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Six best Halloween-themed TV episodes
Erin Shea
Issue date: 10/31/08 Section: Entertainment
10/31/08 - Since today is Halloween, I'm counting down the top six Halloween episodes ever to grace your television, as determined by me, of course.
Why six, you ask? Well, it's a Halloween-related number. 666, you know. That, and I'm too indecisive to choose five. Read on to learn which show earned the great honor of claiming the title of No. 1 best Halloween episode ever.
6. "How I Met Your Mother," "Slutty Pumpkin": Season 1, Episode 6
"Slutty Pumpkin" plays on the trend of "slutty" costumes, with Ted waiting at the same rooftop party he's waited at every Halloween for four years in hopes of seeing a girl he met there four years ago, dressed up as a "slutty" pumpkin.
How exactly are pumpkins slutty, you ask? Well, as Ted explains, it was cut "strategically." Read into that what you will. That, combined with the brilliant sight gags courtesy of Barney's ever-changing costumes and the multitude of Charlie Brown references throughout the episode make for one funny episode and a nominee for the elusive "mother" role.
I bet the kids appreciated hearing that romantic tale.
5. "South Park," "Spooky Fish": Season 2, Episode 15
It could be oversight on my part, but I'm fairly certain "South Park" is the only television show to ever tackle the issue of killer fish- dubbed "spooky fish" by Stan- a serious problem that plagues our nation. When Aunt Flo comes for her monthly visit to Stan's mother, she gifts Stan with fish, and the residents of South Park begin to get knocked off one by one.
Stan's mother, not knowing about the killer fish phenomenon or the evilness of Aunt Flo, believes Stan is the killer and hides the bodies in their backyard to protect Stan. This episode also deals with other serious themes, such as doppelgangers and the ever-important question of their benefit to society, as Cartman, Stan, and Kenny all face their doppelgangers.
4. "The Addams Family," "Halloween with the Addams Family": Season 1, Episode 7
Why six, you ask? Well, it's a Halloween-related number. 666, you know. That, and I'm too indecisive to choose five. Read on to learn which show earned the great honor of claiming the title of No. 1 best Halloween episode ever.
6. "How I Met Your Mother," "Slutty Pumpkin": Season 1, Episode 6
"Slutty Pumpkin" plays on the trend of "slutty" costumes, with Ted waiting at the same rooftop party he's waited at every Halloween for four years in hopes of seeing a girl he met there four years ago, dressed up as a "slutty" pumpkin.
How exactly are pumpkins slutty, you ask? Well, as Ted explains, it was cut "strategically." Read into that what you will. That, combined with the brilliant sight gags courtesy of Barney's ever-changing costumes and the multitude of Charlie Brown references throughout the episode make for one funny episode and a nominee for the elusive "mother" role.
I bet the kids appreciated hearing that romantic tale.
5. "South Park," "Spooky Fish": Season 2, Episode 15
It could be oversight on my part, but I'm fairly certain "South Park" is the only television show to ever tackle the issue of killer fish- dubbed "spooky fish" by Stan- a serious problem that plagues our nation. When Aunt Flo comes for her monthly visit to Stan's mother, she gifts Stan with fish, and the residents of South Park begin to get knocked off one by one.
Stan's mother, not knowing about the killer fish phenomenon or the evilness of Aunt Flo, believes Stan is the killer and hides the bodies in their backyard to protect Stan. This episode also deals with other serious themes, such as doppelgangers and the ever-important question of their benefit to society, as Cartman, Stan, and Kenny all face their doppelgangers.
4. "The Addams Family," "Halloween with the Addams Family": Season 1, Episode 7
