Welcome back! Open your bag up for me to drop in a treat in the form of a small discusssion about trick-o-treat bags of the past! Fast Food pails? No thank you. Pillowcases? I admire your optimism, but put them aside. Today, we are taking a fun-sized look at those icons of the past. Whether you got them from the grocery store, a restaurant or a gas station, bright yellow or orange trick-or-treat bags would bring you right to the Hallowen season.
If you were lucky, your trick-or-treat bag of choice would give you tirck-or-treating rules to live by. Wear bright clothing! Don't get hit by cars! Don't eat razorblades!
All rules we should live by every day, not just on Halloween.
25 Sept 2026
Episode 23: Seven Retro Halloween Promotions
Welcome back to another late-night, glow-in-the-dark edition of Retro Sleepover, where we're dimming the lights, popping a fresh VHS tape into the VCR, and cracking open a cold soda to soak in pure, uncut Halloween nostalgia . Tonight's episode wraps you entirely in that crisp, late-September evening air, setting the mood with the static hum of retro horror news, warm memories of midnight creature features, and the unmistakable screech of late-1980s animated Halloween decorations lurking in store aisles .
Our main feature: a deep dive into the lost, magical world of classic Halloween promotions . We revisit the glory days of cardboard store standees, mail-in sweepstakes, and legendary horror hostesses taking over soda displays after being deemed a little too scandalous for beer campaigns . Were you the infamous walk-on for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4? How creepy is Grimace? Grab your plastic trick-or-treat bucket, turn down the lights, and press play.
16 Sept 2026
Trick or Treat: Kooky Spooks
Happy Halloween season!
My porch light light is on, so come and knock on my door, I have a treat for you! Throughout the season we will be delivering these fun-sized episodes into your McBoo pail about little snippets of Halloween past for you to devour between our larger episodes.
In our first Trick or Treat of the season, we discuss Kooky Spooks - the Halloween costume/makeup fad from the late 70s that lasted until the early 90s in some form or fashion. Remember those commercials that had kids dressed up with what was basically beach balls on their heads? Welcome to Kooky Spooks!
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