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Halloween Is Over… Now What?
Another Halloween season has come and gone, and while it was a lot of work as always, it was fun work and I'm already missing it. The annual Halloween Costume Carnival in West Hollywood did not disappoint. We went with some friends (as seen in the photos above) to walk up and down Santa Monica Boulevard all night long, checking out the amazing costumes people came up with. I had a blast scaring the crap out of people with my "jack-o-skeleton" costume too. Whenever somebody would stare at me for a little too long, I took that as my cue to go right up to them, contort my head and make some wicked screeching sounds as if I was an agonized trick-or-treat demon in search of blood. Sometimes they would laugh, other times they would scream and try running away as I followed them around the streets for several minutes. Do that on any other day, and you get arrested... on Halloween, however, scaring people is the name of the game.
In case you're wondering, the Halloween costumes pictured above from left to right are as follows:
Re as a Gold-Faced Ghost. Me as Jack-O-Skeleton. Dr. Boogie as Boo Berry. Shannon as one of the Frog Brothers. Scott as a Hypno-Bishop.
This Halloween, I also got to live out life dream #874:
I got to ride on Pee-wee Herman's Bicycle! As soon as I sat down, I wanted to ride that bike all the way to the Alamo, but with all the pedestrian street traffic in West Hollywood that night, I wasn't going to get very far. Still, it was fantastic to see in person and it had every little detail, including the extremely hard-to-find tiger siren. And yes, I brushed its teeth once when nobody was looking. Couldn't help it.
Being one who always believes in rewarding trick-or-treaters for their efforts, I wasn't able to let them walk away from our house empty handed even though we weren't going to be home. So I decided to cover our front steps with Boo Berry cereal boxes and a huge box filled with all kinds of candies. I even made signs explaining how much each person could take, and even took my recently acquired discount bin zombie head (who I named "Bob") and made a sign for him warning individuals not to take more than the allotted amount. Everybody was telling me I was nuts for putting that much out and that we probably wouldn't even get any trick-or-treaters, but I did what I always do: ignore everybody and let the voices in my head guide me. I was determined that this would be a home that trick-or-treaters would talk about amongst themselves for years to come, as if it were an urban legend... The house that gave away full boxes of monster cereal and tons of candy!
Keep in mind, I had a lot riding on this. If only a few or none of the treats were taken, all my friends would mock me 'til sunrise and beyond. So what did we come home to after being out all night long for our own Halloween celebration?
WE WERE RANSACKED! Every single cereal box was gone and the huge cardboard box I had filled with assorted candies was completely emptied with the paper lining strewn about. It was as if a bunch of Gremlins had come by, had a Halloween party on our front steps and then left the mess behind for us to clean up. My chums were shocked that none of the treats were left and that the severed head of Bob the zombie wasn't taken. It was a sweet victory indeed, but I'm just glad we had some kids come by and enjoy all the treats I put out for 'em. Of course, if it was one kid or one group that took it all, I'm sure Bob will hunt them down and forever haunt their every waking moment. Either way, the Great Pumpkin has smiled down upon me for doing the holiday and trick-or-treating some justice, and I'm confident that our front steps will forever be a thing of legend come Halloween each year.
Now we find ourselves in November. November has always been a somewhat unimportant month to me. Sure, the first week usually serves as an adjustment period where my life no longer revolves around writing about old horror b-movies and bizarre Halloween costume accessories from China; a return to normalcy, if you will. The rest of the month, however, just feels like the lull before Christmas. There's Thanksgiving, of course, but that never felt like a holiday as much as it felt like a ridiculous feast, and I've never been a big fan of turkey anyway. I'd gladly trade in my turkey & gravy portions for an authentic Philly cheesesteak any day of the week.
Fortunately, even with Halloween over, we have a lot of new things in the works. We'll be launching a new flash game this month that I think you're all gonna have fun with, we'll be starting up our annual Secret Santa event and we're putting that wraps on a brand new pixel poster! This one is going to be a winter / xmas themed one, so we plan to have it available for purchase well before the holidays so you can hang it above your fireplace and stare at it over the holidays as you drink egg nog from moose mugs. And to those of you Halloween fanatics who still haven't had your fill, you'll be glad to know that Dr. Boogie wrote an extra in-depth horror movie feature that we didn't even have time to put up in October, so you can expect to see that up online sometime within the next 48 hours. I'll also be posted the uncensored version of the Halloween Justice Squad video (no bleeped-out lyrics) and a downloadable mp3.
Yep, it's looking like November will be just as busy as September and October were... and that's a good thing. Stick around.
Happy Halloweeeeeen And Thank You!
Thanks so much for hanging around with us for our annual "Two Months of Halloween" celebration here on I-Mockery. It always puts a smile on my jack-o-lantern to hear how many of you consider it to be a staple of your Halloween season every year. We really bust our asses to bring you constant Halloween coverage & comedy that you won't find anywhere else on the web, so I hope it was a memorable time for all. I'm really happy with how this season turned out, as we featured a LOT of material I had been wanting to cover for years, visited some new haunts, survived another massive Halloween candy taste test, made a new music video, learned what will bring danger for them probably, met Christopher Lloyd, learned more about the Hoff, saw the return of Count Pop and more. How do I know we covered a lot, because I still have a pile of Halloween things I didn't even have a chance to get to this season! No problem though... I'll just save them for next year.
Anyway, today is Halloween and I hope that wherever you are in the world, you'll find your own special way to celebrate the greatest of all holidays. Whether you're going out trick-or-treating, going to a party, handing out candy or simply having an all-night horror movie marathon, I hope you all have a great time.
Even though this holiday is a celebration of all things dead and spooky, I never feel more alive than during this time of the year and I can't wait to get out tonight and celebrate in style. We're going to the giant annual West Hollywood Costume Carnival once again and that photo at the top of this post is what I'll be wearing - the skeleton pumpkin costume. I have to send a huge thank you to 80sTees for their support and for sending me the killer Skeleton Bodysuit, which is a stunningly perfect replica of the ones from The Karate Kid. I've been looking for a perfect skeleton bodysuit for ages, and this is absolutely it. Bones hand-sewn onto the costume, all the way up and down, and the classic white hoodie built into it.
In case you're interested (and you should be), the person next to me, dressed as Sam from Trick 'r Treat, was the winner of a costume contest at the New Beverly Cinema when they were showing a Trick 'r Treat / Halloween III double feature. Pretty awesome, eh? Couldn't believe what a nice job she did on her costume.
I'll be sure to post some more photos from our Halloween costumes during the week and we have more big updates coming to I-Mockery soon, so don't go anywhere. And speaking of updates, I have to thank everybody who volunteered to write updates for our Weeklies section this Halloween season. We all enjoyed reading your reviews of your favorite spooky games, comics, movies and music. Of course, I also must thank Dr. Boogie and Protoclown for writing some great articles this season as well. Dr. Boogie, in particular, really went above and beyond, sending in multiple articles every week. Last but not least, thanks for Re for putting up with all of my crazy Halloween antics. Two months of celebratory madness is surely no easy thing to endure... she's a tough Halloween cookie, that one.
Please drop a post (whether you're logged in or not) in our blog and let us know what you thought of the Halloween season and what your favorite articles were. Also, let us know what your Halloween plans are and feel free to post photos of your costumes if you're dressing up!
Thanks again all and Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeen!
New Video: Halloween Justice Squad!
Have you ever gone trick-or-treating and received a crappy substitute for candy in your treat bucket? It's time to set the record straight and make sure people only hand out the finest treats money can buy, for we trick-or-treaters put a lot of effort into our costumes and expect to be rewarded accordingly! And that's exactly what our new music video is all about! I'm proud to unveil to you all: Halloween Justice Squad!
Watch it in HD here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPCn_jnP9cc&hd=1
Hope you guys enjoyed it! We'll be posting a "behind the scenes" video and more soon, so keep an eye out for it. Huge thanks to my buddy Andre "BlackNerd" Meadows for doing this collaboration with me... we definitely had too much fun filming this. Also, big thanks to our actors Maxwell Glick, Elizabeth Mercer, Katie Wilson and Re for appearing in our music video and helping us out so much! We really couldn't have done it without you guys.
To all you trick-or-treaters out there, please let us know what you thought of the video! Also, what are the worst Halloween "treats" you've ever received while out trick-or-treating? (more...)
The Incredible Remote Control Zombie With Dry Humping Action!
I was recently given this awesome Halloween gift from one of I-Mockery's longtime readers by the name of Ava. She was generous enough to send it in the mail along with some other Halloween goodies, and I simply couldn't wait to try out my new Remote Control Zombie from the Archie McPhee novelty company. Why? Because if I truly was going to be able to control this mindless undead entity, I was going to turn him into my zombie butler. Sure, I couldn't command him to bring me full meals, but I was positive I could get him to bring me some cracked pepper & olive oil flavor Triscuits with sharp cheddar cheese. Nothing says "classy" like having a zombie butler bringing you hors d'oeuvres... one at a time.
I can't even begin to explain to you how thrilling it is to point a miniature brain remote control at a zombie, push a button and then have it walk towards you. Actually, I can. Upon pressing the button, the zombie lets out a droning moan (which sounds like a moped engine going bad) and tries his best to walk towards you, but never really makes any progress. In fact, most of the time he ends up just falling flat on his back or on his face. I've tried repositioning his arms every which way, but the result is always the same, with my zombie toppling over as if he suffers from a severe case of vertigo.
Well, I've decided that my zombie is not fit to buttle my needs. How can he be expected to deliver me delicious treats when he can't even walk a few steps without collapsing? He appears to be either defective or a major pervert (possibly both), for you see, while he isn't much for walking, he'll dry hump the hell out of anything near him. I guess before he was turned into a zombie, he was a really sexually active guy when he was alive, and perhaps some of those old habits stayed with him post-zombification. And no, I'm not crazy... I have video proof:
Bet you never thought you'd see a zombie humping the Iron Sheik this Halloween, did you? We always try to keep you on your toes, here on I-Mockery.
Just Another Afternoon In October…
Don't ask me to explain what's going on here... it'll all make sense later in the week when our new Halloween video comes out. Halloween is just around the corner, so whether it's going trick-or-treating or having an all-night horror movie marathon, I hope you're all making your final preparations to celebrate it in style!
Our Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns!
On Sunday night, Re and I picked up some pumpkins, loaded up an episode of Dexter, covered the table with cut-up paper bags and started hacking away at our future jack-o-lanterns. Since we recently moved to a new place, we decided the front steps needed to be adorned with some pumpkins for Halloween, so these ones simply had to be good. If they turned out bad, this new home would forever be cursed and we would have to move out immediately. I don't make the rules of Halloween, I just abide by them.
We spent a good while gutting the things and made sure to separate the seeds, because Re wanted to roast them. Up until now, I had never had fresh roasted pumpkin seeds, and I gotta say... they're pretty good and I highly recommend you try it. Here's how Re roasts pumpkin seeds: all you gotta do is get a pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash them off, spread them out on a cooking sheet covered with tin foil, lightly spray them with Pam or any cooking oil, add a lil' salt, roast them at 300 degrees for 20 minutes, then stir them up and roast for another 20 minutes. Lastly, turn the oven off and let them sit in there for another 5-10 minutes and then they should be ready to devour. Try it out, because it's way better than buying prepackaged ones.
Anyway, after a lot of carving and even hammering nails into the pumpkins (another first for me), I'm really happy with the results of our 2010 jack-o-lanterns:
She decided to create an expressive jack-o-lantern with some seriously sharp teeth, and I decided to make one based on my favorite Jason Voorhees mask. Not too shabby, eh? Click here to see a larger view of them. Lemme know what you guys think.
Also, if any of you have carved up your jack-o-lanterns already, please share them here in this blog thread... I'd love to see 'em!
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