Miscellaneous Meandering: Throw me a Bone! (or A Bag of Apples)

In Germany, they like scary things. After all they have Frankenstein's Castle and they have lots of haunted houses at the various festivals. Halloween would seem a good fit...

Sept 1990: Haunted House in Frankfurt

I made this little cartoon for them. Despite my efforts, they didn't "get it" and never really caught on to the whole Halloween scene.

The German Apple growers even asked me to help them with a little ditty to sell apples in October. They had heard that Apples were a big part of the American Halloween and they were rather hoping the holiday would successfully transplant to their country....it didn't. Here is the jingle they chose.