Saturday 9: Monster Mash....

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Saturday 9: Monster Mash (1962)

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1) In your younger days, did you ever trick or treat while dressed as a monster or ghoul? 
No, but my little brother dressed as a ghost or a pirate.  I can't remember any of my own costumes.  

2) Do you enjoy being frightened by celluloid boys-gone-bad, like Michael Myers (Halloween) or Jason (Friday the 13th)? 
Never have I watched Human Horror.  It's not my thing.  My favorite Halloween movies are E.T. , The Addams Family movies, Aliens, and also The Nightmare before Christmas.  Otherwise real life is horrid enough.  Just ask any Fireman.  So, I leave myself some breathing space as far as the entertainment goes.

3) When you were a kid, did you ever TP a neighbor's house or indulge in any other Halloween acts of vandalism? (Don't worry, the statute of limitations is up.)
No.  But when we first moved here there was kid stuff going on in the neighborhood, and so we don't put out reachable decorations anymore.  Inside I used to carve  teeny tiny squash that look like pumpkins and used battery operated lights inside. I lined them all up on the three outward facing window sills.  They were adorable.

4) Will you be attending any Halloween parties this year? If so, will you dress up?
No party or dressing up for me.  Sometimes I'll put on a witch hat to hand out candy but probably not this year.  

5) Can you see any Halloween decorations as you answer these 9 questions?
No.  I don't decorate for any holiday like I used to.  So, decorate all you can, because most people my age that I talk to don't either.  Enjoy these things while you are young enough to do it.

6) While Halloween is most popular in the United States and Canada, and isn't really celebrated at all in Japan or South Korea. How would you explain our Halloween customs to a visitor from another land?
Another land.. Hmmmm...  I think I'd say that Halloween is a bad imitation of the Day of the Dead, but that kids love it, and it's fun to help them dress up and take them to carnivals.  It's also fun to hand out candy at the door one night a year, and to see all the kids in their amazing and amusing costumes. 

7) "Monster Mash" is one of Halloween's most played songs. Are you happy to hear it every year? Or does it set your teeth on edge?  
Actually I almost never hear that song anymore and I still think it's pretty cute.  Thriller is my favorite Halloween song though it's now been hacked to death by Vevo and a thousand other knives.

8) This week's featured artist, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, started as a stand-up comedian who incorporated his imitations of Boris Karlof and Bela Lugosi into his act. Can you impersonate anyone?  
No, but I can do a Hen's little clucking calls (the ones she makes to her chicks), her Breeek sound, and her Begock! ("Red alert" ) sound pretty well.

9) Dick Clark was an impossibly young looking 33 in this week's featured clip. Are you often told you look good for your age?
Well, dears, not anymore I don't.  There was a time that I was carded, at 28, because I did look younger than my age.  Those times are gone, gone, gone.... 
I make a VERY good witch though!

Here I am with two of my friends.  We were on the way to a Late Night video store and spotted George Clooney.  We quickly cast a spell on him to make him fall in love with Kwizgiver.  Only she can say if it worked.  Oh, I'm the one in the middle.

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