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Halloween 2009 Best Costumes
These are the Top 10 Costumes from the 2009 Halloween
Party.
Rick Archer's Note:
If you think my decisions are misguided and your costume deserves to
be on this list, try making a bribe. That's all it takes
to improve your results.
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Anjelica and Moris 2008 |
Last year Anjelica and
Moris were robbed!!
I voted them as the "Hottest Couple" at the
2008 Party, then clumsily assigned them to the Runner-up page.
Why weren't they on the
first page? What was I thinking?
They had great costumes!
So this year I came to my
senses. I promoted their picture from the Runnerup Page to the 2008 Best Costume page.
So naturally some of you
will wonder why I would go to all this trouble a year later.
Did Moris slip me a twenty?
I will never tell! Although I realize it is a poorly kept
secret that I use the payoffs from the Best Costume page as an
annual salary boost, maybe I did it because their 2008 costume
deserved it.
By the way, check out
their 2009 costume! I would like
to acknowledge Anjelica and Moris for their continued amazing
costumes. Wow!
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Anjelica and Moris 2009 |
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Linda 2009 |
I am not quite sure what
Linda's costume is, but I think it might be a fish. Bass?
Trout? Tilapia?
Linda is no stranger to
the winner's circle. Not long ago, Linda made the list in 2007 with
her parrot costume.
What makes Linda's
costumes special is that she makes them herself from scratch.
Linda's most famous
costume was her "Dancing with Trees" in 2002.
As you can see, Linda is very creative.
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Maurice Sosa and Linda 2007 |
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Stan Romney and Debbie have
been in the winner's circle several times.
When I get ready to
update our Costume Hall of Fame page, I think I have a spot for
these two.
In 2008 Stan and Debbie came
as the Big Bad Wolf and Little Riding Hood.
The year before in 2007
it was Gepetto and Pinocchio.
Aren't they great?
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Stan and Debbie as
the Vikings, 2009 |
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The 2009
Winner of the Best Costume Award: Bob and Ana plus Ana's sister
In
2009, Bob Graham and his fiancée Ana Torres solidified their
place in our Halloween Costume Hall of Fame with these
great costumes. I am fairly certain that's Ana in the
middle. That is Ana's sister beside her as well.
I have no idea what Ana's sister looks like! What
bothers me is that maybe that is what Ana's sister really
looks like. This possibility forces me to think twice
about Ana.
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I have
never really thought about it before, but maybe Ana is an alien. No,
not the swimming kind of alien, but rather an ET alien. By
day, Ana is a beautiful, funny, gracious blonde. But what if
that pretty face is really just a mask? What if Ana is an
extraterrestrial? What if Halloween is the only day of the
year when Ana can let down her guard and come to our parties as
herself?
Personally, if Ana does turn out to be a human after all, I don't
know how she stays cooped up in those outfits all night long. The
amazing thing about Bob and Ana is that they stay in those
hot, heavy masks for the entire evening. How do they
do it?
Most people
would scream from the heat or the claustrophobia, but not
these guys. 2009 was the third straight year that they
stayed in costume all night. Personally, I don't think
I could take the suffering. Dancing is nearly
impossible. Conversation is nearly impossible. I
don't even know how they drink a glass of wine!
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What I find amazing is that Ana enjoys wearing these bizarre
outfits. I think Ana is a beautiful woman and yet she could
care less about being beautiful. Ana would rather be
gruesome and stick her massive tongue out at people.
Some day she will explain it to me. Or maybe I have
already guessed the truth.
Incidentally,
2010 was a pretty good year for Bob and Ana.
They both
got dressed up in a different kind of costume and got
married in March.
Rumor
has it Bob and Ana stayed in costume throughout the
ceremony and the reception as well. After all,
they have had more practice wearing costumes than
the average guy!
Don't they look happy? These guys
really know how to have fun. In particular, I
am tickled to see they didn't wear matching outfits
for their wedding.
Even better, I am so glad
that Ana's tongue-reduction surgery went well.
Last Halloween she had the biggest tongue I have
ever seen.
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Bob and
Ana in 2008.
Bob is Chuckie.
Ana is the one with the cute
hairdo.
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In 2008 Bob and Ana found a
soul mate in the Invisible Man. This man (or
maybe it was a woman) stayed in costume the entire
night just like Bob and Ana. Not once did we see
any of their
faces!!
What was especially frustrating
to me about the Invisible Man was that
he spoke to me like we were best friends all night long.
I am certain he is among us somewhere.
No one knows who the Invisible Man was.
Neither Bob nor
Ana could help. They told me they don't have any idea who the
Invisible Man was. I guess we are lost unless the
Invisible Man reappears.
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Here are their 2007 Costumes. On the left you see Bob Graham and the lovely Ana!
Now I have feeling that Bob is a born mischief
maker. Look at that grin! But who would
think such a sweet, innocent-looking lady like Ana
would dream of coming to a party three years in a row
as a hideous monster!?!
As for Ana, she is way too pretty. Bob is a
lucky guy. And yet who would ever
think such a beautiful woman could turn out to be
such a monster! By the way, I have a big crush
on Ana. I think you can tell from our great
picture together. I love her big eyes. I love
her big tongue. She brings out the Devil in me.
What a gal!
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Another person I have a big
crush on is Tresa Reasor. Tresa takes Halloween even more
seriously than I do. She has watched every Halloween monster
movie ever filmed. In fact, Tresa helped me create a unique
monster movie puzzle.
Tresa is another person who makes
her own costumes.
I am embarrassed to say
I don't know what her 2009 costume is. I see feathers so I suppose
she is a bird, but I have never seen a pink bird before other than a
flamingo. Maybe Tresa is a flamingo. I saw her standing
on one leg all night, so that must be it.
Whatever that bird is,
Tresa made a very impressive outfit.
Good work, Tresa!
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Tresa 2008 |
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The
Celebrated
All That Jazz
Family in 2008 |
Joyful Joy All That Jazz
made her debut in the 2009 winner's circle with her lovely dress.
Being a boy, I am not quite sure of the exact description or era of
that dress. Nevertheless, I am impressed enough to declare Joy a
winner.
Last year in 2008 Joy
made the Best Costume list with this group picture of her wonderful
All That Jazz family. However, this year Joy pulled a Diana Ross
and ditched the Supremes to go solo. No more team player for
Joy! She was ready to be a star, not an ensemble player.
Nothing could be more
indicative of Joy's selfishness than her continued refusal to get
married in order to help her family win the coveted "SSQQ biggest
family ever on a cruise trip" award. As cute as she looks in
that outfit, Joy could get married in a flash if she would just stop
trying to be such an individual.
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I am not positive who
came as Darth Vadar and Yoda, but judging from the height
differential, I am guessing our Star Wars duo is Jack and Jackie
Benard.
Jack and Jackie are
perennial fixtures on my Best Costume list with at least a half
dozen appearances. In 2008 they came as hippies.
I am sure Jack and Jackie
will make my Hall of Fame list when I get around to updating it.
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I am very sorry to say
I don't know who this couple is.
I loved their costumes!
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I don't think we have
ever had anyone do Marie Antoinette before.
That is Omar
Ayala and his fiancée Rachel Barnes |
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Mike and Sheila came as
Spanish Conquistadors.
Their costumes were
absolutely beautiful.
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George and Marsha came
as the Tequila duo.
Marsha frequently puts
herself in charge of making the margaritas at SSQQ parties. In
the process she has earned herself the nickname "Marsharita",
a title which I
happen to like.
George hasn't made the
Halloween best costume list for a while, but he was a big winner back in 2004 as the
cutest Dorothy you would ever want to see. That's Toto
in the basket. Love the red slippers.
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2009
Best Group
Picture -
Gilligan's Island!
Lin Mills as Mrs Thurston
Howell, Nancy Brand as Mr. Thurston Howell, Ed
Miller as Gilligan, Bill Abbott as the Professor,
Judy Foster as Mary Ann, Larry Bench as the
Skipper, and Glenda Lee as a dead ringer for Ginger.
They are so wonderful!
I would
have to say the 2009 Gilligan's Island group rivals the best group
we have ever had.
Until
now, my all-time favorite was the 2004 Wizard of Oz group featuring
Dorothy.
I would
have to say Gilligan's Island gives them a run for their money.
I really
don't want to pick a favorite, so let's call it a tie. Both
groups are terrific!!
I really
love our Halloween Parties.
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