Halloween Is Grinch Night

<p>🎃 It’s spooky time as we wheel our paraphernalia wagon back to 1977 for a Grinch Night we’ll never forget.  </p><p>Full show notes with links at <a href="https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/halloween-is-grinch-night">https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/halloween-is-grinch-night</a>  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 On This Episode:  </h2><p>• <strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), fuzzy pink endangered species being chased down a mountain for existing.  </p><p>• <strong>James Riley</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/yourbuddyspooky">@yourbuddyspooky</a>), my personal Grinch alarm warden.  </p><p>• <strong>Ethan “The Hungry Reader”</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/Gtron">@Gtron</a>), the guest of honor at the exclusive Grinch Night ball, from <a href="https://anchor.fm/a-special-presentation">A Special Presentation or ALF Will Not Be Seen Tonight</a>.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>• <a href="https://seuss.fandom.com/wiki/Halloween_is_Grinch_Night"><i>Halloween is Grinch Night</i></a> on the Dr. Seuss Wiki.  </p><p>• The worst, non-candy Halloween treats.  </p><p>• <a href="https://youtu.be/cjJSMzSGs3g"><i>Carlton, Your Doorman</i></a>.  </p><p>• This special’s music was by <i>Sesame Street</i> composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Raposo">Joe Raposo</a>.  </p><p>• Hans Conried (The Grinch) was also the titular character in Dr. Seuss’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5,000_Fingers_of_Dr._T."><i>The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.</i></a>  </p><p>• I badly describe the plot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Madness_(1980_film)"><i>Midnight Madness</i></a>.  </p><p>• The <a href="https://seussblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photos090.jpg">Hakken-Kraks</a> in <i>Oh, the Places You’ll Go</i>.  </p><p>• Is the Grinch’s magic only active on Grinch Night?  </p><p>• The Euphemism, and other words I thought Dr. Seuss made up.  </p><p>• An ode to the Whos' videophone.  </p><p>• <a href="https://en.wikipedia