Geek My Pumpkin

Carve first, scoop later--that's just one of the tips from Maniac Pumpkin Carvers Marc and Chris. Based in Brooklyn, these professional illustrators switch to the medium of pumpkin during October. They carve hundreds of pumpkins each fall, which go for a few hundred bucks and rarely end up on stoops. They gave us some tips for how to bring our pumpkins to the next level this Halloween.

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[brianific]

Oh my god, you guys make such great videos! It's beyond me why they don't get more views.

[SciFri]

thanks for the love!



[Noopi Grewal]

i'll suggest ask vsauce, minutephysics, destin or veritasium to like one one of your videos!

[Andrew McGahan]

Such an enjoyable video, those pumpkins were awesome. Good story finding SciFri!

[Gary Goldsmith]

Awesome carving. I gave it a shot with my Dremel last year, but returned to hand tools. Somehow, my pumpkins don't match up to these yet. I think it's the missing "illustrator" thing, though I I keep trying. By the way, guys, since although you say at 1:06 not to pick up a pumpkin by the stem, that's just what happens at 1:18 ... but I can see that it's gentle ... loving ... careful ....

[chris smith]

1:46 lol'd at the rage faces

[dcschelt]

Yeah, you guys rock! Amazing work! I am going to try some of the tips you mention in the video. I also agree at the shock that this is NOT more watched!

[dcschelt]

Hahaha.... most of us have lost the knowledge of the original meaning, so don't feel too badly if you are unsure...

[Krishna Bhargava Anantharamaiah]

1. I still don't know what Halloween is about.