @ 08/21/2006 5:35 PM

I really wish I was still a pack rat. I’m sure I used to have lots of stuff to send ya. I’ll check around maybe I’ll find something?

I hope we get to draw pictures again this year!!!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 08/21/2006 5:38 PM

The M&M/Mars “Mission from Mars” special was goofy and all, but that is what was fun about it. Now, if there was a Special based on some of the other candies, like how the ‘We’en was saved by one Nerds Rope, or Dracula being defeated by a Peeps Pumpkin getting caught in his teeth, then sombody’s been watching my dreams again.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 08/21/2006 5:52 PM

Man, I don’t want to get all political or anything. But I urge everybody to think twice before dropping some dough at Wal-Mart. Truly an evil entity. That’s all I’m gonna say about it, though. I won’t harp.

But I am SO looking forward to the Countdown this year. This is going to be the best Halloween ever!

Alcoholic’s Halloween: October 28

Chestnuts roasted by Chris martin @ 08/21/2006 6:36 PM

Sweet. Halloween is so much better when you’ve got the Countdown to look forward to.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 08/21/2006 6:59 PM

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