Speaker 1

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 1: 

“It’s a full moon. That’s why all the weirdos are out.” --Dani Dennison 

“I had to wait 300 years for a virgin to light a candle.” --Thackery Binx

“Sisters, All Hallow's Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!” --Winifred Sanderson

Speaker 2

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS
The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 2:

“Fine, but everyone here knows that halloween was invented by the candy companies. It’s a conspiracy.” --Max Dennison 

“Don't get your knickers in a twist! We're just three kindly old spinster ladies.” --Winifred Sanderson

“You know, Binx, I'll always take care of you, and my children will take care of you too, and their children after that, and their children after that. Forever and ever.” --Dani Sanderson

Speaker 3

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 3:

“Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” --Winifred Sanderson

“Amuk, amuk, amuk, amuk, amuk.” --Sarah Sanderson

“Oh! I've been [to hell], thank you. I found it quite lovely.” --Winifred Sanderson

Speaker 4

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 4:

“It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus.” --Max Dennison

“Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?” --Winifred Sanderson

“You know, I’ve always wanted a child. Now I think I’ll have one. On toast!” --Winifred Sanderson. 

Speaker 5

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 5:

“I put a spell on you, and now you’re mine.” --Winifred Sanderson

“It doesn’t matter how young or old you are. You sold your soul. You’re the ugliest thing that ever lived and you know it!” --Danni Dennison 

“You're going to turn me into one of those fat, useless, contented house cats.” --Thackery Binx

Speaker 6

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 6:

“Say what you want, just don’t breathe on me.” --Max Dennison

“That we must find the book, brew the potion, and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise. Otherwise, it’s curtains. We evaporate! We cease to exist!” --Winifred Sanderson

“It reeks of children!” --Mary Sanderson

Speaker 7

ROUND 1 THEME: HOCUS POCUS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 1 - Speaker 7:

“Well, it says to form a circle of salt to protect from zombies, witches and old boyfriends”--Allison 

“Come little children/I’ll take thee away/Into a land of enchantment/Come little children, the times come to play/Here in my garden of magic.” --Sarah Sanderson 

“We'll be younger in the morning.” --Winifred Sanderson

Speaker 1

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 1:

“Since I am dead I can take off my head to recite Shakespearean quotations.” –Jack Skellington

“Of course, I've been too close to see! The answer's right in front of me!” --Jack Skellington

“I am the shadow on the moon at night. Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!” --Oogie Boogie Man

Speaker 2

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 2:

“Just because I cannot see it, doesn’t mean I can’t believe it!” –Jack Skellington

“That’s twice this month you’ve slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.” –Dr. Finkelstein

“And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King, have grown so tired of the same old thing.” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 3

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 3:

“Jack please, I’m only an elected official here. I can’t make decisions by myself.” –Mayor

“In a million years, they'll find me. Only dust, and a plaque that reads: 'Here Lies Poor Old Jack'.” --Jack Skellington

“You know, I think this Christmas thing is not as tricky as it seems! But why should they have all the fun? It should belong to anyone!” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 4

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 4:

“There's children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads. They're busy building toys and absolutely no one's dead!”  --Jack Skellington

“He's ancient, he's ugly!  I don't know which is worse!” --Oogie Boogie Man

“Well, what the heck, I really did my best, and for a moment, why, I even touched the sky” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 5

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 5:

“Life’s no fun without a good scare.” --Corpse Kid

“What will become of my dear friend? Where will his actions lead us then? Oh, how I'd like to join the crowd in their enthusiastic cloud.” --Sally

“There's not a reason I can find, I couldn't have a Christmastime! I bet I could improve it, too! And that's exactly what I'll do!” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 6

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 6:

“Say it once, say it twice, take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night.” --Witches

“Next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to her. She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum!” --Santa

“Mmmmm... an interesting reaction! But what does it mean?” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 7

ROUND 2 THEME: NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 2 - Speaker 7:

“You've poisoned me for the last time, you wretched girl!” --Dr. Finkelstein

“Sally, I need your help more than anyone's.” --Jack Skellington

“What's this? What's this? There's color everywhere! What's this? There's white things in the air! What's this? I can't believe my eyes, I must be dreaming; wake up, Jack, this isn't fair! What's this?” --Jack Skellington

Speaker 1

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 1:

“I've seen ‘The Exorcist’ about one hundred and sixty-seven times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it.” --Beetlejuice

“Don’t dream it, be it” --Dr. Frankenfurter

“What scares me isn't how short life is, no, it's the pain, all the pain. I don't understand why there has to be any pain.” --Sukie Ridgemont

Speaker 2

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 2:

“I'm a ghost with the most, babe” --Beetlejuice

“This is life's ultimate cruelty. It offers us a taste of youth and vitality, and then it makes us witness our own decay.” --Lisle von Rhumen

“Of course, when we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes, they call it nature.” --Daryl van Horne

Speaker 3

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 3:

“Look at all of the other children, their freckles, their bright little eyes, their eager, friendly smiles. Help them.” --Morticia Addams

“When you believe in things, that you don’t understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain’t the way.” --Stevie Wonder 

“If only we were amongst friends... or sane persons!” --Janet Weiss

Speaker 4

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 4:

“I love you too much to condemn you.” --Dracula

“Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: 'living people ignore the strange and unusual.’” --Lydia Deetz

“A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality.”  --Lucy van Pelt

Speaker 5

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 5:

“My whole life is a dark room. One big dark room.” --Lydia Deetz

“My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, ‘Do not trust the Pilgrims. Especially Sarah Miller.’” --Wednesday Addams

“When you open a flood gate, how do you undo it? You unleash something with a spell, there's no undoing. It must run its course.” --Lirio Santana

Speaker 6

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 6:

“Do you think I made a mistake splitting his brain between the two of them?” --Dr. Frankenfurter

“Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power.” - Nancy, Rochelle, and Bonnie

"This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else." --Wednesday Addams

Speaker 7

ROUND 3: CULT CLASSICS

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Round 3 - Speaker 7:

“I am not complete.” --Edward Scissorhands

“I’ll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color.” --Wednesday Addams

“You can defeat those who challenge you, but you must surrender yourself to the high power.” --Lirio Santana

Speaker 1

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 1:

“Everyone deserves a chance to fly." --Elphaba

“You're all a bunch of little toads in a pot that Fiona is slowly bringing to a boil. You won't even feel it until it's too late. I'd rather burn than boil." --Myrtle Snow

"There is no magic when one no longer believes." --Hilda Lewis

Speaker 2

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 2:

"The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life." --Margot Adler

"What’s the matter? I have to be a witch, I have to be a mortal, I have to be a teenager and I have to be a girl all at the same time.” --Sabrina the teenage witch

“For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.” --Roald Dahl

Speaker 3

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 3:

“The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural. It is all natural.” --Laurie Cabot

“I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too.” --The Wicked Witch of the West

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!” --Frances Owens

Speaker 4

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 4:

“Being normal is vastly overrated.” --Aggie Cromwell

“Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a witch.” --Catherine Valente

“Always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” --Sally Owens

Speaker 5

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 5:

“You’ve always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself." --Glinda the Good Witch

“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” --The Weird Sisters

“A witch ought never be frightened in the darkest forest because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.” --Terry Pratchett

Speaker 6

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 6:

“Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name.” --Katherine Arden

“You poor, simple fools, thinking you could defeat me. Me! The mistress of evil.” --Maleficent

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” --Sirius Black

Speaker 7

FINAL ROUND: WITCHES

The October Surprise 2020 - Impromptu Finals - Speaker 7:

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” --Roald Dahl

“In this whole wide wicked world the only thing you have to be afraid of is me.” --Fiona Goode

"Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them." --Terry Pratchett