I have yet to encounter a solid pumpkin carving kit. I’ve snapped off more blades in pumpkins than I care to count. But, I am in love with a pumpkin scraper I got from Crate and Barrel a couple of years ago. I couldn’t believe how well it worked. I don’t mind scooping out all the seeds and pulp, but I start to lose patience in the last 3 hours it takes to make sure the pumpkin is all cleaned out. Okay, maybe not 3 hours… but it sure feels like that.

Mike and I were discussing our pumpkin carving strategy this year. The last 3 years he’s had a “puking” pumpkin – see picture, I’ll wait…

We always have more than a few trick-or-treaters who love the puking pumpkin. I spend hours carving a witch or haunted house into my pumpkin, Mike cuts three holes and shoves pulp back into it and it’s a hit. He wants to top that this year. One pumpkin puking on another unsuspecting pumpkin causing a third pumpkin to hurl as well.

“But the worst thing I ever done — I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa — and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life.”- Chunk, “Goonies”

Yeah, something like that. That’s his plan.

As I’m writing this and thinking about carving pumpkins I was inspired to start googling pumpkin carving kits and patterns. Four pop up windows later and I end up at a website selling everything from Jersey Boys Tickets to Minute Maid Park Tickets and ALAMODOME TICKETS. Which got me thinking that “The Goonies” would make a kick-ass broadway musical.

No, really. Think about it, they’ve made way more ridiculous stuff into awesome Broadway shows (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, hello!) and someone could certainly do something amazing with “The Goonies.”

Imagine the scene with Sloth yelling, “Hey, you guys!!!” He could swing on the rope and then burst into song! Imagine a whole song and dance number built around “Slippy Shoes!” It would be hysterical!

I’m now convinced that I’m totally on to something.