Boo, y’all.

A quick word of warning in case you’re in the neighborhood today with a zombie mask and an empty grocery bag: Howdygram headquarters no longer celebrates Halloween because I’m way too crabby to waste my time throwing handfuls of bubble gum at screechy little strangers. However I do want to share the following vintage Marks family Halloween portrait featuring adorable Sam at age four (lower left) and three of his favorite relations.

Just for the record, Steve is Sam’s older brother, Ben is Sam’s (late) father, and Uncle Frank currently haunts an assisted living facility in North Hollywood.

Boo, y’all, and thank you for reading this.