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Date Posted: 09:31:01 10/07/09 Wed
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: Reminising on Halloween
In reply to: Officer Torch 's message, "Reminising on Halloween" on 07:46:38 10/07/09 Wed

Lots of great memories of the Halloween holiday for me too. Going out with the spooky mask held on by a thin rubber band, rather uncomfortable to wear if it happened to be a warm October evening, but still great fun.

Around here "Trick or Treat" was the thing to say when the door opened. I don't recall "Anything for Halloween?", but it may have varied from region to region. There was always one house that would leave a big bowl on the front porch with a note asking that you take just one. Most kids were pretty honest, and while I suspect a few took more than one piece, I never saw anyone empty out the entire bowl, lol.

A scary movie or two might be aired, especially if the holiday fell on a Friday or Saturday. There were no VCR's, satellite dishes or even cable, so your choices were limited by today's standards. If you were lucky one of the Universal Dracula or Frankenstein flicks would be shown, a perfect finish to a Halloween holiday.

John Zacherle, now age 91, was the famous Zacherle or Zacherley to you guys who grew up in the northeast.

It's great to see you back, Officer Torch! Give my regards to the merciless Ming.

Tim

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[> [> Re: Reminising on Halloween -- Joystar, 13:55:35 10/07/09 Wed [1]

Hello Officer Torch! My regards also to the Emperor Ming!
I, too, grew up in the Northeast. I'm a little bit young for Zacherle, but I did sneak peeks with my older brother. I cut my teeth on Chiller Theatre and Supernatural Theatre too! In my day, Halloween was a cross between Heaven (Boris Karloff and candycorn) and Hell...if you had a dog, like I did, he was driven nuts by ringing doorbells! Very few kids dressed as monsters in my neighbourhood...just stuff like hobos,princesses, gypsies and the occasional skeleton. Since we only went to the houses on our own street, we were always home in time for the movies that showed up on TV. (g)

My favourite Halloween was different. It was 1970 and I was a High School Jr. The Jr and Sr classes sponsored a charity showing of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein for the local Red Cross. I made 5 posters on Black oaktag with day-glow green lettering dripping with "blood". It was fun. What knocked ME for a loop was seeing the films as James Whale had created them...without interruption and on a large screen.

A classmate's father knew "somebody" in the business, and these films were VIRGIN...straight out of the can. I realised at that moment, what I was seeing. The shimmering beauty of the "silver screen". It was love at first sight!

Now, in my mid 50s, I still spend every Halloween with "Jimmy" Whale, "Dear Boris" Karloff and special Colin Clive...hoisting a mineral water toast in a glass beaker:
"To a New World of Gods and Monsters!"

May God Bless them all...
JS


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