I saw this comic book advertisement, which is showcasing three different children's Halloween costumes. I immediately fell in love with the costume in the middle. If I was a little kid, that is the one that I would pick. Even if I'm not little anymore, I still might pick that costume. I've got 5 months to alter it. Make it into an EXTRA FAT - OLD FART SIZE.

The ad shows a shark costume, from the movie JAWS. The front of the mask is an open shark's mouth. On Halloween night, the person opening the door to hand out candy would take one look at JAWS and cower with fear. Their self protection instincts would kick in, they would probably not be thinking about the candy. After they dropped the bowl of goodies, I would be there to scoop up all of the candy. What a candy haul I would have, enough to last 365 days. Maybe 2 years supply. I could take a year off and rest.

Remember the Saturday Night Live comedy bit, "LAND SHARK"? The Land Shark would knock on different people's doors and say - Candy Gram. The person wouldn't open the door, the land shark would then try a different tack. He would knock and say - LAND SHARK. Laraine Newman was one of the few that was fooled and would open the door. After the door was opened, a giant set of shark jaws would swallow her head.

That was the first thing that I thought of when I saw this cool ad. See if you agree.





As a side note, a lot of people know that the shark from JAWS was nicknamed BRUCE. Very few people know that the shark was named after Steven Spielberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer. This little tidbit was gleaned from an article, which was written on the subject of the hunt for a fourth "Bruce" shark. Corey Turner is a reporter for NPR and was trying to find the shark for the 35th anniversary of Jaws. He decided to go to the director to get the inside info. Spielberg's office told him that three sharks were made to create the movie and the same mold was used to create each Bruce. Unfortunately, all three sharks were destroyed, it didn't occur to them to save the shark. 

A  fourth "Bruce" was also created from the same mold, it was for a display at Universal Studios. Bruce #4 was hung by his tail and had to suffer the indignity of having polyester-clad tourists, like myself, take photographs of him while hanging upside down. What an indignity to go through. Up until 1990, Bruce #4 was at Universal Studios and then he suffered an indignity 100 times worse. He was shipped to a local junkyard. Twenty years later, Bruce #4 was rescued.

To read the original article, on the hunt for Bruce #4: CLICK HERE








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