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[music] [music] [music] Break out the candy corn. >> Do you like candy corn? >> No, I hate it. It's awful. It's, you
know, it >> there's two kinds, though. >> There's one kind that I like, and I don't know that I could tell you I don't
know that I could point at one and tell you which one it is that I like. I would
have >> You can't tell by looking. Yeah, you have to taste it. >> Cuz I haven't had candy corn in years,
but I remember as a child I hated it. I'm like, [ __ ] >> more candy corn. >> When they give you the candy corn, you
go, "Thank you very much." And then at some point my parents had a like a bowl of it.
And I because there was nothing else to eat. So just for survival, [laughter] I was going to eat the candy corn. And I
was like I I remember I remember like it was yesterday. I was sitting in my family room. I had a carpeted floor. I
was sitting I used to >> starving to death, >> right? Starving to death. My stomach
lining eating itself, consuming itself. And I used to sit on the floor and watch
TV sometimes after school. And I remember I think I was watching like Growing Pains. That that was a show,
right? Growing Pains. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I loved I can't remember the name of it, but I loved that show. I thought
it was a great show. And I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting there
>> starving to death. >> Allan Thick. Right. >> Yeah. And I >> Did you know that he wrote the theme?
>> Yes, I did. >> Yeah. His wife was a famous singer. and the and because of Alan
>> did the two of them sing the theme song together >> they might of and and then they birthed
um the artist as that we know as Robin Thick. So I I knew that when I was a kid when I watched Growing Pains, I knew
that Allan Thick, the father who played the father. Um, >> as long as we got each other.
>> So it was Mike Siver. What was what was his father's name? Mr. Siver. >> It was [laughter] Yeah, it was Mr.
Siver. >> Um, remember Boner. Dicky Stabone. Dude, that's the best because boner is such a
funny word when you're a kid. >> And the fact that they they got away with it, it was a familyfriendly show.
>> It was on network TV in the early 80s and they somehow I don't know if Mike Sver gave Dicky Stabone the nickname
Boner, but everybody called him Boner. The uh [laughter] uh but any Yeah. Yeah. I ate the whole
bowl that day just for survival. And um what what else was Oh, that makes me think of the
>> Jason Siver. Dr. Jason Siver. >> Yeah. And but the nickname Boner now makes me think of
>> of boners. No, it [laughter] it it makes me think of remember u the Cosby show
the the buddy uh Theo had a buddy with a funny nickname. He was Cockroach. >> Yeah. And at some point they just called
him roach I think. Um >> or called him cockro I think cockroach is funnier than just roach.
>> Yeah. Cockroach is definitely funnier. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So uh Halloween time, trickor
treat time. [snorts] Favorite. Do you have a favorite candy? >> Um like that you remember remember as a
kid like you would get and you go, "Oh yes, I got Twix or whatever it was." Well, I I will say this, like my entire
life, >> Snickers has probably been my favorite candy. Like, that's my go-to. I do
there's a lot of other candy bars that I do enjoy, but uh Snickers is my number one go-to
>> and always has been ever since I can remember. Now, when I was a kid, when I would go out trick-or-treating,
um beggars night, I always like I I always like when people called it beggars's night. Um because they didn't
really call it that around here. It was always trickor treat. >> It should [laughter] be it should be
called stash as much candy because you might have to live off of it. >> What? Yeah. Um I always liked getting a
nice assortment of candy bars. Like you don't want too many of the same. I was never much of a
>> Milky Way guy because I like like the peanuts. I like a little crunch in my in
my candy bar, but I like caramel. So >> yeah. So for me, Milky Way was always just missing the peanuts or missing the
crunch. So Milk Milky Way, a lot of people loved them. We used to trade candy at the end of the night.
>> So you would trade away the stuff you didn't like as much to get things that you did like. And Milky Way was like
super trade bait for me because a lot of people wanted the Milky Ways. I could park
>> about Three Musketeer because Three Musketeer was was big-time trade bait for me as well. Like I I'm
searching for the Snickers. Baby Ruth is a very underrated candy bar. I love a Baby Ruth.
>> I agree. >> Um and I would also go for the Nestle Crunch bars. That was >> I also think Mini Paydays were good,
too. >> Oh, those are very good. Now, the Almond Joys, and I'm not a coconut guy, so
there are some people that like those and I could trade those away. But, um, I back then, I don't know about nowadays,
but back then, if you bought the Almond Joy bag to pass out as your candy to pass out to the trick-or-treaters,
>> you got Mounds as well. >> Yeah, but they were it the bag itself was cheaper than the other candy bars.
And I think it was because it was a less desirable candy bar. So, more people passing that.
>> I did not like the Almond Joys or the Mounds. Couldn't stand those. Now, one one candy that I don't that I
thought was awesome anytime I got it because I I don't remember like being able to purchase this candy anywhere,
but on Trickor Treat, I would get some uh was the bottle caps. Do you remember bottle caps?
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> They were like some of them were like fruit flavors. They were They're kind of
like a sweet tart, right? like a uh but they would have root beer flavored and they had a cola flavored
>> and grape. Yeah. >> Yeah. I loved getting the bottle caps because I for whatever reason couldn't
figure out how to acquire them outside of Halloween. >> Yeah, that's uh that's interesting that
you say that cuz there are probably some candies that are, you know, more known for trick-or- treat
like bottle caps, >> right, >> than than they are just like regular. >> Yeah. Every now and then you get like
some weird ones like pop rocks. I always like those. >> Do Do you have like Is there a candy
that you associate with Halloween? Like >> candy corn? >> Well, yeah, but that's cuz it's
terrible. But um >> or there's pumpkins. It's candy corn, but they're pumpkins. >> I associate candy corn with survival
with [laughter] with with surviving another day. When I see knives and like uh cantas and stuff like that, I I think
of candy corn. [laughter] >> Yeah. Did No, but I mean like for me bottle caps. When I think of bottle
caps, I think of Halloween. When I think of Halloween, I think of the bottle cap
candy. >> Yeah, I think about that. >> Snickers, I don't associate it with with Halloween.
>> Well, I think it's the bite size. >> Yeah, >> the bite. Any like >> Why is that fun size? Nobody likes that.
[laughter] Fun is a bigger candy bar. >> Yes. The fun size. Like no. No. The fun
size is the size that's as big as your head. >> You know what's not fun is is I get the
fun size and I eat five of them because they're so small and then I feel guilty for the rest of the night.
>> Yeah. But they're way >> they should call it guilty size. >> Yeah. They're It's way better than the
bite size, though. The bite size are like what? It's so much work to get them out of there.
>> It's no it's no fun. Uh, I think uh I remember because just not getting a lot of candy
as a child, >> right? >> You know, it just wasn't a thing. Um, but peanut butter cups just
>> Oh, yeah. >> I think because they, you know, >> Reese's cups. >> Yeah. The packaging was orange.
>> Yeah. >> You know, they kind of have um I don't know. It's always you get like the
>> Well, they do the pumpkin shaped ones sometimes and >> Yeah. Now they do. >> Yeah. Which which I feel like the
chocolate taste a little different to me. >> They shape them like something else.
>> They do all this weird stuff where they'll go Okay. We got pumpkin ones, we got ghost ones, we have
>> I like the ones that have the pieces inside of them. Have you had one of those yet?
>> No, I have not. >> Yeah, get one of those. >> Yeah. Um I can't remember what I might
have done. I might have got a bag of bite-size last year. Why did I do that? That's just wrong
to hand out to kids. >> Well, who knows? I mean, >> there you go. Here's a bunch of
bite-siz. Enjoy unwrapping all these. >> My old neighborhood, you could not gauge
how many trick, you know, how like you try to gauge how many you are expecting. >> Yeah.
>> And my old neighborhood, I lived there for 11 years. It was never the same year
after year. like like one year I would get like three kids, then the next year I would get like 70. Like it was there
was no uh figuring that out. I think that neighborhood had a lot of >> houses that were rentals
>> and had some apartments. So I think because of the the fluctuating >> neighborhood, you couldn't really figure
it out. But like >> I only got a handful last year. So, but I was overprepared, which I think
was good. And then, um, my mother is a chocolate choahholic, >> so I basically just dropped off a bag of
candy to her later. And then I think I had two extra bags cuz they're really pretty inexpensive now.
>> Yeah. >> Um, >> they're like four bucks. >> Yeah. So, I dropped off a bag to to my
mother and then I dropped off a bag to my sister that has some kids. So they got like uh [laughter]
I probably gave them as much as they got um going out all day. They probably were
thinking why why we go out all night trick-or-treating when we can just ask our uncle for candy.
>> I never experienced the limiting. You know how some parents would be like they
would take the candy at the end of the night >> Yeah. >> from the kids and they'd be like you get
five pieces a day and you know what I mean? like uh or or they would they would take the candy, give the child
some of the candy and be like, "Okay, you can eat that whenever you want." And then the rest of this is going
>> Yeah. >> I just got to keep my bag or whatever I used. >> Yeah. >> In my room. Is that what you're saying?
>> Yeah. Yeah. I would never experience where where the candy was taken from me and I wasn't allowed to to consume all
of it. Yeah, >> I now I was that parent. I the boys would go out trick-or-treating and then
in fairness they sometimes went out trick-or-treating like multiple times, >> right?
>> So they were getting gobs and gobs of candy cuz you know when when I was younger, when you were younger, you'd go
out one time and that was it. >> One time. >> And now it's like the well um we'd go
out and then maybe one of our, you know, one of our friends would go, "Hey, when's your trickor treat? we'll go to
your towns. And so, you know, it'd be group of parents and it was a lot more fun because you're hanging out with the
parents and and drinking some hot chocolate or coffee or whatever, walking around with the kids and they're just
goofing off and having a good time and you're not really paying attention. You're just talking with the parents and
then they go, "Hey, why don't you guys come over to our place tomorrow and we'll go trick-or-treating in our area,
>> right?" >> Okay, sure. And then like sun Saturday the the town is doing a spooky um
village downtown and you know so >> I would pull the candy back and then >> but these kids were freaks anyways
because they weren't like >> snackers, >> you know? So I'd just be like, "Hey, uh
give me your bag or your your pumpkin or whatever your candy's in. If you want something, let me know." Mhm.
>> And every it would be like every few days, I want to get some of my candy. Okay. And they'd take a bunch of stuff
and go to their room. But >> but maybe that's why I have a issue with it cuz when I get if I buy uh I don't
like to buy candy and keep it in my house cuz I I'll eat it. >> That's that's why I gave away all the
extra. >> I don't I mean I like to trickor treat as a kid. I don't like it so much as an adult. As
an adult, I prefer to stay home and pass out the candy rather than walking around. Um,
>> and the kids that I'm walking around with, they're quite little and they don't want to do the walking themselves,
so I'm carrying children the whole time, which is a it's it's a [ __ ] And then I
have to go up to the door. I don't want to go up to the door. I'm >> I'm old. I you know, I'm past going up.
>> It does help. It will help you get your steps in for the day. >> That's true. But that's other than that
not no reason to go out. And uh yeah, and I just I I don't know why I enjoy passing out the candy.
>> Me too. >> And I really enjoyed like knowing like, oh, it's it's beggars night tonight.
Call it what you want to call it. And I enjoyed that. But it was the first time I I mean I lived in a house before. I
can't remember if I lived there during Halloween time, but we were so far out in the middle of nowhere that we didn't
do anything. >> Mhm. >> So, it was the first time to like actually own a house and and you know,
you take pride in your house and go, "Okay, I was trick-or-treating and and there's not a lot of kids in my
neighborhood." But I I I felt bad for him because it seemed like some people weren't passing out candy and and it was
also sprinkling and then I think it like started raining pretty hard and I just thought what a crappy night for these
kids. >> Well, and the polite thing to do is if you're not going to participate in
passout candy is turn all your lights off. >> Yeah. And what I like to do is um I I
would bring my, you know, the little fire pit or outdoor fireplace. >> Yeah. >> I would always bring that around to the
front yard, put it in the front yard and burn an a fire. >> Um and then turn on a bunch of lights
and then usually I put on a um some music on that's loud enough inside that you can hear it outside. Yeah.
>> I sit on the front porch and drink pumpkin beer and pass out uh candy. That's
That's a fantastic night. >> Hey kids. >> Well, if you have enough lights on and
you got like a little fire and you got like some festive festive things going on, it's inviting to the kids cuz some
of the kids are a little weary, which they should be of of approaching a stranger's home.
>> Um, so I like to put on some things and make it a little more fun, a little more
inviting for especially for the little ones that are some of the little kids are terrified. remember the I can't
remember what Kramer was doing, but Kramer would do a thing where he's like getting food ready and he's like going
to watch a show or something at Jerry's apartment cuz Jerry's gone. He's kind of
like dancing around like an idiot. >> Mhm. >> He's all excited. That's how I was last
year before Trickor Treat was I was getting out my big skull. It's a a big skull bowl and I was getting that out
and putting the candy in and setting it up right outside my garage. And then I had um the monster mash on,
>> right? >> You know, it was a mash, >> which you know, >> it was a monster mash.
>> That song is good enough you can play it any time of year. [laughter] >> I love that song. Um
you can I give you a suggestion? Here's what I would suggest. You were talking about fullsize candy bars at one time.
>> Yeah, I've been thinking about that. >> It's That's kind of cool. The only issue
I take with that is if you get a kid that that doesn't like the full size that you chose.
Um >> I was going to get an assortment. >> Yeah, cuz I used to do I did full size
one year, but then what I've gone back to is I go back to the fun size, but I get a whole bunch of different kinds.
put them in the put them in a bucket or or in something and I and I just tell the kid take a handful.
>> Oh yeah. Yeah. That's what I was doing after like the once I realized like it
was probably 15 20 minutes of no kids. >> Mhm. >> And it's only like a 2hour window. So
then I was going well I got all this candy. So when they come up I just say take a handful and if they want it I
take a handful myself and then put it in their bag. So >> I feel I feel like we went longer when
we were kids. >> Oh yeah. I think because also think. >> Yeah, but I also think we didn't like
wait for the real start time. Like I feel I feel like we cuz I remember half of my trick-or- treat being in the It
was still light out. Like I feel like you get home from school and half hour later you're putting on your costume and
you're going out. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You know, maybe by 4:30, 5:00 you're already out and rolling. And I And
nowadays it's what, like 6:00 to 8? >> Yeah. Probably >> 6:00 to 7:30, something like that.
>> Yes. Yeah. I think it's at least 2 hours. I'm sure it's different in every county and and all that stuff. Do you
But do you remember the last time you went >> trick-or-treating like as a kid? >> Yeah. So, this is kind of weird because
some people are going to be like, "Wow, you were, you know, how some people do it way too way too old and other people
stop way too early." Um, the last time I went trick-or-treating, I would have been in seventh grade.
>> And I I can remember that because I remember the the people I went around with. Now, I didn't go trick-or-treating
in sixth grade. I thought I was too old, >> so I didn't go. And it was actually I
probably wouldn't have gone in seventh grade based off of my age, but a buddy of mine had like this brilliant idea.
And I was always one of those kids that either, you know, like my mom was super involved in a good way, but many years
she chose what I was for Halloween. >> She just didn't feed you, >> right? And then there was a couple times
that I chose what I was going to be for Halloween, but didn't like didn't really
have mom's backing, so it wasn't like she didn't really help out with the costume really well.
>> Right. >> So, um, my friend in seventh grade said, and I believe it was his idea. It's
funny when you look back on these things and then you talk to these people and they're like, "No, that was your idea."
>> Right. Right. >> But I'm going to give him credit for this. And I thought it was a brilliant
idea. And I only went trick-or-treating because of I wanted to dress up. He suggested to be Hans and Fron from
Saturday Night Live. >> Yeah. >> And it was a super easy costume to do. All we each purchased or maybe we
already had them was just a gray sweatsuit, you know, pants and shirt sweatuit and the weightlifter belt and
the weightlifting gloves. And then we stuffed the we stuffed some stuff underneath our shirts to make us look
big and strong. And we both had buzz cuts, you [snorts] know, remember like every boy in our grownup had a buzz
haircut, right? >> And Hans and Fron have the the buzz cut. So it was so easy to do. And it was
funny because we would do the voice and we would do the clap and the point when we would get to people's doors and the
the parents thought it was freaking hilarious, >> right? Because they're big into
Saturday, >> right? So the kids, most of the kids didn't know who the hell we were, but
the parents knew it. >> Hans and France, >> we're here to >> kill me now and believe me later.
>> We're here to pump you up. Yo. Oh, you I love when they're He's doing yoga. Oh,
you girly man. [laughter] >> Uh what do you What was your last trick or treat? >> I I'm not really for sure, but I I think
it was a time >> probably middle school. It feels like that's the cut off, right?
>> Yeah. I want to say it was like I want to say it was sixth grade and and I could be wrong. I could have I
could Here's what I can't remember is there was a picture that was taken. My mother took a picture like, "Oh, your
friends came over and you're you're going to go trick-or-treating." But it was one of those times where like your
mother also thinks that you're too old to go, >> right? >> They're not saying that you can't go.
They're just saying, "We're not going to we're not going to put the effort into helping you go."
>> And um so there's this picture and but the weird thing about the picture is there's there's four people in the
picture, but two two of them are have passed on now, which is kind of strange >> to think of of two kids your age,
>> right? uh you know, passing on. But I can't remember if it was that time that
that was my last time or if there was another time because both times it was like
don't really have an idea for a costume. Let's just put on a mask with a hoodie.
>> That That's what I was going to say. >> And you're doing no effort. I might have
gone. Yeah, I I may have gone in sixth grade and because I know for certain in fifth grade and maybe in sixth grade as
well. I thought I was too old or my parents thought I was too old, something like that. But then there were other
neighborhood kids my age or older and they're like, "Yeah, I just wear the same mask every year,
>> right?" >> And I put on a hoodie and walk around with a a pillowcase and fill it up and
and >> which Yeah. >> And a bunch of the kids did that. They had one mask that they kept in a closet
somewhere and wore it year after year and just they were just in it for the candy.
>> I forgot about that. That was the big thing. Like I was noticing at like the grocery stores how when we were younger
there would be just a orange pumpkin bucket. Now there's orange >> you'd walk around with and fill it up
with candy. >> Yeah. But now there's like a Now they'll sell like a orange pumpkin, a a purple
pumpkin. They'll sell uh uh a Frankenstein head thing. They they they make specialty bags.
>> We were walking around with >> pillowcases. >> Yeah, >> pillow cases. And I mean, there was like
one kid that was I don't know, maybe his parents were billionaires or something,
but they had a he had like a glow-in-the-dark um bucket that was Halloween like it
like a Frankenstein green head >> that glow in that would glow in the dark when he walked around. And um some of
the kids would carry flashlights. You remember that? >> Yeah. Well, I do remember that.
Our thought was, well, we're older now and trick-or- treat is kind of stupid and we didn't go to the old
neighborhood. We went to the newer section because the houses were closer and we thought we'd get more candy.
Well, let's just go. It's almost like before we went, nobody wanted to go and then we started going and we got like
three blocks in and we kind of talked like jokingly. You know how kids do. You act like
you're really tough. Well, here's what we should do. We should go three blocks and after three blocks is just steal a
couple kids bags. >> Yeah. I never did this. Not that I was an angel, but I never stole any of the
uh candy from anybody. >> Well, it was so funny because I want to say that our group started off
bigger and then got smaller cuz you know how sometimes you run into your other friends and then you go, "Oh, let's all
go together." >> Yeah. >> But like I said, we're probably out for about 15 minutes. It was still light out
outside. And then I think one of my friends said, "Yeah, well, we could always grab a
kid's bag or something." And we all kind of, you know, we've been joking about it
all day, like, "Yeah, we're going to go trick-or-treating and once we get bored,
we'll just steal a couple bags, >> right?" >> And then it and then somebody brought it
up. Well, I guess we could steal somebody's bag. And then we were just we felt we kind of looked at each other
like that is so stupid, >> right? >> And why would we do that? And so the next the funny thing was like there was
no there was no speaking there was no it was just the next kid that came up like
the next group of kids we we we all there was like maybe three of us now and three of them and we said do you guys
want our candy and these three kids were like what and we dumped all our candy in
their bags. So, we went from talking trash all day about stealing kids bags to just giving up our candy.
>> Well, and you know, I feel like the Halloween trickor treat shenanigans really went on late at night and I
don't, like I said, I didn't partake in any of that. And it's not because I was an angel. I used to love my favorite
thing about Halloween back then and still to this day, they don't do it as much. It used to be Overboard back then.
>> Every freaking TV show had a Halloween special back then. Like they had a Halloween themed
uh they would do their regular show, regular sitcom, but it would either be they would either make it scary or they
would make it Halloween themed. >> Some great ones with the Simpsons. >> Yeah. And I loved that as a kid. So like
after after it started to get dark, you know, all the good shows came on at like
8:00 and later. I wanted to be home by 8 so I could see the Halloween themed uh sitcoms and TV. Roseanne used to do a
good one. I remember that. Um and like you said, The Simpsons is probably the best.
>> Well, I always like to watch The Great Pumpkin >> or sometimes they'd put on a scary
movie. >> You know, Halloween would be on or um you would get the TV version of Nightmare on Elm Street, something like
that. I always I wanted that. Uh that that was my favorite part of Halloween. >> I hope they start doing uh kind of what
they do at Christmas time where like TBS will like play the Christmas story all day.
>> Mhm. >> It It would be kind of cool. Well, I guess trick-or- treat is different night
for everybody, but it would be kind of cool if they had just different Halloween shows that were like looped um
as you pick Yeah. as you passed out the candy >> to all the kids. I will say, and this is going to be very
late, um, but I a couple weeks ago I saw Halloween Halloween. I saw it chapter 2.
>> Yeah. I haven't seen it yet. >> Um, so here's was my thoughts. It the fir, you know, the first one.
>> Yeah. >> Chapter one was very good. Chapter 2 blew chapter one out of the water, man. Chapter 2 is so good.
>> See, I heard it was just they like chap I heard a lot of people like chapter one
better >> because it was the kids. >> Yeah, >> there was some cheesy stuff because they
are adults. I thought chapter 2 was scarier from a um from a jump standpoint. All right.
>> You know, where they where there's just like boom pop, you know? Uh, I I thought people were uh I saw it
I like to see some of the scary movies in a theater because I like to see the people's reactions or hear their
reactions throughout the movie. Um, I thought people were were reacting more to chapter 2 than they did chapter 1.
>> Uh, I thought the story portion was better. Um, the acting was great. Um, what's that one dude uh that we like so
much? Um, >> Bill Hater, >> he was fantastic. He's fantastic in it. I didn't know that he was going to fit
in that well, but yeah, the um so but but by now it's the movie's been out for a month or so.
>> Well, but back to this, you know, like I said, it it felt like um my last Halloween or the last beggars's night,
last trickor treat. It it felt like uh what's that show called? the wonder years. That's what it felt like
>> in the moment. It felt like that like like you were aware this is something that's over like after tonight.
>> It was like you know we went and we got bored >> and you know and then the scene would
have been um you know he would have said and and then Kevin said we should steal
these kids trick-or- treat bags. And without it without without even talking, we handed over our our candy to
the next little kids that came. >> And we realized that this time has passed and we are we're now too old for
this and we're approaching adulthood or whatever. Or we're closer to to the people that are we're closer to becoming
um the the people that pass out the candy than the people that go around and get it. But it was just one of those
moments where in that moment it's nostalgic, >> right? >> And and it but it's happen. It's
happening. So yeah, I need to see it too, though. I uh I'll probably wait till it comes out. Is it out on rental
yet? >> I don't think so because I just saw it in the theater in the um I Well, I can tell you when I
saw it. I saw it like September 7th, I believe. H >> was when I saw it in the theater and
that's wrong. I completely lied to you. >> Yeah, I >> liar, liar, pants on fire.
>> Saw it. I I saw it midepptember. That's what we know. >> I'm looking up uh because I looked it
up. I wanted to make sure that it was called the Great Pumpkin and not the Great Pumpkin Show because where I used
to teach guitar lessons at uh Circleville, Ohio has a pumpkin festival that is a week long.
>> Pumpkin show. >> It's called the pumpkin show and they shut down the whole city, right?
>> And I remember like the first year of teaching there, I went, "Okay, well, uh,
how long is this event?" Oh, it's all week. Uh, okay. Well, we should still have lessons, right? No, they don't even
go to school that way. >> Go to school, which is crazy. Can you imagine like if that would be great if
you're a kid there because you get out of school for a whole week. >> Mhm. >> My where I live,
they shut down the schools for two days on a Thursday, Friday for a horse race. [laughter]
And I didn't I didn't go down there. Um, but I've heard that it's just a kind of
a real [ __ ] show down there that everybody's that everybody's just kind of drinking in the streets and drunk for
two days straight. Um, I I don't know why I've never been able to go down there and experience it because I always
have some conflicting thing going on uh at the same time. But one of these days,
Captain, >> you're going to get drunk with the kids. Well, not with children. I'm going But
I'll be out in the streets, >> but they're not going to have school, so they're going to be
>> That's true. They're probably They're probably drunk, too. >> Well, I I had to play a gig one time
during the pumpkin show and they have these parades with marching bands and stuff every day. And [snorts] uh so I
was playing this gig and I had to park really far away and I was wheeling my my gear and I just asked somebody, "Where's
such and such bar?" And they go, "It's right over there." And the parade was happening,
>> right? >> But I was running late, so I had to like marching band went and I'm pushing my
stuff [laughter] through the parade. >> And these kids probably went, "Oh god, what a loser." At least wave to the
people so they think you're part of it. >> I think [music] [music]

The Last Trick-or-Treat /// OFF THE RECORD Episode: 79 Nic and the Captain discuss: The Last Trick-or-Treat www.TrueCrimeGarage.com

Brief Summary

Hosts discuss Halloween candy favorites and nostalgic trick-or-treating memories.

Key points

Candy Corn Debate. A humorous discussion about the love-hate relationship with candy corn.
Favorite Halloween Candies. A nostalgic look at favorite candies from childhood.
Trick-or-Treating Memories. Reflecting on the joys and challenges of trick-or-treating as a kid.
Nostalgic Halloween Reflections. A conversation about the bittersweet end of childhood Halloween traditions.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I remember as a child I hated it.

Reflecting on childhood candy preferences.

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Tension

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