I don’t often get the opportunity to post here, but I just wanted to know the Myers mask crowd’s take on the Emmet Kelly mask lore. Does the Myers mask community still consider the Don Post 800 line Emmet Kelly mask to be the other mask that was proposed by Tommy Lee Wallace, for use in Halloween?
Hey EA, lots of folks consider An Emmet Kelley mask the other choice, and I did for awhile, but in interviews, TLW describes the clown mask as having a smile and poofy hair. Kelley didnt have a smile, and the 800 line had no hair. I think it may have been a Lou Jacobs mask. The H1 Clown mask worn by Will Sandin was indeed a Lou Jacobs. I kinda think thats the mask TLW bought, and they modified it and used it on the kid.
Well, I bring up the question do to running across this small panel with TWL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxpgJIpq-1A . I think this is the first time I’ve heard Tommy bring up the addition of the cigar to the mask. Who knows anymore, but a cigar certainly opens things up a bit.
Tom Wallace has given several different descriptions of the mask. From “big blue smile” to “sad face” and even said it had “crazy hair” and “big hair”. He’s also called it different classic clown names including Kelly, Lou Jacobs and Red Skelton. Even if someone showed him any clown mask and he said “That was it!” I would have a hard time believing him as he can’t even get the basic description of the mask right. A lot of these guys who go to conventions and speak of the movie didn’t know/remember much about it as it was never as important to them as it may be to us. A lot of them regurgitate things they hear/learn from fans and web sites when speaking to people at these conventions.
I doubt that the clown mask used on will sandin in the beginning was the other choice, because as bad as TLW’s memeory seems to be, youd think he’d remember that much if it was used in the film.
But i definetly agree with sherriffbrackett that TLW probably just doesnt remember. As much as the film was a success, it probably wasnt until years later that he had to think back to the mask that he almost used in the movie, and i know i wouldnt remember much detail years later.