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The Holiday Specials We Love: Monster Mash, Elvira & the Spirit of Halloween
On this episode of The Holiday Specials We Love, we
finish the Halloween preseason strong.
We talk Boris Pickett — the man behind the Halloween anthem
that just won’t die — and his forgotten B-sides from the Spooky World days in
New England. We then turn to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — her Groundlings
beginnings, her decision to finally hang up the black wig, and Cassandra
Peterson’s honesty about aging, authenticity, and her simple truth that keeping
secrets makes you sick. She’s still got her wit, her wisdom, her Mistress of
the Dark Autumnal Gin, and a few surprising stories the kind of inside
baseball that you only get on The Holiday Specials We Love.
From boxed Ben Cooper costumes and Woolworth’s popcorn to
Spirit Halloween pop-ups, we trace how the holiday has evolved, how it’s
somehow gotten bigger as kids have vanished from the streets. We cover Silly
String, Wham-O toys, Evil Knievel crashes, and the lost art of egging. We talk
a fav costume of every kid in the ’70s: the hobo, complete with a stick and
bandana. A nod to a real American subculture still celebrated each August at
Hobo Day. A different time, a different world.
It was a smorgasbord of Halloween history and nostalgia with
a few laughs and a fun-size Snickers for Jesus along the way.
Text us what you would love to hear us cover next 351-251-2511,
and please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!
We’ll Talk Shawtly!
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On this episode of The Holiday Specials We Love, we
finish the Halloween preseason strong.
We talk Boris Pickett — the man behind the Halloween anthem
that just won’t die — and his forgotten B-sides from the Spooky World days in
New England. We then turn to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — her Groundlings
beginnings, her decision to finally hang up the black wig, and Cassandra
Peterson’s honesty about aging, authenticity, and her simple truth that keeping
secrets makes you sick. She’s still got her wit, her wisdom, her Mistress of
the Dark Autumnal Gin, and a few surprising stories the kind of inside
baseball that you only get on The Holiday Specials We Love.
From boxed Ben Cooper costumes and Woolworth’s popcorn to
Spirit Halloween pop-ups, we trace how the holiday has evolved, how it’s
somehow gotten bigger as kids have vanished from the streets. We cover Silly
String, Wham-O toys, Evil Knievel crashes, and the lost art of egging. We talk
a fav costume of every kid in the ’70s: the hobo, complete with a stick and
bandana. A nod to a real American subculture still celebrated each August at
Hobo Day. A different time, a different world.
It was a smorgasbord of Halloween history and nostalgia with
a few laughs and a fun-size Snickers for Jesus along the way.
Text us what you would love to hear us cover next 351-251-2511,
and please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!
We’ll Talk Shawtly!
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