147! "Spooky Season" and Halloween Costumes

How come we're now calling this time of year "Spooky Season"? And what makes a Halloween costume special? [29:44]

This week, special guest and SYLVAIN Halloween expert Xahra Gilbert joins Joey and Jess to talk about candy corn, Cuffing Season, Fill-in-the-Blank Season, Halloween costumes, recognizability vs. the exclusive club of getting it, and facial contouring. Thankfully, they don’t talk about Korn.

references

• Slate: When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”?
• Last Week Tonight's And Now This: Halloween vs. Local News, 2020 Edition (Nailed it!)
• Reply All podcast on Adrian's Kickback
• Also, what in the hell is a "kickback" anyway?
• While we're at it, "Cuffing Season"?
• The Gospel According to Fabo
• For the Golden Girls fans among us: The Best of Stan Zbornak
• Pretty Woman shopping scene
• Corrections Department: Ocean Spray longboard guy video was indeed from last year
• Corrections Department: Hawai'i became a state in 1959
• College Humor: Girls's Costume Warehouse
• David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole and his famous Halloween House in Brooklyn