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Feral for Simon. (Also, Pete Davidson is there.) Art is about answering life’s big questions: What is our purpose? What do we owe each other? What would it be like to be a successful comedian who was just a regular guy and lived in Staten Island and, uh, loved his mom and smoked mad kush? Pete Davidson asks that last one (and maybe touches on the first two — we don’t know) in his upcoming comedy series, Bupkis.

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Carvers have turned gourds into expressive works of art, like these pumpkins on show at the North Carolina State Fair in 2010. Pumpkins in Raleigh, North Carolina. Shawn Rocco/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Today, carving pumpkins may be a lighthearted activity, but jack-o'-lanterns are based on an old and eerie legend from Ireland. According to the myth, a mysterious man named Stingy Jack played tricks on the devil.