I've been sitting on this one for awhile. I wanted to drop this into my annual October Countdown to Halloween hullabaloo, but I just ran out of time. Fortunately, this little nugget of sweet, sweet Halloween nostalgia is way too good to not share! I don't think I have ever eaten at a Hardee's, but had I known they had a Halloween Fun Machine, I would have been there daily. A few things about this hilariously awesome commercial. It must have originated somewhere in Long Island with Speedy McGreedy and Frankenstein Mouth's wiseguy accents. Honestly though, I will from this day forward always pronounce "hamburger" as "boy-gah." "I want juicy boy-gahs!" I will also call a centipede a "creepy crawly Halloween thing." Amazing. And that jingle? GAH! Take it away, Frankenstein Mouth...
I didn't watch any of the Super Bowl, but I knew that there would be a teaser for Stranger Things Season 2 during one of the commercial breaks. Just bummed that we have to wait until Halloween for the start of it... But Dustin in a Ghostbusters costume is pretty rad!
Make Halloween fun with this vintage 1977 commercial from Woolworth and Woolco! A Six Million Dollar Man costume for $1.83!? Yes, please! Ben Cooper flame retardant plastic costumes, big bags of candy and novelty Halloween vinyl records, all under $2.00 each. Those were the days...
And that Halloween record "Sounds To Make You Shiver!" for $1.89? Not bad, but you can actually get it for even less right here!
Back before the interwebs, ordering your favorite horror movie shirts, tanks and sweatshirts was incredibly difficult! Here's a crazy Return of the Living Dead II shirt commercial from 1987...
A cold, weathered hand pierces the rust-laden earth of a late autumn night. Reanimated decay becomes the evening's guide. Masked faces bask in the fiery glow of a jack-o-lantern's illumination. A lifeless finger points the direction toward the next porch-lit house. For this is the night of ghouls and goblins and tricks and treats. This is the night of Hallowe'en...
