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09/26/2007: The Skull Fountain.

Today’s Countdown entry is only late if you’re one of those religious fanatics who honestly believes that today is September 26th and not actually still the 25th. I am here to enlighten you: It’s September 25th, and today’s deadline-meeting Countdown entry is a shorty about the Skull Fountain, a bowl of punch with bleeding eyes!

Because I’m nice, I’ve decided to post the entry for the 26th a day ahead of schedule. Look for it by tonight!

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tonight?

Ghosted by Farley Tamboobersnit @ 09/26/2007 1:06 PM EDT

Oh Matt, you lovable trickster you.

Ghosted by Evin. @ 09/26/2007 1:07 PM EDT

Wait, what?

Ghosted by yet another matt @ 09/26/2007 1:08 PM EDT

Is V-8 too thick for something like that? Because it seems like that would be the closest drinkable liquid to the blood-red look. Even as it is, that’s one hell of a punch bowl. I’d put it out even at non-Halloween parties, attempting to justify it with odd signs. By the time I had it at a President’s Day party with a sign that said “Kiss Me, I’m from D.C.,” I would have probably pushed the boundary, though.

Ghosted by Declan Dempsey @ 09/26/2007 1:17 PM EDT

The instructions say you can’t use anything with pulp…V8 is a little pulpy, but I’m not sure.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/26/2007 1:20 PM EDT

I would thow some Mt. Dew game fuel in there. Only thing that crap is good for. Bring back the original Pitch Black I say!

Ghosted by Toxikfoxx @ 09/26/2007 1:24 PM EDT

Maybe grape juice – he looks like he should have very dark blood!

Ghosted by Saint @ 09/26/2007 1:28 PM EDT

A friend of mine had something like this last year and he put bloody mary mix in it. It was quite tasty. It had that Willy Wonka chocolate waterfall effect on the drink and it was smooth as could be.

Ghosted by freudguy @ 09/26/2007 1:33 PM EDT

Matt: first of all, I know an awesome drink made with kool-aid packets that big. And it tastes like cherry Tootsie Roll pops! I’m trying to figure out how to make it alcoholic.

Also, while the skull fountain is interesting, this Bloody Pumpkin Fountain is infinitely more awesome and is, by far, my most coveted Halloween possession. But I don’t think you can put beverages in it. I’m not sure.

Ghosted by Special K @ 09/26/2007 1:47 PM EDT

The dates are changing all willy-nilly. I’m cold, and frightened.

Ghosted by Whalen @ 09/26/2007 1:57 PM EDT

I actually LOL’d at the youtube clip… How did you not crack up when you saw how poorly it ‘worked’. Wish I could have been there to watch this live, I think I’d still be laughing.

Ghosted by Nizz @ 09/26/2007 1:59 PM EDT

Still cool, even if its a bit of a disappointment. I would probably still buy it if I was having a Halloween party, though.

I’m pissed I missed the ‘what horror movie have you not seen yet’ blog!

Still, nice to get a new entry while I was cruising an old one.

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 09/26/2007 2:04 PM EDT

Wow! I’ve been a regular reader for a couple years but never posted before…I’m not too far down the line! Matt I’d just like to thank you for all the great articles, they’ve become part of my little family units annual holiday tradition.

Ghosted by FeedMyFrankenstein @ 09/26/2007 2:24 PM EDT

I’m in agreement that grape juice might liven up the action.
The skull looks to be that super hard weird foam stuff, rubberized coated. (I am well aware of the grammatical errors in that sentence).

I’ve also been trying to figure out what you were watching by the sounds in the background… can’t quite figure it out.

Ghosted by Raechel @ 09/26/2007 2:24 PM EDT

I believe it was Family Guy.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/26/2007 2:26 PM EDT

Special K
Oh, I so desire that Bloody Pumpkin Fountain!
Think I’ll make it my Halloween/Bday Party splurge! (Yup, my birthday is only the greatest holiday of the year!)

Ghosted by Raechel @ 09/26/2007 2:28 PM EDT

What a freakin rip-off! I would be tempted to try something thicker. The front of the box makes it look like goo could be used.

I am so diggin’ that pumpkin Special K.

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 09/26/2007 2:37 PM EDT

How about orange juice with heavy red food dye?

btw i kno exactly wut u mean about about plastic things and how they sometimes seem contaminated especially if theres a new smell to it. then on top of that, if the drink is warm when it reaches my mouth i feel like i shouldnt be drinking it at all.

Ghosted by cris @ 09/26/2007 2:38 PM EDT

Raechel: If you find one, PLEASE let me know!! I heard it was discontinued last year and then they rerelease it this year and they’ve been sold out since June.

Ghosted by Special K @ 09/26/2007 2:41 PM EDT

tonight! tonight!

Ghosted by oh andrew @ 09/26/2007 2:47 PM EDT

It’s so sad that you never get to have a party. We live in the same city so plan away and I will be there. In fact, I would probably pay to attend. This site never fails to entertain.

Ghosted by Jen Diff @ 09/26/2007 2:49 PM EDT

Special K
Poop! I just called every location in my state (CO), and no one’s currently got it… the one at Flatirons Mall said it’s on order; and they took my name. We’ll see if they ever call.

They all recommended the Bleeding Reaper Fountain, but it’s nowhere near as cool.

Ghosted by Raechel @ 09/26/2007 3:00 PM EDT

For some reason when I saw the first pic I thought the little starburst next to the skeleton punch ladle said “Bonus Bong” and I was thinking that was kind of an odd choice of bonuses. Probably it would have made the whole thing a little less disappointing anyway…

Ghosted by B-Dawg @ 09/26/2007 3:02 PM EDT

A whole day ahead of schedule? You’re too good to us, Matt. It’s like Halloween is here already.

Ghosted by Chris @ 09/26/2007 3:04 PM EDT

How bout Hidden Valley Ranch ranch dip with red food coloring? oh i know! red food colored nacho cheese! that would soooo work!

Btw, looking at the ingredients in the Jones Strawberry S’lime soda can in front of me, i have to wonder, How the HELL do they “invert” cane sugar? i mean its crystals…how do they turn little microscopic particles inside out?

Ghosted by mandy_Booo! I'm a Ghost_Reeves @ 09/26/2007 3:06 PM EDT

Raechel: Bah! How dare they suggest inferior props! I’ll call around today, but I doubt I’ll get anything. I went to every Spirit in the state last year and they said they’d never heard of it. *eyeroll*

Ghosted by Special K @ 09/26/2007 3:15 PM EDT

if the skull bowl owner didn’t happen to hate that candy corn jones soda- you could use that and say it was peeing through its eyes. and Matt, whats the drink that tastes like cherry tootsie rolls? share the recipe!

Ghosted by cb @ 09/26/2007 3:16 PM EDT

oh, sorry- special k! whats the recipe?!

Ghosted by cb @ 09/26/2007 3:17 PM EDT

I kind of want to make out with that fountain. Koolaidish Goulish deliciousness.

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 09/26/2007 3:43 PM EDT

Raechel what part of CO are you in? If you find a store that has them in stock would you let me know? I’m having a party soon and would love to have one if you can find an extra.

Ghosted by Dan H @ 09/26/2007 3:59 PM EDT

These would go great with that.

Ghosted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/26/2007 4:04 PM EDT

Hmm… to share my signature drink recipe or not to share my signature drink recipe… hehe

Ingredients:
1 2-litre bottle of ginger ale (doesn’t matter what brand)
1 large packet of cherry Kool-Aid, sugar-free
1 bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup

Steps:
1. Pour ginger ale CAREFULLY (so as not to lose the carbonation) into a pitcher
2. Add the packet of Kool-Aid
3. Add chocolate syrup to taste (I usually use about 3/4 of the bottle, but this isn’t exactly a guzzling kind of drink)
4. Stir CAREFULLY (again, don’t want to lose the carbonation, but you do want the chocolate to evenly distribute)

You can add a little Everclear for a kick…

Perfect for a Halloween party, it comes out looking like frothy blood and it tastes JUST LIKE cherry Tootsie Roll Pops. My friends know it as Fox’s Blood. If you make it and get compliments, be sure to let me know!

Ghosted by Special K @ 09/26/2007 4:14 PM EDT

Last year when I lived in Hoboken, after years of waiting, I finally got to throw “the big Halloween party” i’ve always wanted.

The theme was “Night of the Living Dead”, which meant you could come dressed as what ever you wanted… as long as it’s dead. I dressed as a “black and white zombie” in honor of my own theme’s namesake, and other costumes ranged from the witty- The Death of Disco, to the macabre- a troop of girl scouts with thier wrists slit, to the just plan odd- Dead Gallagher. If you didn’t come dressed as something dead, such as my friend who dressed as a Mexican, you got taken to the “Zombie Station”- a corner of the hallway where you were doused with fake blood until you were better fit to theme. Fake blood stained the walls until I moved out.

Our apartment was in the basement, and every single possible inch was decorated… from the creepy sign upstairs that read “This way” (written on brown construction paper, then set on fire to give a burnt effect to the edges and holes), to blocking the decending stairway lights with red paper while an unseen radio played a homemade “creepy sounds”-type c.d.

The hallway was COMPLETELY covered in webs… so much in fact that in certain parts you had to push them out of the way. A closet with an “open me” sign housed a motion activated spider that dropped in front of the guests. One of those talking pictures hung on the wall, and a severed head inside a crystal ball welcomed the partiers.

I turned my bedroom into a crypt- using a dungeon themed “Scene Setter”, black table cloths, a 6-foot coffin with a severed arm reaching out, a stobe light under the bed (a really cool effect), and purple christmas lights lining the walls. The TV repeatedly played a DVD I compiled of old horror trailers.

The kitchen was pretty much standard fare, nothing too crazy- party streamers, jack-o-lanterns, more spider webs- but the livingroom/ dining room was pretty awesome- Scene Setter’s Haunted Forest filled the walls, a talking skull candy bowl held candy corn, and a miniature zombie screamed on top of the TV. The boiler room door was left slightly ajar and a red police light could be seen inside. When you opened the door, there was bloody handprint table cloths hung all over, and a motorized ghost light up and came flying toward you.

We kept the kegs outside in this little alley thing we had (there was a small 4-foot wide area with a wall that went up to the ground floor back there- it ran the length of the apartment, and you could see the lights of the bolier room through a window). We had skull lights hanging up above and a completely hidden smoke machine in the corner, whose controller ran through a nerby window so that the people inthe bar-area could press the button and scare the keg people with a loud hissing sound and a quick burst of smoke.

The radio blasted a combination of regular bar/club music interjected with halloween appropriate songs- The Monster Mash, Purple People Eater, Thriller, Nightmare on My Street, Freaks Come out at Night, Pet Cemetary, Werewolves of London, etc… and people that weren’t hitting the Skull-shaped beer bong, could partake in some good-old fashioned apple-bobbing.

That party was AWESOME! I only wish I had a bleeding skull fountain. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like i’ll be having another one for quite some time- i moved out of that apartment, and have no conceiveable way to have another party like that now.

Sorry for the long post… just thought i’d share!

Ghosted by BelmarBenny @ 09/26/2007 4:16 PM EDT

Wait…………What?

Ghosted by Ethan @ 09/26/2007 4:17 PM EDT

The oozing candle skulls last week, the juice-dribbling skull punch bowl today… it really is the season of the oozy-head-type things!

This is the sort of thing I’d be suckered into. I’d expect it to be EXACTLY like it shows on the box. Amazing how very-close-but-not-close-enough-to-fall-foul-of-trading-standards a quick Photoshop job can do to pull in the punters.

Ghosted by Jay Firestorm @ 09/26/2007 4:23 PM EDT

Haha! Nice find man. Lovin’ the countdown so far, keep up the good work.

Ghosted by Andy B @ 09/26/2007 4:30 PM EDT

Dan H I’m in Denver, by Sloan’s Lake. So, fairly central to the state’s Spirit stores… will let you know if any turn up!

And: Special K Thanks for the drink recipe; it sounds great! My friend is a little repulsed by the thought of the chocolate syrup and carbonation, but I love that stuff in Coke.
I can’t find any of the big packets of Kool-Aid; how big are they (as in, how many normal size packets)?

Ghosted by Raechel @ 09/26/2007 4:51 PM EDT

Maybe grape juice – he looks like he should have very dark blood!

Like Giant Ape Juice?

Also, to continue the theme: Wait…what?

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 09/26/2007 4:51 PM EDT

I don’t want to think about grape juice when I’m drinking skull blood.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/26/2007 4:54 PM EDT

Raechel: By the time you get it all stirred up, no matter how careful you are, you still lose a lot of the carbonation. The main reason you want the carbonation in the first place is to make the chocolate froth and the rest keeps the drink from tasting completely flat. hehe And just get enough big packets to make 2 litres of drink. I’m not sure how many that is, but it should tell you on the back of the packet. It’s been a while since I’ve made it so you might want to add another packet for extra cherry flavor. You kind of just have to make it to taste. It’s one of those drinks you have to mix and taste, add a little chocolate syrup, mix and taste until it tastes like the cherry Tootsie Roll Pops.

Ghosted by Special K @ 09/26/2007 5:13 PM EDT

BelmarBenny- That sounds like the best party ever. I hope someone I know throws something like that

Ghosted by Joker @ 09/26/2007 5:27 PM EDT

did anyone else think of spinal tap when they saw that video. I think that the skull fountain turning on would be the equivilant of stone henge in that movie.

Ghosted by FOB Danny @ 09/26/2007 5:30 PM EDT

Jesus, yeah, Belmar that party sounds amazing.

Ghosted by Matt @ 09/26/2007 5:37 PM EDT

Hmm, I’ll try to make my first comment worth it…

It’d be great to use that fountain while watching the old RGB Samhain episodes. Click my name to watch. Found it today and was extremely excited, haven’t seen the episode since I was 5 or 6.

Ghosted by Darryl B @ 09/26/2007 5:37 PM EDT

OMG FOB!!! I can see it now! “the bloody skull aint bloody bleedin’!”

Ghosted by mandy_vampir-ella_Reeves @ 09/26/2007 5:41 PM EDT

Â¿Una fuente calavera? Que bueno! Deseo que estaba en su ciudad: IrÃa a uno de sus fiestas de Halloween. VestirÃa para arriba como Tortuga de Ninja y comerÃa todo su queso. Ja ja ja!

Ghosted by Ben @ 09/26/2007 6:04 PM EDT

Man, hearing that someone as awesome as yourself doesn’t have any friends to invite to their hypothetical imaginary parties either does wonders for my self esteem. I have a feeling you’re exaggerating but I’ll take it.
On a quick look through Playboy’s Bar Guide, I’ve found a cranberry punch recipe that would probably work well. It’s mostly cranberry and vodka, but a splash of grape juice for color would probably work too.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 09/26/2007 6:45 PM EDT

Don’t you hate it when you feel stupid when you buy something? And you feel like your the only one in the world that is that stupid. And I think ALL of that “blood” is shopped it looks too…uh, over the top of the picture and not included with the picture you know what I mean? And it’s a bright color instead of a realistic color. I don’t know how those photoshop people get jobs I mean I don’t consider myself great at photoediting but I could of done better.

Ghosted by Goob @ 09/26/2007 6:47 PM EDT

Hmm…what if we put green liquid in that Skull Fountain bowl? Or blue or purple? One could get very creative.

Ghosted by Bert Raccoon @ 09/26/2007 7:07 PM EDT

Matt, you are invited to be guests at our annual Halloween film festival! We have exactly the kind of party that you mention AND have it over 24 hours AND watch a buttload of movies.
Having said that, I can say I ALMOST picked up this skull, but having been burned by so many of these tricks, I passed. I opted for the regular skull bowl with a handle shaped like an arm and glasses made of bones.
Does that thing allow carbonated beverages to get through? Green Hawaiian Punch, 7-Up and some vodka and you got a green ghoul punch.

Ghosted by Pepe @ 09/26/2007 7:42 PM EDT

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