Unfamiliar with this week's featured song? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Andrew Gold sings that these skeletons send shivers down his spine. Do you often involuntarily shudder or shiver? Not often, but I've gotten a few chills today.
2) While they appear frightening, these skeletons are harmless and only want to socialize with us mortals. Can you think of something -- or someone -- that intimidated you at first but that you were more comfortable with as you became more familiar? I think a lot of life changes are intimidating--going to college, going out into the workforce, buying a house, having a kid.
3) The video for this song was originally created in 1929. Skeleton Dance was a short movie produced and directed by Walt Disney himself. In 2006, Disney Studios paired Gold's song with this animation for a Halloween DVD. Do you have any DVDs that you watch seasonally (every Halloween, every Thanksgiving, every Christmas, etc.)? The Muppet Christmas Carol, every year.
4) You may not realize it, but you likely already know one of Andrew Gold's songs. He wrote "Thank You for Being a Friend," the theme to TV's Golden Girls. Blanche, Dorothy, Rose or Sophia: Which is your favorite? I haven't watched the show enough to have one.
These questions will help us get into the Halloween spirit ....
5) Introduced in the 1880s, candy corn was originally called Chicken Feed. It was developed by a candy manufacturer who gave it the orange/white color and special name to differentiate it from jelly beans. Do you like candy corn (a) all year around or (b) at Halloween only or (c) never? Only at Halloween.
6) What candy will trick-or-treaters get when they show up at your front door? We don't really get trick-or-treaters--we're on the outskirts of town on a road that's not the most walkable, and my son is the only kid here. We take him trick-or-treating in my mom's neighborhood.
7) Halloween was a 1978 movie by John Carpenter about Michael Myers, who kills while wearing a ghostly mask. In the original movie, the mask used was a $2 Captain Kirk mask, painted white. Both Halloween and Star Trek are successful franchises of more than a dozen movies. Have you seen more of Michael Myers or Captain Kirk? Neither--I've never seen a full movie/show with either one.
8) In 2022, a survey of California schoolchildren revealed that Buzz Lightyear was the top pick of Halloween costume. When you were little, did you prefer to dress up for Halloween as a hero, like Buzz, or a scary monster? Again, neither--I liked girlie costumes, like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
9) Some long-time White House employees claim they have seen Abraham Lincoln's ghost wandering the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Have you ever seen a ghost? My parents have always told me that when I was little, shortly after my paternal grandmother died, we were over at my grandparents' house, and as we were leaving, I started waving. When my dad asked me who I was waving to, I told him Grandma.
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