Halloween, I was thinking about this on the drive
home. It's 2025. Robert, do you remember Halloween
1985? Do you have any memories? I don't remember.
I don't remember Halloween 1985 anymore than
Paul Stanley remembers that conversation with
someone at 87. I'm trying to remember. We were,
uh, I know that we were in Virginia in 1985,
but I couldn't tell you who we dressed up as.
I don't remember any of the neighbors that we
trick or treated to. Let me, Hey, let me get
your thoughts on this. So my memories of Halloween
as a kid was you didn't wear the, the, the costume
prior to Halloween. That was on October 31st.
That's when you put that thing on. I mean, you
may have tried it. at the store or something
but there weren't all these lead -up events and
trunk retreats and fall festivals and stuff Robert
with the configuration at your house I know that
your kids are grown but do you Nancy do you go
to these fall festivals and all these pumpkin
patches and all of October stuff and is it do
you do this do you have to do this stuff like
I do no No, because we don't have little kids.
That may have been the tail end of classic trick
-or -treating. This was the mid -2000s. I remember
we went to a neighborhood my friend lived in,
and they had a whole trick -or -treat thing.
I mean, you're going to everybody's houses, but
there were so many kids and so many parents.
It wasn't a trunk -or -treat. So we did that,
and then we would just... We take them around
the neighborhood, you know, if we weren't going
to the other neighborhood. We did a haunted house
this year and I used to take my son to haunted
houses every year, you know, years ago. But I
don't have to do all that stuff you do. Robert,
are you a fan of going into a haunted house or
something and you either can't see something
or you put the blindfold on and they have you
stick your hands? into this mystery bucket and
you know what is this is this entrails or is
this fettuccine or like have you done some of
that and what are your thoughts i haven't done
that in 40 years and i don't know that i want
to do that again i don't even know that the haunted
houses do that shit or do you have in your yard
or around the house the way you guys decorate
are there any severed digits or limbs That you
have on display or do you guys get gory? In the
yard, or is it pretty? You're pretty reasonable.
I Would say it's pretty reasonable. We do have
some some severed limbs up in the backyard that
we set up for this this party that I have on
Saturday night in the front yard. We have a graveyard
and then when it quits raining We're gonna put
up a bathroom at who looks like a big grim reaper.
And then this nine foot skeleton demon playing
a violin on a gravestone. Nice. So that would
be kind of cool. And we're going to put up some
spider webs, but for the most part, yeah, I'd
say it's probably PG 13. Do you know if they
make like, if you've got a graveyard set up,
can you get like a zombie arm that's coming?
It looks like it's coming out of the ground and
it's protruding from the, from the soil. Yeah,
you can buy that stuff that's kind of what the
direction I would like to take if I Because I
really haven't done a lot of decorations. I mean
Natalie put some stuff out, but If I'm gonna
do this, there's only one way and then we're
gonna go Gonna go pretty we're gonna push the
boundaries Do it because there's some yards that
are scary But then there's like this this line
that you just don't cross in a neighborhood because
there might be little kids or or whatever but
I kind of want to almost cross it. Just go up
to the line. Maybe like have maybe not on trash
day but one of those off days just have something
that looks like a a body bag that's hanging out
of your your toter or or be dragging something
out of your house that looks like it's got blood
like a big black garbage bag. Yeah, and just
kind of do that routine in the mornings when
you when you know people are going for their
walk and stuff like that maybe I Don't know getting
a little carried away, but How about we talk
about movies I think we do each year this Friday,
do you already know? All right. This is what
I want to watch This is the order or is it pick
it when the day comes this Friday I do but The
whole season has been kind of just pick it as
the day comes. I was waiting to play more of
the classic movies towards the end. So this Friday,
we're going to do Halloween, Halloween II, and
Creepshow. But this whole season started off
with House of a Thousand Corpses, classic Rob
Zombie movie. Nancy watched A Nightmare on Elm
Street for the first time. I'd never seen it.
And then so we skipped part two and went to part
three because that's more of a direct sequel.
We watched Dr. Giggles and we watched Friday
the 13th and The Lost Boys and Fright Night and
Psycho. So it's been a lot of fun. We've set
up a TV down in the backyard by the pool, had
a couple horror fests. So it's been a lot of
fun. And come November 1st will be time for Thanksgiving
Horror. And then Christmas horror, and then it
just keeps going on and on and on. That's right.
I remember you saying that last year. Yeah. Yeah.
So get ready for Thanksgiving horror. We'll watch
the movie Thanksgiving. We'll probably watch
Blood Rage and then go into Christmas, which,
you know, that's Christmas has almost as many
Halloween. I mean, horror movies as Halloween
does. Yeah. But it's been a lot of fun. So definitely
watching Halloween, Halloween 2 and creep show
on Friday. And then I may throw a couple more
in there, you know randomly we will see but it's
gonna be fun. Mm -hmm Well, uh, I think you've
talked in the past about You know, you and nancy
are going on What 18 years? 19 of well, you've
been together for 21 years We'll be together
21 years on new year's eve Wow, we've been we've
been married We've been married 18 years this
past April. That's just amazing, Robert. Yeah.
Any secrets to the success, the longevity? You
still enjoy each other's company, I imagine.
Yeah, you got to enjoy each other's company.
You just got to be there for each other. You
and your wife are a team and you got to be a
team and you got to make time for each other.
That's very important. And just keep each other
up when things get hard and embrace and celebrate
when things are easy. But just remember, you're
a team. You got to do the hard stuff and you'll
enjoy the rewards. How successful have you been
on those times where you disagree about something
and Nancy's just not hearing any more of it?
You're thinking, man, what did I, what did I
say? Uh, can I rewind what's going on here? And
you just start chasing her around the house and
you say, Hey, wait, honey, but listen, I didn't
mean it like that. And she's, she's walking in
the kitchen. She's walking in the other room.
She won't let you catch up with her. She won't.
And do you, have you ever had situations like
that? And you're thinking, Oh man, I am just
digging myself a deeper hole and I just need
to go. sit on the sidelines for a little bit,
or do you guys do all right in that department?
We do all right. It's happened, obviously. I
think it happens good. Robert, have you ever
gone up with the hands up in the air and say,
I can explain. I can explain everything. No,
I haven't done that yet. I know what that usually
means. What would happen before that happens?
Let me explain. Yeah, it's not what it looks
like. So thankfully that has never happened.
Yeah. All right. Anything else? Recommendations
for people listening Music that you're listening
to or just how about how about some new threads
that you got some new shirts that I haven't seen
I Don't have any new shirts That kiss the kiss
one that you had Let's see I got I got a new
shirt for the movie Terrifier 3 nice i got a
i got a shirt for the movie trick or treat which
is definitely a recommendation uh but no and
then on the music department on the music um
i'm listening to the same shit that i was listening
to last year uh there's just nothing new is is
uh is really grabbed my attention really so so
you don't like k -pop or some of that stuff No,
I've tried I've tried to be fair and listen to
it see what all the hype's about and uh, no couldn't
do it like Like Bob Seeger once said today's
music ain't got the same soul I actually want
to get a bumper sticker. Yeah with that in quotes
and then a little dash Bob Seeger There you go
Oh Man Well, I'm gonna rattle off a couple of
some I guess be list horror films and tell me
if you've heard of them Microwave massacre as
a matter of fact. I have the DVD It's not a very
good movie Uncle Sam. Yes. I have that DVD also
That one is pretty good. It's dumb as shit, but
it's good Good fourth of July are the incredible
melting man. I don't have that one, but I've
heard of it It reminds me of is it like that
movie. I've never heard of a monster No, this
giant turd that comes out of the toilet and kills
people What about thanks killing Yeah, I've heard
of it. I've never seen it psycho turkeys at their
best. I'm reading this off of reddit Killer clowns
from outer space Yeah, I've heard it and I've
seen it but I it's been like everything killer
clowns probably since maybe a year or two after
it came out that was in the late 80s I Wish I
was At your house on Halloween. Maybe one of
these years would get the kids up there and uh
do you already have everything set up the way
you like it and uh just about we got a few finishing
touches to do for this uh this party on saturday
but for the most part we got the decorations
up finally uh and it's looking good well we've
covered a lot and i maybe had some more topics
in mind but you know we're about the hour mark
and uh this has just been really when I asked
you to do it and you said sure let's do it and
then I started thinking oh man I gotta find time
is this really gonna happen I haven't done this
in two months is it gonna be a mess which maybe
it has been but it's been a lot of fun Robert
oh yeah it's been a blast I miss I miss doing
the podcast I certainly do but it's just a lot
that goes into making it the way I want it to
be and I just can't I can't do it right now so
but folks you've gotten some content now and
If this is your introduction to the show You
got a lot more episodes to check out and I won't
forget about you guys. There will be we got holidays
coming up Maybe we'll do a Thanksgiving episode
A Christmas episode. We usually do a holiday
one. It may not always be me and Robert, but
maybe it will be because uh You know other people
I have to ask and then wait to see If they respond
if they do then our schedules have to align But
it's fun talking to my brother Thanks for doing
this Robert. This was a lot of fun. Oh Yeah,
this was a real treat. I really enjoyed it. Well,
that's it for this episode And I appreciate you
listening and I am on social media Kind of have
to be I guess you don't have to be but I do have
an Instagram account there's Barely a Facebook
one, but there is one that exists there's stuff
out there, but I'm trying not to spend a lot
of time on those platforms. It's just it's just
kind of a waste of of time That yeah, there's
some fun stuff, but I'm not gonna be generating
a lot of content I am all for long form even
if it means that nothing will ever happen with
Dan time podcast I don't care. I'm not gonna
be doing these short Clips to just satisfy people
for a moment or two and see if I can get a million
likes I just don't care. I Like this. This is
what I want to do. So this is it You guys enjoy
yourself on Halloween Be safe out there have
fun do something different decorate your yard
a little bit a little bit crazier or not crazy
But just do your own thing. That's that's the
idea wouldn't you agree Robert and life in general
just Don't don't be a follower Absolutely Do
your own thing and if you're gonna do it go balls
out That's it We'll see you next time. Thanks
for listening to the day and time podcast. Thank
you Robert. Absolutely. Thank you