Some of Andrew Farmer’s ‘Aunts of Halloween’ (Pt 1)
“Aunted House” was right there. I know he’s better than the pun game, but c’mon, man…Aunted House. Or ‘Aunted ‘Ouse to make it equal parts aunt humor and cockney humor. That’s a twofer, so you’re LOSING money by not using it.
Anyways, Andrew Farmer is a goddamn national treasure. The fact that he hasn’t laid waste to our society for his own amusement speaks incredibly highly to his genuinely good nature—because he could and he has earned every right to ravage this whole rotten world. His work has been featured on this site before and has been retweeted/shared on our Twitter and Instagram feeds. Farmer is a writer for Miracle Workers, co-host of a tremendous podcast called Scary Stories To Tell On The Pod (with Anna Drezen), and responsible for like 60% of the laughs I emit while looking at social media.
This month, the multi-hyphenate hype man of horrifically hysterical humor has embarked upon #31AuntsForHalloween, in which he takes your basic aunt-like figure—your usual suspects of Sues, Gayles, and even a few Debs—and places them into horror situations and dear lord does it tickle me something fierce. It’s only been 14 days of Aunts For Halloween, and I can guarantee that there will need to be a Part 2 of this post for highlights of the remaining 17 “good-intentioned but not great at reading social cues” family members. Please follow Mr. Farmer on Twitter and on Instagram and spread the good word because, again, national treasure.
There’s a very small number of people over whose honor I’d feel compelled to physically fight. Like, honestly, no family on that list; maybe a couple of friends; Dolly Parton; Gail Simone;…Keith David, I guess? And Mr. Andrew Farmer. So if you besmirch his name in front of me, might as well call yourself Kylo Ren because you’ve just become Adam Driver and got yourself invited to the last duel against moi. That makes me Matt Damon. I have not thought this through.
Aunts!