Category: Halloween

Saturday Matinee – Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve & Halloween: Bobby Pickett, Ted Cassidy & Tom Waits

The history of Samhain (aka All Hallow’s Eve, aka Halloween) is interesting, and despite what some claim (that it’s “The Devil’s Holiday”) it’s actually the opposite. Check this out.

But that’s not what we’re here for, and we’re not here to post Bobby Pickett‘s “Monster Mash” either even though Leon Russell played on that recording according to Wiki.

Nice try, Bobby, but that sucked donkeys. Ted Cassidy did it right.

So how do we wrap up this Halloween vid post? How ’bout some Tom Waits?

Yeah, when the kids were tads, we’d do up the front stoop right, with spiderwebs, pumpkins that made little kids cry and dogs bark, and blast Tom Waits and Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum cassettes on a boom box that could be heard for blocks. Fun times.

Have a safe Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve, and Halloween, folks. Be back tomorrow for El Día de los Muertos.

 

The .Gif Friday Post No. 411 – Comin’ ta Gitcha.

bigass sleeping pumpkin animated

Comin ta Gitcha

Squirrel Pumpkin Carving

Have at it. The TackyRaccoons Halloween Archive.

Spooky Eye Cheese Ball

Okay, so the folks at the office scheduled a Halloween potluck and I told the Missus. Without hesitation, she said, “Do you want a Spooky Eye Cheese Ball?”

Well, there’s a big DUH.

Missus Strutts' Spooky Eye Cheeseball 1

Ms. Strutts’ Spooky Eye Cheese Ball
Note: This is a double recipe, serves a small village.

Ingredients:
(2) 8 oz. bricks of Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
(1) cup grated pepper jack cheese.
(1) cup grated sharp cheddar cheese.
(3) oz chopped dry salami.
(1) bunch green onions, diced. Save green ends.
(2) tsp. Worcestershire sauce, more or less to taste.

Preparation:
Mush ingredients into room temperature cream cheese in a glass bowl.
Refrigerate it overnight.
Dump it face down onto a serving plate.
Provide crackers and spread knife.

Optional *ahem* Decoration:
Sliced black olives for “pupil.”
Sliced pimentos for “veins.”
Sliced green onion ends for “eyelashes.”

It looks real stupid but that’s part of the fun.
Hell, it’s a Spooky Eye Cheese Ball, for God’s sake.
Bonus: Wait until all or most of your guests have sampled it, then tell them that you mixed it with your toes.)

Refrigerate leftovers.
BTW, you can’t copyright recipes.
© 2015 Bunk Strutts

Comin’ ta Gitcha.

Comin' ta Gitcha

[Found here.]

Halloween Green Screen

Green Screen WIN

[Found here.]

LRR for the WIN.

Little Red Riding Hood WIN

Very inexpensive costume.
Step 1:  Get a wolf/dog hybrid.
Step 2:  Train it.
Step 3:  Find some fabric and props and piss off the wolf/dog.
Step 4:  Hire a local woodsman.

[Found here.]

Ken Nordine’s Pumpkin

Ken Nordine's Pumpkin

Get it?

[Found here, and no, it’s not mine.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Everyday Is Monday Morning Planter

Monday Morning Planter

The forehead staples are kinda cool. [Found here.]

“No Bit-O-Honeys Next Time, K?”

Raccoon Halloween

Excellent costume. [Found here.]

Día de los Muertos

Skull Beer Lava Lamp Clock Stuff Shelves

[Found here.]