This year, I decided to take on a bit of a challenge...let me explain.
When I was a kid in the 80s, my sister and my hands-down, absolute favorite Halloween special was The Worst Witch. Precursor to Harry Potter, Miss Cackle's school for young witches bore Mildred Hubble...the worst witch. Played by a young Fairuza Balk (of The Craft & Almost Famous), Mildred is a hapless, helpless witch-in-training, who gets stuck with a little tabby cat named Tabby, can't fly a broom without crashing, fails all her spellmaking, endures endless taunts by Ethel Hallow, and saves the day, earning her a special flying lesson with The Grand Wizard (the one and only Tim Curry.)
First, let me tell you how terrifically terrible this movie really is. If you've never seen it or it has been awhile, check it out on YouTube! Sure, it's in 8 parts, but it's all there...in all its awful special effects glory.
So...back to the costume. I'm going to attempt a Mildred Hubble persona and Bubs is going as The Grand Wizard. I can't wait! Bits and pieces are already coming together...updates are soon to come :)
What about you...What's your favorite Halloween special? What's your costume this year?
Wait. Tim Curry AND Fairuza Balk... How the farck have I Not seen this! My parents are so mean. I'm sure it's something they kept me from. Brats.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Halloween special is still The Halloween Tree. It's awesome and educational.
We're still debating costumes.
Oh Courtney! You *must* watch it! But I'm warning you...it's truly terrible, but fantastically garish :) So sorry you missed it as a kid, but, admittedly, I have the coolest mom on the planet so it's no wonder that it was our fav. After all, she still sings the song Tim Curry sings in this movie AND taught us how to do the Time Warp when we were kids ;)
ReplyDeleteoh my!!!! i totally fogot about this movie... my sister and i LOVED it too :) now im going to have to track it down to watch it again... (do you remember the movie The Peanut Butter Solution? That one goes in the 'i cant belive i forgot about that movie because i watched it all the time' category too ;)
ReplyDeleteHands down fav is "It's the Great Pumpkin, charlie Brown."
ReplyDeleteOK. I watch it all year, it is that awesome to me. Has nothing whatsoever to do with being in Michelle Mosser's play when in the 3rd grade - because I was the smallest- had to be Snoopy and the Great Pumpkin. Heh, good times. It was a great play Michelle's mother Grace put on I think for donating to someone who lost a kidney or something.
Anyway, I gotta scrounge around and find your angel/ devis and your hobbit/elf and all your costumes over the years, you two rock at Halloween!
AH I love Halloween... i don't know what I am gong to be this year... I need some good ideas!
ReplyDeleteI love when people do costumes that are unusual - this is great!! Cheesy movie reference - too fun!!
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