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10/01/2008: Halloween Countdown ‘08: Trick or Tater!

It’s October. Officially. It’s the proper beginning of the Halloween season, but perhaps more importantly, the start of three solid months of holiday season madness, where we’re free to bury our troubles and responsibilities under a blanket of decorations, television specials and wishful thinking. It’s the most charmed trimester of the year, no matter what you say.

Though I know that a great many of you are already longing for snowmen and gingerbread, remember, this is Halloween’s month to shine. I hereby order you to watch at least a dozen horror movies between now and November. I hereby order you to carve a pumpkin, even if the magic of said activity dissipated when you were in grade school. I hereby order you, assuming you are of legal age, to drink some form of novelty cocktail named after something macabre.

You can watch the trees die, you can listen to the wind blow, you can eat more than your typical monthly average of fun-sized Snickers bars. But it’s easy to do those things. Go a little deeper, try a little harder, and you won’t wake up on November 1st wondering why the Halloween season felt like early spring. I speak from experience.

I’d hoped to start the October run of Countdown entries with something extra special, but work went long today. Instead, uh…Mr. Potato Head?

Just the latest in Hasbro’s ever-growing series of adorably named Mr. Potato Head spinoffs, the “Trick or Tater” set promises to transform your favorite anthropomorphic tuberous crop vegetable into the spookiest spud ever. This paragraph was my bid to write Hasbro’s trade materials.

But wait, what’s that I sense from you? Discontent? You have a good memory. It’s true that this set repeats almost all of the body parts and accessories from a vintage Potato Head kit, but considering what Hasbro added to the mix this year, we’re lucky they didn’t charge twice as much. More on this momentarily.

The only real difference in the collection of core body parts is the black fedora, which replaces the much cooler Dracula hairpiece from the previous set. It took me a while to digest what seemed like such an intentionally senseless downgrade, but the truth is, they had to get rid of the Dracula wig. To make the big surprise bonus ingredient work, a hat was absolutely necessary. Look below, and thank above.

Yes, the “Trick or Tater” set includes a ghost sheet costume, which rests snugly over our hero’s bulbous brown body, kept in place by his eyes and fedora. Instantly, Mr. Potato Head is fresh and exciting. This is just perfect, but if you need some extra gravy, note that his eyes glow in the dark! And he comes with a pumpkin purse!

One would assume that the decades-spanning potato-decorating initiative would’ve reached its maximum potential by now, but Hasbro somehow topped all prior efforts. And all it took was a hand towel from a two-star hotel.

The package includes an inbuilt “to and from” gift tag, and it warms my heart to see that we’re now urged to buy our children presents for Halloween. With trick-or-treating slowly becoming something people “used to do,” we’re going to need some kind of tangible materialism to keep the bitch afloat.

After all, it isn’t a holiday if you don’t get free stuff. That’s why we’re all so apathetic on Thanksgiving. What, you thought it was the tryptophan? Clueless toad.

I’ve been lusting after that Mr. Potato Head at Target for two weeks now. Hmm…lusting after a potato….. Does that mean there’s something wrong with me???

Excellent Tater. Did you know that they also brought in some Halloween sets for really retro Mr. Potato Head moments? This meaning that they cobbled together a set with parts only to stick on a pumpkin!

That ghost sheet is pretty bitchin’. Too bad it doesn’t have a hockey mask, a mask made of potato skins, or a bloody potato peeler hand. I think Hasbro needs to embrace the Slasher Film/Mr. Potato Head demographic.

Of course we’re supposed to buy our kids Halloween presents! What do you expect them to unwrap after they’ve finished with their Halloween stockings?

Giant high heeled shoes. Heavy eyeshadow. Glamor wig. Long, strangely muscular legs.

My next phase I think is to buy all this crap for my daughter. At least then I have somewhere to put it.

Anyway, I refuse to buy another of these….I have 3 (Spudtrooper, Darth Tater, and Indiana Spud). One more and someone might call me a collector.

There was always something a bit macabre about regular Mr. Potato Head in the first place - taking an anthropomorphic vegetable man and plucking his facial features out or rearranging them in a bizarre fashion before unlatching his bowels in which to brutally stuff all of said cranial pieces. I think basic old Mr. P could be sold as “Halloween” flavor all by himself.

Cameron: I suppose it is more of a derby than a fedora. But hopefully the pictures are too dark for anyone else to notice.

As I am listening to the jukebox, I have the sneaking suspicion that Robert Englund is NOT portraying Freddy in the Fat Boys mortal (not a typo) classic “Are You Ready for Freddy”. Now I am having doubts about the real Freddy’s legitimacy in DJ Jazzy Jeff’s (and some other guy) hit “Nightmare on My Street”. Shame on you, late 80s PG-rated rappers. Shame!

Bucky, please…please don’t rob me the frequent daydreams of Robert Englund in full Freddy garb, in the studio with giant headphones on.

In honor of October 1st I am eating the 1st four of my delicious Peeps Cocoa Cats.

The last four will be consumed once they’ve gotten all totally stale and awesome in a week or two.

People can become disillusioned with the wonderful art of pumpkin carving??? What the hell is the world coming to?

Thanks for this Matt, I had a long day and needed some Halloween stuff to get over it.

If you put that derby on him, use some magic marker, and then do a little clever customization on the ghost sheet you could make Alex from The Clockwork Orange.

It’s so tragic that halloween is slowly dying off. I remember as a child going trick or treating and the streets being flooded with people, parents escorting their kids ages 3 and up, teenagers running around scaring the pants off said kids with their Freddy masks. Man those were good days, last year I don’t think I saw more than three or four kids going through my neighborhood, it’s just not right I tells ya.

I laughed so hard when I saw the ghost potato, he looks just like E.T on Halloween!!

I bought a Trick or Tater last year on clearance at Toys “R” Us. That reminds me… it’s finally time to unpack the Halloween decorations!

How are the Sea Monkeys faring, Matt? Mine have prospered on the windowsill, dividing their numbers into two clear factions - the Templemen and the Dog Children. The Templemen seem to congregate around one of the smaller sea monkeys who bares a striking resemblance to Rudolph Klein-Rogge in the 1922 Dr Mabuse film. He sits in the corner of the plastic container with a small replica of himself, carved from a Dorito corner that fell in there when I shook out my couch cushions. The Dog Children have constructed some sort of message out of the powdered remnants of food crystals. So far it says ‘WE WANT WOME..”. Funny lil things.

Matt: *salutes* Orders received, sir! And may I add that it’s a pleasure to sail under you, sir!

Harr harr, and I already plundered this Potato Head a week ago, so I don’t have to lust after it until I have money to get one!

I think it’s Freddy in Fat Boys, but not in Nightmare on My Street. After all, I think Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff were sued over that song .. for some reason I can’t recall. And this is why we’ve never seen the video.

Now I want to watch the Fat Boys video, but I’m currently (thanks to a poster here) into the Goo Goo Dolls’ song from Freddy’s Dead.

And I had Mr and Mrs Potato Head, and the kids, and their tree house fort, school, and car.. this is what happens when you come from the state where there are GIANT POTATO HEAD STATUES all over the damn place, and you have an option to have one on your license plate.

Halloween really always seemed like a north-east United States holiday. It’s hard to get into the “spirit” when it is always in the 70’s, sunny and palm trees everywhere.

My neighborhood is terrifying on halloween night. The kids travel in groups of 100 or more. And they want the candy. And they want it now. And they will fuck you up.

But if there’s one thing that I don’t need,
It’s another hundred little mouths to feed
In the ghetto…IN THE GHETTO!

Second to the E.T. reference, but at first I thought it was Gerdy, then I realized those kids had pulled one over on me and harbored an alien.

Cat: What state do you live in? I love Mr. Potato Head! I wanna live in a place where I can get him on my license plate!

I have never had a MPH either. One more thing I should buy for my son so I can play with

The world IS happier tonight, CAPTAIN WILL! I went for a walk, and besides the wonderfully awful stench from a nearby factory, it was PERFECT HALLOWEEN WEATHER. And, as a bonus to that, people in the neighborhood are actually decorating. I saw 4 houses with lights. This is up from none at this time last year. Then I had apple cider. Tis’ the season.

Capt. Will, what if I told you I have a baked potato on mine? And wasn’t kidding but wish I was?

Rhode Island is the home of Hasbro, and therefore the home of everything Potato Head. I grew up there, and can attest to the fact that several thousand people tool around in cars rocking Potato Head plates. There is also a Potato Head Statue Scavenger Hunt that can be done. It’s great if you’re bored, and easily completed in a day, as you can drive across the state in 45 min or less.

The Dude: I know what you mean. We must do ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in our power to keep Halloween afloat!
Matt: You are without a doubt a man who TRUELY undertsands the meaning of Holidays. I tip my hat to you good sir. =) Also youv’e made me want a Halloween Mr.Tater Head. I don’t know where or how you aquired this power to make me want to buy stuff, I just know it works.

BUCKLY: Freddy in “Nightmare on My Street” is most certainly portrayed by Ready Rock C, the human Lindrum.

That’s one of the coolest Mr. Potato Heads I’ve ever seen. Almost as cool as the Indiana Tater one I saw over the summer. AND his eyes glow in the dark! I’ve been saying I’ll get one of these limited-edition versions and relive my childhood, but maybe it’s time I finally followed up on that…

No no, Miss Jess, from tippity top to bottom is about an hour. Believe me, I’ve gotten lost.. (Yes, you can be shocked by the fact that I got lost in RI).

And yes, it’s very… interesting to have all the potato heads. Personally I just miss the warehouse where I got the my little ponies no one else has.

Maybe everyone else has seen these, but I haven’t. I was looking at halloween candy today and spotted a marshamellow hamburger, but it had gummy worms stuffed inside of it so it was a “worm burger!” And it ruled.

AdamB: Iv’e seen those gummi worms burgers. I agree, they’re awesome. Not to mention tasty.

Cat- I maintain that if you hop on 295, and speed like I do, it can be done in 45. I have very happy childhood memories of going on field trips to Hasbro and coming home with new ponies of my very own. I may not miss RI, but I sure am sad that if I every procreate, my kids will not have field trips with free toys involved.

The magic of pumpkin carving will never dissipate for me. NEVAR! Can do on the horror movies and macabre cocktails. I’m getting together with some friends on Friday to watch It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, then with the BF on Saturday to watch Beetlejuice (ever since talking about it in that thread, my desire to watch it again has gotten almost unbearable!)

I was at Wal-Mart today and I got to say that compared to Target, Wallyworld is a disappointment. Oh sure, they had a couple of aisles of candy, but outside of “Great Pumpkin Fruit Snacks” there was nothing really neat there. Frankly, the only thing remotely interesting is that Wal-Mart had a bigger selection of horror films than Target does.

Although I did buy the 20th Aniversary Hellraiser DVD for 9 bucks along with some Edy’s Pumpkin Ice Cream there today.

Bill: Then I’d ask you, “Did you lose all your face pieces? I did too!”

Yeah they don’t do free stuff like that anymore, that I know of. I just really remember going to the warehouse and being upset because I was going to miss Totally Minnie.

Hey Matt, what happened to the Whatever-O-Lantern contest entries? I’m dying to see what kind of wacked-out artwork the winner came up with.

Oh man the weather has become SO much nicer in my neck of the woods. It started to get better about a week ago, but now it’s FULL BLOWN Fall weather. YIPEEE!!! =D

Steve: Matt’s gonna announce the winner this Saturday. Plus, he’ll show all the other entries.

El Loco Gordo: I feel your pain brother. It’s 9pm and I have all windows and doors open, I’m only wearing shorts, and I’m sweating. But I still managed to watch Donnie Darko and try some Candy Corn Jones Soda. I really can’t recommend that flavor soda at all. Seriously gross. I’ll stick with the other flavors.

Ultraman: We got the same fall weather starting here. It’s nice to see football in full swing, hockey getting ready to begin and the Halloween Countdown in full gear. Let’s all give a big, warm welcome to the Fall season!

Oh man, seeing Potato Head in full ghost costume makes me want to rush out to Target and buy him!! But how many Potato Heads does one person need? I already have Darth Tater, two make-your-own Disney World potatoes, and an Easter Bunny Potato Head.

Ultraman: Good to hear you have nice fall weather, too. It’s dark and cold and VERY rainy here, with lots of thunderstorms. I so love it.

Nothin quite like a fried bologna sammich, Cherry Pepsi , X-E jukebox and cool Fall weather blowin. =)

oh man i hope pepsi does the holiday pepsi again….not to mention MT DEW pitch black….

Hey Matt (and everyone else), I just noticed that “Ghoulies 2″ is available for free viewing on Hulu. Just a heads up for all of us who want to meet our 1 dozen horror movie quotas!

Speaking of Jones Soda Halloween flavors, I have tried their “Pomegranate _____”, which features a vampire on the can. (Sorry, I forgot the official name) It was pretty darn good. I considered buying the candy corn-inspired flavor, but decided against it.

Maybe it was a wise decision. Oh, by the way, Matt, where did that Trick or Tater come from? Toys ‘R Us or Target? My lady likes to decorate for the fall/Halloween season and I could probably justify the purchase in her eyes.

TF, I think it’s from Target. I see them at the Target where I work on a pretty regular basis now that it’s Spooky Time. Spooky Time is a registered trademark of the Kpibca Foundation and may only be used with written permission from the owner and CEO of the Kpibca Foundation (The Company), and only in reference to Halloween.

I’m sorry if you guys missed me ‘pauses for laughter’ I spent a little over an hour watching this kid’s videos. I really like him he’s intense. I would subscribe but youtube is doing it’s douchebag thing by having parts of it’s site down for maintenance which it feels like just yesterday it did. I try to justify not being upset but I am a little annoyed. I broke the counter of how many videos I have viewed on youtube to over 15,000 the other day so I think you can see why this is annoying to me. Especially because about 10 minutes after a kid that I have been talking to this last 3 days or so uploaded a video explaining to me what he wanted to do on windows movie maker. I haven’t gotten the chance to email him back. I didn’t know he was a minor I swear! His account says he’s 23. The children swarm to me on youtube. I feel it’s my duty to be polite to them to give them some hope about the internet world. Even though it’s annoying being a free babysitter.

But anyway this kid that made the videos I was watching is really neat. He loves horror movies and Halloween. He has had a chucky doll since he was 7 and growing up used to carry it everywhere. He to me is like a mix of Matt and theamazingathiest. I want to tell him all about our Halloween countdown but the friggin maintenence on youtube thing… augh. If I am lucky my kid will turn out that way. Let’s hope

Here is a sample of his work. He is talking about his fasination with horror movies and a bio of his life and interests.

Halloween is just around the corner and Hershey has come out with their seasonal line of holiday flavored Hershey Kisses!!!! Woo!

They are going to be rated anywhere from 1 little hershey printed paper flag(as in the little papery flag things that say hershey on the kisses)to 10

The Candy corn flavor: it looks like a candy corn shaped as a Hershey Kiss. The taste is a smooth buttery flavor, like butterered popcorn flavored Jelly Bellies, and undertones of butterscotch flavor as well.8 paper flags outta 10 because of the odd but quickly dissapearing after taste when you eat too many at once

Pumpkin Spice flavor: This one is my personal favorite of the three. I have an obsession with all things pumpkin flavored, due to the happy and fuzzy feelings I get this time of year and the cool air and the wonderful smells.
*ahem* sorry for the rambling…Okay…these have a very pleasing pumpkin and cinammon spice flavor, much like pumpkin pie filling…The kiss itself is the color of orange fall leaves, and the middle is a creamy pumpkin pie flavored cheesecake type filling. You’ll swear it was Thanksgiving day, the pumpkin taste is so realistic. Don’t be surprised if you finish half a bag in one sitting.

The only drawback is the mushy consistency if you don’t stick em in the freezer as soon as you get home. I and some other candy reviewers beleive this is due to the density of the kiss with the heavy filling and everything.

These little suckers get 10 flags outta 10 mushiness aside, they are still heaven.

Caramel Apple Flavored These are a Wal*Mart / Sam’s Club exclusive. There is a pleasant apple scent that greets you upon opening the bag, akin to a crisp fall day and apple pies. The kiss itself is the traditional Milk Chocolate Hershey Kiss, and the filling is a wonderfully gooey caramel ooze married to the juicy crispness of green apples. These are my second favorite next to the pumpkin spice flavor, and they are suprisingly firm and do not really need the refrigeration, unless you prefer to eat your kisses a bit chilled. These lovelies get 9.5 flags out of 10

At usually 2.50 a bag, they aren’t cheap but not insanely expensive either. You can get them on sale depending where you shop as well. They also offer some interesting brownie and cookie recipes on the back of each package, which I have not had time to try yet.

And so…dear friends, I implore you to check your local Target and Walmart stores for these delectable treats.You will not be sorry

My girlfriend and I freaking love the candy corn kisses. Those things are amazing. If you eat too many, though, they start to taste banana-y. Really looking forward to trying the pumpkin ones later this season. Also! I opened a pack of Ghost Dots a couple weeks back and there was a frigg’n RED one in there. It was possibly haunted/poison, but I ate it anyway. Hope there wasn’t some cool contest going on (find the blue Princess!! Remember that from the old Mario fruit snacks?)

P.S. Just got a Wii so once I find my code I’ll post it and everyone can wreck me on Brawl. Has anyone tried any Wii homebrew yet? Lots of cool apps and stuff to choose from.

It’s Buried Pomegranite, Magic Toy. Candy corn is still my favorite, hands down.

Thank you Mandy for your ‘ahem’ through review. I am looking forward to getting the pumpkin ones and the caramel apple ones. I want to make Caramel apples this season! I have never made them before. I love the Caramel apple suckers. Those are GOOD. I want to get a traditional pumpkin pie blizzard this season too. It’s a tradition since… last year. They aren’t as rich as they could be but they are good. We have a pumpkin cake kit w/ caramel topping, cream cheese frosting and chopped walnuts. We ate the other one so we have one to go.

Eddie, I think the main one they have online is the one that you boot from zelda. You can play nes games from that one. i have never used it but I have watched a few videos about it. I use orb.com to watch videos through my wii onto our big screen from my computer. So that is handy. There are free flash games online that are more fun to play on your wii then on your computer out there. Like the ones on wiiarcade.com so that is a worthy bookmark once you pay 5 dollars to buy the browser.

Well actually, you can envision this Tater Head Pumpkin as a slasher tater figure. Remember the scene in Halloween when Michael puts on the sheet and pretends to be Bob dressed up as a ghost? Just imagine that Michael is a giant potato, and BAM! you got the scene recreated here.

Yes, it is Robert Englund as Freddy in “Are You Ready for Freddy” but not RE as Freddy in “Nightmare on My Street.”

I’m really surprised they haven’t rushed out a Batman and Joker Mr Potato Head. Not necessarily for Halloween, just in general.

Mandy I have to say the Pumpkin Spice kisses to me were just not a 10 quality. I liked thme yes but felt the cinnamon was over powering the pumpkin. But Don’t get me wrong i still ate the whole bag already.

Barry that is funny. I was always impressed how deep the first movie was into the Good Guy corporation. Beings they had no clue how popular the first movie would be while they were spending money on it.

Simon that was hilarious, though now I have ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ stuck in my head.

Just heard that WalMart is trying to kickstart Christmas shopping by offering the “hot” toys of the season for $10. If anybody finds a great deal, I’d love to know about it. Happy wish it was Friday

Sweet Potato Head. The only Mr. Potato Head I’ve ever had was the Optimus Prime version. My friends brought it to me when I was in the hospital.

I ate the pumpkin kiss by accident cause I grabbed some from a bowl at work. It tastes like pumpkin pie. Awesome.

I AM STRUNG OUT ON CAFFEINE. WHO WANTS TO GO RUNNING WITH ME RIGHT NOW. WE CAN RUN TO THE BRONX AND GET SFINGE.

I only have the Spiderman Mr. Potato Head. I’m not a fan of the plastic spud in general, but I’m such a Spidey fan I had to get this one.

I long for the Mr. Potato-Head of my youth. The one who came with a pipe. I have a wonderful picture of my younger sister when she was about 4, with the Potato-Head glasses squeezed on her face and the pipe in her mouth. Absolutely precious (even though we called her Terrible).

I always manage to carve at last one Jack O’Lantern each year. Wal*Mart has some LED pumpkin lights this year, which I’ll get at least three, and combine two of them with the big eyeball pails from Dollar General, and hang them up in a tree. Bonus: the eyeballs come filled with gummy eyes filled with goo.

Sweet, sweet gummy vitreous humor. In a pail in a tree. And a mutilated gourd. Can anyone deny that Halloween is the greatest holiday?

I thought it was just my neighborhood, but seems like not alot of people DO trick or treat anymore! It’s so sad! I seriously want to cry. I love this season so much, and to see snot nose little brats refuse to “work” for their candy, well it just makes me depressed. It used to be all about the bands of kids getting together with pillowcases and plastic bags, and making notes on who gave out the best stuff and who’s house to avoid. Now the kids in my town have a “structured” trick or treat session. The local Highschool has parents in the town park in the school parking lot….with the bags of candy, and all the kids walk from each car to the next. Supposedly they think this is safer. I think it’s lamer.

Matt: I was curious, did Drew Curtis’ FARK.com give you a shout out this year for the Halloween Countdown?

Hmm, maybe I am living in the future, but, am I the only one that got one of these last year? Well, if so, I’ll let you guys know now that there is a MEGA HUGE (non Halloween

) MPH set out now (30 bucks at TRU) that comes with a bajillion parts, and even little baby taters to dress up… so, look forward to seeing that next year.

Glad that Ghostie MPH got his 15 minutes, though. He rocks.

As a picky eater (slightly less so now) and an avid not-fan of football, I agree that Thanksgiving is pretty meh.

What I don’t really care for, is the kids who don’t actually dress up. Like a comedian said last year, only closers get candy. At least wear a cheap-o mask! I’ll don a costume to hand the stuff out, and I will be a bit generous to those who are taking the kids out, and suit up as well. As a Uncle who will take the nieces and nephews out, I can tell you that some houses will give to adults who go the extra mile. Don’t be afraid, be something else for a few hours.

I agree with you there, kinglash. It’s not like it takes a lot of effort or even money. One year when I was little, I wore one of my dad’s dress shirts and tie and my mom affixed cotton balls to my eyebrows and lip (moustache) with honey then put baby powder in my hair and I went as an old man. Free costume, easy assembly. These people just need to use a little creativity.

Mandy, you are my new favorite person for posting that there are pumpkin flavored kisses. I too have an obsession with anything pumpkin, flavored or otherwise. I guess I’ll be making a stop at target tonight. Oddly enough, this year I feel a bit more geeked about the halloween season then usual. Maybe it’s because here in MI it’s been completely fall like for the last week. There was even this halloween smell in the air last week, it was great.

kinglash: I agree with you as well. Kids should put EFFORT into their costumes! It’s NOT like it takes alot of effort to do.
mandy_gangrenous flesh_Reeves: I know what you mean. It’s almost as if the very practice of trick or treating itself is becoming(slowly) a thing of the past. Your right about the parents just handing the candy out in a parking lot being LAME! Parents NEED to let thier youngins experience life.

I really like when Treaters choose to go original with the costumes. But there is always some popular thing that will be overused each year. I’m expecting quite a few Heath Ledger Jokers this time. I ought to give them cough drops or rolls of Rolaids. I’ve bought a couple of generic costumes, and combined them into new looks. If the X throws a costume contest, you guys might get to see what I threw together.

kingklash: I’ve always been of the opinion that pre-packaged costumes are lame and unimaginative. Even when I was a kid, we pieced together my costumes from various sources, as opposed to buying one pre-assembled. You know my favorite kind of establishment to look for costume stuff in? Thrift stores.

I want halloween cocktail recipes now! I submit the dark and stormy. Ginger beer (substitute ginger ale if you can’t buy ginger beer or can’t be arsed to make it) and dark rum, prefferable Gossling’s. A garnish of lime goes over well too. This is one of my favorites, even nonhalloween. Anyone got another suggestion? And we all know Matt’s feelings on a good bloody mary, so lets go ahead and add that one too.

Is that bowler hat a homage to one of my favorite movie characters of all time - Alex Delarge?

Hey Matt, since my girlfriend and I moved in together earlier this year, our house now contains not one, but <i>two</i> Trick-or-Taters. We turned our potatoes upside down and call them “Mongo.” Mongo loves Halloween.

Holy shit, holiday trimester, it is less than three months til Christmas. Damn, I better get my list ready.

No mentioning of the December holiday yet! I need to savor in all of the delicious October goodness known as Halloween season.

You guys have to quit talking about the pumpkin kisses. The more you talk about it the more I want some.

speaking of halloween have you ever noticed that as the years go by the decorations and costumes that they sell are getting, *GULP* dare I say it. CUTE!!! it’s like when I was a kid there were always cool zombies or plastic bats or oversized rubber rats and spiders but now a days they’ve got toddler frankenstein, wolfman, mummy, etc> and whats the deal with the jack-o-lantern situation I mean sure everyone is entitled to carve what they want into the fleshy rind of those big orange gourds but now theirs little to no creativity left, most people opt for buying a “How to carve pumpkins” book or print some crappy design from the internet then tape it on and cut it out. whats the world coming to where a pumpkin goes from fiendishly clever to cute and friendly. and I agree wholeheartedly on the subject of trick or treating, pretty soon there are going to be children who will ask their grandparents(my generation when we get old): “grandpa, whats a trick or treat?” and that’ll be the day when the world will cease to make any sense any more, so my fellow internet users enjopy this flickering, dying jack-o-lantern flame while it lasts fore as the great band cinderella once said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUA0ai0XxRU you don’t know what’cha got til it’s gone.

mandy_gangrenous flesh_Reeves, the Methodist church in my town does that “Trunk or Treat” thing. I agree that it takes some of the fun and much of the point out of Halloween.
Bill, I surf Fark on a pretty regular basis and I haven’t seen any mention of the Halloween countdown.
And those pumpkin spice kisses are yum-o.

They usually do at the beginning. I went to a Fark party in Charleston, SC just because of the X-E affiliation. The Halloween shout out was how I found X-E years ago.

I have Dart Tater, Sped Trooper, R2 Potatoo, Optimash Prime, Spud-er Man, Idaho Jones, the Cupid Potato Head, SF Giants PH Mini, Oakland A’s PH mini, the 2007 All Star Game PH mini, and now Trick or Tater. dammit, i guess i’m a collector…

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