Tricking and Treating With Martha on Hallmark Channel
It’s no secret that Halloween is my favorite holiday and I am so happy to tell you about my one-hour primetime special airing this Sunday night, October 10th at 9p/8c on Hallmark Channel. Tricking and Treating with Martha Stewart features special guest Brendan Fraser. This year, our very talented set designers brought their magic to my home in Bedford. We decided to use my equipment barn to set the scene and what they created is just incredible. I hope you will tune in for a really fun show filled with lots of great Halloween tips and ideas. To find the Hallmark Channel in your area, go to marthastewart.com.
1 By now, you may have seen promo photos of me and Brendan Fraser for my upcoming Halloween special this Sunday on the Hallmark Channel.
2 To create the fabulously eerie Halloween setting in my equipment barn, a team of talented set decorators got to work first, by building a 'false' wall.
3 The 'false' wall, complete with window was constructed and painted to exactly match the wainscotted walls of the equipment barn.
4 Preliminary plans
5 The designers found amazing props like these old beetle prints.
6 Many, many boxes of props were brought to the set.
7 Testing out one type of fog maker
8 Amazing shells adorned the walls.
9 Set Decorator Aaron Caramanis pointing for proper placement
10 Move to the right! It's still crooked!
11 Props ready for integration
12 Scaffolding behind the 'false' wall for behind-the-scenes action
13 After my day in New York City, I was happy to check in on the progress.
14 Laura Acuna, my housekeeper was aghast!
15 A large mummy mirror
16 Curio nooks filled with unusual items
17 Even taxidermy and cremation ashes!
18 Wriggling snakes
19 Spiders and more bones
20 Skulls and owls
21 Eyeballs galore
22 Shredded curtains helped to provide an eerie light.
23 Strange masks beneath glass domes
24 And of course, a rat!
25 Great succulents were borrowed from my greenhouse.
26 How did such a little cardinal lay such an enormous egg?
27 Smoke was pouring from the boggy sink.
28 Another horrible vignette
29 Even rotting apples
30 Brendan and I would love to pick your brain.
31 Just what are those brains made of?
32 Why, it's cooked shrimp for shrimp cocktail!
33 Mary Ann VanDerventer - Coordinating Field Producer - standing by
34 Director, Gary Nardilla, was stunned by my yellow eyes!
35 Brendan was a really fun Halloween guest.
36 With the August heat we were battling flies.
37 Interesting vials
38 More bottles and jars
39 Fright Night Tonic
40 Toasting another great Halloween special
41 Brendan wearing one of the masks
42 Now I am wrapping Brendan with the mummy bandages. What Brendan doesn't know is that he is actually on a spit over a fire!
43 Oh no! The spit slipped and Brendan landed on the fire!
44 Paul, Gym, David, Daniel, and Aaron were all needed to rectify the situation. Poor Brendan!
45 We succeeded in transforming Brendan into a complete mummy.
46 Doesn't he look great?
47 To fly the bats, we had professional puppeteers on set.
48 This puppeteer is Matt Leabo.
49 Puppeteers Barbara Busackino, Basil Twist, and Matt Leabo
50 Lan Cheung - Set Stylist, Hosanna Houser - Set Decorator, Aaron Caramanis - Art Director, me, James De Meo - Crafter, and Paul Moreno - Decorator
51 Christina Deyo - Supervising Producer, me, and Lisa Rechsteiner - Executive Producer
52 Franny was slightly confused.
53 But she was happy to pose for this shot.
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Martha, you must have more fun than anyone I know. Of course, I don't KNOW you, but.....
The only person I know who laughs as much as you is my youngest brother. I'd like to see the two of you together...laughing your heads off. Not literally, though. Even though it is Halloween, being headless would not be fun.
Keep up the fun shows, even if I can't see them.
Gloria!!
Posted by: Gloria | October 8th, 2010 at 12:21 am
How much fun is Halloween at your place! So sorry that I don't get the Hallmark Channel - miss the show a lot!
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Love the 'brains' - what a superb idea - I can just see them squirming - LOL.
Posted by: Donna | October 8th, 2010 at 12:30 am
I have to say that halloween is my absolute favorite time of year with you!.. Amazing is not a word that even comes close to the things that you and your staff come up with each year.
http://www.themalemartha.com
Each Year tops the next! The Petsmart costumes are truly cute too! I'm spooking my way over to Michaels this weekend to buy up more Martha stewart craft supplys!
Thanks again!
Dan Viger
Hollis 5 Corners, Maine
Posted by: Dan Viger | October 8th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Your designers did an amazing job with your equipment barn. Besides my start-up business, I do freelance event production lighting. It's always fun taking a space that's used for one thing and transforming it into something completely different and then back again.
I noticed you used Source Fours for down lighting. I love using programmable LED lights to create a spooky mood. Franny certainly had a cute confused look on her.
Posted by: Sonya | October 8th, 2010 at 12:55 am
It looks SO amazing, Martha! You and your team always do such a great job at Halloween. A friend of mine is taping the special for me, since we don't get Hallmark in Canada. I'm so looking forward to seeing it!
Posted by: Andrew Ritchie | October 8th, 2010 at 6:19 am
No Hallmark Channel but that`s fine - your blog is inspiration enough and your older Halloween Magazines , of course. Unfortunately the newest is only a " Best Of" but fortunately I have the previous ! Fun to look at them year after year. The Shrimp brains are a little bit too eerie .... Spooky things are great but what about the kids they watch the show ? Their fantasy is different ... In general Halloween is getting more & more bloody & brutal - not a nice example for the youth .... Have Fun & Happy Halloween !
Posted by: Dani & cats | October 8th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Hi Martha,
It was so interesting to see the set ‘being built’. I would have watched your special this Sunday without a clue if you hadn’t shown us these pictures today. Your editors and producers do great work which is already an established fact and I was so impressed with them having everything ready for filming in August! Halloween isn’t exactly my favorite holiday but I’m always game for a special and I know Brendan Fraser was/will be a perfect guest. He always makes me laugh! I like those framed shells in picture #8 that you already showed us how to make. I think I’ll pick up some velvet material this weekend and give it a whirl. See you on Sunday! Trish
Posted by: Trish | October 8th, 2010 at 8:50 am
I will be traveling to a conference at Penn State and hope that my room has cable and Hallmark channel..I will set my home recorder as well...what a great project! And such talented people...
Posted by: Teresa Touey | October 8th, 2010 at 9:08 am
DEAR MARTHA:
I HAVE BEEN A VIEWER OF YOUR SHOW FOR YEARS. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT YOUR MOVE TO HALLMARK CHANNEL UNTIL I FOUND OUT MY CARRIER, AT&T U-VERSE, DOES NOT CARRY HALLMARK CHANNEL BECAUSE HALLMARK CHARGES TOO MUCH. ALMOST EVERYONE I KNOW HAS AT&T U-VERSE AND WE ARE SAD TO BE MISSING YOUR SHOW.
Posted by: ALEXIS LAMOTHE | October 8th, 2010 at 9:52 am
OMG...amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: vera m | October 8th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Martha, thanks for sharing this blog, although halloween is my least favorite holiday.
Posted by: KLBrown | October 8th, 2010 at 10:59 am
I started out thinking how nice it would be to have a crew of carpenters show up to remodel.
But, if they showed up with a van full of snakes, bugs and ashes-okay I am scared.
Posted by: Margie | October 8th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Hi Martha, Thanks for this preview of your Halloween Special on Hallmark Channel Home on Sunday night @9PM. I know it will be a very fun show. This crew did a fantastic job of setting up the set design in your equipment barn at Bedford! Kudos to that terrific crew! I can hardly wait to see this special and the Christmas Special you are working on today! Your TV Show yesterday was great and am waiting to see the one about Singapore in about an hour on the wonderful Hallmark Channel Home!! Have a great weekend! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | October 8th, 2010 at 11:58 am
WOW it looks Amazing!!!
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | October 8th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I'm a share holder...any news on finding better distribution?
Sad that we can't watch your show this weekend as AT&T U-verse doesn't carry the Hallmark Channel.
Any news on other opportunities to see the show?
Please email me directly.
Posted by: Kristina | October 8th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Can't wait til Sunday. I've got my DVR set just in case my grandbaby comes to visit!!! Of course it also means I can keep as long as I like and review for ideas and notes in my Martha Halloween Mag!
Posted by: Sharon Collins | October 8th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I really miss your show:(
We don't get the Halmark channel
Posted by: kathy | October 8th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Martha, I'm having major withdrawal simptions because we don't get your show in our area anymore. I'm trying to switch cable providers so that I can pick up your show again. Boo hoo.
Posted by: KLBrown | October 8th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Martha,
I'm a huge fan of you and all of the outlets of your talents.
I'm disappointed that you have switched to the Hallmark channel.
I'm in Canada and do not have access to this speciality channel.
Please find a way to get your show up north to us, EH!
Posted by: Kimberly Teasdale | October 8th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Looking forward to the special. Martha really does it up! Such attention to detail. I myself get the Hallmark channel but for the ladies who don't can you watch it on the computer? (Hulu)
Posted by: Judi | October 8th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I am getting my fix of Martha only on the computer now - what a shame.
I am one of the many who cannot see your program anymore. Our cable carrier has no plans to carry the Hallmark channel. Watching the videos online are just not the same.
We miss you up here in Canada!!!
Posted by: Uylond Lynch | October 9th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Unfortunately Martha's shows are not shown on weekends in Phoenix, AZ which is the only time we can watch them. We will miss out on this special.
My wife and I miss watching the reruns on the weekends like we used to be able to do.
Posted by: Ed Cunningham | October 9th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Hi Martha,
Thank you for sharing since i don't get to see Hallmark Channel ( I am in Japan) i already checked our Cable Provider and unfortunately...:(.
What a great fun Halloween with you and Brendan!
Posted by: Mappi | October 9th, 2010 at 11:18 am
I am not sure if you are aware of a scrapbooking mini album site that uses many of your products and has a viewer list for her classes of 14,000 or more. Her name is Laura Denison/Following the Paper Trail. She is doing a Pink Mini2010 silent auction and is hoping to raise more then last year for Susan G. Komen Foundation. Check her ustream out, and if you can support this in some way, please do.
Thank you in advance,
Becky
Posted by: becky erickson | October 9th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Can I just take a moment to say how incredibly thrilled I am that the Hallmark Channel is now the host of the Martha Stewart Show?! Thanks for making the switch! I missed all these great holiday ideas from previous seasons due to my cable package not offering the former channels! Can't wait to catch this episode - I'm sure it will be brilliant, as always!
Posted by: Amy | October 9th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Martha,
I had a busy summer and wasn't paying much attention to t.v., so you can imagine my surprise when I found out you were no longer on NBC. I have the Hallmark Channel, so I can still see your show, but I would love to know what caused you to switch to Hallmark.
Posted by: Kathy DiSabato | October 9th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Hi Martha & Brendan. The boggy sink and rotting apples are fabulous! I used to dress up part of my childhood home to entertain my friends. I loved it! I continued to do it when an adult for my kids during Halloween. York, England has the most ghost tales. http://www.visityork.org Also, I don't know of any place that can spook more than the real hauntings of the city beneath Edinburgh, Scotland http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/ I've just returned from this place and I can tell you it is unbelieveable. I loved Brendan in all his movies. I hope people know how fabulous a dramatic actor he is. Martha -- loved your front page Halloween costume. You look great! Couple months back issue. Bye for now.
Posted by: http://twitter.com/geotravel | October 10th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Thanks Martha for making us laugh again. Real death and destruction is not pretty...so I'm glad you show the lighter side of Halloween... the food and creative side.
Posted by: http://twitter.com/geotravel | October 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
hello martha, i have crafted my whole life. this year i came up with pumpkins, and ghosts out of grourds. not a new idwa i know but i used a sheer material all ragged and hanging in different lengths for the ghosts with rhinstome eyes and a hair bow for the girl and a bow tie for the boy. i made a girl pumpkin that was adorable. unfortunately i didn't take a pictur of her because she sold right away. i do not knowhow to post picture oif i do ill send some of my crafts.
Posted by: nancy stevens | October 10th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I love reading your magazine and have made so many of your recipes and I have been given so many compliments (but I always let the guests know that it came from Martha Stewart) I was really impressed when Helen Mirren said she based the character from the CIA that portrays in her newest movie on you because you are very bright, very clever and can be tough when you need to be. I could tell that Ms. Mirren admires many of your qualities like we all do. Since I do all of the cooking in the house my children and all my grandchildren look forward to Sunday dinners at our house because they know Pa will have prepared something delicious and they all kid me about being a big Martha Stewart fan.
Posted by: Matthew F. Kennedy | October 10th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
oh! i can't wait to watch tonight
Posted by: knitxcore | October 10th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
I am currently watching your Halloween Special with Brendan Fraser, one of my favorites. Great show. The best one yet. Laughed so hard. Just had to tell you. Love ya, Martha and you too, Brendan. Keep em coming.
Posted by: Becky Hunnicutt | October 10th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Could you share with me where I could find the turning heads under the domes, the spiders going up and down the wall and the snake in the back ground ...I LOVE LOVE LOVED your special tonight!!!!
Posted by: Carla | October 10th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Martha! Your farm is FABULOUS!
I used to watch your shows all the time, but over the last few years, my husband and I have started our own farm in (further) upstate NY as well as taken on a local village house to renovate...many of your past lessons have played a part in these projects and since your new show is later in the day, I get to catch some of them! Yay! Also, I am new to reading blogs; I don't even know what "blog" means! Anyway, keep up the fascinating, beneficial and sustainable work!
Posted by: Leigh | October 11th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Hi Martha,
A few years back for Halloween you were dressing up as Medusa with a really awesome headpiece. I am wondering what were those snakes made out of? And how were you able to bend and twist them the way you wanted?
Thanks so much, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Posted by: Sal | October 11th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Looks fantastic! I unfortunately missed it, when can I catch it again? Is it available on DVD? You can view my own spooky display at http://www.LoveManor.com
Johnny Love
Posted by: Johnny Love | October 11th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Halloween is one of my most favorite times. Like Carla, I too would love to know where to get the animated spiders which were traveling up and down the wall, in addition to the bowl of moving snakes in the chandelier! Those were fantastic props and I'd love to have them for my party!
Posted by: Sharon | October 12th, 2010 at 12:22 am
i have always watched your show and now miss it very much i do not get the hallmark channel in canada very disapointed
Posted by: eleanor pankonin | October 12th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
I missed it - any chance it will be repeated before Halloween???I always looked forward to this special!
Posted by: Christie | October 12th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I LOVE everything you do ...Halloween is the most fun of all Holidays and the least stressful. We have a party almost every year as my stepdaughter's brithday is the 26th. Nothing like yours however. I watched you on PBS. those were great shows!
Posted by: Sally Heath-Livingston | October 12th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I'm sorry but I can no longer see Marthas' shows. I don't get Hallmaark channel on my TV service unless it is a special "freebee" for the month. To change my cable service is too expensive for me. I've been a great fan, mag subscriber, stockholder and admirer for many, many years. I even met and shook hands with Martha at K Mart opening on LI, years ago. Sorry I won't be following her new adventures.
Maybe things will get better economically and I'll once again be able to watch my heroine.
Posted by: patricia salenius | October 13th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Oh, how I wish I could have seen it! We don't don't get the Hallmark station. Having Martha withdrawals!:(
I'll be living at your website from now on.
I've been watching you since you started on T.V.I think it was around 1991 or so that I discovered you.
Posted by: Granite Farm Studios | October 15th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Martha,
You chose the perfect co-host for your Halloween special! You both were so funny together and fun to watch. My husband taped the show and we just finished watching it again today (Sat.) ...so funny ...LOL
I like the mummy mirror and also your eyes! I wish the camera kept Zooming in on your eyes throughout the show...maybe next year. You are a beautiful person ... elegant eye-candy. My favorite Halloween costumes on you are the pretty and elegant looks.
Great Halloween show! Gloria
Posted by: Gloria Brown, Winterport, ME | October 16th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I loved the note you left your staff i.e. look after the apples. Thanks Martha. I ReTweeted and put a pic up on my TwitPic account. It got a lot of hits. I knew it would 'cause everybody wants to be "Martha". Anyway, in keeping with the "apple" theme, here is a link to a story on apples and the pagan rituals connected to apple harvest. Thanks Martha and gang.
Posted by: http://twitter.com/Geotravel | October 28th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
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