Happy Halloween Everyone! This weekend was a blast! The musical I am producing, The Drowsy Chaperone, opened Friday night and was a huge success. The rest of the run this weekend (Saturday and Sunday shows) were really low attendance. I blame the holiday and hope it will be better next weekend. The rest of the weekend, I got the pleasure of spending some time with a very special lady, including a trip to my favorite city, Pittsburgh, to one of my favorite stores, IKEA. Oh what a blast! After cleaning the stage tonight, I stopped by a friend’s house to hand out candy and have a good time, only to come to the realization that the activity of “Trick or Treating” seems to have changed. Now in my day, we would get dressed up in a costume, walk to houses, say “Trick or Treat”, get some candy or something (whatever the giver handed out), said “Thank you” and moved on to the next.
I know times change, but the things I observed tonight were ridicules. Kids not wearing costumes, kids that walk up and shove their hand in the candy bowl taking what they want without saying a word, ones that just stand there waiting for candy – again silent. The worst I say yet, however, came on the ride home. Parents (quite a few) we literally driving their children from house to house with their 4-way flashers on, blocking the streets, so their kids didn’t have to walk between houses in the “cold”. Instead, the kid got out of the car, walked up to a house, took candy, then got back into the car to go to the next house, no more than 3 houses down. Are you kidding me? Completely bogus!
So, here’s my take, when I get a house and start handing out candy, I will have ground rules. In order to get candy, you must fulfill the following criteria:
– WALK to my house
– Wear a costume
– Say “Trick or Treat” politely
If you can do that, you get your treat. If you don’t do that, you get NO candy, instead, you get a trick. The trick being that you get denied! “Get off my lawn you lazy ass young whipper snappers!” Muahahahaha. Ohhh, or maybe fake candy wrappers that say “You didn’t say the magic words”. What’s your opinion? Have you witnessed anything like this?