Woolworth always had such great candy and costumes during Halloween. You see the awesome Darth Vader and Boba Fett costumes. Well I had the one they didn’t show. The very lame C3P0. If you thought the a prissy golden robot was sad, you should see a kid wearing a vinyl C3PO costume, begging for candy. Nothing sadder.
So if you lived in NJ between 1978-1981 I was that sorry looking kid in the ratty C3P0 costume that visited your house 4 times Trick or Treating. Oh and yes, I was the C3P0 who later that night stole your pumpkin and threw it into the Hackensack River. Whoppers are not a good treat! Seriously.
I know you want more commercial joy. Here is a second Woolworth commercial. Check out the Halloween record at the end, “Sounds to Make You Shiver”.
Here is a sample from “Sounds to Make You Shiver”. Shall we go then?
Funny stuff on the C3PO. Ya those where the days – vinyl Halloween costumes.
Also I thought you might also be interested in this article about candy, kids, and Halloween titled “Dentists Say Eating Tons of Halloween Candy At Once is Okay?”
I thought I was the only one who had that lame costume! I can still smell the (probably) toxic plastic of the mask.
Holy crap! Sounds to Make You Shiver…now that brings back some memories. I had long forgotten that record. Although, now that I am older, that screaming woman sounds a bit “different” than I remember…it’s almost like she’s…
Haha, I swear I didn’t see this post until after doing my Random Halloween Commercials post.
Sorry. =\
As I have said before great minds think alike. Must be why I enjoy reading your blog so much =)
Well, that and YouTube is surprisingly slim pickin’s for Halloween commercials. =)