Halloween Party!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

My wife and I went to a Halloween Party Saturday night. We had a swell time! :)

Here's some photos:

My wife and I as the tacky tourists.

Our hosts.

Ann (that I featured in a post a couple of days ago) was dressed as Tippi Hedren from The Birds.

Lots of good food, including "feet" loaf!

Finger cookies.

Strawberry ghosts.

My wife made bacon crack.

Halloween cake balls.

Everybody voted for their favorite costumes in five categories.

Counting the ballots.

Winner for sexiest costume - Dr. Frank N. Furter

Scariest costume.

Funniest costume - Bill and Monica :) 

Ann won for original costume.

Best costume went to Raggedy Ann and Andy

Trick Or Treat 2016

Beggar's Night was on Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM here in Akron. I made up 39 treat bags for the kids and had 25 of them left after two hours. Trick or Treat just ain't what it used to be. On the plus side it was 75° outside. That's the warmest I remember it being in a long while.

Halloween At The Rocksino

Last night the wife and I went to the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park. It was nice to see that the place in the Halloween spirit.

I even played some Halloween inspired slot machines.

And a couple of non-Halloween slots.

I had a good time. Luckily, my wife won back some of our money! :) 

R.I.P. John Zacherle

Sad news. Legendary horror host Zacherley has died. I met him at the Monster Bash back in 2006. 

"Good night, whatever you are!"

Zacherley and me.

From the WFMU blog:

The great John Zacherle, known to generations of horror fans as Zacherley, "The Cool Ghoul," has passed away at 98. The news came tonight as author Tom Weaver, a close friend of the Zacherle family, began informing colleagues of the the sad news, and an outpouring of tributes has already begun across the internet. 

A veteran of World War II, Zacherle started working at WCAU in Philadelphia in 1954, and in 1957, he got the job of being Philly's first late night horror movie host on Shock Theater, creating the character of Roland (pronounced Ro-LAND), who talked to his dead wife in her coffin. An association with Dick Clark, whose American Bandstand was based in Philadelphia, led to the recording of "Dinner With Drac" in 1958. He moved to New York's WABC in '59, became known as Zacherley and his show was renamed Zacherley At Large. He later hosted the Newark teenage dance show Disc-O-Teen, and was a DJ on WNEW and then WPLJ, where he stayed for ten years. 

Considered by many to be the greatest TV horror host of all-time, Zacherele has spent the last several decades appearing on TV, radio, and film and making personal appearances at conventions and special events. 

When I went to take a picture of his banner, he put his hand in the air. :)

I had him autograph his classic Monster Mash album

I bought his new CD at the time and he autographed it, also.

Don't Forget To Vote!

I know the presidential election is pretty scary, but this isn't about that that. :)

Please vote in my poll for your favorite Frankenstein's Monster. You'll find the poll in the right hand sidebar. Unfortunately I don't think you can vote from a cell phone. You'll have to use a PC.

Right now Boris Karloff is the runaway winner! I should have expected this. He is the iconic monster. I probably should have excluded him from the vote.

Please vote and tell all of your friends to vote, also!

My Work Halloween Party

We had the Halloween party at my job today. Not sure why we had it on a Wednesday, but I'm not in charge of those decisions. lol

I had a really good time. I didn't win any awards this year, but I got paid for over two hours to eat popcorn and drink cider. Here's some of my photos.

I'm dressed up as a tacky tourist.

The winners!

Rock 'n roll all nite...

Found a bunch of Waldos.

Also found a Venonat.

Dancing to Thriller.

There was a murder!

She did it.

Red Solo cup!

Halloween Through The Years With Ann

I met Ann last year at a Halloween party given by one of my wife's friends. Ann is a huge fan of horror movies and everything Halloween. Plus, she really puts a lot of thought into her Halloween costume each year. She graciously let me share some of her Halloween photos. She also runs a Facebook group called You know you love Hallowe'en if... Check it out.

1980. She is the maid in the middle.

1992 Gypsy

2007? Emma Peel from The Avengers

2008 Go-Go Girl

2009 Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's

2010 Gypsy

2011 Milla Jovovich from Resident Evil

2012 Vampire

2013 Princess Anna from Van Helsing

2014 Carrie

2015 Wednesday Addams

I can't wait to see her costume this year. The only hint she has given is it involves a lot of blood!