Halloween 1963

Halloween Sluts!

  Busy day, preparing for the festivities.  

Just a smattering of Things Halloween...or just plain creepy.

(p.s. Yes, I totally borrowed the "sluts" designation from the greatest blogger ever on The Information Superhighway, Michael K. of Dlisted.  I could not be a bigger fan of his and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, believe me.)

My cat, Miss Lola Cola.  Don't be fooled by her black fur and golden eyes; she usually likes to sleep through Halloween.

From 1988: Two Halloween Costumes Are Born

This year, Ken and I are celebrating Halloween as our Pee Wee's Playhouse counterparts, Cool Cat and Chickie Baby.


That is, unless I can get my hands on two complete Leatherface costumes.

What This Blog Needs: More Of That Cool-Ass Breakdancin' Little Kid In The Grey Sweatshirt From The Movie Breakin'

Yes, I saw it in the theater. Stop looking at me.

A quick thought: maybe Ken and I should be Ozone and Turbo for Halloween this year. We were going to be our beatnik alter-egos, Cool Cat and Chickie Baby, but...

From 1977: Tootsie Rolls Extolled As An Effective Antidepressant And Possible Mild Hallucinogen

Sing along, Seventies Kids! I know you know every word to this jingle!

And okay, was there ANY facet to our shared existence in The Seventies where drug use did not play a significant role? Even something as innocuous as Tootsie Rolls, possibly the most delicious of all Halloween treats, was advertised with cartoon children tripping out on chocolaty goodness, seeing airplanes and tree trunks and even an errant whale in a lake turning into Tootsie Rolls!

"The world looks mighty good to me...I'll claim it's the Tootsie Rolls that I am eating, but it's really because of the two Quaaludes I stole from my big sister's purse this morning before I left for school..."

Edited to add: look at the slogan at the very end of the commercial, with the sort-of Lincoln Log structure of Tootsie Rolls. How times have changed. I think that the intention was for it to read as if someone was making a "yummy" noise, and then excitedly mentioning that "it's from Tootsie Roll." Instead, I initially read it with a Chandler Bing-type sarcastic bent. "Ummm...it's from Tootsie Roll (you moron)?!!?"

From 1977: When Parents Interfere With Halloween Fun

Highlights include Mom turning your bad-ass witch ensemble into a Ku Klux Klan outfit, and a little black boy being encouraged to put himself in whiteface. Also featured is a totally nasty-looking 70's porn dad during the voiceover about how "some adults like to hurt children," as well as a poor unfortunate little boy telling a real knee-slapper of a joke about wieners.

Enjoy.

For This Halloween: The Single Most Frightening, Sickening, And Altogether Scarifying Thing I Can Conjure

Happy Halloween!

A Landmark In Owl-Related Advertising

From where else?  The 1960s.