10/06/2005 Entry: "Halloween Play-Doh and Stupid E-mail!"

I wasn't anticipating to have too much fun writing about the Play-Doh Halloween Trick or Treat Bag, but I kind of did. Its existence proves what some of you have said in previous polls -- these are quite specifically meant to be given out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween, serving up some nice variety for kids who can't stand having it be all about the chocolate chocolate chocolate. The Play-Doh itself isn't done up all fancy-like, but it comes in a nice bag with a ghost on it.

Also, I get really stupid e-mail:

On the other hand, I guess I can understand why.

Chestnuts roasted by Quammy @ 10/06/2005 10:40 PM EST

For me Halloween had nothing to do with costumes or the spooky season. It was like a yearly job, one that I not only did in style, but was extremely good at and highly efficient.

My work goals were clear: Hit as many houses as humanly possible and get as much candy as I could carry by the end of the night. You see I have a large family, so come All Hallow's Eve it was just a competition. Whether I was Raphael, or the Grim Reaper (which freakingly enough, years later became the "Scream" killer costume) or whatever, it was merely the equivalent of a business suit as I wheeled and dealed my way to candy measured in the tons.

This is why the houses with the non-candy giveaways always boned me the most. A non-candy treat meant I was one less on my yearly candy quota while my cousins were off on their street probably being showered in little bags of peanut M&Ms. It was a loss in my books, and was never tolerated.

You're right to say the best part is counting up the loot, not the eating of it, however having something in there like Play Doh would be like finding a Jamaican dollar in you're wallet. Interesting and all, but it still means your out one American dollar you thought you had.

Catch my drift?

Chestnuts roasted by john @ 10/06/2005 11:00 PM EST

Mmmmmm, I love the smell of Play-Doh. Still one of my favorite odors after all these years. And yes, I like the taste too, but then I was one of those kids who ate paste

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/06/2005 11:12 PM EST

What a coincidence. We just got the same bag today, and I'm in agreement that the oddball items are the most memorable. I *still* remember the house that gave out little paint sets for halloween about 13-14 years ago--and I didn't even *get* one! That's how powerful the non-food treat is.

Chestnuts roasted by Frostor @ 10/06/2005 11:32 PM EST

X-Entertainmen Microwavable Meals: Feel the Magic.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 10/06/2005 11:41 PM EST

So, I went to the Kid Cuisine article and (I have a bad feeling that I'm setting myself up for disappointment) do you still have the chinchilla?

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 10/06/2005 11:45 PM EST

Chinchilla = dead.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/07/2005 12:01 AM EST

My neighbor's chinchilla was allegedly eaten by a hawk.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 10/07/2005 12:03 AM EST

I grew up in a small resort in Southern New Jersey. Most of the people who lived in my home town by the time Halloween rolled (with the exception of the Coast Guard base) were either childless couples or elderly people. Among the more memorable items given out were huge Snickers bars, "Star Wars" picture books, and whatever random change the residents had laying around (from pennies to quarters). It made for a long trek (we had to walk around half the town just to find houses that were still being lived in), but very interesting.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/07/2005 12:14 AM EST

'e is even more eviler than Skeletor!!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/07/2005 01:02 AM EST

I'd much prefer Play-Doh to "Trading Card Treats," personally.

There's a banner ad for "Domino" on the blog tonight. After seeing five different TV ads for "Domino," I have no idea if it's a comedy, suspense or action movie. Movie trailers these days are completely incoherent. I have NO CLUE what this "Stay" thing is that just started popping up on TV. What the heck? A dead guy is living, then more dead people are living. Then people's faces morph. Then--that's all you get, now pay ten bucks to see more.

You know what would work better....if TV movie trailers came in parts. Like one week the characters would be introduced, the next week elements of the plot would be revealed...as it is, they're just trying to cram every single thing into the ads one second at a time.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 10/07/2005 01:17 AM EST

HAHAHAH!!, That email was classic!

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/07/2005 01:22 AM EST

Hold up, how is white Play Doh better than black Play Doh? Isn't that like saying the white crayon is better than the black crayon? You can make so much more stuff with the black, plus you don't have to worry as much about little pieces of the other colors finding their way into the white.

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 10/07/2005 01:40 AM EST

Little pieces finding their way into the black, that is. Did anyone find the holy house that gave out money? Hitting the rich neighborhoods, that was the ticket.

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 10/07/2005 01:42 AM EST

The only non-edible treat I remember was from my last year of trick-or-treating. It was a religious comic-book pamphlet where the characters looked different on every panel because the artist sucked.

Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 10/07/2005 02:13 AM EST

Who knows what'll show up when you google something?

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella @ 10/07/2005 02:13 AM EST

RewolfJ-Do you remember the name of that comic book pamphlet? I would love to read it. It sounds hilarious.

Chestnuts roasted by Steven @ 10/07/2005 02:55 AM EST

First of all: be careful about wishing for a Holloween Santa Claus. You may get it, and it'll probably suck. I think Dracula pretty much counts as the Santa of Holloween, and I think it should stay that way.

As for Holloween treats, in the town where I grew up there weren't really any non-candy treats. I think the only two non-candy items we ever got were a little peice of paper with the lord's prayer on it and pennies. Yeah, pennies, not even nickles. Though one year I made $.13 in pennies. Either people were really cheap that year or I was tired and kept going to the same house.

There was, however, a myth that went around the neighborhood saying there was a sacred house who was giving away full-sized candy bars. Though nobody ever came up with the proof for this legend, we would venture further and longer with those dreams of an entire candy bar instead of little mini-bars swarming in our little heads. I never found that house. I hope though, that it does exist. Dracula must live there.

Chestnuts roasted by Chewie @ 10/07/2005 03:17 AM EST

I'm still banking on the Great Pumpkin being embraced by a suicide cult in Oklahoma as the Halloween Santa Clause.

Chestnuts roasted by AJ @ 10/07/2005 03:22 AM EST

That's what happens when you have a website that's about as exciting as a sack of raw assholes.

Looks like we need to have a sit down with our online promotions department.

Get Matt to make our site punch hard balls like X-E.

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Cuisine Marketing @ 10/07/2005 03:25 AM EST

my God matt what do you read your email on, a computer from 1980?

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 10/07/2005 04:51 AM EST

The reviews are in for X-E: "The corn had gotten mixed with the chocolate and the whole mess was one lopsided gloop."

In a way, that is commentary about our culture too. Whoever sent that e-mail is profound. When it comes down to it, aren't we all "corn" mixing with "chocolate" in this "lopsided gloop"? I do not dare to answer this, as it's just too deep.

I would have liked to have gotten Play-Doh tubs for Halloween, since boxes of raisins were much worse and fun size candy always equalled less candy for me. I don't see what's fun about eating 10 Snickers fun size bars to get the equivalent of half of a regular Snickers bar. At least with Play-Doh, I can mold it into the shape of candy and offer it to others. That'd be Hallow...licious.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 10/07/2005 08:12 AM EST

I remember one year there was a house that had its porch light on just so trick-or-treaters would be fooled into walking up to the door, where they'd be greeted with a note reading, "Sorry, we don't celebrate Halloween. We're Christian."

Pissed me off to no end. If they had handed out religious pamphlets, I would have at least had something funny to read.

Chestnuts roasted by Monte @ 10/07/2005 08:46 AM EST

Found a pretty cool instuctional on how to make a corpse cake. Cool concept, and someone with a little better skills could definitly make some sweet, edible zombie. Cutting it up reminds me a little of biting the heads of gummi bears and animal crakers.

Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 10/07/2005 08:48 AM EST

I don't remember any polls on the Play-doh, but I do remember mentioning it because I saw it at work with a $99.99 price tag underneath, and wondering if it WOULD be a good bag-filler. Hmm...

Anyhow, you know what? They really *didn't* try (at all) beyond the Halloween-y bag with that Play-Doh - because if you go to the Play-doh section and find the "party tubes", it's the exact same freakin' thing, just stacked up in a nice, neat container. Pssh. Well, you might get more in the bag...

I'm glad you reviewed it though, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/07/2005 09:12 AM EST

I am mesmerized by the sight of black Play-Doh. I don't remember there being any black Play-Doh when I was a kid.

Chestnuts roasted by tanta07 @ 10/07/2005 09:16 AM EST

I remember fondly the stuff that WASN'T candy on Halloween. The best was probably homemade popcorn balls that one of my relatives would give out. They were of course safe (this was a small town anyway) cos they were relatives after all. One house gave away those little plastic zoo animals that used to come in the big sacks with the fencing. I was real happy because I got a lion and went back a few hours later and got another critter to go with it. When I got older I gave away Halloween pencils/pens and stickers along with a piece of one of the "good" candies (like Nestle, Hersheys and shiat). The worst houses were those that gave cheap hardcandy that sucked. We wanted Snickers pumpkins and those funsize Kit Kats. Or Reeses pieces/cups whatever.

Chestnuts roasted by Kittycatgirl @ 10/07/2005 10:00 AM EST

I really like how it says Play-Doh compound.

Religious tracts for Halloween? Tell me they were Jack Chick tracts.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/07/2005 10:05 AM EST

Home-made Play-doh is much tastier than the store bought. Although, I have tried both. I would have loved to get this in my bag, but it would be best to get 2 or 3 from different houses so you'd have more than one color. I vote for a claymation-play-doh version of Ghost with the Most.
I recently moved back to the Midwest, and am totally digging my new boring life, but when I read that you just pop across Time Square on your lunch break, it makes me miss city life Big Time.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/07/2005 10:15 AM EST

I think Play-Doh is the perfect "trick" or "treat". Genius, I say!

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 10/07/2005 10:15 AM EST

Anybody have ideas on how to make the upcoming Saturday Thread extra special and Halloweeny? I actually had a few ideas, but let's hear some from you, keeping in mind that it'd be best to keep things as simple as we can.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/07/2005 10:34 AM EST

You could ask everyone what they are giving out. I think thatd be fun.

Chestnuts roasted by Rutir @ 10/07/2005 10:47 AM EST

Hey Matt, I was wondering the same thing as diamondzdigidul...is that a Tandy 1000 you're connecting to the internet with an a 2400 Baud modem? =P

It looks like you're reading your e-mail an a computer that's 4 million years older than Teletran-1....!

Don't worry about Halloween, people still celebrate it, on my block, there's a row of about 15 houses completely decked out in Haloween garb.

Chestnuts roasted by XGalvatronX @ 10/07/2005 11:06 AM EST

How about a discussion on the best scare you got/gave during trick-or-treating or the best decorated house and best dressed people giving out candy?

Chestnuts roasted by eyeless @ 10/07/2005 11:14 AM EST

Do one of those campfire horror stories where each person adds their own scene. It's fun to see the weird, convoluted nonsense that comes out of that game.

Now that I think about it, that's basically what happens to screenplays when they go through the development process.

Chestnuts roasted by Monte @ 10/07/2005 11:16 AM EST

I agree with Matt on this one. I definitely think it would be cool to have play-doh as a treat for Halloween!

Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 10/07/2005 11:18 AM EST

Photo entries of our best halloween costumes ever.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 10/07/2005 11:36 AM EST

I would have always considered one of those tubs better than a tiny, one bite, bar of candy! Besides, I could just say "the candy I could have gotten could've been something crappy like Mary Janes" or some such.

Besides, it's infitely better than the worst thing I've ever gotten trick or treating - a pencil. Not even a special, cool, changes-colors-when-you-hold-it pencil, just a normal wooden, wax dipped (which means the eraser sucked) pencil. Unsharpened.

Ugh!

Chestnuts roasted by Aristobulus @ 10/07/2005 11:43 AM EST

To quote StrongBad:
"Fun Size? What's so fun about less candy? Unless it was a big bag of 'em! The only fun I'm going to have is smearing this on your door before I leave!"

Last year, I saw a special about decorating for Hallowe'en on HGTV. One of the best, and simplest, gimmicks shown was this set-up one family did in their garage. They painted day-glo dots of various sizes on black fabric. Covering the inside of the garage with it, it's illuminated with black lights. Nice effect, walls and ceiling black with glowing spots. the floor just covered in black. Then, as kids walk through inside, two other kids, dressed in full black body suits also painted with the same dots, reach out from the walls and grab people! You can't see them until the spots start to move and you get grabbed! Keep an eye out for the special, or similar, on HGTV this year!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/07/2005 11:57 AM EST

I like the costume photo idea, but would that just create more work for Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/07/2005 12:29 PM EST

Last year I took my then six year old daughter trick or treating in a high end neighborhood. At one house this lady handed her a card with aht looked like a glow in the dark life saver taped to it. On the card it said "let Jesus be your Life Saver". As we walked away from the house my daughter said as loud as she could "What kind of cheap crap is this". I know I should have admonished her, I mean after all, she was just given something, but I just couldn't help laughing. At every other house we stopped at my daughter warned the children not to waste their time at the "holy-rollers" house. I don't think I've ever been so proud.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/07/2005 01:47 PM EST

That's a testamint to how much faith still exists in the world.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/07/2005 01:49 PM EST

Ba Dum Ching!

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/07/2005 02:15 PM EST

I am ashamed to say it took me a minute to get that, but bravo my friend, bravo.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/07/2005 02:20 PM EST

That reminds me of a book I read the other month: When Bad Christians Happen to Good People.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/07/2005 02:29 PM EST

How about a survey on what real things TV has taught us, like Star Trek: the next generation taught me what a hair follicle is and G.I. Joes taught me that shaving cream has cfcs in it and it's bad for the ozone. or on whether you should hand the candy out or just let people take it from the bowl?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 10/07/2005 02:34 PM EST

Try passing one of these out:

http://bellend.strtok.net/~tyler/cthulhu/

Who knows who'll drop by next Hallowe'en!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash the appitizer @ 10/07/2005 02:35 PM EST

Ha! That e-mail you got gave me a laugh!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/07/2005 02:38 PM EST

I have never ever even been compelled to eat plah-doh theough I often made blob monsters out of it which would eat some of my less favorite action figures. Jawa juice My freind Conner just told me that jawas are to easy to do but fuck him.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 10/07/2005 02:46 PM EST

The thread should be about the scariest movie you watchad as a kiddie

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/07/2005 02:51 PM EST

I work part-time at a bookstore. We got in a kids' activity book yesterday. The title? "Cooking with Pooh." Oh, someone is going to lose his/her job over not inserting "Winne the". Or else, older kids and adults will just laugh and laugh at their younger counterparts.

Darth Poop's name made me think of that. :-)

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 10/07/2005 02:55 PM EST

Howzabout this for Saturday's thread: we could each share our own plans for Halloween night this year. What's it gonna be folks? Costume party? Movie marathon? Haunted corn field? Pagan rituals involving chicken's blood procured at the local Kroger? An evening spent sitting alone and devouring an entire bag of miniature 3 Musketeers by yourself? Let's hear it.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 10/07/2005 03:45 PM EST

The survey could be about your ultimate Halloween costume. Not what you're going to dress up as but what you WOULD dress up as if time and money and total lack of costume making skills were not issues.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 10/07/2005 03:46 PM EST

Kingklash, it wouldn't take til next Halloween. It'd be the next day by some parents that just didn't get it. If they can hand out religious pamphlets no one wants then why not these.

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 10/07/2005 04:35 PM EST

Holy crap, that email was hilarious. You should submit it to FOUND Magazine.
For an extra-special Saturday thread, mix one part survey on what we're giving out with one part "what's-the-worst-candy-you-ever-got" story request. Mix over ice, strain, serve in glass with sugared rim.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 10/07/2005 04:48 PM EST

Could someone please tell me what the hell whois.sc is? Is this a place to check email or something?

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 10/07/2005 05:00 PM EST

Back when I was a kid some of my friends weren't allowed to participate in Halloween because their family's were born-again christians and believed it was Satanic to celebrate halloween (these same loony's would also activly protest CS Lewis books because they "promote satanism). Man, that kind of crap should be illegal. Did they think their 8 year old sons were going to sacrifice babies to Satan??!! Gimme a break!!! Crazy Christians...

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/07/2005 06:28 PM EST

I just now realized that it says "ghosted by" instead of "posted by" how's that for attention to detail.

Chestnuts roasted by Neo Anderson @ 10/07/2005 06:32 PM EST

Since this house cannot possibly hope to compete in the decoration front, and the past few years we've gotten abysmal foot traffic, I'm thinking of doing a little impromptu promoting.

I'm going out and getting between 1-3 of those dollar-something boxes of candy- good candy: the boxes that come in usually at 5-10 oz.- Hot Tamales, Sugar Babies, Dots, Sprees, that kind of thing. None of this Bottle Caps garbage.

The first kids that knock on the door, get the boxes. (Knock on the door being the qualifier- if it's a group of three, only the kid that actually knocks gets the box. I want to spread things around a bit.) You're expecting a sucker, a Fun Size Tootsie Roll. Imagine the look when I hand the first kid down the pike a 6.5 oz. box of Sugar Babies. I guarantee it'll be the best thing he/she scores all day long.

Chestnuts roasted by mtvcdm @ 10/07/2005 06:45 PM EST

YAHOO!!! I went to Wal-Mart today and got Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Booberry all for under $2 each.

I also got the complete Galactus Series of Marvel Legends there. They also had the complete Sentinel Series but I spent too much money.

I saw some Halloween Tortilla Chips there. They were shaped like bats, ghosts, and something else in orange, black, and white colors.

GREAT shopping today.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/07/2005 07:07 PM EST

There's a couple of horror films on AMC tonite. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (the worst of all the nightmare films) and something called Pinata.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/07/2005 07:10 PM EST

I'm actually considering giving out the play-doh this year. I saw it at Wal Mart and thought it'd be really cool. The other thing I'm considering is those mini bags of Doritos and Cheetohs. I think I'll consult my not quite nine year old on which he thinks is best.

Chestnuts roasted by Elfinlady @ 10/07/2005 08:59 PM EST

my God matt what do you read your email on, a computer from 1980?

Probably the same kind of Compy/Tandy/Lappy Strong Bad reads them from.

Also, I saw Wallace & Gromit: curse of The Were-Rabbit earlier tonight. My review: It. Kicked. Ass. It's definitely the best of the 4 Wallace & Gromit cartoons to date! But I still think Feathers MacGraw from The Wrong Trousers was the best W&G villain. The biggest name in the movie is Ralph Finnes, but there's also the obvious Peter Sallis as Wallace and Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Toddington (she's also in Corspe Bride).

There's a short toon starring the penguins from Madagascar before the movie, and it was ok and funny, it wouldve gotten a "pretty good" from me, but there's a fucking horrible song at the end that just ruined the whole thing.

In short: GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! That's what the saturday night thread should be: See Curse of The Were-Rabbit! There will be a quiz on it later.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/07/2005 10:43 PM EST

Attention stupid people:
Halloween has been a Christian holiday for nearly twelve hundred years. Please adjust your irrational prejudices accordingly.
Hey, here's a plan. Instead of egging the houses of people who refuse to hand out candy "because they're Christian," print out some pamphlets detailing the origins and history of All Saint's Day and All Hallow's Eve, to post on their door.
And then go back and egg their house. I mean, seriously, who are they kidding? They're just too cheap to buy candy. Ignorance is forgivable. Humbuggery is not.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/07/2005 10:47 PM EST

Note: When I say "stupid people," understand that I'm talking about the people IN the stories of D-Roc and Monte. Not anyone who has posted on the subject here this evening.
I should probably cut back on the caffiene.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/07/2005 10:51 PM EST

That's what they get for buying their groceries at a freaking K-mart.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr King @ 10/07/2005 11:36 PM EST

Best things I've been for Halloween..

Well, I was cosplaying long before I knew what cosplaying was. Got my mother to make some awesome costumes. I've been..

Wario
Geno (Mario RPG)
Shy Guy (Still have the mask. Rocks)

Chestnuts roasted by Aristobulus @ 10/08/2005 12:40 AM EST

i just want to say that I've been getting into imdb.com recently, and I was browsing the most prolific actresses, and guess who's #2 on the list, Matt already knows the answer!!

It's Mae Questel, who played Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation, also known as the voices of Olive Oyl, Betty Boop, and Little Lulu. She gave voice to three of the biggest cartoon characters in history, and I'm just learning about her now. R.I.P. Mae Questel.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703362/

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 01:06 AM EST

Hahaha. Way to use pine in putty, Matt! Nerd.

Chestnuts roasted by maxjenius @ 10/08/2005 01:33 AM EST

I'd so have fallen in love with anyone who gave me Doritos in my Trick or Treating days. I can't get enough of those delicious chips.

Chestnuts roasted by AJ @ 10/08/2005 02:23 AM EST

I really like the idea of posting links to Halloween decorations and/or costumes. I know not everybody has hosting but there's a zillion free sites out there. Or maybe we could all write a short spooky story with some common gag, like an opening phrase or a wacky situation?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/08/2005 02:51 AM EST

this is for my friend the llama, who I'm trying to get into the X-E cult. She is the biggest Golden Girls fan I know, and crazy too. So she had a stupid question for which I had no snappy answer, and I know someone here sure as hell will...*ahem* SOOO here is the llama's question:

do you remember watching the disney movie specials on saturday afternoon after the cartoons? there was one called "Fuzzbucket." i cannot find anyone else who saw that movie, but it rocked. my grandma taped it off tv for me.

thank you for your co-operation.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 03:36 AM EST

I remember seeing Fuzzbucket on One of the Sunday night Disney features they had years ago. He looked like a midget bigfoot.I also, haven't heard of anyone else seeing this ubtill now.

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/08/2005 03:51 AM EST

Excuse the spelling, ...just got back from the bars.

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/08/2005 03:52 AM EST

Cheers D-Roc, I'm a tite buzzin' too, so here's a drink/puff/whatever to you! Up All Night!

I will relay the Fuzzbucket information, aye, cap'n.

Is it Saturday yet?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 04:04 AM EST

Kidneyboy,
Was the "ride" you mentioned in yesterday's comment blog the "Nightmare" in Marshfield??

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 04:14 AM EST

sure was!!

HOLY shit, and you're awake right now too?

crazy! that place scared me, we went there for a trip when I was in like junior high, and I was still scared!

wow!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 04:17 AM EST

After a bunch of beer and a few bowls, there's nothing better than X-E!

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/08/2005 04:25 AM EST

damn straight D-Roc! THC + X-E = happy kidneyboy. And it's 3:30 in the a.m. and I'm on vacation for another whole week!! Puff, puff, pass...

anybody else awake?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 04:32 AM EST

bitchick, how do you know the, eh, how you say, dee Marshyfields?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 04:33 AM EST

From there.
Currently living in Hawaii
Could've sworn there wasn't a single person in that damn city with the same sense of humor as me.
Look me up on myscene.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 05:08 AM EST

And yes, i am awake. It's only 11 PM in Hawaii.
/Watchin cartoon network, waiting for Justice League to come on so I's can tape it for Husband-man.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 05:11 AM EST

*mentioned Husband to ward off any flirting attempts*
I'm the only person i've ever heard of who hates being hit on.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 05:17 AM EST

Hey Matt! You should use some of that Play-Doh in the Star Wars Play-Doh playset you bought way-back-when!!

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 05:25 AM EST

no, no, not hitting on, just jaw-droppingly astounded that you actually knew what I was talking about. I mean, really shocked!

I just went back and read what I typed. How the hell did you manage to figure that out?

Crazy! That's X-E for ya!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 05:36 AM EST

From previous posts I knew you were from Wisconsin; and as far as I know, "Nightmare" is only done at that church in Marshfield. I put them together and got the answer.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 05:58 AM EST

wow, pretty damn cool. Anyway, I don't know if they still do "Nightmare", but it was pretty controversial back in it's day. The first time I went, it was actually with my church's youth group. Since the thing was run by a church, you wouldn't think it would be a problem, right? But, after we went, some of the more influential people in my church found out, and kind of made a fuss about it. So yeah.

Well, this is all pretty cool. What is "myscene" though?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 06:10 AM EST

Is there somewhere else we can have this conversation? I don't want to piss off other posters with our...posting
Go to myscene.com
Enter "Bitchick" into the search bar. You will find a way to contact me and my life history. -Needs some friends in Marshfield.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 06:34 AM EST

X-entertainment = Kid Cuisine ....
THe missing link?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/08/2005 07:06 AM EST

wtf? myscene.com, like the dolls by Mattel? I can't find any search box on there at all! Although, it is extremely early/late here in the Northwoods.

Here is my myspace, though, for whoever wants to check it out and add me. I've got nothing to hide! Except I just started it, so it's pretty much empty still.

http://www.myspace.com/30718772

I don't get it. www.myscene.com? Are you really a doll? What's your husband's name?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 07:12 AM EST

GAWD! I am SUCH a dumbshit! I MEANT myspace.com!

I am such a chode.
*hangs head in shame*

Chestnuts roasted by Bitchick @ 10/08/2005 07:53 AM EST

Who here doesn't like horror movies, like bitchick?

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 08:41 AM EST

100 post! Kick ass!
Totally unrelated to halloween, but who has seen fritz the cat?

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 08:42 AM EST

Is that the raunchy R Crumb Cartoon about the blue cat?

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/08/2005 08:48 AM EST

hey wow! "Race For You Life, Charlie Brown!" is on MoreMax(Cinemax) right now! Not "Great Pumpkin" but at least it's some Peanuts!

one of my sisters can't stand any type of scary movie. When I was 7 and she was 5, I made her watch part of "The Fly" with Jeff Goldblum, and she has ever since sworn that that made her afraid to watch scary movies.

oops.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 08:53 AM EST

bloodybrilliantime, yes, it's the raunchy r Crumb cartonn about the blue cat, AND IT RULES!

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 09:15 AM EST

And remember, fritz the cat rocks the house, but it's sequel, the nine lives of fritz the cat, should never, ever, ever be watched.

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 09:17 AM EST

LOL, It must be bad, I've never even heard of it. If you're a crumb fan you should get a hold of his biography. They did a film on him that was in pretty heavy rotation on IFC at one time. His family was one pretty messed up bunch of folks.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/08/2005 09:30 AM EST

Wow, Race for your life, Charlie Brown - I had that on tape so long ago. When I was little I thought it was a really long, epic movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/08/2005 09:42 AM EST

does anybody know about one of the cheesiest horror movie, warlock, or it's two sequels, warlock: the armageddon or warlock: the end of innocence? You shouldn't watch it if you're lactose intolerant, because all of the cheese.
Thad't make a great tagline to it.

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 09:57 AM EST

all right! Innerspace is on Cinemax! I wonder if it will go along with Dark Side of the Moon?

Does anyone know if the Peanuts comics in the papers nowadays are reprinted in any selective order or specific years? I've been wondering that for a while...

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 10:04 AM EST

Kidneyboy
I read somewhere they simply chose "favorites" of editors over the years.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/08/2005 10:13 AM EST

that's too bad. They should reprint some of the really old ones, back when all the characters looked kind of squished, sort of. I have some really old, I think, Scholastic Book Club hardcover collections. I got them from my cousins, and they were already well-worn, but I read those things to death. I still have them in my parents basement.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 10:25 AM EST

www.ytmnd.com

For more wackiness.

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/08/2005 10:31 AM EST

re ytmnd.com, in Firefox, sometimes it works, and sometimes it tells me I need a plugin, but when I go to d/l the plugin, there's nothing to d/l...strange.

But then again, most of those sites I've seen are pretty retarded. I happen to like the "Mr. T. vs." pages for the more complex, intellectual humor.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/08/2005 10:32 AM EST

Kidneyboy: I loved that movie fuzzbucket! I named my Koosh ball after it, dont know why I was an odd ball!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/08/2005 10:51 AM EST

Whoa have you guys heard about the controversial Smurfs ad they're airing in Belgium? It's an antiwar Unicef commercial, and it shows a happy Smurf village being razed by bombs and warplanes and it sounds pretty hardcore. Here's a link: there's a picture

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/08/2005 11:54 AM EST

Sorry, here's the corrected link (forget the http):
"Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.

Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs."

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/08/2005 12:00 PM EST

Ah, that wonderful feeling of having Firsts on Google. It even better than beating your siblings on dibs for sitting in the front seat of the car.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 10/08/2005 12:01 PM EST

You know Matt, you should email them back promising them a lifetime supply of kid cuisine

I recall when I was 5 years old Wendy's had a Halloween toy which were small tubs of playdough inside of containers made out to be Halloween icons. I remember I got the witch and my mom made me trade it in for a pumpkin or bat since witches are demonic

Chestnuts roasted by Byrd man @ 10/08/2005 12:47 PM EST

Hey, Matt. Wanna Do a cool thing on stuff that lights up? Is that a good Satruday Article? You be the Judge.

i don't know if i can deal with the Smurfs getting bombed. I just dealt with/ and still having flashbacks from the parody of Seven with the smurfs and Papa smurf dancing with smurfette's acorn-with-makeup-and-a-wig-on topped headless corpse on Robot Chicken last nite.
Now that i read the page on the link... no, i can't, i have a messed up brain and... to make a long story short, i might watch it, someday, but not now. i need fun, i need happy, i need joy. The garfield halloween song, "what should i be" runs thru my head a ton, anyone else?

Chestnuts roasted by Oliver Obelisk @ 10/08/2005 01:02 PM EST

@kidneyboy:
http://forums.ytmnd.com/showthread.php?t=671
That should get YTMND to work in Firefox.

Chestnuts roasted by Radio @ 10/08/2005 01:26 PM EST

Holy crap Matt, I thought I was the only one who counted and inventoried their halloween candy ever year, and then ran it against last years haul. Points were awarded based on the rarety, size, and ability of an item to make my friends cry. Then I'd arange it, like Ron Popeal trying to make all the useless crap that came with the rotissery oven seem like more than it was... I guess it's just nice to know that I'm not the only one, keep the faith.

Chestnuts roasted by spacejew @ 10/08/2005 06:55 PM EST

Last week, some guy sent me an angry Email because I badmouthed Fuzzbucket on my site. I mean, he REALLY got ticked off. ^_^

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 10/09/2005 02:21 AM EST

I can only agree that Play-doh for Halloween is genius. After seeing the same stuff over and over (the same bat, the same plastic skull the same damn everything) anything that breaks the repetition makes the rest of you loot bag seem fresh again. I do a "Treat Feast" A parade in the downtown where my comic shop is and I like to mix it up a bit. I always hand out comics (about 1000) and close to 100 lbs of candy. (this thing goes from 5PM - 7PM)

Thanks to your article I'm going for mini yo-yos, bubbles (hopefully some Play-Doh) and other stuff as well as candy and comic books as long as it is Halloween "themed".

Hopefully I can damage at least one seven year old into making Halloween their favorite holiday.

Chestnuts roasted by Jim from a comic shop @ 10/10/2005 08:13 AM EST

Corn in the chocolate? Has the Kid Cuisine mascot changed to Mr.Hanky?

Chestnuts roasted by Jordan @ 10/14/2005 11:15 PM EST