Gene Simmons 75th Birthday Tribute: A Deep Dive into “Trick or Treat”

Get ready to “Rock and Roll All Nite” with us as we celebrate the upcoming 75th birthday of legendary KISS bassist Gene Simmons! To honor this iconic musician, we’re taking a spooky detour into the 1986 horror-comedy film, “Trick or Treat.” Join Karen and Greg as they sip on “It’s Cold Gin Time Again” cocktails while dissecting the film’s iconic soundtrack, over-the-top performances, and enduring cult status. Don’t miss this special Gene Simmons birthday tribute!

It’s Cold Gin Time Again Cocktail

• 2 oz Kiss Cold Gin
• 1/2 oz Fiorente elderflower liqueur
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 oz blue curaçao
• soda water
• 5 blueberries

Instructions:

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2. Rim a 14-oz highball glass with black sugar, add ice.
   
3. In a mixing tin, combine blueberries and lemon juice and muddle hard.
   
4. Add gin, simple syrup and elderflower liqueur and shake vigorously.
   
5. Strain into rimmed glass.
   
6. Top with soda water and blue curaçao.
   

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A Brief Synopsis: Horror comedy featuring rock gods Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. A bullied ‘metal head’ obtains a mysterious demo record of a recently deceased hard rock star with startling consequences.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

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• Do you know the life expectancy of a hamster?
  
• We get a history of the magazine “Hit Parader”.
  
• Karen tells us all about the history of the Twinkie snack cake.
  
• Why do North Carolina license plates say “First in Flight”?
  
• Karen tells us about her obsession with Shaun Cassidy.
  
• Greg had a similar obsession with Kristy McNichol.
  
• Of course, there are lots of references to heavy metal bands from the 80’s.
  

Our rating of the film:

This movie was OK. It took us 3 cocktails to get through it.

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