Rupi Scar
An emotional 'snap' poet who gained fame on Tumblr and the Headspace app.
Highlight Bits & Quotes
11Skeleton Brimblebones: Tim Burton's Muse
Skeleton Brimblebones recounts her time living in Tim Burton's Burbank apartment and how being abandoned for 16 weeks inspired her triple-platinum poem about a goblin.
"I lived in Tim Burton's apartment in Burbank for a long time."
"Goblin, goblin, high and mighty, oh my god I've got a frighty."
"I've never been scared by a cookie."
"Next week your hard work will be for naught because you'll be offed."
Trojan Horsing Poetry into Active Shooter Drills
Bloody Guthrie reveals he makes money by booking elementary school assemblies under the guise of active shooter drills to 'Trojan Horse' in his folk poetry.
"I promote it as a shelter-in-place active shooter drill assembly to teach children."
"Skeletor-in-place, right?"
"Underneath it all is a soul, and what is a soul but an idea that haunts your bones?"
"It's an ugly bird that says breathe, and I was trying to remind myself to breathe, but the problem is I can never see it."
Skeleton Brimblebones' Frighty Poetry
Skeleton Brimblebones shares a poem from her time dating a bucket and another skeleton, utilizing the non-word 'frighty' as a primary rhyme.
"You're reminding me of the time I dated a bucket."
"Good Lord Jesus, that's a frighty."
"Frighty is not a word as a noun too."
Rupi Scar: The Snap Poet of Tumblr
Rupi Scar discusses his rise as a 'snap' poet on Tumblr and his commercial crossover into the 'Dead Space' section of the Headspace app, leading to a heated debate about Australia's proximity to Hell.
"Tumblr is kind of how I made my bread and butter and pumpkin seeds."
"You're just so much closer to hell."
Michelin Star: The Kendrick Lamar of Halloween Rap
Michelin Star defends his inclusion on the poetry panel as a rapper, claiming a poetic approach and revealing he gets paid exclusively in Halloween Horror Nights merchandise to avoid IRS audits.
"I'm a Michelin Star Halloween rapper."
"Legally speaking, we cannot be audited."
Cowboy in the Dark and the Anti-National Park Agenda
Bloody Guthrie reads his Southwest-inspired poem 'Cowboy in the Dark,' leading to a reveal of his libertarian activism against the National Park Service.
"Someday this will be a national park."
"I just wish we could have that land to do what we want with it."
Rupi Scar's Existential Bedtime Poetry
Rupi Scar reads a terrifyingly emotional poem about a ghost leaving a girl in bed, revealing that he also illustrates Goosebumps covers using a single-line technique.
"You're a ghost, I'm a girl."
"I want to terrify people on an existential level."
The Spooky Pop Parody Medley
The poets share their Halloween-themed parodies of pop hits, including 'Stink Bony Club' (Pink Pony Club) and a Chappell Roan-style Sabrina Carpenter tribute.
"I lost my marbles at the Stink Bony Club."
"I am a freaking ghost."
The Exquisite Corpse Halloween Poem
The poets attempt a collaborative 'Exquisite Corpse' poem, resulting in a disjointed mess about ghosts, family-sized candy, and shaking winds, ending in an emotional breakdown of gratitude.
"Family size or fun size, that I won't knowst."
"Thank you so much man, because I wasn't going to be able to come up with one!"
The Kendrick Lamar Beef and the 'Deda-Pile of Bones'
Rupi Scar explains his beef with Kendrick Lamar, who allegedly called him a 'certified deda-pile of bones' in a diss track.
"Certified Halloween [ __ ] boy, certified deda-pile of bones."
The Top 10 Halloween Poets of 2024
The hosts introduce the niche industry of Halloween Poets, celebrating their inclusion on Variety's prestigious Top 10 list, despite the magazine only having the budget to interview five of them at a time.
"Variety just announced their 2024 list of Halloween poets."
"It's crazy they never sit down with all 10 of us, they just do five at a time."