Episode 11 - The Truth Behind Halloween
Episode 11 is here! This week, Mac and Cheese and Bottle Monster investigate why people go trick-or-treating for candy on Halloween on Puppet Kaos’ own newsmagazine 50/50. Do ghosts even like candy? Don’t vampires want blood instead? Does this tradition even make any sense? Let Puppet Kaos tell you the truth behind Halloween!
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The music is News Sting by Kevin MacLeod. It’s licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
And this video used lots of graphics generously licensed by their original authors through Creative Commons licenses. There are so many that they deserve their own table:
| Graphic | Usage | Author | License |
 colourscapebg3.jpg |
50/50 background | Jonny Baker | CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic |
 My First Jack-o’-Lantern With Ian |
Truth Behind Halloween title picture | Tze-Her Su | CC Attribution 2.0 Generic |
 Machampane Wilderness Camp |
Moostifer walking background 1 | Ralph Pina | CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic |
 San Gorgonio Wilderness |
Moostifer walking background 2 | Randy McEoin | CC Attribution 2.0 Generic |
 desert view |
Bobby walking background 2 | Jon Sullivan | CC Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic |
 A Picture Share! |
Loose tooth picture | Jenny Levine | CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic |
 At the Dentist |
Dentist picture | Seth Werkheiser | CC Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic |
 #4 - The Tooth Fairy |
Tooth fairy picture | Kaptain Kobold | CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic |
I just got my new green screen from my friend Fiona, because my apartment-mate lost the mailbox key so I had to mail the greenscreen to a friend who lives nearby when I ordered it. Thanks, Fiona. I’ve been using the new greenscreen backdrop in this episode. I’m still getting used to it. Some of the focus and lighting conditions were not ideal since I’m still experimenting, but it does give me more freedom simply because it’s bigger than my good old green piece of paper.
is the white puppet, the candymaker, a new puppet?
It’s not white. It’s yellow (okay, white-ish yellow). It’s made around the same time as the others (see here) but I’ve never had a use for it. Besides, the color and design looked too similar to Mac and Cheese so I didn’t want to bring him out until the other characters are already introduced and established. I do not have a part designed for him. I am tentatively calling him “Et Cetera” and he would be that extra puppet that’s a different character in every appearance.
You say that halloween has no religious meaning but that isn’t correct. Google it, it’s is actually “All Hallows Eve”, the eve before All Hallows Day, which is a Christian ‘holiday’ meaning All Saints Day.
Oh yeah, that was a fact I was aware of, but chose to ignore cuz I couldn’t work into the story. Thanks for pointing that out. I certainly hope nobody tries to learn about history from my videos.