This is the first Halloween in a few years where Kate and I have been home and able to do a little decorating, give out a little candy (and comic books), get down tonight, etc. I've hung some garland and spoo-oo-ooky lanterns, made some bats out of miniature gourds and garlic for teeth (eat your heart out, Martha Stewart. Also, I should eat my heart out, because I broke my camera, so I got no photos), and made inquiries as to the few costume parties going on while everything is going on.

It's also a good time of the year to bust out suggestions for the ol' Halloween mix-tape! Let's see if we can all build a dozen awesome spooky soundtracks or so - only I'm gonna lay down some rules so we don't just end up suggesting eight million Oingo Boingo songs right out of the gate. Here's how it'll work:

1. We'll organize the Halloween mix-tapes by theme. If you have a theme you want to start, post the title and/or description of the theme in a comment to this post, along with a couple songs to start it off. For instance:

     Theme: Cornball Halloween Classics
       Flying Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley
       Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett
       etc...

2. If you have songs you'd like to suggest for addition to a particular theme, post them in a reply to the comment which started the theme
3. Limit yo'self to no more than three songs per suggestion, so you don't hog up all the possibilities

That make sense? I'll understand if you say it don't, cause I got a cold and I'm a little goofy on Dayquil and Manhattans right now.

Okay, let's suggest some Halloween mix tapes! If any of them are cool enough, maybe we can even assemble 'em from music stolen offa bittorrent. Let's go!

And now, a special Halloween edition of Match Game 2005!

Poll #595384 Spoo-oo-ooky Match Game 2005
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

My wife's sister just got engaged to the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and it's put us in quite a pickle regarding their wedding present. We can't decide if we should get them a toaster or a (BLANK).

The mummy had a serious problem. He'd run out of bandages, so he had to start using (BLANKS).

Frankenstein's monster certainly had reason to cheer. Sure, his hands were on the wrong arms, and neither of his legs were the same length, and his ears were on upside down, but at least his (BLANK) was on straight.

Here's a piece of advice, never invite Dracula to a cocktail party. After a couple of bloody marys, he might just start (BLANK)ing the hostess!

Quasimodo just got fired from his bell-ringing job at Notre Dame. I've heard he might go back to college and get a degree in (BLANK).

I understand that the Wolfman just got very bad news from the Mayo Clinic. According to his doctor, he's got a bad case of (BLANK).

I used to share an apartment with King Kong back in college, and he's really not all that bad as far as roommates go. The only real problem is that he kept leaving (BLANK)s all over the bathroom floor.

A list of my favorite TV shows which never existed but I wish they had and which just came out on DVD:

• Filmation Presents Radio Raccoon and the Seven Cyber-Samurai 1977


• Battle of the Neutron Stars Vol 1


• Chuckworthy and Danglewood, Violence Force! High Octane - Three Smashing Episodes from the Hit '80's BBC Syndicated Series


• NOVA: After Dark - the Complete Adults-Only Seasons 1&2


• Catastrophe Jones and his Amazing Science Beaker, the KTLA years.


• Benny Hill Presents World War I Aviation Aces in Women's Underwear, The Best Of


• Howitzer Squad starring Elizabeth Montgomery IN COLOR! Season 3


• Discovery Health Channel DVD Presents Slim Goodbody Jumping on Trampolines


• Lou Ferrigno is The Forever Boy, Seasons 1-3


• Benji's Celebrity Demolition Derby with special guests Jim Nabors, Steve and Edie, Vincent Price and more, Selected Episodes


• Tigers Go To College, the Black and White years


• The History Channel Exclusive: Pirate Ships versus Star Wars


• SNL Presents the Best Of ... The Camera Pulling Back From A Failed Skit When Going To The Commercial Break So That You See The Audience Not Clapping All That Enthusiastically


• The Whupper! Starring Jack Elan as Cooter Clay, The Whupper! Season 8.


• Who Is The Man Called ... The Weasel?


• Alan Thicke's Comedy Rave Vol.2

Now YOU!