93-From Procrastination To Pumpkins: A Halloween Free-For-All

From a Roomba disaster to a chewed-up pair of headphones, our “no-plan” Halloween episode spirals into pure chaos—in the best way. We kick things off with procrastination quotes, dive into a candy confessional (Reese’s reigns supreme), and battle over the great Tootsie Roll divide. Then it’s rapid-fire trivia: Samhain’s Celtic roots, why turnips came before pumpkins, and the truth about black cats and trick-or-treating.

We chase scares through pop culture—from Thriller to The Strangers—and debunk the poisoned-candy myth. The real chills come with a true story about losing sight of a child on Halloween night and what it reminds us about love and fear.

Hit play for laughs, lore, and horror talk that lingers long after spooky season fades.

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 1:10

We're gonna start with quotes. We're gonna do it right.

SPEAKER_00 1:13

Do you have any quotes?

SPEAKER_05 1:15

I don't. I just have trivia questions. This is what happens when we don't communicate.

SPEAKER_02 1:23

Um Lord have mercy already. Okay, well, let me let me start with one quote. Procrastination is the thief of time. Charles Dickinson. That's Dickinson. Charles Dickinson. Dickinson. Okay. Oh, hold on. Maybe there's more. I never put off till tomorrow, but I can do the day after. Oscar Wilde. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis. It is not that I'm so smart. It's just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein.

SPEAKER_06 1:58

Hmm.

SPEAKER_02 1:59

Um, okay, and then one more. Sorry. Procrastination is hands down our favorite form of self-sabotage. Alice P. Cornyn Selby. Or also another situation.

SPEAKER_05 2:12

Yes. Welcome to another situation.

SPEAKER_02 2:16

Welcome to another situation. I'm Ingrid.

SPEAKER_05 2:19

I'm Jessica. And I'm your local telemarketer. Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 2:24

Welcome aboard. The friendly skies. You sound. Explain.

Pet Disasters And Zero Plans

SPEAKER_05 2:28

My great pyrenees chewed up my headphones, so I have to use these in the meantime, and I can't use my regular microphone without using headphones because it sounds really bad. So this is better than what it would sound like.

SPEAKER_02 2:41

Okay. Well, my half-Great Pyrenees uh threw up this morning, and I was upstairs getting clothes for my daughter and had turned my Roomba on. Ew! Took on downstairs to find smeared throw-up in my bedroom. Hmm.

SPEAKER_05 3:05

I think I'd rather have smeared throw-up than poop.

SPEAKER_02 3:08

Did I say poop at first? No. Oh, okay. Well, I'd rather have a chewed-up microphone than smeared throw-up.

SPEAKER_05 3:15

It's chewed-up headphones.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

Headphones. Well, moral of the story is Don't get a dog. Okay, also, moral of the story is we have zero plans for this episode.

SPEAKER_05 3:36

I thought we were gonna talk about Halloween. So that's why I have trivia questions.

SPEAKER_02 3:40

Oh, well, we were, but I thought we were just gonna talk.

SPEAKER_05 3:44

Who wants to hear us just talk about Halloween?

SPEAKER_02 3:46

My favorite candy is fun-sized Snickers. What's yours? Um Halloween candy. It has to be Halloween candy, not just I mean, isn't all candy Halloween candy? Well, I mean, like, I don't go and buy a fun-size Snickers. I don't like regular size Snickers. Do you want to know why?

SPEAKER_05 4:06

No, but sure. Are you gonna tell me why? No, you said no. Oh, okay. We so my son had a Because it's the perfect blend.

SPEAKER_02 4:19

It's a perfect blend of chocolate to the insides. You get a regular size Snickers, there's too much inside and not enough chocolate. Hmm.

unknown 4:30

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 4:31

Another thing my dog did was he ate a full-size three musketeers.

SPEAKER_02 4:36

Oh, oh, here's here's a king-size Snickers story. When Jessica was in boot camp, she wanted a Snickers bar. She said that was the thing she wanted so bad. And I bought her a king-size Snickers bar. And I had, I don't know, went to work or did something and came home to find said king-size Snickers bar wrapper underneath my table, neatly torn open, licked clean of any crumb, and my Yorky running around in circles around a different table. So again, moral is dumb.

SPEAKER_05 5:11

Snickers. Do you want to hear my first trivia question?

SPEAKER_02 5:15

Wait, I want to hear your favorite candy.

SPEAKER_05 5:16

I don't know. I a favorite Halloween candy. I don't think I have one.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

So you don't have like when your kids come home, you don't have like when you go through their candy bag, there's not one that you have to steal.

SPEAKER_05 5:28

No, I don't steal my kids' candy.

SPEAKER_02 5:30

I don't either. They give them to me. Do you know actually another candy I love that is very rare?

SPEAKER_05 5:36

What you want to call it? No, those aren't those aren't rare. Do they even make them anymore?

SPEAKER_02 5:42

Yes. I've seen them. I don't know when's last time. Within the last year, I've seen it, I think. So Tootsie rolls, but not the little Tootsie Rolls. Not the fat Tootsie rolls, but the long skinny ones. Oh, thank you.

SPEAKER_05 5:57

You can always have all of the Tootsie rolls.

SPEAKER_02 6:00

I'm very size-oriented apparently with my candy.

SPEAKER_05 6:05

I guess I eat their Reese's peanut butter cups. Well, and I take their peanut MMs because I don't like them.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

What's their favorites?

SPEAKER_05 6:14

Uh probably Skittles.

SPEAKER_01 6:17

For both of them?

SPEAKER_05 6:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:19

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 6:20

My son really likes MMs, regular MMs too.

SPEAKER_02 6:23

My oldest likes almond joy, which nobody likes. And then my middle likes Whoppers. Ugh. And what do you mean? Those are like the two best. I love those too. And then my youngest just like all of them. All the candy.

Trivia Begins: Origins And Myths

SPEAKER_05 6:38

Do you want to hear my trivia questions or not? Yes. I've been waiting.

SPEAKER_01 6:43

Is that the first question?

SPEAKER_05 6:45

This is um thanks, Buzzfeed. Why did the ancient Celts light bonfires on Halloween night?

SPEAKER_02 6:52

To keep the evil spirits away?

SPEAKER_05 6:55

To light the way for lost souls looking for the afterlife.

SPEAKER_06 6:58

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_05 6:59

You might know this one. Which Disney movie is in part an adaptation of Washington Irving's short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

SPEAKER_02 7:07

I can see it. Is it the legend of Sleepy Hollow?

SPEAKER_05 7:10

It is not. It's the adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

unknown 7:15

Mr.

SPEAKER_05 7:15

All right, maybe you'll get this one. We're over two. What are the top three most possi popular Halloween costumes for dogs?

SPEAKER_01 7:27

The top how many? Pirate? For dogs? Yeah. Oh no, okay, hold on. A pumpkin? Yes. A bat.

SPEAKER_05 7:35

No. A bee? Bee? Bumblebee? Yes. One more. Okay. A hot dog. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 7:41

Yes, that's so good. Wow.

SPEAKER_05 7:44

That's good. Uh, why is the color orange associated with Halloween? The color of the moon. The harvest moon. It symbolizes the autumn harvest. Look at you.

SPEAKER_02 7:58

Oh, and you thought I was not smart.

SPEAKER_05 8:00

I think you're just guessing well.

SPEAKER_02 8:03

I'm really good at trivia. I love trivia.

SPEAKER_05 8:05

Where does the world's largest Halloween parade take place?

SPEAKER_02 8:09

Is it in Central America or South America?

SPEAKER_05 8:12

It's actually in the U.S.

SPEAKER_02 8:13

New Orleans?

SPEAKER_05 8:14

That would be a good guess. It's New York.

SPEAKER_02 8:16

Weird.

SPEAKER_05 8:16

I didn't even know they had a Halloween parade, did you?

SPEAKER_02 8:19

I didn't either.

SPEAKER_05 8:20

True or false.

SPEAKER_02 8:21

They should stick with Macy's and Thanksgiving. They need to stop taking everything.

SPEAKER_05 8:25

Yeah, I agree. True or false. Halloween is the largest commercial holiday in the United States.

SPEAKER_02 8:32

False. I feel like it should be true because we're doing Halloween trivia. But I would say Valentine's Day. It's actually Christmas. Commercial, duh. Like yeah.

SPEAKER_05 8:44

Well, Valentine's Day's commercial.

SPEAKER_02 8:46

Yeah, I know, but I was not thinking Christmas was commercial. Yeah, that's fair.

SPEAKER_05 8:54

Okay, you definitely know this one.

unknown 8:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 8:57

Oh, the pressure's on.

SPEAKER_05 8:59

What famed horror actor performed the monologue in Michael Jackson's thriller? You almost said it. I can tell by your mouth.

SPEAKER_02 9:06

I almost said Vince Vaughn. Vincent Price.

SPEAKER_05 9:11

Yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02 9:15

Um, this is fun. I'm gonna Google Halloween trivia too.

SPEAKER_05 9:19

Who was the first lady to decorate the White House for Halloween? That's a hard one. I don't know how you'd know that.

SPEAKER_02 9:24

Eleanor.

SPEAKER_05 9:25

Mamie Eisenhower. When will the next full moon on Halloween occur?

SPEAKER_01 9:29

2032.

SPEAKER_05 9:31

Oh my gosh, you were so close. 2039. What is the most popular Halloween candy? Kit Kat. Reese's. Oh. Reese's being butter cups. Oh, I know this one. Which theme park chain hosts an annual Halloween event called Halloween Horror Nights?

SPEAKER_01 9:49

Universal Speed.

SPEAKER_05 9:50

Oh man, I miss Halloween Horror Nights.

SPEAKER_01 9:53

That was okay.

Costumes, Colors, And Parades

SPEAKER_02 9:55

So we went to Halloween Horror Nights one time, you and I. Uh-huh. And do you remember? I think it was like a clown theme. Jessica hate Jessica hates clowns. Very much. So if you want to send some clowns and our socials, that'd be fun. Uh, I will randomly send her memes with clowns in them. Uh and okay. So anyway, there was they hold like uh blowers, I think, but they're supposed to look like or and look and sound like chainsaws, right?

SPEAKER_05 10:30

I think they're chainsaws without the chain.

SPEAKER_02 10:33

Or that. And there's a clown chasing you. I remember that. Yeah. With one of those. And he was freaking out. You were freaking out, Nike. And then my other favorite memory of that is when I don't know if it was like obviously it was like a haunted house. They have just random, in case you've never been, they have random haunted houses throughout the park. And we went through one that was kind of like the old school like fun house, haunted house. And there was a spinny thing, but it I don't think it was really spinning. It was like a tunnel. And then it had the uh like it had the visual effects that made you feel like it really was spinning and you kept falling down and you couldn't get out of it.

SPEAKER_05 11:25

Yes, that was so hard. I was hanging on to like the railing for dear life. It was messing with me so bad.

SPEAKER_02 11:34

I was dying because you walk across just like this bridge, you're on solid ground, you're not touching anything, and just it looks like you're okay. Anyway, all right, good.

SPEAKER_05 11:47

According to the theme song, which family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky.

unknown 11:53

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 11:54

I already knew which family when you started.

SPEAKER_05 11:57

Um true or false, National Candy Corn Day is October 30th. False. It's true.

SPEAKER_02 12:03

Oh, I would have said November 1st when it's all discounted.

SPEAKER_05 12:06

Do you candy corn? I used to. I don't really anymore. Where does the word Halloween come from?

SPEAKER_02 12:12

Hallows Eve.

SPEAKER_05 12:14

Yeah. Yup. What dance was allegedly a graveyard smash that caught on in a flash?

SPEAKER_02 12:22

The monster mash. Monster mash.

SPEAKER_05 12:25

What character was unsurprisingly the most popular Halloween costume of 2023? Yeah, think of what movie came out that year.

SPEAKER_01 12:36

Okay. Um was it Mario?

SPEAKER_05 12:39

Mm-mm. Female girl, little girl.

SPEAKER_02 12:43

Little girl. Annabelle?

SPEAKER_05 12:46

No, it wasn't a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 12:47

No, not Annabelle. Um that's not who I meant anyway. I meant what's that girl? The creepy. It's a movie. I never seen it. I have Megan. Is that her name? I don't know what the movie is and it's a three backwards instead of an E. Oh, I've never seen it. I think we need to watch it. Okay. Um Barbie. I wouldn't have gotten it.

SPEAKER_05 13:06

No, you were going down a weird track.

SPEAKER_02 13:10

I think it's because my kids, my kids and I dressed up as Mario characters that year.

SPEAKER_05 13:14

Uh what are the first names of the Sanderson sisters in Hocus Pocus?

Horror Icons And Pop Culture

SPEAKER_02 13:19

Winifred. Yes. Oh. Uh hold on. I want I want to say Sarah, but it's Sarah Jessica Parker.

SPEAKER_05 13:26

Yes, Sarah?

SPEAKER_02 13:27

There's a Sarah. Oh, and I can never remember the girl with dark hair's name. I don't know. I can't think of her name. Mary. Mary.

SPEAKER_05 13:36

Mary, Mary, quite country.

SPEAKER_02 13:38

Why do people traditionally wear costumes on Halloween?

SPEAKER_05 13:40

To scare away evil spirits. Yeah, that was an easy one.

SPEAKER_02 13:43

In which country did Halloween originate? Germany? No. Ireland's a Celtic festival. Celtic. Celtic. Celtic. Duh. Boston Celtic. I just asked about the Celtic. But I'm thinking Boston. Boston Celtics. Boston. Uh Festival of Sam Haynes. Bastin. Okay. Go ahead. Do you have another one?

SPEAKER_05 14:07

What f yes, I have there's 101 on this Buzzfeed article.

SPEAKER_02 14:12

Oh. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 14:13

What famous person died on Halloween? Audrey Hepburn, Harry Houdini, Aretha Franklin, or Edgar Allan Poe.

SPEAKER_02 14:21

Hmm. I feel Poe. Houdini. I know I should have known it was not Poe because you did an episode on Edgar Allan Poe. Did I? Something about cooping is the title of it. Remember when you talked? You don't remember? You did a whole episode on Edgar Allan Poe. No, there's so many.

SPEAKER_05 14:40

So he got punched on the 22nd and he died on the 31st.

SPEAKER_02 14:44

Houdini? Houdini. He got punched?

SPEAKER_05 14:47

He got because he said he could survive hard punches to his abdomen. So a student named J. Gordon Whitehead um punched Houdini very hard several times in the stomach. He then went to Detroit where he developed severe abdominal pain, cold sweats, and a fever of 104 degrees. Although a doctor suspected appendicitis, he took the stage at the Garrick Theater and collapsed immediately after Final Curtain.

SPEAKER_02 15:13

And then he died. Dumb way to die. I know. Okay. How did the tradition of trick or treating start?

SPEAKER_05 15:19

I thought that you were supposed to put out candy to keep people, bad spirits away.

SPEAKER_02 15:25

It started from the medieval practice of souling, where people would go door to door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food.

SPEAKER_05 15:33

Mmm. Interesting. So I'll pray for you if you give me some food.

SPEAKER_02 15:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 15:38

Um, what was the writer for the film Child's Play inspired by to create the character Chucky?

SPEAKER_01 15:44

Cabbage patch dolls.

SPEAKER_05 15:46

That's one of them. Are you serious? Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:49

Uh that's too funny. That's the first thing I thought of. And there's another doll.

SPEAKER_05 15:55

Mm-hmm. Another. My buddy. My buddy. Oh my god. My buddy and me.

SPEAKER_02 16:01

Oh, that's his name is My Body. It is. Right? Yes. It's not. Uh what's a bear? What was the bear's name? Teddy. Rumple. Nope. Rupskin. Ruppskin. Ruxkin.

SPEAKER_05 16:12

Teddy Rux Ruxin. Ruxpin? Teddy. Teddy Ruxin. Okay. Do you know Okay, the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples stemmed from a courting ritual? True or false?

SPEAKER_02 16:25

True.

SPEAKER_05 16:26

It is. Girls would put their names on an apple, and potential suitors would bob for the apples. Picking the name of the girl would indicate the possibility of a future relationship.

SPEAKER_02 16:36

Weird. What does the name Dracula mean? Dracula. Mean in Romanian. Bloodsucker? Son of the dragon or son of the devil?

unknown 16:45

Hmm.

SPEAKER_02 16:46

Why are you hearing that big snore?

SPEAKER_05 16:48

Yes, I did. Okay. I was meant to just. Why are black cats associated with Halloween?

SPEAKER_00 16:54

Uh because they steal souls.

SPEAKER_05 16:59

And your breath while you sleep. Yes. Uh or no, they protect you from the trolls that steal your breath while you sleep. In medieval Europe, it was believed that devils and witches could disguise as black cats.

SPEAKER_02 17:14

Let's see. Dumb, easy questions.

SPEAKER_05 17:18

I'm gonna give a shout out to the Wisconsin neighbor. When was the first citywide US or Hollow When was the first citywide Halloween celebration held in the US?

SPEAKER_02 17:32

When? Citywide?

SPEAKER_05 17:36

It was in Anoka, Minnesota. Or is it Anoka? Anoka. Um 1958. 21. 1921. Oh hey. Halloween originated in Ireland, true or false. That just came up.

SPEAKER_02 17:54

True. What mythical monsters said to be repelled by silver bullets. That's an easy one.

SPEAKER_05 17:59

These are um, why did trigger treating gain traction in the 1930s in America?

SPEAKER_03 18:04

We did not know this. The Great Depression.

SPEAKER_05 18:07

Uh it had something to do with it. And it was to stop pranking because pranking became the preferred practice on Halloween among young people in the 20s, but it became dangerous during the Great Depression, devolving into vandalism and violence. So to prevent pranking pranking or worse behavior in the communities, the organized activity of trigger treating was encouraged.

Universal Nights And Clown Terrors

SPEAKER_02 18:27

So they positively reinforce people coming to your door by giving them food and candy. Instead of having a few years, instead of just making people stay at home and mind their own business. What did people originally use to make jack-o'-lanterns before pumpkins became the norm? Turnips. And potatoes. Yes.

SPEAKER_05 18:51

Ooh. Which animal will shelters not allow people to adopt on Halloween?

SPEAKER_02 18:56

Which what now?

SPEAKER_05 18:57

Aww. Which animal will shelters not allow people to spot cats.

SPEAKER_02 19:05

Yeah, that's because they're afraid people are going to be mean to them.

SPEAKER_05 19:08

Yeah. A woman adopted a black cat as part of a Halloween costume, and days later the animal is found dead.

SPEAKER_02 19:15

There's usually like an alert that goes out to keep your black cats in to make sure that they don't get used for something.

SPEAKER_05 19:24

So weird. Where can you be fined for using silly string on Halloween?

SPEAKER_03 19:29

Where? Um Missouri.

SPEAKER_02 19:36

Weird. This is weirdo. Okay, so this is a different answer. How did the practice of bobbing for apples become a popular Halloween game? People were hungry. It traces back to a Roman tradition of trying to bite into apples in honor of the goddess Pomona.

unknown 19:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 19:55

Which US questions? Which US state produces the most pumpkins?

SPEAKER_02 19:59

Uh, Idaho. Iowa.

SPEAKER_05 20:01

What does it start with? An eye. It's neither of those two. Indiana. No.

SPEAKER_02 20:09

Illinois.

SPEAKER_05 20:10

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 20:11

Ireland. That's weird. But I went for the eyes. Okay, name this is not a trivia question. Name the Adams family members. Pugsley, Wednesday, Morticia.

SPEAKER_05 20:26

Oh no. Why can't I remember the dad's name? But on the dip of my tongue. Oh no. Who's this? Oh, thing. Obviously.

SPEAKER_02 20:38

Who's the one with the hair? Cousin It. Who's the big lanky looking Frankenstein dude? Lurch. Okay, who's the ball guy? Uncle. Uncle Fester. And you still can't remember dad. I can't. Oh dear.

SPEAKER_05 20:52

What is the dad's name?

SPEAKER_02 20:54

Gomez.

SPEAKER_05 20:55

Gomez, dang.

SPEAKER_02 20:56

Hmm. What's your favorite Halloween movie? Okay, I guess that can't be a Halloween movie. Horror movie.

SPEAKER_05 21:02

Didn't we just talk about this recently?

SPEAKER_02 21:04

We did. What do you think is the scariest one?

SPEAKER_05 21:06

The Strangers, hands down. It still messes with me.

SPEAKER_02 21:10

Same. Yeah. Okay, so what is your what is what do you think is the scariest, like not could be real? Because I feel like the strangers could be real.

SPEAKER_05 21:22

Yeah, I think that's why it scares me.

SPEAKER_02 21:23

That's why it scares me.

SPEAKER_05 21:25

Um the Halloween movies. I don't know if it's just the music, but they creep me out.

SPEAKER_02 21:31

I have I think I'm gonna I have to say the uh what is it called? Oh no, I can't think of what the names of them are. It's the one where shoot. The kid like can he when he goes to sleep, he can leave his body and go into the other demand.

SPEAKER_05 21:46

It's oh, it's about the Warrens. The Warrens are in those. Yes. Insidious.

SPEAKER_02 21:52

Insidious, thank you. I was going to say it starts with an eye. You and I words today. Yes. My name is Ingrid. You're so stupid.

SPEAKER_05 22:07

All right, World War II caused sugar rationing, which put a halt to trigger treating for how many years? Oh, that's sad. Five. Yes, you're so lucky.

SPEAKER_02 22:17

What 1999 found footage horror mood film is about three film students who disappear after hiking in the woods? Where did you go?

SPEAKER_05 22:25

Uh just hang on a second. Blair Witch Project.

SPEAKER_02 22:28

You're freaking me out. Are you going to scare me? No. We're putting on a Halloween costume.

SPEAKER_05 22:35

Did I tell you what we're dressing up as for Halloween? You did not.

SPEAKER_02 22:38

Well, that's a shame. Okay, so everyone can hear what you're doing.

SPEAKER_05 22:43

Well, I didn't I didn't do that. Just to do that, I had to take care of something else.

SPEAKER_02 22:47

Was it a booger?

SPEAKER_05 22:50

It's crumbs. Chick-fil-A crumbs from four weeks ago.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

Why are spiders considered lucky on Halloween?

SPEAKER_05 22:58

Because they have eight legs and they can carry more bags of candy.

SPEAKER_02 23:02

Folklore says a spider seen on Halloween means the spirit of a loved one is watching over you.

SPEAKER_05 23:08

Hmm. I haven't seen a lot of yellow butterflies lately. What? I haven't seen a lot of yellow butterflies.

SPEAKER_02 23:19

Do you like zombie movies? No, I think they're stupid. Same.

SPEAKER_05 23:23

The fear of Halloween is known as Sam Hainophobia. True or false?

SPEAKER_02 23:29

The fear of Halloween?

SPEAKER_01 23:31

Fear of Halloween.

Candy Corn, Jack-O’-Lanterns, And Folklore

SPEAKER_02 23:32

Oh, I have to prove that. No, false. True. Sam Hain. Well, I know it's Sam Hain. I just thought it sounded too obvious. What does it mean if you see a ghost in your dreams on Halloween night?

SPEAKER_05 23:44

Is it another family member coming to say hi?

SPEAKER_02 23:46

Yeah. It's believed to mean that a spirit is trying to communicate with you.

SPEAKER_05 23:50

Hmm. Oh, a spirit.

SPEAKER_02 23:52

A spirit.

SPEAKER_05 23:53

They already asked that question.

SPEAKER_02 23:54

What common household item was once used to determine whom you would marry on Halloween?

SPEAKER_05 24:00

An apple?

SPEAKER_02 24:01

A mirror. Ah, that's accurate. If I look into a mirror, all I see is myself.

SPEAKER_05 24:12

That's true. Jack-O'lanterns are literally named after a guy named Jack, true or false? Yes. A seventeen seventeenth century Irish legend, stingy Jack was a cranky old man who tricked the devil into doing a number of things. When Jack died as punishment for his trickery, the devil sent him into the night with only a burning coal, which Jack put into a carved-out turnip to light his path. He's been roaming ever since, and the Irish called the ghost Jack of the Lantern or Jack O'Lantern.

SPEAKER_02 24:43

You did an episode about stingy Jack.

SPEAKER_05 24:46

I think I covered a Halloween episode because that's how I knew the turnips.

SPEAKER_02 24:50

Uh yeah, I'm looking up art. We are so good.

SPEAKER_05 24:56

A pumpkin is a fruit, true or false? True. Yes. What's Taters precious? Teeter.

SPEAKER_02 25:04

Some of these I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 25:06

How long were Adam and Barbara waiting to speak to Juno and Beetlejuice?

SPEAKER_02 25:11

How long were what now?

SPEAKER_05 25:12

Adam and Barbara waiting to speak to Juno and Beetlejuice.

SPEAKER_02 25:17

I don't even remember who Juno is.

SPEAKER_05 25:19

Juno is, I think she's a lady with a slit in her neck that smokes.

SPEAKER_02 25:23

Oh, that smokes. Yeah. Oh no, she smokes, but smoke comes out her neck.

SPEAKER_05 25:27

Yeah. Uh ten years. No, it's three months. And it I think there was just a comment when they came back about them being gone three months. I wanted to remember that either.

SPEAKER_02 25:39

I haven't seen that movie in ages. I haven't seen the new one either. I've seen the new one. Was it good? It was okay. Stingy Skinny Jack. Origins of Halloween, All Saints, All Souls, and Dia de los Muertes. Los Muertos.

SPEAKER_05 25:55

Oh, I didn't tell you what we're dressing up as in this. Alright, I'll ask you this one. Have you watched it recently?

SPEAKER_02 26:03

I think the last time I watched it was last year around Halloween.

SPEAKER_05 26:06

We also watch it every year.

SPEAKER_02 26:07

Easter. Nope.

SPEAKER_05 26:09

Remember they kidnapped the Easter bunny? No, there's a Halloween door. There's a St. Patrick's Day door. There's a Christmas door. That's kind of actually that's a tricky question because it's April Fool's Day is the answer.

SPEAKER_02 26:20

Oh, that's dumb.

SPEAKER_05 26:21

It is dumb. I mean, there's no Memorial Day door. Anyways, so my son is gonna be Jack, my husband's gonna be the mayor, I'm gonna be Zero, and my daughter's gonna be a cute puppy. Who's Zero? The dog. The the ghost dog, Jack's ghost dog.

SPEAKER_02 26:43

Oh. And then your daughter's just being a dog, another dog.

SPEAKER_05 26:47

Yeah. So we decided that she's zero when Zero was alive. And I'm Zero's ghost.

SPEAKER_02 26:53

My kids are so they're mostly with her dad this year. And I think was it last year? Last year was the same. So we used to do a big family thing, but they are not. How many bones are in the human skeleton? 106. You should be adult. Oh this is all the same questions. When was the first Halloween celebrated in the United States? 1921. No, that was the first citywide celebrated. I know.

SPEAKER_05 27:28

1899?

SPEAKER_02 27:30

40.

SPEAKER_05 27:31

1840?

SPEAKER_02 27:32

Yes. When the Irish came over. How is Lori Strode related to killer Michael Myers in the movie? Mother? No. It's a trick question. Thought so. The answer depends on the movie. Halloween 2, released in 1981, says that she is Michael's sister. Later sequels followed suit until 2018, a direct sequel to the 1978 original in which no family relation is mentioned. So in the 2018 movie Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, Lori and Michael are unrelated. I don't know. What movie line does do like scary movies? Yes, that wasn't allowed at all.

SPEAKER_05 28:16

That's because I moved my thing.

SPEAKER_02 28:17

Ooh, in what state is it the norm for trick-or-treaters to receive full-size candy bars? A whole state? Vermont. No, they just get cheese. It's a weird state. I'll give you 10 guesses. Missouri? 49 guesses. No.

SPEAKER_05 28:35

Uh South Dakota.

SPEAKER_02 28:36

No.

SPEAKER_05 28:37

Wyoming?

SPEAKER_02 28:38

No. North Dakota. No. Alaska? Too cold for any candy up there. No.

SPEAKER_05 28:44

Well, that's why they they deserve full candy bars.

SPEAKER_02 28:48

They don't go trick-or-treating. They stay inside. Idaho? No. What a weird state to guess.

SPEAKER_05 28:55

New Mexico. No. Ohio?

SPEAKER_02 29:01

No.

SPEAKER_05 29:03

Pennsylvania. Oh, that's a good guess.

SPEAKER_02 29:06

Okay, I'm gonna give you ten more guesses.

SPEAKER_05 29:08

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas. Ten more. California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon. There you go. Oregon?

unknown 29:25

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 29:26

Oh. Why did it just sound like something creaks open? Because Bobby's home. Oh, it's creepy. Oregon, right? Isn't that weird?

SPEAKER_05 29:38

That is weird.

SPEAKER_02 29:39

Not as weird as your guesses, except for Pennsylvania.

SPEAKER_05 29:42

What is the name of the large green ghost Ray? First encounters and Ghostbusters.

Movies That Still Scare Us

SPEAKER_02 29:47

Okay, okay. Oh. Name the haunted San Jose, California home that grew from eight rooms to 160 rooms while owned by an eccentric rifle heiress. Cornado? Winchester Mystery House. From 1886 until her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester, which makes sense. Widow of William Wirt Rin Winchester continuously added on to her California home. What was the original name for candy corn? Triangled sugar. Chicken bean. I can't imagine why that wouldn't go over well.

SPEAKER_05 30:24

What I don't know, there's that mix called dog food or puppy chow. Not dog food. What celeb was born on Halloween? Vanilla ice? Born on October 31st, 1967.

SPEAKER_02 30:44

If we're going with the original dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. I know Freddie Mercury.

SPEAKER_05 30:49

I know. I was hoping that you knew.

SPEAKER_02 30:51

But you weren't going to crack me if I didn't.

SPEAKER_05 30:54

No, I actually thought you would guess at one.

SPEAKER_02 30:57

Ew. Can you guess how many calories are in the average trick or treat Halloween bag? Ooh.

SPEAKER_05 31:03

10,000?

SPEAKER_02 31:05

You actually went over 3,500 to 7,000.

SPEAKER_05 31:09

See, my Trivia question says, What was candy corn more popular than when it was first invented? What was candy corn? That question doesn't make sense.

SPEAKER_01 31:19

It doesn't.

SPEAKER_05 31:20

No. Candy corn was originally made by hand. True or false?

SPEAKER_01 31:25

True.

SPEAKER_05 31:26

It is true.

SPEAKER_02 31:28

Speaking of candy corn, how many pounds of candy corn are produced every single year? Oh a million?

SPEAKER_05 31:36

Did I go too high?

SPEAKER_03 31:38

What? 10 million? 35 million pounds. Pounds of candy corn? Candy corn.

SPEAKER_02 31:45

Who eats it all? Nine billion pieces of candy. Goodness, that's crazy. Oh, there's Tootsie Rolls. What is this picture? Oh, I gave the answer away. What candy was handed out to soldiers during the Korean War? Candy corn? Launched way back in 1907. Tootsie rolls were accidentally airdropped to American troops in battle in the Korean War. The troops went on to praise the candies for keeping them nourished and even plugging bullet holes, oh my god, in vehicles and equipment, which would seal as the candies froze in the frigid temperatures. How do you accidentally drop Tootsie Rolls? Where were they supposed to be dropped at? Or what else was supposed to be dropped that somebody accidentally put in Tootsie Rolls? I need to know more about this. Why is this? What is the only mammal that can fly?

unknown 32:42

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 32:43

A squirrel? We're talking about Halloween. But it's a flying squirrel. Batty baddie baddie baddie baddie baddie bad. Wow. It's a flying mouse. Kind of more or less. What country holds a record for the largest pumpkin ever? England. No. Italia. Grown in 2021. The pumpkin weighed in at a whopping 1,226 kilograms.

SPEAKER_05 33:09

Which is 3,956 pounds.

SPEAKER_02 33:13

No. I'm just kidding. I doubt that. 2,702 pounds. It was 11 feet and 8 inches in diameter. You could sit in there and have tea.

SPEAKER_05 33:25

Why a spoon, cousin? Um, why did Alfred Hitchcock shoot Psycho in black and white?

SPEAKER_02 33:32

Because it's all they did back then.

SPEAKER_05 33:34

So the death scene, death shower scheme, shower death scene wouldn't look so gory.

SPEAKER_02 33:40

That's weird. And then, you know, now we have like Saw in hostile. I've never watched. Which of the following is not a term for a scarecrow? Hodmod. Mermid? This is my favorite question. We have to pay attention because okay. Okay, so which of the following is not a term for a scarecrow? Hodmodod. Mermid. Doodle sack. Heyman. Heyman. Gally bagger. Taddyboggle. Momets, mockin, and woobook. Mermot. Doodle sack.

SPEAKER_00 34:39

Doodle sack? That's actually a word.

SPEAKER_02 34:43

An English word for a bagpipe. My favorite is a hodmad.

SPEAKER_05 34:49

Hodmadad. Hodmadard.

Odd Laws, Records, And Ghost Stories

SPEAKER_02 34:52

Ooh, here's a what is the highest grossing horror film to date? Ooh. Psycho. I don't know if this really constitutes us a horror movie. What is it? Sixth Sense. It's kind of, it's more like to me, it's more psychological thriller. I guess it's kind of scary. The ghost is a thing. This is a psych thriller.

unknown 35:11

I see.

SPEAKER_02 35:12

And then Jaws. Uh oh. Jaws in the second and third spot. Wait, answer. Oh, it I didn't read that right. It comes in at top. I was like, oh, the sixth sense. It comes in at the top without adjusting for inflation. And then the sixth sense and jaws have the second and third spots. I didn't like it. So it's it? It. Yeah. Did you watch that movie? It? Not the not the one that we watched when we were kids.

SPEAKER_05 35:40

Oh, the new one? Uh no, I wanted to, but I haven't.

SPEAKER_02 35:44

I did. I don't think it's that scary. It's different, too. It's not the same story.

SPEAKER_05 35:51

Is it like supposed to be a sequel or a prequel?

SPEAKER_02 35:54

No, I think it's supposed to be. Like a remake? Uh-huh. There's there's what is it called? Something about dairy. There's like a prequel series, I think, on some show. Some some TV. Something I don't own. HBO or something.

SPEAKER_05 36:09

I don't know. Why does candy corn have its corn shape? Because nature-inspired candy was all the rage in the 1880s.

SPEAKER_02 36:18

Seriously?

SPEAKER_05 36:19

Yeah. Alright, that's the end of my trivia.

SPEAKER_02 36:22

What else? What other kind of candies did they have that were nature-inspired?

SPEAKER_05 36:26

In the 1880s, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 36:29

You don't remember. Let me think back. Uh red hops?

SPEAKER_05 36:34

Lemon drops. A bunch of lemon drops because they were shipped like lemons.

SPEAKER_02 36:37

Where did Frankenstein originate? Mary Shelley. How did you know that?

SPEAKER_05 36:42

Because she wrote Frankenstein.

SPEAKER_02 36:45

I didn't know she wrote that.

SPEAKER_05 36:46

You didn't know Mary Shelley wrote that?

SPEAKER_02 36:48

Nope. Oh, good grief. Oh, here's an easy one. It's in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Who does Linus mistake for the Great Pumpkin? Santa Claus? Seriously? I just said it was easy. I didn't even look at the answer because I know it. Snoopy. I don't think I've seen that in a while. What was Rom Stoker's original name for Dracula? Dracula. That's good. Count Wampier. Wompier. Wompier is the German word for vampire.

SPEAKER_05 37:17

Oh. Dracula is much better. Good job, Rom.

SPEAKER_02 37:21

Where's Transylvania located? Pennsylvania. Romania.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

I'm just kidding.

SPEAKER_02 37:27

When you sell a house, are you required to disclose if it's haunted? In most states, the answer is no. Only four states mention paranormal activity in their real estate disclosure laws. You're not gonna tell me what the four are. Oh, I was just gonna ask you, Oregon. It has to be Oregon. Massachusetts? Oregon, Massachusetts, Louisiana. And Delaware. Okay, let's see. What are they? I'm dying to know. I'm trying to find it. New York. New Jersey. We had Massachusetts.

SPEAKER_05 38:09

Oh, it is Massachusetts. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 38:11

In Minnesota.

SPEAKER_05 38:13

Minnesota.

SPEAKER_02 38:14

Are there a lot of haunted things in Minnesota? I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 38:18

I only have a haunted Wisconsin book.

SPEAKER_02 38:21

I'm trying to think of a joke here, and it's not working about the Vikings somehow being dead. Yes. Their dreams are dead for the Super Bowl.

SPEAKER_05 38:32

Oh, I can share that joke I heard. Oh, yeah. In Missouri. Yes. Did you hear that um the Minnesota Vikings are changing their name? They are. Yeah, they're changing them to the possums.

SPEAKER_03 38:44

What?

SPEAKER_05 38:45

That doesn't make sense. Because they get killed on the road and they play dead when they're home.

SPEAKER_00 38:53

I think I messed that up. Speaking of games, did you stay up all night to watch a game last night? I did.

SPEAKER_05 38:58

It was good. I was nervous still. Because it came within eight points, and I was like, man, they have Aaron Rodgers. Like, I remember feeling confident being in that circumstance.

SPEAKER_02 39:08

So I will say at one point during the game, when Aaron Rodgers turned his head with that god-awful uniform on the rest of his body and the weird black, foamy things that he had, he looked like a cartoon.

SPEAKER_03 39:23

I like I had to blink. I'm like, what?

SPEAKER_02 39:27

I did not eat something you okay. I did not consume anything, either eating wise or drinking wise, to think that he looked like a cartoon. And I kept like, he looks so weird.

SPEAKER_05 39:39

He looks I didn't know he was married. I saw his wedding ring.

SPEAKER_02 39:43

Who's he married to himself?

SPEAKER_05 39:44

I have no idea whoever he saw in the mirror at Halloween. In ayahuasca. Himself in ayahuasca. I kept getting a kick that he kept uh having to breathe the smelling salts like almost before in the huddle. They showed him sniffing the smelling salts like twice.

SPEAKER_02 40:01

Why? I don't know. Stink in Pittsburgh.

SPEAKER_05 40:05

I don't, I mean, it's a manufacturing city.

SPEAKER_02 40:09

That is really weird. What is that about? I don't know. Maybe he was tired. He's playing a football game.

SPEAKER_05 40:15

I don't know. I've never seen anyone smell smelling salts in the huddle before.

SPEAKER_02 40:19

Is he concussed?

SPEAKER_05 40:22

It was the very beginning of the game. I think it was their first drive.

SPEAKER_02 40:25

I totally miss that. That is really strange. It is. Okay. I was going to ask a few more questions, but you decided to do trivia. How many colors of MMs are there in a normal bag? Four.

unknown 40:38

No.

SPEAKER_02 40:39

Five. Count them.

SPEAKER_05 40:41

Brown, red, yellow, blue. That's a half snort.

SPEAKER_02 40:48

And green. Five. What did you no? Did you say yellow? I did. Did you say orange? I didn't. What is the name of a group of witches? Oh, that one's easy.

SPEAKER_05 40:59

A gaggle. What is the where did that come from? What's a gaggle?

SPEAKER_02 41:05

Isn't that like a group of hens?

SPEAKER_05 41:09

Maybe a hens? A coven? Is it is a coven? What's a group of crows called?

SPEAKER_02 41:15

What's the first what was the first wrapped penny candy in America? Peppermint. Tootsie roll.

SPEAKER_05 41:23

No one likes Tootsie Rolls. I do. That's what I just said. No one likes Tootsie Rolls.

SPEAKER_02 41:30

What do you sprinkle on your doorstep if you want to keep evil spirits out of your house on Halloween night? Salt. Butter. Jessica will never come in through the door if there's butter outside.

SPEAKER_05 41:42

Tootsie rolls. Angered will never come inside.

SPEAKER_02 41:45

No, it's funny. It is salt. I'm out of question. This said for the dogs, pumpkin, then a hot dog, then a superhero, cat, and then a bumblebee. What was the first movie to feature a toilet on screen? That's a random question.

SPEAKER_05 42:03

Psycho. Oh, is it really? Yes.

SPEAKER_02 42:08

Uh where holds where holds the record for having the most jack-o'-lanterns lit up? Ireland. It's in the US. Oh. New York? I mean, because they had everything else. They have a freaking parade, for God's sake. A freaking parade. Keene, New Hampshire. Hampshire. Ooh, this one's fun. In what state is it illegal to dress up as a nun or a priest on Halloween?

SPEAKER_05 42:38

What state? Do we have like a Catholic state?

SPEAKER_02 42:43

And this is to section 13A-14-4. Fraudulently pretending to be a clergyman, whoever being in a public place, fraudulently pretends by garb or outward array to be a minister of any religion or a nun, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding$500, or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year. Orby both such fine and imprisonment. Louisiana. Uh Alabama. Okay, we're almost done because this is dragging. What is a most prolific children's horror book series? R.

SPEAKER_05 43:28

Alstein?

SPEAKER_02 43:29

Who yeah, what is it? That's not it.

SPEAKER_05 43:31

I don't remember.

SPEAKER_02 43:32

Goosebumps.

SPEAKER_05 43:33

Ah, yeah.

Parenting Panic And Festival Chaos

SPEAKER_02 43:35

What ghost did British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly see in the White House? Washington? President Washington? Ibrahim Lincoln. Yeah. He was done taking a bath. This is very descriptive. When he was a guest staying at the White House, Churchill was done with a long bath and walking back to his adjoining room naked with only his cigar. When he's I don't know why that is in there.

SPEAKER_05 44:01

To give you the visual of Winston Churchill.

SPEAKER_02 44:04

Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill naked.

SPEAKER_05 44:07

Those Brits.

SPEAKER_02 44:11

Naked with only a cigar when he saw Lincoln sitting by the fireplace. Churchill said, Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage. To which Mr. Lincoln apparently only smiled and disappeared.

SPEAKER_05 44:27

Interesting.

SPEAKER_02 44:28

Funny. How many children have been harmed or injured by or by poison? What? How many children have been harmed or injured by poisoned or manipulated candy given to them by strangers on Halloween? Zero. Correct.

SPEAKER_05 44:49

Ed Gane.

SPEAKER_02 44:50

Yes, and Psycho. I don't want to give up Psycho. Yeah, we've got the best. Best of the best.

SPEAKER_05 44:56

Did you ever drive by Ed Geane's house?

SPEAKER_03 44:59

County P. I didn't.

SPEAKER_05 45:02

You probably did, and you probably didn't know it. It was between two cemeteries.

SPEAKER_02 45:06

I remember in high school going into a place called Grandpa Groesome's.

SPEAKER_05 45:11

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 45:12

I was with uh two boys who shall remain unnamed, and I'll say Melissa Johnson was with me. And we pulled up, and I think the boys went into the house, or they were going to go into the house. And I think Melissa and I did not. We got out of the car, and I think we were too freaked out. So then we got back into the car. And I think I was driving. I don't remember. It was either me or Melissa driving because I think the other two were too too young to drive. We backed up and then like went to go forward, and there was an old farmer standing with a pitchfork pointed at us. Oh my gosh. Yes. It was that night. It was grandpa Christmas. What's the scariest thing that's happened to you in real life?

SPEAKER_05 46:01

I thought I lost my son at the Texas State Fair last weekend.

SPEAKER_02 46:05

Oh, I was gonna say that just happened. What now? I don't know about this.

SPEAKER_05 46:10

Oh, we were waiting in line, and I turned away for a second, and I looked around and I could not find him anywhere. We were waiting in line for a ride, and I started freaking out and screaming his name. And this other um, these other adults were helping me, and they asked me what he was wearing, and I told them. And then he just comes walking around the ride, and he's like, I can't find the opening to get into the ride when we were standing right by the door. Oh my gosh. I started crying, it was terrifying.

SPEAKER_02 46:40

Oh, that is awful. Hmm. It made me think of something, and then I forgot it already. I mean, I think I thought I lost my kid at Disney.

SPEAKER_05 46:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 46:48

We were there. I remember secondborns.

SPEAKER_03 46:51

That's what they do.

SPEAKER_02 46:56

Ooh, how is the mystery flavor of dum dumb lollipops made? Ooh.

SPEAKER_05 47:00

Mixing everything together?

Mystery Flavors And Pumpkin Speed

SPEAKER_02 47:03

Rather than clean the machines out between flavor batches, the company will tell, will take the leftovers of flavor A and the leftovers of flavor B and combine them to make the mystery flavor. They then use a wrapper with question marks designed to signify its mysterious flavor provo. And what is a record for the fastest time to carve a pumpkin? Two minutes and 57 seconds.47 seconds.

SPEAKER_05 47:39

Whoa! That's impressive. He must have had really sharp tools. Must have. We're carving pumpkins tonight. I just I gutted them this morning.

SPEAKER_02 47:53

I bought black plastic pumpkins and glow in the dark paint, and I said, yeah, do this instead.

SPEAKER_05 47:59

Aww. That's cute too, though.

SPEAKER_02 48:02

And obviously that one has a purple bow. Okay. We droned on for an hour.

SPEAKER_05 48:06

We did. One thing I do find very funny if for our visual watchers that uh nope. For people that can see the video is the difference in backgrounds between me and you.

SPEAKER_00 48:21

Chaos and organization. I mean, and very fitting.

SPEAKER_05 48:31

I knocked my coffee over. Was it empty? It was. I'm just gonna sit here, put my hands on the desk, and not move.

SPEAKER_02 48:45

Okay, well, um hopefully you enjoy. I don't know if anybody's listening anymore. Yeah. Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween, and we'll see you in November. Mm-hmm. Be ghoul. Stay in school. Oh shush. No. Oh, bees. That's right.

SPEAKER_05 49:05

Sounds very patronizing. Oh, but that's right. Good chop, Jessica. Good chop.

Wind-Down, Gags, And Sign-Off

SPEAKER_02 49:11

It means it's sound patronizing. I actually forgot. Oh shoot, I have to edit this. We need to wrap this up because this goes up. Done. Really? You did be ghoul?

SPEAKER_05 49:23

Yeah. Beheaded. Don't be a mummy. I'm so dumb right now. I don't know. I'm done. That's it.

SPEAKER_02 49:38

Don't be a nightmare on my street. I just keep I had that song's in my head. Uh-uh. Okay. Fresh prints. Okay. Uh, we'll see you in two weeks. Hopefully, we actually organize ourselves and come up with a plan.

SPEAKER_05 49:51

If not, lucky you. Yay. Bye. Bye. Love you.

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SPEAKER_02 50:17

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