Agreed. And though it's not really an issue with Page & Jones, in other reunion scenarios the other band members could maybe really use the money.

*clink*

Nah—Moony'd have a good laugh at all this nonsense.

So, basically Psychoderelict brought to life?

Goddamn, dummies are terrifying. I had to quick-scroll down here just to not look at the screen cap. *shudders*

It kind of already has—see my post in reply to @Matthew_Blanchette:disqus , above.

The link from the main page still has the A+, but the grade on the review itself, above, is an A. What gives?

I just always assume Coulson knows what he's doing.

I remember reading those two-sentence horror stories last year. They were all pretty good, but I don't remember any of them. Except this one—this one stuck with me. So much so that I don't know if I have the nerve to watch the clip, even though it's only a minute. But if you're a horror fan—and are made of sterner…

Jesus Christ—now you've made me remember that we had that Jaws costume, too. What the hell was wrong with my parents?

No can do!

Damn—I think I had that one, too. Well, either me or my brother. So many of these buried somewhere in my subconscious, so thanks for making me remember (I think).

The elastic bands also caught & pulled out a little hair every time you took the mask off. Man, I'd forgotten all the ways these costumes were terrible.

YES! I had the C3PO one, too! I can't even remember all the variants I had, so thanks for jogging my memory.

Yeah, Snopes thoroughly debunks that urban legend, & does include the stories about parents poisoning their own kids: http://www.snopes.com/horro…

Oh, & I definitely had a Planet of the Apes one, & I'm pretty sure I remember both Spider-Man & Batman (Adam West-style, of course).

I'm late to the gig, but I'll weigh in with a couple quick thoughts:

Yeah, if you were a kid of the '70s, these shitty, fire-trap "costumes" were pretty much it. The off-gassing of the flimsy vinyl outfit was bad enough, but do you remember how gross the insides of those masks got, between the condensation from your breath & the sweat of basically walking around for 2-3 hours in a…

I have some association with that Village People costume, but I can't quite put my finger on the memory. It's possible my brother or I had one once, or maybe another neighborhood kid. But for sure I've seen a real one—in real life, not in a kitsch/novelty antique shop.

I met a very drunk* Otis Day in a bar in Athens, GA. He was in town for a show, & we had a nice little chat & I shook his hand. Got him to sign a bar napkin, which I swear I kept, but somewhere along the line lost. Hoping it'll turn up some day, in some forgotten box.