Monday, October 29, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Abbott and Costello Spend a Night in a Haunted House
Here's an episode of the Abbott and Costello Radio Show from 1947. It's titled "Night In A Haunted House". The title tells it all. Enjoy!
Abbott and Costello (OTR)
The Costumed Youth of The Dartman Part 4
By the time The Empire Strikes Back had come out, the art of "customising" my store bought costumes had come to new heights. When I donned my Ben Cooper Yoda costume, I had a cane once owned by my great grandfather. This was no ordinary cane. It had decorative polish writing carved into it thus making it look like it could possibly belong to an aging jedi master. I think this was the last time I wore a store bought costume. It was fun while it lasted!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The Costumed Youth of The Dartman Part 3
Continuing with my posts about my store bought Halloween costumes, I bring you my only attempt at impersonating Robin Williams. I am, of course, talking about Mork from Ork. 
This was the start of my "customising" my costumes. I realised that Mork wore white gloves when he was in his spacesuit, so I borrowed my mother's crossing guard gloves and wore those as an added bonus! Thus I was more than just an average store bought wearing costumed kid! I was a one of a kind! Incidentally, I was at a vintage clothing store yesterday and they were selling the smock from the Ben Cooper C-3PO costume. Part of me wanted to buy it but the rational part of me said no. The rational side won.
This was the start of my "customising" my costumes. I realised that Mork wore white gloves when he was in his spacesuit, so I borrowed my mother's crossing guard gloves and wore those as an added bonus! Thus I was more than just an average store bought wearing costumed kid! I was a one of a kind! Incidentally, I was at a vintage clothing store yesterday and they were selling the smock from the Ben Cooper C-3PO costume. Part of me wanted to buy it but the rational part of me said no. The rational side won.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
The Costumed Youth of The Dartman Part 2
As we continue on with the countdown ( I suddenly had a flashback of Casey Kasem) I give you another great store bought Halloween costume that once adorned my little boyish body back in the day. This time around it's Steve Austin, aka The Six Million Dollar Man! 
I was a huge fan of TSMDM and still am to this day! (waiting patiently for the DVDS to be released someday!). This was a cool costume because on the mask, it was very obvious to tell which eye was bionic and you kind of felt like you had a bionic eye because you were looking through an eye-hole cut out of a plastic mask! 
My mother still has a picture of me in this outfit with my sister in her outfit from when we marched in the town's Halloween Parade. I don't know if there were any other towns that did this, but in sunny Clinton, CT, they would have a Halloween Parade on a Saturday morning and all of the kids would march in costume where they were looked upon by the town. At the end you got a goodie bag of candy and treats like wax teeth and a statue of Dracula that had liquid in it. My father told me that the liquid was gross so I chose to leave the wax statue on my bourough until one day, in a fit of anger, I ripped the head off and then cried that I had ruined it. Good times! Speaking of the Six Million Dollar Man, in case you missed it, I posted the Power Records version of the series a while back. You can catch it here!
I was a huge fan of TSMDM and still am to this day! (waiting patiently for the DVDS to be released someday!). This was a cool costume because on the mask, it was very obvious to tell which eye was bionic and you kind of felt like you had a bionic eye because you were looking through an eye-hole cut out of a plastic mask! 
My mother still has a picture of me in this outfit with my sister in her outfit from when we marched in the town's Halloween Parade. I don't know if there were any other towns that did this, but in sunny Clinton, CT, they would have a Halloween Parade on a Saturday morning and all of the kids would march in costume where they were looked upon by the town. At the end you got a goodie bag of candy and treats like wax teeth and a statue of Dracula that had liquid in it. My father told me that the liquid was gross so I chose to leave the wax statue on my bourough until one day, in a fit of anger, I ripped the head off and then cried that I had ruined it. Good times! Speaking of the Six Million Dollar Man, in case you missed it, I posted the Power Records version of the series a while back. You can catch it here!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Halloween Mix 06 Repost
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The Costumed Youth of The Dartman Part 1
When I was a kid, Halloween costume shopping consisted of going to the local Caldor store and walking through the Halloween section until you found the aisle with all of the costume boxes. Back then, costumes were made by three different companies: Ben Cooper, Collegeville and Halco. These costume boxes consisted of a vinyl smock that you would tie around your body and a plastic mask that had a rubberband to wrap around your face. When you walked, the vinyl smock would make sounds so loud you could hear them a mile away, and your face would sweat from the mask that you couldn't help but stick your tongue through the breathing hole at your mouth. Plus, with the mask on, all sounds you heard sounded like you were in a tin can and your voice seemed to be amplified to you but to no one else. The themes of the outfits were usually TV and movie characters but there were also generic ones like a witch or a ghost or somehting else. If you got to the store too late in the season you would have to settle for what was left that hadn't been picked over (more on that topic later). The first costume that I can remember owning was Casper.
As you can see from the picture, the smock would feature a scene invloving the characters rather than an actual look-a-like outfit. As I was too young to actually remember wearing this particular outfit, I do remember owning the mask and wearing it for a few years after the initial halloween purchase. More to come on these great costumes of the past!
As you can see from the picture, the smock would feature a scene invloving the characters rather than an actual look-a-like outfit. As I was too young to actually remember wearing this particular outfit, I do remember owning the mask and wearing it for a few years after the initial halloween purchase. More to come on these great costumes of the past!
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