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[00:01:56] We tend to read too much into things. [00:02:01] We tend to over-analyze. [00:02:04] We tend to over-inspect. [00:02:10] We tend to deliberately find ourselves being... [00:02:15] Overly meticulous with our review. [00:02:18] Everything has some deep meaning. [00:02:20] Sometimes things don't have a meaning. [00:02:22] Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. [00:02:24] As was said one time most famously. [00:02:28] But I am intrigued and always enjoyed the notion of Halloween for no particular reason. [00:02:35] And for those of you who are listening... [00:02:38] Across the world who may not be conversant in this. [00:02:42] I don't know if there are other countries who frankly enjoy it as much as we do. [00:02:51] I don't know. [00:02:52] But the first issue that must be addressed is what does it mean? [00:02:58] What is the origin? [00:03:01] Who knows? [00:03:03] All Hallows Eve! [00:03:06] A connection between All Souls Day? [00:03:11] Something involving perhaps maybe the Last Supper? [00:03:15] I don't know. [00:03:16] Nobody frankly thinks about this. [00:03:20] I don't. [00:03:22] I don't know. [00:03:24] If you want to see what goes on in our culture, if you want to understand something, go to Party City. [00:03:33] Party City tells you everything you need to know. [00:03:37] Oh, I get it. [00:03:38] And as I said, it's important for us not to go out of our way to overly analyze things. [00:03:45] But then again, if you don't analyze enough of it, you miss the beauty. [00:03:54] You miss the intrigue. [00:03:55] You miss the exciting aspects of it. [00:03:58] Are you following me? [00:03:59] Does this make sense? [00:04:00] I hope it does. [00:04:02] I hope you find this to be interesting. [00:04:06] Let me explain. [00:04:07] We're going to be going through a lot of stories of my recollection, my analysis, my view, which is really why you're here, because frankly you want to know, I know what I think, but what does he think? [00:04:18] And I thank you for that. [00:04:20] We'll be talking about this, stories, anecdotes, considerations, things you might want to be aware of or not aware of, and how Halloween has changed historically through the years. [00:04:33] Through the years and from when I was a wee lad up until today. [00:04:39] We'll be talking about that. === Devil's Mask at Christmas (15:51) === [00:04:41] So enjoy yourself. [00:04:43] It's going to be a real fun-filled, frolicsome moment of confabulation and the like. [00:04:51] But first, let me, if I could, describe a few things for you. [00:04:56] And that is, on a more sour note, My dear friend, as you know, there are many, many, many reasons to be concerned. 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[00:07:38] I just was fascinated by this pan-like monster. [00:07:44] I didn't understand what he was. [00:07:46] During the First Communion, we... [00:07:48] Renounced Satan. [00:07:50] Okay? [00:07:51] I didn't know if that was the same guy that I'm... [00:07:53] I dig the horns. [00:07:55] Didn't understand what he was. [00:07:56] It just fascinated me. [00:07:58] The picture of the devil was always... [00:08:01] Just... [00:08:03] Again... [00:08:04] And the stories about the devil. [00:08:07] Later on, the exorcist, Rosemary's baby. [00:08:10] I mean, it just... [00:08:10] I was a little older. [00:08:11] But still, there's this... [00:08:14] From... [00:08:16] Everybody wants to be the devil in one way or another. [00:08:19] De Niro, Lucifer, Pacino. [00:08:25] And who remembers? [00:08:26] Please raise your hand. [00:08:29] And I was the cutest little devil. [00:08:31] I was. [00:08:31] I guess. [00:08:32] But nobody knew who we were. [00:08:34] Now raise your hand. [00:08:36] Do you recall? [00:08:40] What was your costume every year? [00:08:42] Did you have the same costume? [00:08:44] I'll bet you were cute. [00:08:46] Angel. [00:08:47] Angel. [00:08:48] Devil. [00:08:49] Hello. [00:08:50] Bo Peep. [00:08:51] Something cute like that. [00:08:54] The devil. [00:08:55] Diabolico. [00:08:56] That's it. [00:08:57] Diablo. [00:08:59] Every single year. [00:09:01] And we go to W.T. Grant's. [00:09:05] Woolworth's. [00:09:06] I think it was a Grant's store. [00:09:07] And I would buy this box. [00:09:09] Do you remember this? [00:09:10] It was a box that had a kind of a plastic film. [00:09:15] Look inside, and there it was. [00:09:17] The plastic mask had this elastic band that went around the back, and you put it in your face. [00:09:26] And the holes, which adjusted for the, how do I say this, the holes that were for the eyes, I don't think were made for a child. [00:09:45] So we're smaller. [00:09:46] So sometimes, I remember one time I said, wait a minute, hold it. [00:09:50] And my sister, what about hers? [00:09:53] We're moving it like this. [00:09:55] So you're basically putting on a mask. [00:09:57] You're putting on a blindfold over your head, which you can kind of see, maybe, you know, one versus the other. [00:10:02] And it's the devil. [00:10:04] And a little mouth, so nobody could hear you, nobody could see you. [00:10:08] And you had on this cape. [00:10:11] There was a cape. [00:10:15] This cape, it was made of plastic or synthetic or something. [00:10:22] And it had a paint on it. [00:10:24] And the paint was so flammable, it reeked of some kind of Chernobyl-like three-mile island spill. [00:10:33] It was just this paint. [00:10:36] And you knew if you got near an open flame, you'd be up. [00:10:42] Like a protester. [00:10:44] I mean, it would be bad. [00:10:45] Bad. [00:10:46] You'd be there immolating. [00:10:51] So, it didn't matter. [00:10:53] We went out into the dark with my mask, my blindfold. [00:11:02] We didn't care about anything. [00:11:05] I mean, we were going packs. [00:11:08] As long as you were with a group of your friends, eh, you know. [00:11:12] I think sometimes the parents came, sometimes they died. [00:11:14] I think we normally did, maybe later on. [00:11:16] But there was a year, I remember, we just never. [00:11:17] And there was no rules. [00:11:19] Nobody said, listen, go down two blocks. [00:11:21] Don't go to a house where there's no lights on. [00:11:24] Don't, you know, make nothing. [00:11:26] It was just assumed somebody stayed home and watched the house. [00:11:30] Because you wanted to make sure nobody... [00:11:32] Egged you. [00:11:33] Or toilet papered you. [00:11:35] That came later on. [00:11:36] Nobody really was into anything mischievous at the time. [00:11:39] Or mischievous, as people say. [00:11:41] Which drives me nuts. [00:11:46] And then you would say, that house. [00:11:49] You ever go walk around your neighborhood? [00:11:51] Most of the time you don't. [00:11:52] And you go, how long has this house been here? [00:11:54] I don't know. [00:11:54] Who lives here? [00:11:55] I don't know. [00:11:55] Have you ever seen anybody in this house? [00:11:57] No. [00:11:59] I never knew this house was here. [00:12:01] The light's off. [00:12:02] Is it off? [00:12:03] I don't know. [00:12:04] And instead of saying, keep going, we say, no, no, there'll be a committee. [00:12:08] I think there's somebody in there. [00:12:10] But I saw a movement. [00:12:12] All right, who's going up? [00:12:13] Jerry, it's your turn. [00:12:15] And we'd all say, no, all for once. [00:12:17] We'd go en masse. [00:12:19] And we, no lights. [00:12:21] How demented is this? [00:12:22] Ring the bell. [00:12:24] Or knock on the door. [00:12:25] And it was always, it wasn't really a, it wasn't a. [00:12:30] A cute trick or treat. [00:12:32] You know, wasn't happy. [00:12:34] It was scary. [00:12:36] Because you were dressed like a ghoul. [00:12:38] And then you'd wait. [00:12:39] Now, how long do we wait? [00:12:43] How long do we wait? [00:12:46] Do we what? [00:12:47] What do we do? [00:12:49] How long do we wait? [00:12:51] And they assign. [00:12:51] Nobody's answer. [00:12:52] I think he's in there. [00:12:53] Do it again. [00:12:53] I'm not going to do it again. [00:12:54] Why? [00:12:54] Just did it. [00:12:56] Do it again. [00:12:56] We're already here. [00:12:57] We'll do it together. [00:12:58] All of us. [00:12:58] All right. [00:12:59] He's not home. [00:13:01] And then you make sure, you would just make sure nobody's hiding in there. [00:13:05] Nobody's shirking their duty to dispense candy. [00:13:09] So you'd go down the driveway, whatever you see some other kids, don't bother. [00:13:14] Well, we'll try. [00:13:15] And then some would challenge you. [00:13:17] I thought, you know, I could have sworn I saw somebody. [00:13:19] I'm not sure. [00:13:20] And you'd maybe check. [00:13:22] Did you go over there, anybody? [00:13:23] No, I don't know. [00:13:24] I think Team 12, it was like SEAL teams. [00:13:27] I think they did. [00:13:29] Then sometimes it would be somebody who would leave. [00:13:31] You know, the honor system. [00:13:32] Please take one. [00:13:34] There'd be a jack-o'-lantern or some scarecrow out because they weren't home, but she had popcorn balls or whatever the candy something or other. [00:13:46] Please take one. [00:13:48] They're all gone. [00:13:49] It just started. [00:13:50] Somebody wiped them out. [00:13:52] Try to do the honor system. [00:13:54] Come on. [00:13:54] Is there no honor? [00:13:55] No. [00:13:56] No. [00:13:57] And then you would decide That one year, okay, I'm not going out anymore. [00:14:04] My parents would say, you stay home, you answer the door, and you watch the house, whatever that means. [00:14:12] So then you would wait. [00:14:15] And invariably somebody would come. [00:14:17] I don't really know. [00:14:18] To me, it's like when it starts to get dark, if you can even argue, well, is it strange? [00:14:28] Starting to get dark? [00:14:29] Okay, then it's negotiable. [00:14:31] But sometimes there'll be somebody who's coming, listen, this is 3 o 'clock. [00:14:34] This is too early. [00:14:35] You are violating the rule. [00:14:37] And there'll be these rules that you would immediately be the arbiter of at your home. [00:14:41] I'm sorry, it's too early. [00:14:44] And then they start. [00:14:45] And then later on, and this is a good one, later on, when it kind of dies off. [00:14:54] Then there's somebody who's like some straggler. [00:14:56] You ever got somebody like at 11 o 'clock? [00:14:58] It's like, what are you doing? [00:15:00] Where are you from? [00:15:03] This is too late. [00:15:05] Get out. [00:15:05] Be gone. [00:15:06] And you've turned the lights off and you've done everything. [00:15:08] We're not. [00:15:09] We're asleep. [00:15:12] It's like during a fire warden. [00:15:17] During the war, you pull down things. [00:15:22] And then, You do this one. [00:15:25] Sometimes you'll look and you'll see, anybody who's a little kid gets everything. [00:15:30] There's something so cute. [00:15:31] They're so cute. [00:15:33] You got it. [00:15:34] You just take your pail or whatever and you bump. [00:15:37] You get it, kid. [00:15:38] You got it. [00:15:40] Then you say, hey, wait a minute. [00:15:42] How old are you? [00:15:44] Twelve? [00:15:45] You're sixteen if you're a day. [00:15:47] You with any of these kids? [00:15:48] Sometimes it might be an older brother. [00:15:49] That's okay. [00:15:50] That's cool. [00:15:51] You're by yourself. [00:15:54] You're 60, probably 18. You've got a mustache. [00:15:57] What are you doing here? [00:15:59] And you immediately, you're like the bouncer. [00:16:01] Studio 54. You're too young. [00:16:03] Well, that's too young. [00:16:05] You're too old. [00:16:06] It's too early. [00:16:07] It's too late. [00:16:08] I gave you enough. [00:16:10] You've been back. [00:16:10] I recognize you. [00:16:12] And then you look at these people like, what are you supposed to be? [00:16:15] And also, that's one thing. [00:16:16] You get to see these, you know, sometimes it's just... [00:16:19] You know, when you were a kid, it was a sheet. [00:16:21] It was a pillowcase. [00:16:22] You either looked like Klansmen or some attempt at a ghost. [00:16:26] You know, you did the best you could. [00:16:29] But then you see some people and you wonder, what is this? [00:16:32] What are you? [00:16:32] I'm a killer. [00:16:34] You're a killer? [00:16:35] It got a little macabre. [00:16:38] So, it was interesting to see this. [00:16:42] But it was kind of cute. [00:16:47] It was... [00:16:48] Cute! [00:16:50] Mrs. Ellen and I were saying, there were things like Casper. [00:16:54] I think somebody here, I think our good friend Liz said, she was like Woody Woodpecker. [00:17:00] It was cute! [00:17:02] A little good witch, you know? [00:17:06] Cowboys and Indians. [00:17:08] Can you do that anymore? [00:17:10] Cowboys and Guardians. [00:17:14] It was cute! [00:17:16] That changed. [00:17:18] And then every now and then, do you remember anybody putting stuff on their lawns? [00:17:28] I don't really remember. [00:17:29] I mean, maybe a little. [00:17:31] Not like Christmas. [00:17:32] Christmas was a story. [00:17:35] Christmas was... [00:17:36] Christmas, people went through... [00:17:37] I mean, they put... [00:17:38] My God! [00:17:40] The money! [00:17:42] They would put the time, the effort... [00:17:46] Please, this is just the most incredible thing in the world. [00:17:50] The amount of time. [00:17:52] Wow! [00:17:54] But Halloween was like, no, not really. [00:17:58] Today, it's another story. [00:18:01] We go to drive around in the Yugo. [00:18:04] It's a stretch. [00:18:06] Which gets its own, you know, crowds. [00:18:09] But we drive around certain places. [00:18:11] And there are these towns in particular, some in Jersey. [00:18:14] And there's one guy who's pretty famous who's... [00:18:19] I don't know what this is. [00:18:21] I think he might be a dentist. [00:18:25] I don't know. [00:18:26] But his yard, year-round, is filled with mannequins. [00:18:33] I mean, it's just... [00:18:35] People pull over. [00:18:39] They get out of their car. [00:18:42] The neighbors have had enough of this and they have these signs. [00:18:44] No parking! [00:18:45] You know, they have their own security. [00:18:46] This guy is year-round. [00:18:47] But it's almost, they're very seductive. [00:18:50] I'm not going to tell you where it is, but they're like scantily clad. [00:18:54] I don't even know what this is. [00:18:55] It's like he went to a place and bought every mannequin. [00:18:59] Everything anybody's ever produced and they put them together and there it is. [00:19:05] And people get out and they say, wow, look at this. [00:19:07] Then you'll have, somebody will have the 24-hour loop. [00:19:14] All day long in that? [00:19:16] Imagine being the neighbor. [00:19:17] We have a tire store in the hood. [00:19:22] Wonderful man. [00:19:23] And he has one of the most, this is in Hell's Kitchen, one of the most detailed, whether it's Christmas, but Halloween, it's one. [00:19:37] Witches with a nose and the warts to get an alignment. [00:19:42] It's very interesting. [00:19:43] Some people go full out. [00:19:47] But here's what we've noticed. [00:19:49] Everything centers around death. [00:19:54] Everything. [00:19:55] All of a sudden, tombstones, skeletons, death, death, people hanging. [00:20:02] There was a guy they had in a makeshift electric chair, listen to this, with a skeleton with an IV. [00:20:10] And I wanted to stop and say excuse me. [00:20:12] I didn't, but I wanted to. [00:20:14] This mixed metaphor. [00:20:16] He's dead? === Trunk or Treat Theme (15:24) === [00:20:19] He's in an electric chair given a lethal injection or an IV to resuscitate him? [00:20:26] How long has he been there? [00:20:29] What is this? [00:20:30] It didn't matter. [00:20:31] He just said, just put this out. [00:20:33] But the funniest one I saw, to me, was they had, obviously, tombstones, sarcophaguses, catafalques, you know, obviously it was a graveyard, cemetery theme, and he had nailed to his tree, which I don't think you should do. [00:20:57] A sign that said, Cemetery. [00:20:59] Lest you not know what this was. [00:21:04] Incredible. [00:21:07] What is this? [00:21:09] It's dark. [00:21:12] Death. [00:21:13] One guy had, remember that? [00:21:14] Skeletons. [00:21:16] All over. [00:21:18] He must have had 200. [00:21:20] I'm serious. [00:21:21] On the roof? [00:21:23] Isn't it a free country in various positions doing things that... [00:21:28] And I don't think there's... [00:21:32] I'm not going to make any big statement about this event. [00:21:41] Because I think kids kind of like it. [00:21:44] Kids don't put this thing together unless you make a big... [00:21:48] You understand what this is? [00:21:49] This is about death. [00:21:49] It's like, death? [00:21:51] And by the way, there's one particular place, which is funny, and there's this huge area, well, a huge swath, if you will, in this one neighborhood that we drive through, and lo and behold, there's a cemetery there. [00:22:06] Anyway, so across the street from a real cemetery are people who create these makeshift party city cemeteries. [00:22:15] Now, let me ask you this question. [00:22:18] When you were a kid, I'm a child of the 60s. [00:22:23] We were told that there was one fear that we had. [00:22:28] What was the fear that you told? [00:22:32] Perhaps urban legend, perhaps not. [00:22:34] Nobody knows per se. [00:22:35] But what were you told to beware of? [00:22:41] What was it? [00:22:44] Perhaps urban legend, perhaps not. [00:22:47] But every year we used to think about it. [00:22:50] And people would say, you know, I knew this kid a couple of blocks over. [00:22:56] It's always a couple of blocks over. [00:22:57] I didn't know him well, but a couple of blocks over. [00:23:00] He, uh, well, you know what happened. [00:23:05] What happened? [00:23:06] You know what happened. [00:23:09] What happened? [00:23:11] They got him with a razor blade. [00:23:13] They did what? [00:23:14] Put a razor blade right in the apple. [00:23:18] And you would think about it. [00:23:19] Remember as a kid? [00:23:20] Do you ever see a kid when you tell me and they imagine, oh my god! [00:23:25] Imagine a... [00:23:26] And then I was thinking, show you the way I thought, what if you missed the blade and the last bite was the razor blade? [00:23:35] You missed it. [00:23:37] And you would think the whole time, I could have got... [00:23:39] I don't know what would be worth... [00:23:40] Well, I think biting the razor blade. [00:23:43] Razor blades. [00:23:44] Pins! [00:23:45] Pins! [00:23:47] In one year, I will never forget this, our local Channel 13, the Big 13, Pulse, they said, St. Joseph's Hospital has a special unit where you can bring your fruit, any suspicious fruit, to the hospital. [00:24:16] And they will x-ray it. [00:24:18] I swear to God. [00:24:20] This was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. [00:24:22] X-ray fruit? [00:24:24] First of all, who's eating fruit? [00:24:26] Who's giving away fruit? [00:24:29] It's like Charlie Brown with the rock and the foil. [00:24:32] I got a rock. [00:24:34] Who's giving away fruit? [00:24:35] What, grapes? [00:24:37] A persimmon? [00:24:38] I mean, I don't understand this. [00:24:40] Anyway. [00:24:41] But aside from that... [00:24:42] The fact that you would say, hey dad, yeah, I got all this fruit. [00:24:46] You've got enough fruit that you want to have it x-rayed en masse? [00:24:51] Not just one or two, but you've got enough? [00:24:54] Okay. [00:24:55] So my father very, I think authoritatively, turned to us and said in a loud voice, now listen and listen good. [00:25:04] You are not going to eat any fruit. [00:25:07] Don't take any fruit. [00:25:08] You want fruit? [00:25:09] I got fruit here for you. [00:25:10] Cold, crisp. [00:25:14] Perfectly provided in our fridge. [00:25:17] Do not take any fruit. [00:25:19] And I'm not taking any fruit to the emergency room to have an x-ray. [00:25:23] Can you imagine that? [00:25:25] You pull up, you get a box. [00:25:26] What is it? [00:25:27] Who's hurt? [00:25:28] Nobody's hurt you. [00:25:29] He's got these apples. [00:25:30] Can you look at these apples? [00:25:31] Your apples are hurt? [00:25:33] No, I turned. [00:25:34] There was an ad on TV. [00:25:35] An ad on TV? [00:25:36] What are you talking about? [00:25:37] You're the only one who's come here. [00:25:39] Is that about the fruit, Jerry? [00:25:40] Yeah. [00:25:41] He's the only one. [00:25:42] Who brings fruit? [00:25:43] Nobody does. [00:25:44] It's demented. [00:25:47] Demented. [00:25:48] But we heard about this. [00:25:50] Now, when you are in New York City, or you live in a condo, or you live in an apartment, it's very thorough. [00:26:00] They say, now listen. [00:26:02] Downstairs, at the front desk, there's a list. [00:26:07] If you want to give out candy, make sure you put that name down there. [00:26:12] You got that? [00:26:14] Make sure you put your name in your apartment now. [00:26:16] And if you want, you can put this little sticker on the door that tells kids, you can come here. [00:26:23] And we'll give out a list ahead of time of all the apartments. [00:26:25] And it's pretty tough. [00:26:26] Okay, floor 23, 23F, Jerry, you want to take that? [00:26:31] You know, they got to go there with their floor to floor. [00:26:36] And invariably, there'll be some kid somewhere, I don't know why, the doorbells, and you think, what? [00:26:46] I didn't leave it. [00:26:46] I didn't leave it. [00:26:47] Oh, no. [00:26:49] So you say, hi, I'm not on the list of that. [00:26:55] Hang on a minute. [00:26:57] And you look and you say, what have we got? [00:26:59] A couple of bucks. [00:27:00] There's a lottery ticket. [00:27:01] Want a beer? [00:27:06] How about some, you like Doritos? [00:27:08] No fruit. [00:27:11] And then invariably, we'll take this. [00:27:14] So we always have these spares in case some straggler. [00:27:17] Because they look just so pathetic. [00:27:20] My heart melts. [00:27:23] And you look like, where's the parent? [00:27:25] Is there a parent I can talk to? [00:27:27] Listen, little Casper. [00:27:28] It's very cute, by the way. [00:27:29] How old are you? [00:27:31] See, I wasn't on the list. [00:27:33] See, there's a list down there. [00:27:36] Hang on a minute. [00:27:38] You like to paint? [00:27:42] This is worth a couple of bucks. [00:27:45] Here, I'll give you one of these. [00:27:47] I don't know what this is, but it'll scare your friends. [00:27:52] Here, take one of these. [00:27:54] Here, how about some Ethernet cord? [00:27:57] You never can have enough of these. [00:27:59] Take that. [00:28:01] Take it. [00:28:03] How about an I voted early? [00:28:06] Sticker. [00:28:07] Oh, do you see this one I got? [00:28:09] They're going to love this one. [00:28:11] Yesterday, we voted early. [00:28:15] Can you see this? [00:28:16] It says, I'm a future voter. [00:28:20] I'm changing the subject, I realize. [00:28:22] I asked this woman, I said, what is this? [00:28:25] I'm a future voter. [00:28:26] What am I, a kid? [00:28:28] No, it's early voting. [00:28:30] No, no, no. [00:28:30] This doesn't say early voting. [00:28:31] No, that one says early voting. [00:28:33] This says, I'm a future voter. [00:28:39] I'm not eligible? [00:28:41] What does this mean? [00:28:42] She couldn't answer the question, and I'm wondering, why am I asking this person? [00:28:47] Obviously, it was a mistake. [00:28:48] Nobody cares, because you go into these precincts, and nobody's paying attention in the first place. [00:28:52] But I digress. [00:28:54] I've got to tell you this story. [00:28:56] I had a friend. [00:28:57] I love this story. [00:28:59] It is so cute. [00:29:01] My friend went, took his son out for the first time. [00:29:08] And he's never been to any kind of Halloween anything. [00:29:13] He has no idea what it is. [00:29:15] So my friend said, Okay, we're going to go. [00:29:19] Trick or treat. [00:29:20] He thought he explained it, but apparently he didn't. [00:29:23] So they went to this door. [00:29:25] They went to this house. [00:29:27] And when the door opens up, the kid walks in and sits down. [00:29:37] Like he's... [00:29:38] Like they're visiting. [00:29:41] And they're saying, hello. [00:29:42] And here he comes in. [00:29:43] He goes, Todd? [00:29:46] I'm sorry. [00:29:47] And the kids are sitting there. [00:29:49] You know the way they swing their legs? [00:29:51] Like, come on. [00:29:51] Let's get this party going. [00:29:53] Can I need a drink? [00:29:54] Say they're going to TV? [00:29:55] And they say, no, Todd. [00:29:56] Come here. [00:29:57] What? [00:29:57] He says, no. [00:29:58] Come on here. [00:29:59] What? [00:30:00] We don't go inside. [00:30:02] What? [00:30:03] No, we go outside. [00:30:04] We stay outside? [00:30:05] Yeah. [00:30:06] We don't go inside? [00:30:07] No. [00:30:07] Why? [00:30:08] Because this is Halloween. [00:30:11] And? [00:30:12] No, it's an outdoor thing. [00:30:14] An outdoor. [00:30:15] And he didn't realize, this is, nope, nope, we don't do this. [00:30:19] We don't go up to a house, knock on the door, and stand there. [00:30:23] Door to door, full of brush man. [00:30:26] Anyway, so this poor kid had to be told, his very first brush with this, he fails. [00:30:34] I thought that was great. [00:30:36] I loved that. [00:30:36] Yeah, let him come on in. [00:30:39] Has anybody seen my old friend Mark? [00:30:43] Have you seen these poor kids? [00:30:45] Have you seen this, honey, where they go to a parking lot and they back their cars up in a circle and they put the hood up or the boot up the trunk? [00:30:58] No. [00:31:01] They go from your car to the next, you know, and you have your SUV and it opens up. [00:31:06] Here you go. [00:31:07] No. [00:31:08] That is so sad. [00:31:11] It is sad to think that yet again, another moment of my youth, which I took for granted, I thought, well, it's not that big of a deal. [00:31:24] Turned out to be a big deal. [00:31:28] I have I remember there was always somebody then, they always talk about this, should we be celebrating? [00:31:34] Isn't this really a pagan? [00:31:36] Is this witchcraft? [00:31:37] Would you please stop it? [00:31:38] It's just, come on. [00:31:41] How about the price of candy? [00:31:44] Have you seen the trunk or treat? [00:31:48] Very good. [00:31:50] Somebody wrote trunk or treat. [00:31:53] Is that what they call it? [00:31:54] I thought... [00:31:57] I thought you came up with that on your own. [00:31:59] This shows you my complete detachment. [00:32:02] What is candy going for now? [00:32:04] We went into a place. [00:32:05] My God. [00:32:11] We went to our place. [00:32:13] Mrs. L was saying, what is this? [00:32:14] What you're looking at? [00:32:15] What is this? [00:32:16] I'm saying, forget it. [00:32:17] No, we've got to get something. [00:32:18] We've got to get something? [00:32:19] We've got to get something? [00:32:21] Okay, fine. [00:32:22] But I can't believe it. [00:32:23] And you know what? [00:32:24] I never liked candy. [00:32:26] Never like it. [00:32:27] Never like that you take it home and say, here you go. [00:32:31] I just... [00:32:33] Tell me, universally, what is considered the most unfavorable candy, without a doubt, that is still produced, and nobody likes it. [00:32:46] It's the fruitcake of... [00:32:50] Nobody's ever eaten a fruitcake that I know of. [00:32:53] It's this. [00:32:54] What is the one... [00:32:55] What is it? [00:32:57] What is it? [00:32:59] What is the one candy? [00:33:01] See, if anybody... [00:33:01] Who gets it first? [00:33:03] We're doing this live right now. [00:33:04] The one candy. [00:33:06] That if you see this, you say, Oh my God. [00:33:09] Why did you do this? [00:33:10] Thank you so much. [00:33:11] By the way, Pete has been spot on. [00:33:14] Candy corn. [00:33:15] Candy corn. [00:33:16] I don't know who likes it. [00:33:17] I don't know who makes it. [00:33:19] I knew a fellow years ago who worked for a company. [00:33:22] In Plan City Flora, who used to make glazy fruit for fruitcakes, said, how much of this can you sell? [00:33:32] Like you can't believe. [00:33:35] But it's one of those things. [00:33:37] That's like, don't you think that candy corn is the peeps of Halloween? [00:33:41] Do people like peeps? [00:33:46] There's something, sweet tarts, Very good. [00:33:51] Sweet tarts. [00:33:52] Very good. [00:33:53] Necco wafers. [00:33:55] Doesn't that sound... [00:33:56] Candy corn. [00:33:58] I used to like... [00:33:59] There were some things I liked. [00:34:01] I enjoyed, for some reason, anything that's hot. [00:34:05] Red Hots. [00:34:07] I love that. [00:34:09] Love Red Hots. [00:34:11] Oh, yeah. [00:34:12] I love anything hot. [00:34:15] I just made... [00:34:16] I just got... [00:34:17] Listen to this. [00:34:17] I just got a big... [00:34:20] Container. [00:34:21] Sixteen ounce of red pepper flakes. [00:34:24] I got piper flakes. [00:34:25] That's right, Granny. [00:34:27] I got my some piper flakes. [00:34:29] Yes, sir. [00:34:30] And I grind them in a coffee grinder. [00:34:34] And it unleashes. [00:34:35] It takes the heat level and just do some of that. [00:34:39] That'll do it. [00:34:40] I just made a big, beautiful, I took some habaneros, which are, okay, scotch bonnets. [00:34:46] Boiled them down. [00:34:48] Pulverize them. [00:34:49] I made a nice little sauce. [00:34:50] Very nice. [00:34:51] I like hot stuff. [00:34:53] And as a kid, I thought, these are good. [00:34:56] These are alright. [00:34:57] Jawbreakers. [00:35:00] Those ones that, those things that you can't, they never melt. [00:35:06] I just never, I just... [00:35:10] Who agrees the candy tasted? [00:35:18] Better. [00:35:19] Do you ever go to a candy store? [00:35:21] Do you ever go to these? [00:35:22] They have, eventually, this candy store. [00:35:26] And it's invariably run by somebody who wants to go back to the days of yore. === Why Chocolate Is More Than Just Sweets (06:25) === [00:35:33] And he has the white striped shirt, kind of like the barbershop quartet. [00:35:36] He has the little wrist arm bracelet, you know. [00:35:39] And he's, hey, come on in here. [00:35:41] Would you like some? [00:35:42] You know, he's trying to relive the, okay, all right, okay. [00:35:46] They kind of carry it away. [00:35:48] And sometimes it's like, you know, because sweets and they were a little bit more. [00:35:54] Here's one I saw for you. [00:35:55] Do you know that in New York they have one place where you can go to get Fountain of Coke that's made with a couple of blasts of Coke syrup, which I don't. [00:36:08] I'm not a big fan of. [00:36:09] But seltzer water. [00:36:11] And they actually make it. [00:36:12] It's a fountain. [00:36:14] That's another experience. [00:36:16] If you've ever seen that. [00:36:17] A fountain. [00:36:18] People get into this stuff very seriously. [00:36:20] Have you heard people who like Coke that's made from Mexico because it uses sugar cane versus whatever hour, I guess, from beets or GMOs? [00:36:32] You really spend a lot of time with this. [00:36:35] Then, of course, you get into chocolate. [00:36:38] And I'm going to say something that is... [00:36:42] Heretical, but I'm going to say it nonetheless. [00:36:44] Chocolate is chocolate. [00:36:45] I don't care what... [00:36:46] I mean, there's different types. [00:36:47] There's light chocolate, milk chocolate, but I'm just saying, if it's in the size, if it's in the shape of the Eiffel Tower versus a sombrero, it's chocolate. [00:36:57] The shape of it means nothing. [00:37:00] Now, there are other styles, you know, that Jacques Torres, you've been to one of his shops, very artistic. [00:37:06] You don't want to eat it. [00:37:08] But thankfully, thankfully, I never had the sweet, you know, I mean, they're okay. [00:37:19] They're okay. [00:37:20] But thank God, because chocolate is an addiction. [00:37:25] Chocolate, who agrees with me? [00:37:27] Chocolate to some people. [00:37:29] It is something as potent. [00:37:32] And as powerful as anything... [00:37:37] I mean, there are people who really... [00:37:38] I believe it. [00:37:39] There is not an addiction, but I think it satisfies a particular need that you must have. [00:37:45] Thank God I don't have sweets. [00:37:46] And thank God I have absolutely no interest in gambling. [00:37:55] I will enjoy a lottery ticket. [00:38:00] That's always fun. [00:38:04] That's good. [00:38:05] Hey, the mega's up. [00:38:07] I'll buy one. [00:38:08] That's about it. [00:38:09] Thank God. [00:38:10] I'm not trying to tell you I'm better than anybody. [00:38:12] Just thank God that I'm not into that because I don't particularly care for the problems that are attending there too. [00:38:23] Let me stop right now and just say, you know what makes a great gift as far as I'm concerned? [00:38:27] Hear me out. [00:38:29] When you don't know what to do and somebody says, hey, give me something special. [00:38:33] Well, how about something from MyPillow.com? [00:38:35] Now listen, think about this. [00:38:37] They got a pillowcase, right? [00:38:39] Remember when you had a pillowcase when you were a kid? [00:38:41] Why not have a pillow? [00:38:42] How about a MyPillow to put in the pillowcase? [00:38:45] They will thank you forever. [00:38:47] And you don't need to x-ray it. [00:38:49] So MyPillow.com slash Lionel, promo code Lionel, is like nothing else. [00:38:55] I promise you. [00:38:57] MyPillow.com. [00:38:59] MyPillow.com. [00:39:00] Right now they have the Giza Dreams sheet sets. [00:39:04] The Percale sheet sets. [00:39:06] MySlippers. [00:39:06] Towel Sale of the Week. [00:39:08] They've got MyPillows for as low as 1988. [00:39:11] Mattresses. [00:39:12] Plush blankets. [00:39:13] Beach towels. [00:39:14] It's just incredible. [00:39:15] And nothing says Halloween better. [00:39:18] How about a 3-inch mattress topper? [00:39:20] How about that? [00:39:20] Here you go, kid. [00:39:21] This is your lucky day. [00:39:22] You want to back the truck up? [00:39:23] Take one of these with you. [00:39:25] How about giving that little ghoul and goblin, how about a mattress sleep system, just to tell them, you know what, tis the season. [00:39:33] Down blankets, great stocking stuffer, and it's fine for dad or grad, and yes, mama makes julienne fries. [00:39:38] How about women's sleepwear, loungewear, men's loungewear? [00:39:42] When you lounge, as I do, I always make sure I have the correct loungewear, and that's why I use my MyPillow loungewear. [00:39:50] Quilts, gossamer blankets, throw blankets. [00:39:53] Waffle blankets, duvet covers, down comforters, you name it. [00:39:57] So go to MyPillow.com slash Lionel. [00:40:00] MyPillow.com slash Lionel. [00:40:04] And that slash, by the way, is called a solidus or a virgule. [00:40:09] Or if you need a phone number, no problem, NEM. [00:40:13] Just call 800-645-4965. [00:40:17] That's 800-645-4965. [00:40:22] Now my friends, I wish you and your family a happy Halloween. [00:40:27] I like it. [00:40:29] I'm not going to answer questions about what does it mean. [00:40:34] I think it's fun. [00:40:36] It's just tradition. [00:40:39] Just let it go. [00:40:42] Kids love to dress up. [00:40:45] Don't you think it's just fun? [00:40:47] Kids, think about that. [00:40:48] You go to a house, you hold out a bag, they give you stuff, this is great! [00:40:55] What's wrong with that? [00:40:57] I mean, seriously, what is wrong with that? [00:41:00] We need more of them. [00:41:02] We need more, especially get out! [00:41:06] Go out! [00:41:08] Walk! [00:41:09] Go out! [00:41:11] It's okay! [00:41:13] Always stay with your parents, though. [00:41:15] That's all. [00:41:16] My friends, I also ask you, please today, make it a point, please follow Mrs. L. Lins Warriors on YouTube at Lins Warriors. [00:41:26] Some great, great, great news and information for you. [00:41:32] Also, follow her on Twitter at Lins Warriors, L-Y-N-N-S underscore Warriors. [00:41:37] And I'm at Lionel Media. [00:41:39] Thank you so much. [00:41:40] Have a happy... [00:41:42] Halloween. [00:41:43] Be safe, my friends. [00:41:44] Please, I mean that sincerely. [00:41:45] Have a great and glorious day. [00:41:47] We'll see you tomorrow, same bad time, same bad channel, 9 a.m. Eastern Time. [00:41:50] Until then, the monkey's dead. [00:41:51] The show's over. [00:41:52] Sue ya.