Jimmy Kimmel had the proper response spread panic At the prospect that potent narcotics may be slipping into the Halloween basket this year, by reimagining the classic “Peanuts” Halloween special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
The gag was part of a larger segment of Kimmel’s monologue in which he mocked Herschelle Walker, the US Senate candidate for Georgia.
So during his monologue, Kimmel recently played a clip of Walker advancing a conspiracy theory There’s actually no real basis that politicians in both parties have unfortunately taken seriously: Cartels would disguise fentanyl pills as popular Halloween candy. To be clear, this is the most recent iteration of the panic surrounding Halloween candy — and as of Newsweek notes, none of them is true. In fact, there are no recorded examples A child dies after tampering with Halloween candy. sometimes. ,Read more about it here.,
Herschel’s version of the conspiracy theory involves the collusion of China and Mexico to do so. Again, there is no evidence to support this and again, none of the last Halloween candy panic has panned out. So, after the clip played, Kimmel said, “Very compelling statement about Mexico and China, of a man who simply couldn’t locate Mexico, or China, on the map of Mexico and China.”
“Halloween is a scary time for Herschel Walker, because when the kids come to his house he’s not sure if they want candy or child support,” Kimmel continued. Then he went to the “peanuts” gag.
“Herschel Walker isn’t the first person or person to put forth this theory about drugs being hidden in kids’ trick-or-treat bags. I mean, who can tell the classic scene from ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ can forget.
Then Kimmel rolls out a clip from the scene where Charlie Brown and his friends are discussing their Halloween. In the original special, everyone gets candy except Charlie Brown, who gets a rock in return. In the Kimmel version, Charlie Brown says, “I’ve got a rock of crack cocaine.”
“Charlie may have been a blockhead but he was not a crackhead,” joked Kimmel.
“You know, I saw the effects of fentanyl on the DEA website,” Kimmel said. “They include sedation, drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion. Which to me sounds like Herschel Walker. And of course he worries America’s children. Half of them are his.”
There’s more to the monologue, in which a lot of time is spent talking about Donald Trump’s latest released recording. Now you can watch the whole thing above.