For instance, Christmas has it's flying reindeer. Easter has it's bunnies. Granted, some of them are a little messed up and cluck, but Cadbury takes good care of those special bunnies. The closes thing Halloween has is the black cat. Personally, I don't find anything spooky or creepy or scary about a cat. And honestly, I feel the fact that it has to be a black cat is a little racist. Why can't it be a white cat or a red cat?
Anyway, as I began carving the Tommy, the Blue Ranger's legs, I tried to think if there were any other animals that were associated with Halloween. I came up with rats, bats, owls and a few others, but none really popped with me. Sure they make great ancillary mascots, but Halloween deserves a really kick ass one. And it only took three me three hours, a giant bowl of Macaroni & Cheese, two episodes of Just the Ten of Us and 8 bars of soap to figure out what that mascot should be. A Mogwai.
I don't care who you are, anyone can see a Mogwai is the perfect mascot. I suppose there might be a few of you out there who don't know what a Mogwai is. Well, come out from that rock and let me share. Mogwai is the name of the creatures who look like cute balls of fur in the Gremlins movie. If that still doesn't help, I'll include a picture somewhere on the this page.The Mogwai is the perfect embodiment of Halloween. Just like Halloween starts off, everything is all cute and fun. However, once it hits midnight and a ton of candy has been eaten, cute and fun turns into a pissed off reptile-like thing that just wants to run around and cause mayhem.
There are a number of social aspects to the Mogwai as well. Guys, if you think walking through the park with a cute dog or through the mall with a baby attracts the ladies, imagine how they will flock to you when your Mogwai buddy starts singing and dancing. Mogwai are great with kids as well. Why give your child one of those Furbies that looks like it's on crack, when you can give the actual living thing. And Ladies, if you are single or your man isn't in an attentive mood, you can snuggle up to your Mogwai. I could go on forever, but I think I have made my point.
The only problem is, after doing some research online, I haven't been able to find any petitions that would allow me to nominate the Mogwai to be the new official mascot of Halloween. In fact, there isn't really any "official" mascot for Halloween listed anywhere. That being the case, I believe that gives me the power and right to declare the Mogwai was the new official mascot of Halloween.
What are you waiting for? Go get one. Tell the old man behind the counter that Jim sent you. Oh, and don't forget to pay attention when he goes over the rules. There's only three of them. Easy Peasy.
