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[narrator]
Halloween Wars is back.
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It's bigger
and better than ever.
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For the first time ever,
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eight returning champions
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will lead teams
of America's best cake,
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sugar, and pumpkin artists
in the world.
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I won Season 12
of Halloween Wars.
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Season 13 of...
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Halloween Wars season 4.
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-Season 6.
-Season 13.
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-Eleven.
-Nine.
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Season 4 champion.
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[narrator]
And we're on the hunt
for even more talented artists
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to round out their teams.
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I'm looking for someone
that can work fast.
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I'm looking for
a drive and a passion.
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Teammates who can
work well under pressure.
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[woman] I just
really want to win this,
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and have teammates
that are in it to win it.
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[narrator] So join us
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as we find their
perfectly ghoulish teammates
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for this year's
Halloween Wars.
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We begin in sunny California
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with a pumpkin carver
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whose day job is a pastor.
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Halloween Wars,
what are you doing
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creeping out there?
Come on in.
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I'm Nolan Lee. I'm from
San Diego, California,
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and I am a pumpkin carver
and a pastor.
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Boo!
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I've been in ministry
most of my life.
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I'm a pastor at a local church
here in San Diego,
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and I love my job. I get to
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go from praying
with somebody at the hospital
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to painting a mural
at the church.
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I never went to art school.
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I am all self-taught.
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I'm always on the hunt
to learn more about art.
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I have been carving pumpkins
for about 12 years on and off.
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So this is my pumpkin patch.
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I took out one of my carvings.
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I left it out in our backyard,
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and all of a sudden
I had, like, this big crop
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in the spring,
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like 45 pumpkins.
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And then I started wanting
to carve 'em
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'cause it's, like,
this free supply.
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So I bought
all the wrong tools.
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I tried all the wrong things,
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but I just couldn't stop.
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I love facial expressions
in general in all of my art.
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The ones that
fit for Halloween are
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all these crazy faces.
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You know, this is, like,
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the brow ridge to the nose
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to starting to
lay in the mouth, and also,
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since this goblin's
gonna be kind of scowling,
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like, some of his jowls.
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One of my last steps
is to go through
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and really kind of, like,
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scratch out and sand down.
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Kind of makes it more smooth.
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So I've been married for
coming on 15 years.
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We got married
on November 1st,
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so our rehearsal dinner
was on Halloween,
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and everybody
dressed up in my family
as my worst fears,
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so that was fun.
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I love Halloween
because, ultimately,
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it's a holiday that's
all about imagination.
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In fact, even if you
look at, like,
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some of the origins
of horror art,
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it actually comes from
artists within the church.
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Horror movies
are my favorite movies.
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Horror movies reveal
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what society's afraid of
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and hit at our core phobias.
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And that's
such a fun thing to explore.
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You have to pick me
for Halloween Wars
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because it's, like, my dream.
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I am so ready.
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[laughing] It couldn't
come soon enough.
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In fact, I'm gonna
dream about it tonight.
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[narrator]
Next, we're off to meet
a self-taught cake artist
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who's ready to defy
expectations yet again.
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My name is Romel Toney
from Cleveland, Ohio.
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So I didn't go
to pastry school.
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I started baking cakes
when I was 14,
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and I was working
at an ice cream shop.
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Coming from
a family in a neighborhood
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where there wasn't
really many opportunities,
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everyone around me told me
that I couldn't be an artist.
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It was Food Network
that kept me inspired.
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I've done a four-foot dinosaur
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eating a cake,
standing on one leg.
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I've done cakes
that were eight tiers tall
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that I needed
a ladder to stand on.
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And I love doing things that
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people don't think is cake.
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I get a lot
of inspiration from
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my spirit guides
and ancestors.
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We have here today
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an ancient warrior spirit.
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The cake itself is the skull.
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It's covered
in a modeling chocolate.
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The feathers are
made out of rice paper.
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My connection
to my spirit guides,
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um, is definitely like
an audible voice in my ear.
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So even if it's a cake
that I've never done before,
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they're kind of like
whispering to me, like,
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"You know what? Do it this way
or do this technique."
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You guys should pick me
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because I'm, like,
the real deal.
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I love communication
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and channeling with spirits.
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All things dark and spooky.
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I can make all of that stuff,
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bring fear, and do it
with a smile on my face.
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Halloween Wars,
now you know what to do.
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Pick me. Or else.
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[narrator] Now let's
head to Wyoming to meet
a small-town cake artist
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who says that she's ready
for the big time.
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What up, witches?
I'm excited for Halloween Wars
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to visit my magical cottage.
Come on in.
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I'm Shannon Mayes.
I'm in Lovell, Wyoming,
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and I'm a cake artist
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and the owner of
SweetArt Cake Company.
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If you're a painter,
you paint.
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If you're a sculptor,
you sculpt.
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But with cake design,
I'm able to do all of that.
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I can do the cakes
that are really
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straight lines and perfect
edges and all that,
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but I just,
I don't enjoy that.
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I feel like my style
is more haphazard,
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irregular in color,
irregular in shape.
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I'm also a balloon artist.
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I just kind of do it
on the side for fun.
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[chuckles]
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So I'm only 4'11".
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I'm pretty much
always the shortest person.
I pack a big punch.
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Even though I literally need
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a pillow booster right now
on this chair.
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This is the Wicked Witch
of Wyoming.
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To finish off her cauldron,
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we're gonna take this mixture
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of melted chocolate
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and we're just gonna
smear it on.
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And this is gonna
make it look like
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spilled witch gruel
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has bubbled
and boiled out of the pot.
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I feel like the more textures
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you can create
and put on a cake,
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the more real it's gonna look,
the better it's gonna look.
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So I married
my high school sweetheart.
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We're going on 17 years now.
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We have two kids.
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My family's always
really loved Halloween.
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We do it up
super big every year.
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We have a big,
huge night display.
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We make our own props.
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We get all dressed up
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and we get over
700 trick-or-treaters
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at our house every year.
So it's a blast.
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It would be
really validating to
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know that I can
compete with the best.
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Halloween Wars, you definitely
need me on the show.
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Nobody's gonna see me coming.
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[cackles]
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My kids are so excited for me
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having the opportunity
to be on Halloween Wars.
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We live in such a small area
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that it's gonna be
the biggest thing
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anyone around here
has ever done. For sure.
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[narrator] Coming up,
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we continue searching
for the best artists
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to build on our
all-star captains'
dream teams.
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And we'll find out
who makes the cut
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and who's dead on arrival.
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[narrator] Welcome back
to the road to Halloween Wars.
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Before we continue
our search for the best
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cake, sugar, and pumpkin
artists in the country,
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let's meet one of our
returning all-star champions.
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[Al] My name's Al DiBartolo.
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I am from South Jersey
and I'm the cake artist.
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I was on season 6
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and I won by creating
a demonic wedding.
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I was actually
almost born in a bakery.
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Our bakery
was in South Jersey,
and our first house
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was actually
the little apartment above it.
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So I grew up around cakes.
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My style is perfect
for Halloween Wars
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because you want to capture
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the fear and the spooky fun
of Halloween.
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It means a lot
to me to be back,
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one, as a super fan,
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and second, I want to prove
that I still can do it.
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[narrator] Now let's meet
a cake artist who
specializes in fear
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with a little New York flair.
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I'm gonna win the show.
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And then you can
show this little video clip
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on the finale where I said,
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"Show this video clip
when I win the show."
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I'm Don Donneruno,
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AKA the Cake Don
from Long Island, New York.
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You're here
in my custom cake shop
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in Huntington, Long Island.
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I've been
doing it now 11 years,
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and I hope to be doing it
for 111 more years.
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Every year we get
to raise the bar a little bit
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at Halloween
with the cakes that we do.
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And here on Long Island,
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people like to throw
outrageous parties.
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Luckily for us,
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they come here for the cakes.
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We're doing
the most ambitious, creepy,
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out of control
Halloween cakes.
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We had to do
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a zombie arm
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holding his own
decapitated head.
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This is my shop.
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I'm gonna be working
on this pumpkin cake today.
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We're gonna finish it up.
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I'm using fondant
for the vines
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coming out of his neck
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like he came out
of the cornfield.
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90% of what we work with
here at the shop
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is fondant,
modeling chocolate.
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It lends itself to sculpting.
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Right into the head
so it looks like it's
coming directly out.
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I'm an artist, graffiti kid
from New York City.
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I made my first cake
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when I was 42 years old.
You know, just a chance
phone call from a friend
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asking me
to help with this cake
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knowing my artistic ability.
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We made the cake.
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I took a picture of it.
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My friend wrote,
"You're the Cake Don."
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I like my stuff
to have a look,
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like a cutting edge,
pop art, street art look.
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That old school, '80s,
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early '90s, horror movie vibe.
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You know, my work never was
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sunshiny rainbow
unicorn-looking stuff.
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It was always dark, sinister,
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very aggressive artwork.
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So you want it to look
like it actually, you know,
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these teeth
poke through something
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on his way to you.
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Hopefully after you
watch me do this cake,
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you've decided
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this is something you want
to have on the show, man,
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because this cake
is looking sinister.
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All right, Halloween Wars.
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I'm looking forward
to see everybody.
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But for now,
I got a train to make.
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[narrator]
Next, we're trading in
concrete for cactuses
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to meet a pumpkin carver
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whose obsession with Halloween
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started when he was just
one day old.
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I'm Brett Laub.
I'm from Mesa, Arizona.
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I'm a graphic designer
and I'm also a pumpkin carver.
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Being a graphic designer,
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I get to be creative
every day.
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I get to design logos.
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If I had to have a job
where I sat around all day
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and just did the same task
over and over again,
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I would go nuts.
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My birthday is October 30th.
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So I was one day old
for my first Halloween.
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Always growing up,
October was my month.
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It was just the best.
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I got presents one day
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and a bunch of candy
the next day.
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Every year, instead of me
having a birthday party,
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we do a big, huge
carving event at our house.
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When we started doing it,
it was five or six people.
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Now, sometimes we'll get
50 or 60 people.
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I tend to have
a little bit more of
a cartoony aspect
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to my pumpkins.
I'm not really into
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the blood and the gore
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and the really scary side
of Halloween.
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So I got really into
pumpkin carving
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about 12 years ago.
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I started going to school
and I had an art class
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where my teacher
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had us build a bust
out of clay.
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And it came
so naturally to me.
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It was super easy.
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So I pulled out a bunch of
old clay ribbon tools I had,
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and the next Halloween,
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I started hacking away
at pumpkins.
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And almost immediately,
I was hooked.
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I loved doing it.
It was so much fun.
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I'll block in the eyes,
nose, and the mouth
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so I get to
the basic structure.
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So these are
called ribbon tools.
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A lot of them are
basic clay sculpting tools
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where you actually
file down one side.
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And so it's raked out.
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And so you can kind of
see some of these lines.
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It gives it more of
a raked look.
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And the reason for that is
it gives so much more control.
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Sometimes you'll catch
an edge on the solid side
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and you'll go in too deep,
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and you'll just
hack at it too much.
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So the raked edge
works really well.
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Halloween for me is,
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it's the best time of year.
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I get to be a kid again.
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I get to dress up
in goofy stuff.
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I get to run around
with my kids.
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I get to steal their candy
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when we're out
trick-or-treating.
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And of course, the carving.
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The carving,
it gets me so excited.
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Next, we got to figure out
Halloween costumes, right?
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[laughs]
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I think the thing that
sets me apart from
my competition
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is not only my carving skills,
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but my background
in graphic design.
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Just knowing how to bring
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a bunch of
different elements together
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and make 'em share a message
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without having
to use the words.
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Just gonna try and hit it
head on and see what I can do.
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If I don't make it on
Halloween Wars this year,
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this is what my face
is gonna look like.
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Just remember,
I'm gonna haunt your thoughts
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until you choose me.
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[narrator]
Our next cake artist
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is ready to show
Halloween Wars
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a little something extra.
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I'm Cristina.
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I'm from
Glen Rock, New Jersey.
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And I'm the owner
of Petal Dust Cakery.
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I would describe myself
in one word,
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and that's just extra.
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Extra loud at times,
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extra creative,
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extra clumsy,
extra everything.
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I am calm, cool, collected.
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The ceiling can fall apart
and a cake can fall over,
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I'll be like,
"Give me 10 minutes,
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I'll put it all together,
and it's fine.
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Just stay out of my way."
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I went to culinary school,
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and from there,
a lot of doors opened
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where I could
work internationally,
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five-star hotels with
amazing pastry chefs
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and really hone
and grow my skills.
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We don't believe
the cake is complete
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until it's glittered up,
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glitzy, gold leaf,
gold splatter,
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just something
to catch the eye
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to bring it to that extraness.
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Sometimes macaroons
come out funky,
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but this one came out evil.
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We have an evil
macaroon monster that's
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eating all the other
little macarons.
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So I decided to make
this monster macaroon
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that went bad in the oven,
turned evil,
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got possessed,
and started eating
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all the other macarons.
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I decided to give it
crazy eyelashes,
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glitter, make it
hot flaming pink.
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You could be scary
and still be fabulous.
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Pink and glitzy as it is,
but still brings
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that gooey gore that
people love in Halloween.
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I'm going in first,
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and I'm dusting on
some plaque to my teeth
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because, I mean, this monster
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has to be gross.
It's Halloween.
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So mixing mediums,
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hand painting, airbrushing,
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using dry dust
and kind of packing it on
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to get some texture.
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Whenever I'm sculpting,
I love using a mixture between
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modeling chocolate and fondant
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because it gives me
a lot of play
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to really build off
and mold and sculpt.
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You know,
every other day of the year,
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I'm a sparkly pink
pretty unicorn princess,
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but on Halloween, I can really
show my dark and twisty side.
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Do not let
all the blush facade fool you.
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I'm a dark and twisty lady,
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and people are
not gonna expect me
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to get down and gory,
and I will.
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I can promise you
you're not gonna find anybody
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that's gonna bring it
as hard as me in that kitchen.
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You have to pick me
for Halloween Wars
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because I'm a wild card.
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00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,367
You don't know
what you're gonna get,
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and it's gonna be spooky.
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00:14:32,667 --> 00:14:35,467
I promise I'll be
the most terrifying thing
in that kitchen.
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Stay out of my way.
Stay out of my lane.
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This competition is mine.
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[narrator] Now let's meet
another all-star captain.
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[Briea] My name is Briea Lowe,
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and I was on season 4
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as champion sugar artist.
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We won with a clown
and a teenager
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00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:54,166
on a ride of his life
on a roller coaster.
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00:14:54,166 --> 00:14:55,767
So it's been ten years
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00:14:55,767 --> 00:14:57,300
since season 4,
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00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:58,867
and I've been studying.
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00:14:58,867 --> 00:15:01,800
I've come from a Michelin Star
restaurant group.
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00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,767
I have opened up two
cruise line candy shops.
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00:15:04,767 --> 00:15:06,367
I have opened up a bakery.
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00:15:06,367 --> 00:15:08,000
I opened up a chocolate shop.
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00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,200
I also helped
to open a pastry shop.
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I'll achieve
anything I put my mind to,
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00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:15,567
and I have a lot
of skills to showcase.
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You all better be scared.
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[narrator] This season on
Halloween Wars,
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all of our teams will be led
by a returning champion.
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So let's meet
another one of our captains.
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[Kristina]
Hi, I'm Kristina Patenaude.
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I live in Temple, Texas,
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00:15:32,166 --> 00:15:34,266
and I'm a professional
pumpkin carver.
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I competed on season 13,
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00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,266
and our team won by
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creating this
terrifying witch scene.
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00:15:40,867 --> 00:15:42,266
I think, in general,
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my style would be described
as hyper-realistic.
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My mom always said that I was
born with a crayon in my hand.
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00:15:49,266 --> 00:15:52,066
I've kind of been
really creative and artistic
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00:15:52,066 --> 00:15:53,600
since I was too young to talk.
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And I love the idea of working
with unconventional materials.
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00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:58,500
What's more unconventional
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as an art medium
than pumpkins?
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00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:02,734
Because I do something
like pumpkin carving,
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00:16:02,734 --> 00:16:04,367
which is very family-oriented,
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00:16:04,367 --> 00:16:06,166
it's nice to be able
to take that type of work
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and do it together
as a family.
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00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:10,066
My husband and I are
high school sweethearts.
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00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:12,033
We have two amazing children,
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and they enjoy it so much.
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00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:15,567
[narrator] Now let's see
if our next contender
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has what it takes
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to land on
one of our all-star teams.
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Hi, my name is Tamarra Bryant.
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I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
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00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:23,166
and I am a cake artist.
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00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:25,367
Whatever you can think of,
I can probably do it.
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00:16:25,367 --> 00:16:27,600
I can do a simple,
basic buttercream cake,
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00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,066
or I can give you
a sculpture of a dog head.
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00:16:30,066 --> 00:16:31,767
That's what draws
a lot of people to my work.
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00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:33,500
I've been
a professional cake artist
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00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,033
for about six
and a half years now.
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I was working
at a grocery store
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in the meat department.
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00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,033
The cake decorator
had called in that day,
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00:16:39,033 --> 00:16:41,033
and my manager just
came up and he's like,
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00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:42,767
"Hey, do you know
how to decorate cakes?"
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I didn't, but once I was in
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the cake decorating department
and working on cakes,
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00:16:46,567 --> 00:16:48,266
it kind of brought out
a new, like,
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spark in artistry for me.
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After just a few months
of working there
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00:16:51,166 --> 00:16:52,567
and picking up on some skills,
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I just thought, like, "Hey,
I can do this for myself."
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00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,467
Today I'm preparing
a giant zombie cake
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00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:59,400
that is coming from the dead.
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His body is sculpted
out of modeling chocolate,
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00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,367
and his back portion is cake.
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00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:05,667
This is really fun to make.
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I met my husband.
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He was actually
a client of mine.
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00:17:08,567 --> 00:17:10,567
I was doing birthday cakes
for his son,
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00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:13,100
and he just became
a consistent customer.
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And from there,
the rest is history.
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00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:17,166
Yeah, I definitely
would have never thought
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that cakes would have
brought me a husband. [laughs]
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There is nothing quiet
about my house at all.
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I am a mother of five,
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00:17:23,967 --> 00:17:26,767
and my youngest son was
actually born on Halloween.
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Add some more color to his eye
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00:17:28,567 --> 00:17:30,133
just to make it
look bloodshot.
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Halloween Wars,
you need to pick me
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because I can
get the job done.
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I strive myself
on trying to be, like,
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a very fast cake artist
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00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,867
or getting cakes done
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00:17:38,867 --> 00:17:40,867
in the least amount
of time possible.
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00:17:40,867 --> 00:17:42,600
Everything I do,
whatever I put out there,
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if it has my name on it,
I just want it to be top tier.
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[narrator] Now we're
heading to Michigan
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to see if this
next sugar artist
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has the goods
for Halloween Wars.
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00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:54,634
My name is Jonathan Elias.
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00:17:54,634 --> 00:17:57,600
I'm the pastry guru
from Detroit, Michigan.
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You need me to blow sugar,
cast sugar, pull sugar,
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00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:01,600
I'm there. I'll do it all.
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In Metro Detroit,
people come to me
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because I'm the talk
of the town.
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00:18:04,734 --> 00:18:06,567
So when people
see my work, it's like,
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00:18:06,567 --> 00:18:08,200
"Oh, who did that?
Who did that? Who did that?"
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00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:09,066
Everyone wants to know.
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00:18:09,066 --> 00:18:10,934
Cakes that are
seven, eight-foot tall,
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00:18:10,934 --> 00:18:12,867
dropping from the ceiling,
hanging upside down,
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00:18:12,867 --> 00:18:14,266
lighting up.
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00:18:14,266 --> 00:18:17,000
I was a pastry chef
for many, many years.
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During that period, I was
doing cakes on the side.
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Needless to say,
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00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,867
I got swallowed into that
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00:18:22,867 --> 00:18:25,533
deep, dark hole, and I haven't
been able to get out.
506
00:18:27,033 --> 00:18:29,033
Don't mind my entourage
for the day.
507
00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:31,166
We're gonna cook this up
to 340 degrees,
508
00:18:31,166 --> 00:18:32,467
and I'll be ready
to blow my sugar.
509
00:18:32,467 --> 00:18:33,400
I guess what I like
about sugar
510
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,066
is you never know
what you're gonna get.
511
00:18:35,066 --> 00:18:36,133
It's kind of a lost art.
512
00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:38,400
It gives you
a different element.
513
00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,200
With fondant and gum paste,
514
00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,033
you can't get
a nice, shiny look.
515
00:18:43,033 --> 00:18:45,667
You can't blow
a perfect bubble.
516
00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:47,767
It's very, very difficult
because it's all about
517
00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:50,367
your temperature
and how you work with it.
518
00:18:50,367 --> 00:18:52,100
And if you can
handle the heat.
519
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,133
And Halloween Wars,
let me tell you,
520
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,734
I can handle the heat.
Ask these guys.
521
00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:57,567
Halloween is
my absolute favorite.
522
00:18:57,567 --> 00:19:01,100
I dress up in all types
of crazy costumes.
523
00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:02,367
I walk on stilts.
524
00:19:02,367 --> 00:19:05,266
I do full-on
body prosthetics, full face.
525
00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:06,934
And more importantly,
I just like scaring people.
526
00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:08,266
I think it's hilarious.
527
00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:10,400
We're trying to
cool it down a little bit.
528
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,166
And we are going to blow
529
00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:15,000
a black widow's spider egg.
530
00:19:16,166 --> 00:19:17,200
Okay.
531
00:19:17,567 --> 00:19:18,867
Ta-da.
532
00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:20,300
Halloween Wars is
533
00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:22,867
probably the toughest
competition of them all.
534
00:19:22,867 --> 00:19:25,600
So to win this one
would mean the world.
535
00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,734
If I go to Halloween Wars,
536
00:19:26,734 --> 00:19:29,667
I am expecting
to really, really push
537
00:19:29,667 --> 00:19:30,667
the boundaries
538
00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:33,300
and do sugar in a way
that's not been done.
539
00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:37,367
[narrator] For the next stop
on our terrifying journey,
540
00:19:37,367 --> 00:19:39,066
we're going to visit
a pumpkin carver
541
00:19:39,066 --> 00:19:41,200
who's hungry for redemption.
542
00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,400
[dog whimpering]
543
00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,600
[heart thumping]
544
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,600
[witch cackling]
545
00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:48,400
My name is Eric Jones.
546
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,367
I'm from
West Clarksville, New York.
547
00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:53,834
I am a professional
pumpkin carver,
one of the best.
548
00:19:53,834 --> 00:19:55,934
I'm basically the world's
biggest nine-year-old.
549
00:19:55,934 --> 00:19:57,367
I'm always
sculpting something.
550
00:19:57,367 --> 00:19:58,734
When pumpkin season ends,
551
00:19:58,734 --> 00:20:00,000
then I start carving snow.
552
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,834
And then when the snow melts,
I carve sand.
553
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:03,100
That's what I do for a living.
554
00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,200
I'm considered
one of the nation's
555
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,734
top pumpkin carvers.
556
00:20:06,734 --> 00:20:09,266
I have a tattoo of a pumpkin
right here on my forearm.
557
00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:12,166
It morphs into
the championship belt,
of course.
558
00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:15,266
I'm also the runner-up
pumpkin carver
559
00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:16,934
in season 10 Halloween Wars.
560
00:20:16,934 --> 00:20:18,600
When you lose
in Halloween Wars,
561
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,266
your family reminds you of it.
562
00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:22,266
Last Halloween,
my daughter was watching
563
00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:24,033
a rerun of me
on Halloween Wars.
564
00:20:24,033 --> 00:20:26,367
And she said,
"Hey, Dad, do you want to
see yourself lose again?
565
00:20:26,367 --> 00:20:28,000
I have a lot more
confidence now.
566
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,767
I'm about three times
a better carver
than I was then.
567
00:20:30,767 --> 00:20:32,834
This is my redemption tour.
568
00:20:32,834 --> 00:20:36,000
Halloween Wars showcases
the talent of pumpkin carvers.
569
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,100
Nobody else does that.
570
00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:39,066
I'm not gonna be
satisfied with anything
571
00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:40,400
except a victory.
572
00:20:41,834 --> 00:20:43,133
I'm married with three kids.
573
00:20:43,133 --> 00:20:45,200
All my kids are grown,
college age.
574
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,667
This is my son,
the big army boy.
575
00:20:46,667 --> 00:20:48,734
[both laugh]
576
00:20:48,734 --> 00:20:50,200
Ouch, you hurt me.
577
00:20:51,033 --> 00:20:53,033
We're all very competitive
in my family.
578
00:20:53,033 --> 00:20:54,867
We compete
with each other constantly.
579
00:20:54,867 --> 00:20:56,600
This arm is insured.
580
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,367
-It's worth a lot of money.
-Oh, yeah?
581
00:20:58,367 --> 00:21:00,066
Don't hurt me, okay?
582
00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:01,467
Come on, buddy.
583
00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:03,867
To the point where my kids
won't sit down
584
00:21:03,867 --> 00:21:05,567
and carve pumpkins with me
585
00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:07,734
in the fall
because I'm too good at it.
586
00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:10,300
Oh, yeah, baby.
587
00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:11,867
You see that? Right there.
588
00:21:11,867 --> 00:21:13,266
[both laugh]
589
00:21:13,266 --> 00:21:15,166
Let's go in here,
start carving a pumpkin.
590
00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:18,500
First step
when carving a pumpkin, uh,
591
00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:19,967
in a 3D form like this
592
00:21:19,967 --> 00:21:21,667
is to get the skin removed
593
00:21:21,667 --> 00:21:22,634
in the area
you're gonna carve.
594
00:21:22,634 --> 00:21:24,567
You don't want
to go too deep. You want to...
595
00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:26,367
Just beneath
that dark orange skin
596
00:21:26,367 --> 00:21:28,166
is the best spot to carve.
597
00:21:28,166 --> 00:21:29,367
This is a rake tool.
598
00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:30,500
It's got little teeth on it.
599
00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:31,767
And you can come in here
600
00:21:31,767 --> 00:21:33,467
and just gently rake
the pumpkin
601
00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:37,266
and it smooths out the area,
rounds it off really nicely.
602
00:21:37,266 --> 00:21:39,200
But it really isn't
as much about the tool
603
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,467
as it is about the vision.
604
00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:42,166
Michelangelo said that
sculpting is
605
00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:44,166
the process of
removing material that you
606
00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:46,133
don't want visible,
to reveal the material
607
00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:47,734
that you do want visible.
608
00:21:47,734 --> 00:21:49,667
I like to take some
of these little shavings
609
00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:52,567
and just rake the loop tool
down like that.
610
00:21:52,567 --> 00:21:55,133
And you got yourself
a curly ringlet
611
00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:56,500
that looks like
a strand of hair.
612
00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:58,867
When the judges are
looking at that up close,
613
00:21:58,867 --> 00:22:00,767
uh, those types
of details matter.
614
00:22:00,767 --> 00:22:02,166
To have this second chance
615
00:22:02,166 --> 00:22:04,500
at winning Halloween Wars
is big for me.
616
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:06,834
I will have
solidified my place
617
00:22:06,834 --> 00:22:09,000
as one of the nation's
best pumpkin carvers.
618
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,667
Why shouldn't you pick me
for Halloween Wars?
619
00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:13,767
You want the best.
I'm the best.
620
00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,166
Thanks for stopping by.
621
00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:16,967
We'll see you
on Halloween Wars.
622
00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:18,133
Wilfred and I are coming.
623
00:22:18,133 --> 00:22:19,200
[narrator] Coming up,
624
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:20,767
who will get the coveted spots
625
00:22:20,767 --> 00:22:22,867
on our all-star
captains' teams?
626
00:22:22,867 --> 00:22:26,266
But first, say hello to this
returning all-star champion.
627
00:22:26,266 --> 00:22:27,767
My name is Kyle Miller.
628
00:22:27,767 --> 00:22:29,467
I'm a master cake artist.
629
00:22:29,467 --> 00:22:32,367
I won season 4 of
Halloween Wars ten years ago.
630
00:22:32,367 --> 00:22:34,266
I haven't been
on a show ever since.
631
00:22:34,266 --> 00:22:36,867
But coming in,
I know what I can do.
632
00:22:36,867 --> 00:22:38,200
Art still lives in my blood.
633
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,867
And everything
I do on cakes, it's art.
634
00:22:40,867 --> 00:22:43,066
This season,
you can expect to see a lot,
635
00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:44,834
a lot of scary stuff from me.
636
00:22:44,834 --> 00:22:46,300
I like doing big detail.
637
00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:50,266
I like doing actual
fear-inducing pieces.
638
00:22:50,266 --> 00:22:51,400
I will bring it.
639
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,166
And you're gonna
see a lot of it.
640
00:22:58,867 --> 00:23:01,266
[narrator] Welcome back
to the road to Halloween Wars,
641
00:23:01,266 --> 00:23:03,133
where we're getting
closer to finding out
642
00:23:03,133 --> 00:23:05,734
who will land a spot
on one of our all-star teams.
643
00:23:06,133 --> 00:23:07,200
But before we do,
644
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,166
it's time to meet another
returning champion.
645
00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:13,033
I am Monique Hawk
from San Diego, California,
646
00:23:13,033 --> 00:23:15,500
and I am
a professional pumpkin carver.
647
00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,934
Team Ghostly Gals
won season 12
648
00:23:17,934 --> 00:23:19,667
by creating an amazing
649
00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:22,266
French catacombs
runway challenge.
650
00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:24,667
From the age of two,
651
00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:27,367
we had pumpkin carving parties
with the neighborhood.
652
00:23:27,367 --> 00:23:29,100
So we started
carving these things
653
00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:30,600
at a very early age.
654
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:31,867
About when I was 18 years old,
655
00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:33,667
I started sculpting
from the outside,
656
00:23:33,667 --> 00:23:35,467
and the rest was history.
657
00:23:35,467 --> 00:23:38,467
I love every single aspect of
pumpkins and pumpkin carving.
658
00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:41,233
I really enjoy doing
the realistic type of pumpkin.
659
00:23:41,233 --> 00:23:43,467
When you can look at something
and have to question
660
00:23:43,467 --> 00:23:44,734
if it's a pumpkin or not,
661
00:23:44,734 --> 00:23:46,400
I know I did my job.
662
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,266
[narrator]
Now we're off to California
to meet our next candidate,
663
00:23:49,266 --> 00:23:51,133
a pumpkin carver
who's been training
664
00:23:51,133 --> 00:23:54,166
for a second chance
at Halloween Wars glory.
665
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,667
[cat meows]
666
00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:56,834
My name is Mike Craghead.
667
00:23:56,834 --> 00:23:59,100
I live in Eureka, California,
and I'm a pumpkin carver.
668
00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:00,567
When you're
a Halloween Wars veteran,
669
00:24:00,567 --> 00:24:02,834
you either dodge that trauma
for the rest of your life,
670
00:24:02,834 --> 00:24:04,567
or you figure out
how to do it better
671
00:24:04,567 --> 00:24:07,166
and come back and make
more of a statement.
And that's definitely...
672
00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:09,567
I'm a 1000% prepared for that.
673
00:24:09,567 --> 00:24:11,266
As a pumpkin carver,
of course,
674
00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:12,967
you're a fan
of Halloween Wars.
675
00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:14,667
It's like going
to the major leagues.
676
00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:16,767
It is a pinnacle
of achievement in itself.
677
00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:18,867
Halloween Wars season 7 was
678
00:24:18,867 --> 00:24:20,233
an absolute adventure.
679
00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:22,667
I learned so much.
I had so much fun.
680
00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:24,000
But, of course,
681
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,567
the correct thing would be
682
00:24:25,567 --> 00:24:27,233
get all the way
to the end and win it.
683
00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:30,100
That's what you want
when you're going
into a competition.
684
00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,467
So I live here in Eureka
with my wife Dawn
685
00:24:32,467 --> 00:24:35,033
with 18 chickens, three cats,
686
00:24:35,033 --> 00:24:36,767
a dog, five ducks.
687
00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:39,033
Hi. Hi.
688
00:24:39,033 --> 00:24:41,600
Once you've had eggs
from your backyard,
689
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,867
you will never go back
to store-bought eggs.
690
00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:45,500
So pretty. Yeah.
691
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:48,367
Lots of times,
a vegetable peeler
won't be big enough.
692
00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:49,667
When I need to go bigger,
693
00:24:49,667 --> 00:24:51,166
this is an actual...
694
00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,567
For peeling pineapples.
695
00:24:53,567 --> 00:24:56,367
And you can get
bigger chunks with that.
696
00:24:56,367 --> 00:24:59,233
And then, hopefully,
if I get on the show,
697
00:24:59,233 --> 00:25:00,834
there'll be giant pumpkins
698
00:25:00,834 --> 00:25:02,300
and I'll be able
to use stuff like this,
699
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:04,667
'cause, come on,
how much fun would that be?
700
00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:07,867
This guy is gonna have
a set of normal eyes
701
00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:10,066
and an additional eyeball
that he wasn't expecting.
702
00:25:10,066 --> 00:25:13,266
So I'm gonna let you all in
on a little trade secret here.
703
00:25:13,266 --> 00:25:14,400
How I make the eyeballs.
704
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,133
I use these punches.
705
00:25:16,133 --> 00:25:18,367
Just get, like,
a little piece of skin.
706
00:25:18,367 --> 00:25:19,400
Pop that out.
707
00:25:19,867 --> 00:25:21,166
Put that on there.
708
00:25:21,166 --> 00:25:22,867
And then it's just like...
709
00:25:22,867 --> 00:25:24,133
Looks like he's looking up.
710
00:25:24,133 --> 00:25:26,100
It gives him
a little personality.
711
00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:29,000
I've always carved pumpkins
ever since I was little.
712
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,300
Um, it didn't get
super out of hand, though,
713
00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:34,133
until I was working
at an elementary school
714
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:35,834
and I had a captive audience.
715
00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:37,300
The real tipping point was
716
00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:39,600
when I went from
buying pumpkins
717
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,367
to carving at pumpkin patches
718
00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:42,867
in exchange for pumpkins.
719
00:25:42,867 --> 00:25:44,967
That was a really
lucrative moment in my life.
720
00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:48,667
You know I'm good.
You've seen the pumpkins.
721
00:25:48,667 --> 00:25:50,266
Come on, let me on.
722
00:25:50,266 --> 00:25:51,500
[chuckles]
723
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:54,233
The ducks know that
I've applied for the show.
724
00:25:54,233 --> 00:25:55,467
[ducks quacking]
725
00:25:55,467 --> 00:25:56,934
And I don't want
to go out there
726
00:25:56,934 --> 00:25:59,133
and tell them
that I didn't make it on.
727
00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:00,600
So you got to get me on there
728
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,867
so I can save face
with the ducks.
729
00:26:02,867 --> 00:26:05,233
Especially Rutherford,
because he's a jerk.
730
00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:07,934
[ducks quacking]
731
00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:11,367
[narrator] Now let's
head to the Lone Star State
to meet a cake artist
732
00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:14,166
who lives and breathes fear.
733
00:26:15,934 --> 00:26:17,300
Trick or treat,
Halloween Wars.
734
00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:19,467
Welcome to my house
of haunted horrors.
735
00:26:19,467 --> 00:26:21,767
I'm Justin
from San Antonio, Texas,
736
00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:23,100
and I'm a horror cake artist.
737
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,000
Halloween is me
all year round.
738
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,934
I bring your worst nightmares
to life in cake.
739
00:26:26,934 --> 00:26:29,166
I can make
horrifying monsters,
740
00:26:29,166 --> 00:26:30,400
creepy ghosts.
741
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,266
You're definitely not getting
a cutesy cartoon kid's cake
742
00:26:33,266 --> 00:26:34,500
unless you want
your Easter bunny
743
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,133
with, like, blood
coming out of its mouth.
744
00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:37,600
But if you are
looking for that,
745
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,734
I'm definitely
the guy to come to.
746
00:26:39,734 --> 00:26:41,400
I would describe myself as
747
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,734
sort of a weirdo
creative person.
748
00:26:44,734 --> 00:26:47,033
I don't want to say creepy
because creepy sounds...
749
00:26:47,033 --> 00:26:48,467
Well, it sounds creepy, but...
750
00:26:48,467 --> 00:26:50,867
There's just
skeletons and skulls
all over this place.
751
00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:52,767
The skeletons are
sitting on my patio
752
00:26:52,767 --> 00:26:55,000
or they're just
standing up in the bathroom.
753
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,567
Uh, I'll just use creepy.
754
00:26:57,567 --> 00:27:00,066
Yeah, I would
describe myself as creepy.
755
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,667
So in this bowl
I have piping gel.
756
00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:05,600
I go through
buckets of this stuff
for things like slime.
757
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,767
Gross is kind of one of
my favorite words in cakes.
758
00:27:07,767 --> 00:27:11,166
A lot of what I do is kind of
gross and gory and creepy.
759
00:27:11,166 --> 00:27:13,667
I've been doing cakes
for six years now.
760
00:27:13,667 --> 00:27:15,266
I didn't go
to culinary school,
761
00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:16,467
didn't go to pastry school.
762
00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:18,066
I'm a bartender
during the day.
763
00:27:18,066 --> 00:27:20,767
So I just learned
from trial and error.
764
00:27:20,767 --> 00:27:23,667
And it's just kind of spiraled
out of control from there.
765
00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:25,834
We're gonna do it
all over his little apron
766
00:27:25,834 --> 00:27:26,800
so we match.
767
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,834
My philosophy is you can
always add more blood.
768
00:27:28,834 --> 00:27:31,166
I mean, there's never
too much on my cakes.
769
00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:32,500
All right,
your eyes look great.
770
00:27:33,133 --> 00:27:35,467
Well, one of 'em does.
771
00:27:35,467 --> 00:27:38,567
I live, breathe,
and eat Halloween.
772
00:27:38,567 --> 00:27:40,600
You should pick me
to be on Halloween Wars
773
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,266
because this is
literally what I do
774
00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:44,567
seven days a week.
775
00:27:44,567 --> 00:27:46,600
Can I sculpt the heck out of
776
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,266
any kind of creepy thing
you throw my way? Absolutely.
777
00:27:49,266 --> 00:27:50,867
I am so ready
778
00:27:50,867 --> 00:27:52,767
to just kick this competition
in the butt.
779
00:27:52,767 --> 00:27:54,667
Thanks for a bloody good time,
Halloween Wars.
780
00:27:54,667 --> 00:27:56,433
Now get out of here.
I got to go bake.
781
00:27:58,934 --> 00:28:01,233
[narrator] In the same city
as the famous haunted mansion,
782
00:28:01,233 --> 00:28:02,767
the Winchester Mystery House,
783
00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:05,867
we found a pumpkin carver
with a passion for lizards
784
00:28:05,867 --> 00:28:08,066
and all things creepy crawly.
785
00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:10,100
Hi, my name is Paulina Goff.
786
00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,166
I'm from San Jose, California.
787
00:28:12,166 --> 00:28:14,000
I'm a professional
pumpkin carver.
788
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,467
Being in the Silicon Valley,
789
00:28:15,467 --> 00:28:17,166
I've carved for
a lot of the major
790
00:28:17,166 --> 00:28:18,734
tech companies around here.
791
00:28:18,734 --> 00:28:20,867
I've been
carving professionally
792
00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,367
for 12 years now.
793
00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:25,033
Most of the pumpkins
that I carve
794
00:28:25,033 --> 00:28:26,667
tend to be on the larger side,
795
00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:28,800
250-pound range.
796
00:28:29,834 --> 00:28:31,834
That kind of ends up
being my sweet spot.
797
00:28:31,834 --> 00:28:33,667
We've always
carved pumpkins as a family.
798
00:28:33,667 --> 00:28:35,166
I'm one of four kids.
799
00:28:35,166 --> 00:28:37,400
It's not Halloween
without carving a pumpkin.
800
00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:39,033
More stringy.
801
00:28:39,033 --> 00:28:41,834
Most, if not all,
of the carvings I've done
802
00:28:41,834 --> 00:28:44,367
that are sculpted,
are all done freehand.
803
00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:46,467
I just look at the pumpkin,
804
00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:49,600
have the image in my mind,
and just start chipping away.
805
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,734
Sometimes people would say
when they go to my house,
806
00:28:51,734 --> 00:28:53,567
it was like they were
going to a zoo.
807
00:28:53,567 --> 00:28:56,667
We have a five-foot
white-throat monitor lizard.
808
00:28:56,667 --> 00:28:58,000
I'm a big bug lover.
809
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,133
So I have and do love
810
00:29:00,133 --> 00:29:02,600
to incorporate that
into my carvings.
811
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,367
[baby cooing]
812
00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:06,367
What is that, baby?
What is that?
813
00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:10,166
I've been with my boyfriend,
Trent, for 13 years.
814
00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:12,834
We have two
amazing little children.
815
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:15,266
We have a one
and a two-year-old currently.
816
00:29:15,266 --> 00:29:16,667
All right, now look
at the camera.
817
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:18,033
[Paulina]
I think creepy is probably
818
00:29:18,033 --> 00:29:19,734
the most accurate description
819
00:29:19,734 --> 00:29:22,000
of the kind of Halloween
that I like.
820
00:29:23,867 --> 00:29:27,000
Then I decided
to carve a raven.
821
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,567
I'm just basically gonna
carve out
822
00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:30,567
the rest of his feathers
for his tail.
823
00:29:30,567 --> 00:29:33,500
I'll do big blocks,
and then I'll finally get
the shape I want.
824
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,967
He is a combination of
825
00:29:35,967 --> 00:29:39,066
sweet potato and pumpkin.
826
00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:42,867
And he has brought
some food back to his nest,
827
00:29:42,867 --> 00:29:45,066
which happened to be
a severed hand.
828
00:29:45,467 --> 00:29:46,500
[exclaims]
829
00:29:46,934 --> 00:29:47,900
[chuckles]
830
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,667
I'd love to compete
on Halloween Wars.
831
00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:53,100
Halloween Wars
needs me on the show
832
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:54,667
because I can
bring ideas that are
833
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,567
completely outside the box.
834
00:29:56,567 --> 00:29:58,266
So the pumpkin is my medium,
835
00:29:58,266 --> 00:30:00,266
but the end result
can be anything.
836
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,200
He's my little raven baby.
837
00:30:03,567 --> 00:30:06,100
[narrator] Here's one more
returning all-star champion,
838
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:08,266
a sugar artist from season 9
839
00:30:08,266 --> 00:30:10,066
of Halloween Wars.
840
00:30:10,066 --> 00:30:11,967
My name is
Reva Alexander-Hawk.
841
00:30:11,967 --> 00:30:13,400
I won on season nine
842
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,867
with our beautiful
Thumbelina piece.
843
00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:17,767
Secretly, I always
wanted to be on Broadway,
844
00:30:17,767 --> 00:30:20,367
and that's kind of
the direction I was
going early on.
845
00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:21,734
But then I fell into cakes
846
00:30:21,734 --> 00:30:23,600
because I thought
you always need a backup.
847
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:24,867
I soon found out that
848
00:30:24,867 --> 00:30:27,400
you can create art
through that as well.
849
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,467
So now I sing on the side
and I create art out of sugar.
850
00:30:30,467 --> 00:30:32,967
It's an honor to be invited
back for the all-star season
851
00:30:32,967 --> 00:30:34,166
because Halloween Wars
852
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,033
is really at
the top of its game.
853
00:30:36,033 --> 00:30:37,867
It's the pinnacle
in the sugar world.
854
00:30:37,867 --> 00:30:39,467
You want to be
on Halloween Wars
855
00:30:39,467 --> 00:30:40,600
and you want to win.
856
00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:47,233
[narrator]
We're still searching
857
00:30:47,233 --> 00:30:48,867
for America's best cake,
sugar, and pumpkin artists
858
00:30:48,867 --> 00:30:50,767
to compete on this year's
859
00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:52,834
Halloween Wars champions.
860
00:30:52,834 --> 00:30:55,834
Maybe they'll land on the next
all-star captain's team.
861
00:30:55,834 --> 00:30:57,100
My name is Shellane Brown.
862
00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:58,600
I'm from
Fayetteville, Georgia.
863
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,066
I'm a bakery owner
and a cake decorator.
864
00:31:01,066 --> 00:31:02,667
I'm from season 11
865
00:31:02,667 --> 00:31:05,967
where we won by doing
our dueling monsters,
866
00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:08,100
our serpent man
and our mythical bird.
867
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:11,467
My approach to sculpting
is really mathematical,
868
00:31:11,467 --> 00:31:14,300
so I like to be a little bit
more proportionate
869
00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:16,066
than a lot of other people.
870
00:31:16,066 --> 00:31:16,834
And I think that's what
871
00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:19,166
stands out
as my personal style.
872
00:31:19,166 --> 00:31:21,834
My favorite cake on season 11,
873
00:31:21,834 --> 00:31:24,300
we made
a gravity-defying vampire
874
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:25,333
in a yoga pose,
875
00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:27,834
and I think that's what
I'm most known for now.
876
00:31:27,834 --> 00:31:30,667
This time around,
I just want to go bigger.
877
00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,066
I want to press myself
a little bit more.
878
00:31:33,066 --> 00:31:35,667
With this being
the all-stars season,
879
00:31:35,667 --> 00:31:37,600
I just have to go
bigger and better
880
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,767
and more elaborate
with my builds.
881
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,467
[narrator] Now we're
going to Utah to meet
882
00:31:42,467 --> 00:31:43,934
a pumpkin carver who says
883
00:31:43,934 --> 00:31:45,600
what we really should fear
884
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,600
is the red beard.
885
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:48,700
Hey, I'm Matt Thorup.
886
00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:52,033
I am a 3D character artist
from Salt Lake City, Utah,
887
00:31:52,033 --> 00:31:53,934
and I'm also
a pumpkin sculptor.
888
00:31:53,934 --> 00:31:55,767
I've worked in
the video game industry
889
00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:57,266
for over 10 years
890
00:31:57,266 --> 00:32:00,734
creating the main characters
that people have played
all over the world.
891
00:32:00,734 --> 00:32:02,834
I'm responsible
for making that look of
892
00:32:02,834 --> 00:32:04,100
what that character
is gonna be,
893
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:05,567
what that personality
is gonna be,
894
00:32:05,567 --> 00:32:09,100
but with a digital ball
of clay on the computer.
895
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,600
You got to look out,
'cause the Red Beard
896
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,066
is coming.
897
00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,166
When I got into the 3D school,
898
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:16,767
I let my beard grow.
899
00:32:16,767 --> 00:32:19,367
By the end, I had this
big, long, bright red beard,
900
00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:20,734
and it's been
my name ever since.
901
00:32:20,734 --> 00:32:23,934
It does not cause a lot
of fear, but maybe it does.
902
00:32:23,934 --> 00:32:26,400
So I like to kind of
hug it, get into it.
903
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,567
You know, we're gonna
spend a lot of time
with this pumpkin today,
904
00:32:28,567 --> 00:32:31,266
so, you know, it's nice
to get to know it.
905
00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:34,367
So I've been carving pumpkins
for about 10 years.
906
00:32:34,367 --> 00:32:38,100
I'm always trying to look to
add a story into my pumpkins,
907
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:39,400
which I would say is the thing
908
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,467
that actually
brings them to life.
909
00:32:41,467 --> 00:32:44,967
So I started using
a toothbrush to kind of clean.
910
00:32:44,967 --> 00:32:47,967
Um, a very
soft-touch toothbrush.
911
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:49,367
My dad's a dentist.
912
00:32:49,367 --> 00:32:52,567
I worked in a dental lab
sculpting teeth
913
00:32:52,567 --> 00:32:55,767
for a while of my life.
914
00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:58,266
Um, actually made
915
00:32:58,266 --> 00:33:01,133
these four front teeth myself.
I sculpted 'em.
916
00:33:01,133 --> 00:33:03,266
Teeth are one of my
biggest pet peeves.
917
00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:06,166
In all the characters I do,
whether pumpkins or digital,
918
00:33:06,166 --> 00:33:08,000
I like to add
a little bit more flair
919
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000
to the teeth when I can,
920
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,934
you know, give 'em
a little bit more anatomy.
921
00:33:10,934 --> 00:33:12,767
I think the biggest things
922
00:33:12,767 --> 00:33:16,734
that sell a good face are
a strong eye and strong teeth.
923
00:33:16,734 --> 00:33:18,600
If I want something
to be more comical,
924
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,667
I'm gonna use
softer, rounder shapes,
925
00:33:20,667 --> 00:33:22,166
or if I want it to be
926
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,667
more scary or evil,
927
00:33:24,667 --> 00:33:27,066
I'm gonna use sharper shapes.
928
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,166
There's nothing better
than Halloween season.
929
00:33:32,166 --> 00:33:33,600
The colors, the smells,
930
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,567
the air, the attitude
that everyone has.
931
00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:39,667
My first kiss ever was
on Halloween to my now-wife.
932
00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:41,767
We have four boys.
933
00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:43,934
It's never quiet in the house.
934
00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:45,734
-Cheers. Yeah.
-[all] Cheers.
935
00:33:45,734 --> 00:33:47,033
Let's go watch a scary movie!
936
00:33:47,033 --> 00:33:48,367
[Matt whooping]
937
00:33:48,367 --> 00:33:50,166
If you pick me
for Halloween Wars,
938
00:33:50,166 --> 00:33:52,667
I promise you
it's not gonna be boring.
939
00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:54,367
I want to be there.
I want to be
940
00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:55,934
arm-deep in a pumpkin
941
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:57,567
and just having
the time of my life,
942
00:33:57,567 --> 00:33:59,166
and then making some scares.
943
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:02,600
[narrator] We're staying
in the Golden State
944
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,367
to meet a pumpkin carver
whose love for Halloween
945
00:34:05,367 --> 00:34:07,033
is rivaled only
946
00:34:07,033 --> 00:34:09,934
by his love of power tools.
947
00:34:09,934 --> 00:34:12,600
Boo. I'm just kidding.
Welcome, Halloween Wars.
948
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,600
Come on in.
Welcome to my art studio.
949
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,066
[quacking]
950
00:34:16,066 --> 00:34:17,500
Hi, my name is Alan Silva.
951
00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,266
I'm from Corona, California,
952
00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:21,233
and I'm a full-time artist
953
00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:23,300
and professional
pumpkin carver.
954
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:25,133
So I was born
in the Philippines.
955
00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:27,567
We didn't have Halloween
in the Philippines,
956
00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:30,467
but then we moved
to the United States
957
00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:34,233
when I turned 12 years old,
and I discovered Halloween.
958
00:34:34,233 --> 00:34:35,867
I just loved it ever since.
959
00:34:35,867 --> 00:34:38,100
I started carving pumpkins
when I was 12.
960
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,500
I just didn't stop.
961
00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:42,600
But I've been a professional
pumpkin carver since 2018.
962
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,867
Here we are
about to carve a pumpkin.
963
00:34:44,867 --> 00:34:45,867
When I'm carving,
964
00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:49,000
my secret weapon
is power tools.
965
00:34:51,033 --> 00:34:52,433
It gets messy, though.
966
00:34:54,834 --> 00:34:56,467
When you're scraping,
you're doing this,
967
00:34:56,467 --> 00:34:58,300
you're doing this
again and again.
968
00:34:58,300 --> 00:34:59,767
But with power tools,
969
00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:01,967
you can do it a lot faster
and a lot quicker.
970
00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:04,767
But you can't get
really detailed to it.
971
00:35:04,767 --> 00:35:07,834
So you also need these.
972
00:35:07,834 --> 00:35:11,100
Let's get that smiley,
cute little face going.
973
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,967
Give it some cheeks.
974
00:35:12,967 --> 00:35:15,033
These are gonna be the eyes.
975
00:35:15,033 --> 00:35:17,100
So here we are getting that
976
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:19,066
cute little octopus
coming out.
977
00:35:19,066 --> 00:35:22,567
I'm known for doing
scary, cute things,
978
00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:24,233
combining both genres.
979
00:35:24,233 --> 00:35:26,033
Cut little holes.
There's a lot of 'em.
980
00:35:26,033 --> 00:35:27,367
The most important thing
981
00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:30,133
about carving a pumpkin
is the details.
982
00:35:30,133 --> 00:35:33,500
The main reason why I want
to be on the show is
983
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,834
to inspire people like me
984
00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:37,934
and also to inspire my son.
985
00:35:37,934 --> 00:35:40,100
You know, like,
do something that you love,
986
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:41,667
and he loves art.
987
00:35:41,667 --> 00:35:44,266
Michael, my son,
is 16 years old.
988
00:35:44,266 --> 00:35:46,600
We've done
a lot of Halloweens together.
989
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,700
I would make
his custom costumes.
990
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:54,100
Why pick me
for Halloween Wars?
991
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:55,967
I think I'm made for the show.
992
00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:58,834
I'm talented.
I have the skills.
993
00:35:58,834 --> 00:36:01,767
I've been carving pumpkins
for years now.
994
00:36:01,767 --> 00:36:04,734
I've been working out,
50-pound pumpkins
left and right.
995
00:36:04,734 --> 00:36:06,367
These guns are
ready for the show,
996
00:36:06,367 --> 00:36:07,367
and I want to win.
997
00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:08,867
Thanks for stopping by,
998
00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:10,166
but now it's time to drop
999
00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:12,367
the pumpkin bomb
on the competition.
1000
00:36:12,367 --> 00:36:14,000
[pops]
1001
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,967
[narrator] Before we find out
who makes the cut,
1002
00:36:15,967 --> 00:36:18,233
let's meet our final
all-star champion.
1003
00:36:18,233 --> 00:36:20,266
My name is Teresa Shurilla.
1004
00:36:20,266 --> 00:36:23,266
My team and I won season 13
of Halloween Wars.
1005
00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:25,467
My favorite part
about last season was
1006
00:36:25,467 --> 00:36:27,500
the piece right before
we got to the finale
1007
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:30,100
that came together
with all three art forms,
1008
00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:31,667
and it was so seamless
1009
00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,133
that even we stepped back
1010
00:36:33,133 --> 00:36:36,166
and took a look at it,
and we were like, "Okay."
1011
00:36:36,166 --> 00:36:38,000
There's a lot of things
I learned from last time.
1012
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000
And what I want
to do differently is
1013
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,567
just doing
crazier stuff with sugar
1014
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:44,166
than I thought was possible,
1015
00:36:44,166 --> 00:36:45,500
and not to be afraid.
1016
00:36:51,033 --> 00:36:51,867
[narrator] Our final stop
is in Illinois,
1017
00:36:51,867 --> 00:36:54,100
where we'll meet
one pumpkin carver
1018
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,767
who says that
he's actually met a ghost?
1019
00:36:56,767 --> 00:36:58,667
Hi, I'm Lincoln Bias.
1020
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,467
I am 61 years old.
1021
00:37:00,467 --> 00:37:02,567
I am a pumpkin carver.
1022
00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:04,867
There is no school
for carving pumpkins.
1023
00:37:04,867 --> 00:37:06,834
Many days of trial and error.
1024
00:37:06,834 --> 00:37:09,667
That's why I feel
like I am the best.
1025
00:37:09,667 --> 00:37:13,266
There was a time when
I used to just cut through.
1026
00:37:13,266 --> 00:37:15,233
And then when
I found this method,
1027
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:18,000
I really liked it,
so I adopted it.
1028
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,266
The technique today is
gonna keep the face round.
1029
00:37:21,266 --> 00:37:24,066
I'm testing the pumpkin
to see how thick it is
1030
00:37:24,066 --> 00:37:26,667
so I know how far I can go in.
1031
00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:29,867
I worked in Prudhoe Bay
on Alaska's North Slope.
1032
00:37:29,867 --> 00:37:32,734
It was in the oil field
up on the Arctic Sea.
1033
00:37:32,734 --> 00:37:34,266
I lived on an oil rig,
1034
00:37:34,266 --> 00:37:36,867
and they put me
in charge of making salads.
1035
00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:39,166
I wanted every salad
to look good,
1036
00:37:39,166 --> 00:37:41,767
so I started to carve
fruits and vegetables.
1037
00:37:41,767 --> 00:37:44,934
And from the first time
I tried to carve a watermelon,
1038
00:37:44,934 --> 00:37:45,967
everyone said,
1039
00:37:45,967 --> 00:37:48,667
"We don't believe you've
never done this before."
1040
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:51,734
I've been carving pumpkins
for about six years.
1041
00:37:51,734 --> 00:37:53,600
A guy called me by accident,
1042
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,266
says, "I need
a pumpkin carver."
1043
00:37:55,266 --> 00:37:57,000
He told me it was $40 an hour.
1044
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,400
So for $40 an hour,
I can learn anything.
1045
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,300
I soon discovered that
it was my new passion.
1046
00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,166
The technique I use
is an ancient art.
1047
00:38:06,166 --> 00:38:08,233
It is the art of Kae-Sa-Luk,
1048
00:38:08,233 --> 00:38:09,667
which simply means
1049
00:38:09,667 --> 00:38:12,667
the food should look
as good as it tastes.
1050
00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:13,700
There are no tools.
1051
00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:16,467
There is simply you
with a knife in your hand.
1052
00:38:16,467 --> 00:38:18,867
It's like painting
with a knife.
1053
00:38:18,867 --> 00:38:21,367
I scoop, and then
I pull that piece out.
1054
00:38:21,367 --> 00:38:23,567
I don't want
to believe in ghosts.
1055
00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:26,166
However, I have seen
a ghost one time.
1056
00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:28,300
When I was living
in Stanford, Connecticut,
1057
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:29,533
my girlfriend Joanne
1058
00:38:29,533 --> 00:38:32,934
calls me and says, "Lincoln,
I seen a ghost in the house."
1059
00:38:32,934 --> 00:38:34,567
I said, "Girl, you're crazy."
1060
00:38:34,567 --> 00:38:36,133
So I go home,
1061
00:38:36,133 --> 00:38:38,967
and there was a girl standing
right there in the doorway.
1062
00:38:38,967 --> 00:38:40,600
I called my other friend
and said,
1063
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,266
"Would you like
to buy house furniture?"
1064
00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:43,967
'Cause I won't
be going back there.
1065
00:38:43,967 --> 00:38:46,934
I didn't. Mm-mm. No.
1066
00:38:46,934 --> 00:38:49,767
If I get picked
for Halloween Wars,
1067
00:38:49,767 --> 00:38:51,367
I am most excited
1068
00:38:51,367 --> 00:38:54,934
about competing
with the best of the best
1069
00:38:54,934 --> 00:38:57,567
to be the best of the best.
1070
00:38:57,567 --> 00:38:59,667
I may be
the oldest competitor,
1071
00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:02,467
and I hope that
everyone underestimates me.
1072
00:39:02,467 --> 00:39:04,467
I have a strong philosophy
1073
00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:07,066
that you are never too old
1074
00:39:07,066 --> 00:39:09,266
to stop learning.
1075
00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:12,166
You should pick me to be
on Halloween Wars
1076
00:39:12,166 --> 00:39:15,266
because I am simply the best.
1077
00:39:15,266 --> 00:39:16,567
I have worked for this.
1078
00:39:16,567 --> 00:39:18,233
I have earned it.
1079
00:39:18,233 --> 00:39:19,266
I deserve it.
1080
00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:21,600
So long, Halloween Wars.
1081
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,767
I'm your pumpkin Picasso.
1082
00:39:23,767 --> 00:39:25,800
Take me to the competition.
1083
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,233
[narrator]
With so many talented cake,
1084
00:39:30,767 --> 00:39:31,767
sugar artists,
1085
00:39:31,767 --> 00:39:33,567
and pumpkin carvers,
1086
00:39:33,567 --> 00:39:35,467
it's time to find out
who will be
1087
00:39:35,467 --> 00:39:38,567
on our all-star
captains' teams.
1088
00:39:38,567 --> 00:39:40,266
[woman] I want
to congratulate you
1089
00:39:40,266 --> 00:39:43,266
and officially welcome you to
this season of Halloween Wars.
1090
00:39:43,266 --> 00:39:44,300
Yeah!
1091
00:39:44,834 --> 00:39:46,467
I told 'em I could do it.
1092
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:48,367
I told 'em. I told 'em.
1093
00:39:48,367 --> 00:39:51,000
What? No way.
1094
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,600
-Did you hear that, duck?
-[quacking]
1095
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,967
He said, "Yeah."
He said, "He's proud of me."
1096
00:39:55,967 --> 00:39:59,000
Nervous. Excited.
Ready to work.
1097
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,433
Uh, but yeah. Wow.
This is really happening.
1098
00:40:02,667 --> 00:40:05,400
Thank you. Thank you so much.
1099
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,000
Yes. Thank you
so much. Awesome.
1100
00:40:09,867 --> 00:40:13,300
Are you serious? Oh, my gosh.
That's so exciting.
1101
00:40:14,367 --> 00:40:16,266
[laughs]
1102
00:40:16,266 --> 00:40:19,867
That's exciting
and terrifying. So awesome.
1103
00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:23,100
[narrator] So let's meet
this year's all-star squads.
1104
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,634
The Bone Battalion.
1105
00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:26,900
2 Ghouls And A Butcher.
1106
00:40:27,266 --> 00:40:28,700
Killer Instincts.
1107
00:40:29,266 --> 00:40:30,800
Delectable Demons.
1108
00:40:31,367 --> 00:40:32,533
Shriek Squad.
1109
00:40:33,367 --> 00:40:34,700
Death By Deco.
1110
00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:36,900
Scream Of The Crop.
1111
00:40:37,367 --> 00:40:38,767
And Creepin' It Real.
1112
00:40:38,767 --> 00:40:40,867
Our champions teams
are stacked
1113
00:40:40,867 --> 00:40:42,834
and they're ready
to haunt your dreams
1114
00:40:42,834 --> 00:40:45,600
in this season
of Halloween Wars.
1115
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,500
[man]
Happy Halloween, everyone.
1116
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:48,300
[screams]
1117
00:40:49,367 --> 00:40:50,533
[narrator]
Our all-star captains
1118
00:40:50,533 --> 00:40:53,266
will guide eight teams
of the most talented pumpkin,
1119
00:40:53,266 --> 00:40:54,867
cake, and sugar artists
1120
00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:57,100
in the most frightening season
1121
00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:58,900
of Halloween Wars ever.
1122
00:40:59,567 --> 00:41:01,400
[all screaming]
1123
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,367
[narrator]
Their creations will be
the most blood-curdling...
1124
00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:07,133
It is turning my blood
to ice. Terrifying.
1125
00:41:07,133 --> 00:41:08,934
[narrator]
...the most spine-chilling...
1126
00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:11,033
-[woman 1] Creepy.
-[woman 2] I'm
already terrified.
1127
00:41:11,033 --> 00:41:14,033
[narrator]
...and the most frighteningly
flavorful masterpieces
1128
00:41:14,033 --> 00:41:15,767
we've ever seen.
1129
00:41:15,767 --> 00:41:18,667
-I've never eaten
a tooth before.
-Done!
1130
00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:21,734
[narrator]
There will be blood.
There will be guts.
1131
00:41:21,734 --> 00:41:22,667
It's gonna be awesome.
1132
00:41:22,667 --> 00:41:24,033
[woman 3] Yay!
1133
00:41:24,033 --> 00:41:25,600
Donut dance, donut dance.
1134
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,567
[narrator]
And there will be misery.
1135
00:41:27,567 --> 00:41:28,734
Holy mother.
1136
00:41:28,734 --> 00:41:30,400
No, no.
1137
00:41:30,734 --> 00:41:31,667
[woman 4 gasps]
1138
00:41:31,667 --> 00:41:33,967
-[all gasp]
-Oh, no.
1139
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,000
I understand.
1140
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,767
I need to be left alone.
1141
00:41:39,767 --> 00:41:41,667
[narrator]
In the end, only one team
1142
00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:44,834
will be declared
Halloween Wars champions...
1143
00:41:44,834 --> 00:41:47,000
That is just terrifying.
1144
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,734
[narrator]
...and walk away with $25,000.
1145
00:41:50,734 --> 00:41:52,767
Yes! Good job, guys.
1146
00:41:52,767 --> 00:41:54,100
[narrator]
You won't want to miss it.
1147
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,133
[screams]
1148
00:41:56,367 --> 00:41:57,467
[laughing]