Tag: halloween
Frost On The Pumpkins
Coming back for a second helping of pumpkin spice pop culture as a way to try to get relief from these trying times.
Dancing With The Walking Dead
Zombies are a big part of pop culture, but songs about them are not—except for one performed by the King of Calypso himself, Harry Belafonte.
Plastic Pail Perfection
Why McDonald’s is missing a major marketing opportunity by not handing out its ’80s era plastic pumpkin buckets to modern kids. (I feel strongly about this.)
Pumpkin-Spice Pop Culture
The spooky, symbiotic relationship between Halloween and pop culture. We’ll be right back, after these messages.
Let's Overanalyze Fun
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the “Fun Size” candy bar, let’s highlight the time Mars tried to sue one of its largest competitors for using the term.
Bizarro Mash
Around the time of “The Monster Mash,” another icon of horror was getting in on the music game—and John Zacherle had his own take on the graveyard smash.
Doin’ The Mash
The history of the world’s favorite Halloween carol, Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “The Monster Mash.” Here’s how a song about dead creatures came to life.
The Halloween-Industrial Complex
After the 2008 recession, commercial real estate firms had a ton of empty buildings. Fortunately, Halloween stores were ready to fill the gap—for a month.