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Episode 76 - Halloween Episode , Trick or Treat, Candy and Costumes. · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. All right, welcome
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  Speaker 1: back to Real Talk with Mike D. I am the one,
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  Speaker 1: the only, and the original Mike D. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being here. Thank you for listening. And as always, I
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  Speaker 1: do appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, happy Halloween. We are here.
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  Speaker 1: It is finally that time of the year. It's that
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  Speaker 1: time of the year where the ghosts and goblins come
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  Speaker 1: out to scare everybody. It's that night of the year
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  Speaker 1: when the kids get to dress up like monsters, superheroes, princesses, ghosts, vampires, witches,
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  Speaker 1: and just about anything else their little imaginations can come
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  Speaker 1: up with. And let's be honest, Halloween is one of
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  Speaker 1: those holidays that brings out the kid in all of us.
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  Speaker 1: It's about the costumes, the decorations, the spooky music. Uh-oh.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the pumpkins, the candy. And of course going door
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  Speaker 1: to door yelling those three famous words. Trick or treat!
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know about you, but there's something special
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  Speaker 1: about Halloween. You see the excitement on children's faces. You
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  Speaker 1: see families walking around the neighborhoods. You see houses decorated
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  Speaker 1: with skeletons, ghosts and spiders and inflatable monsters that are
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  Speaker 1: so big they practically need their own zip code. And
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  Speaker 1: suddenly everybody seems to be in a better mood. So today,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about Halloween. We're talking about trick-or-treating. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: about kids dressing up and eating way, way too much
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  Speaker 1: candy and just getting into that wonderful holiday spirit. Because,
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  Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, before you know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas
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  Speaker 1: will be knocking on the door. Now, let's take a
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  Speaker 1: little trip down memory lane. Remember when Halloween was all
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  Speaker 1: about putting on a costume, grabbing a pillowcase or a
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  Speaker 1: plastic pumpkin, and running around the neighborhood collecting candy? You
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  Speaker 1: didn't need an expensive costume. You didn't need some fancy
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  Speaker 1: Halloween production. You just needed something to wear, a place
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  Speaker 1: to go, and enough energy to walk around the neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: for about maybe two to three hours. And let's face it,
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  Speaker 1: kids back then took trick-or-treating seriously. You weren't out there
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  Speaker 1: casually collecting candy. No, no, no, no, no. You were
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  Speaker 1: on a mission. You had neighborhoods to conquer. You had
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  Speaker 1: houses to visit. And you had candy to collect. And
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  Speaker 1: you had absolutely no intention of going home until that
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  Speaker 1: bag was practically impossible to lift. And parents would say, okay,
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  Speaker 1: just one more street. And you're like, one more street?
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  Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? There were still 20 houses down
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  Speaker 1: that street. And now let's talk about the costumes because
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  Speaker 1: some kids, they wanted to be Superman. Some wanted to
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  Speaker 1: be Batman. Others wanted to be witches, ghosts, or vampires. However,
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  Speaker 1: there's always that one kid who showed up wearing something
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  Speaker 1: that you couldn't even identify. You'd ask, what are you
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be? And they would say, I'm a monster. Well, congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: you look like one. But that's the beauty of Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: It's imagination. It's creativity. It's having fun and letting kids
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  Speaker 1: be kids. You know, have you seen some of the
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  Speaker 1: costumes that kids wear today? Some of these costumes are incredible.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you've got superheroes. You've got Disney characters. You've
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  Speaker 1: got movie characters. You've got dinosaurs and scary clowns and
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  Speaker 1: everything in between. And some parents, they go all out.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm talking about costumes that look like they belong
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  Speaker 1: in a Hollywood movie. Meanwhile, some of us adults are
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  Speaker 1: standing there thinking, I hope nobody expects me to dress
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  Speaker 1: up because, let's be honest, when you're an adult, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: putting on a Halloween costume feels like a full-time job.
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  Speaker 1: You start thinking about comfort. You start thinking, can I
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  Speaker 1: sit down in this thing? Am I going to be
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  Speaker 1: able to breathe in this costume? Can I get through
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  Speaker 1: this evening without sweating? And most importantly, can I get
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  Speaker 1: this costume off without needing assistance? But watching kids get
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  Speaker 1: excited about their costumes is something special. They get to
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  Speaker 1: become something else for a night. They get to use
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  Speaker 1: their imagination to And you can see how proud they
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  Speaker 1: are when somebody compliments what they're wearing. That is what
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  Speaker 1: Halloween should be about. It should be about making memories,
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  Speaker 1: laughing and having fun. And enjoying those little moments that
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  Speaker 1: sometimes pass us by way too quickly. Now, let's move
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  Speaker 1: on to the most important part of Halloween. No, it's
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  Speaker 1: not the costumes. Yep, you guessed it. It is the candy.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the real reason some people get excited
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  Speaker 1: about Halloween. And no, I'm not talking about the kids.
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about the adults. Because let's be honest, some
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  Speaker 1: parents are just as excited about Halloween as their kids are.
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  Speaker 1: But they're excited about the candy. You know, you buy
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  Speaker 1: a bag of candy to hand out on Trick or Treat.
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  Speaker 1: And it's sitting there and you're looking at it and
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  Speaker 1: you're like, well, I'm just going to have one piece.
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  Speaker 1: Then you open the bag and you take that one piece.
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  Speaker 1: Then you take another. And suddenly you're looking at an
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  Speaker 1: empty bag wondering, what the hell happened to all the candy?
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  Speaker 1: And you're blaming the kids. Who ate all the candy? Well, Apparently,
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  Speaker 1: it was the adult standing in the kitchen. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: everybody has their favorite Halloween candy. I know I do.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me, what is your favorite Halloween candy? All of
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  Speaker 1: you out there listening right now, what is your favorite
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  Speaker 1: Halloween candy? Is it a Hershey's chocolate bar? Maybe a Snickers?
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  Speaker 1: A Reese's peanut butter cup? a Kit Kat, maybe M
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  Speaker 1: & M' s, maybe a Twix, maybe a Milky Way, or
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  Speaker 1: maybe it's just a piece of that sugary candy. Or maybe,
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  Speaker 1: just maybe, it's that very much disgusting candy corn. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I know candy corn is controversial. Some people love it.
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  Speaker 1: Some people absolutely hate it. That would be me. I
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  Speaker 1: absolutely hate candy corn. You know, personally, I think candy
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  Speaker 1: corn is one of those Halloween mysteries that deserves its
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  Speaker 1: own investigation. You know, and what about the houses that
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  Speaker 1: give out the good candy? You know what I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 1: You know what houses I'm talking about. The ones where
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  Speaker 1: the kids come running back saying, that house gives out
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  Speaker 1: full-size candy bars. Suddenly, everybody wants to know where that
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  Speaker 1: house is. That is the neighborhood celebrity right there. Any
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  Speaker 1: house that gives out full-size candy bars, that, ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: is the neighborhood celebrity right there. And then, and then,
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  Speaker 1: there's the house that gives out raisins. Who the hell
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  Speaker 1: gives out raisins on Halloween? Come on, it's Halloween. We're
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  Speaker 1: here for the candy, not the freaking raisins. Throw that
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  Speaker 1: shit in the trash. Hand out chocolate bars. But seriously,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's chocolate, lollipops, gummy bears, or a little bag
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  Speaker 1: of treats, Halloween candy is part of the tradition. Well,
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  Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, that is going to do it for
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  Speaker 1: today's episode. I hope you all have a fantastic Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you all get tons of candy. And I
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  Speaker 1: hope you all do not get raisins or candy corn.
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  Speaker 1: Those two things should be illegal. But I am going
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  Speaker 1: to leave you with a little bit of Halloween music
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  Speaker 1: for your enjoyment. I hope you all enjoy the ghosts
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  Speaker 1: and goblins. I hope you all have a great evening.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you all get a sugar high from all
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  Speaker 1: your candies. Stay safe. Enjoy Halloween. And I will see
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  Speaker 1: you all in the next episode.