In years passed, I have been hired to run photo booths at masquerade parties. These are as much fun for me as the participants. I love to see what will walk through the door. Maybe stars from the past will reappear…
In the case of Ricky and Lucy here… they were just enhancing reality with a sense of humor.
A costume could be in poor taste and you wish you had not seen it. An example of this was a pudgy white man I saw (in 1998) who dressed himself as a minstrel-styled Aunt Jemima… yes, the nice lady from the syrup bottle. He even had a plate of pancakes and sang what he called “spirituals.” Unfortunately, you can’t unsee or unhear some things. My advice… don’t do this. And by the way, the guy next to him is no priest…
The characters can come from literature like the Queen from Alice in Wonderland.
…or from pop culture like the Tom Petty styled Mad Hatter that came with the Queen.
Whoa! I hope it wasn’t the liver paté that made her turn green…
It’s only fair that I should embarrass myself with my favorite Halloween outfit of all time. One year I went as my West Virginia cousin, Bubba Joe Jethro (the third). The ladies loved my dental work.
