Friday Fight: Which Costume Will Be The Borat Of 2008?
Even though Lindsay and Gabe are friends, they very rarely agree on anything. Every day, they have a fight about something. On Fridays, we publish one.
gabe: what's going to be this year's Borat costume?
lindsay: Well a few weeks ago, it was Sarah Palin
lindsay: And whatever, it probably still will be
lindsay: but I think if you really want to be creative, you need to go the non political pop culture route
lindsay: So I'm thinking Cathy Giess from 30 Rock is the way to go
lindsay: Frumpy clothes, mousy wig, mark wahlberg tshirt
lindsay: stuffed animals
lindsay: flowers in your hand to eat
gabe: what halloween party are you going to? the one held in an abandoned thread at aspecialthing.com?
lindsay: Also, that show will have just aired the night before. It's perfect
lindsay: Hahaha
lindsay: I don't associate with non 30 Rock watchers
lindsay: you know that
gabe: i think your costume is a little obscure
gabe: to be the Borat of 2008
gabe: it's not even the azamat of 2008
lindsay: Well, Borat hadn't come out in 2006 when everyone was Borat
lindsay: So it could be Bruno!
gabe: ugh
gabe: it's going to be really horrible
gabe: when everyone does a fake "gay" voice
gabe: for their favorite bruno jokes
lindsay: I don't think I've heard a straight guy do a fake "gay" voice in like 8 years.
gabe: but it's not going to be bruno this year
lindsay: I almost miss it, in a way.
lindsay: But not.
gabe: well your heart is filled with hate
gabe: is why
lindsay: Beverly Hills...Chihuahua?
gabe: i am sure that there will be at least one girl with asymetrical bangs in Bushwick
gabe: who dresses up as Sexy Beverly Hills Chihuahua
lindsay: hahahahaha
lindsay: Hmm, what about Twilight?
lindsay: It would be so easy -- white powder and red lips
lindsay: Or true blood
gabe: i am not convinced that you have found the hipster costume of theyear
gabe: but you have definitely nailed
gabe: the junior high halloween demo
lindsay: Sarah Silverman?
lindsay: Just...Sarah Silverman?
lindsay: or a couple's costume
lindsay: with a guy in a suit
lindsay: suit to be jimmy
gabe: ew
gabe: alex blagg says daniel "palinview"
gabe: for girls i think it's going to be
gabe: tina fey as sarah palin
gabe: that has the meta edge that the kids enjoy
lindsay: It's true, the kids love that
gabe: also what about the joker
gabe: we are forgetting the joker
lindsay: OLD
lindsay: what are we, 5?
lindsay: five year olds will be the joker
lindsay: hipsters will be zombie heath ledger
gabe: i think you are going to be surprised
lindsay: How about the joker but the jack nicholson version
gabe: also HALLOWEEN IS FOR FIVE YEAR OLDS
gabe: i think we should be really really clear on this
lindsay: that's kind of meta!
gabe: just because you need a paragraph to explain what you're being for halloween doesn't make you any different from the 5-year-old who dresses up as the joker
gabe: do not spit i five-year-old faces
lindsay: I bet you can go to any walgreens and find a plastic "costume" with the joker's face printed on the front of the shirt part
lindsay: that's what you should be
lindsay: you should be a "latchkey kid"
gabe: buying a plastic costume at walgreens
gabe: is the ultimate hipster costume
lindsay: DIABLO CODY
lindsay: but pre divorce
lindsay: so with a Johnny's Girl tattoo
gabe: juno
lindsay: how about juno, with a one year old kid doll
gabe: "hello, what do you have in the way of a one year old kid doll?"
lindsay: but get it? the costume idea is that old
gabe: "oh, this doll is far too old. 18 months? no."
lindsay: and they have dolls of every age!
lindsay: I don't think we can have this conversation without discussing the elephant in the room
lindsay: which is Mad Men
lindsay: There will be so many Mad Men characters
gabe: that is the elephant in your room
gabe: the elephant in my room is chuck bass
lindsay: the hipster version of that would be to play a really minor one scene character
lindsay: hahha
lindsay: that's true
lindsay: I think you could make the face pretty well
lindsay: you described it accurately yesterday, with the squinting
gabe: chuck bass is a great costume because when people ask you what you're supposed to be
gabe: you just say "i'm chuck bass"
lindsay: hahahahahahahahaha
lindsay: you really just dont' even have to dress up
gabe: no
lindsay: that answer is the costume
gabe: you just breathe it
lindsay: chuck bass is a state of mind
gabe: it's an expensive costume though
gabe: becuase of the limo rental
lindsay: ooh I have a scary one
lindsay: a tree
lindsay: from the happening
gabe: hahaha
gabe: wind
gabe: you could be zooey deschanel from the happening, but then you'd have to deal with complaints from the mentally disabled community
lindsay: Oh you know I could make that face.
lindsay: I've been practicing all my life
gabe: that's true
lindsay: I wonder if people will break out their sex and the city costumes from halloween '99
lindsay: or Indiana Jones
gabe: wait
gabe: i get raked over the coals for suggesting that people will dress up as the joker?
gabe: but sex and the city and indiana jones are now valid ideas?
lindsay: hahaha, raked over coals made of marshmallows!
gabe: coals are coals even if they are made out of candy
lindsay: re using an old costume because an out of ideas hollywood reused an old franchise is funny
gabe: well, we can at least be rest assured that the X-Files costumes from 1999 will remain int the closet
gabe: (where everyone keeps all of their costumes forever)
lindsay: What have been your favorite costumes?
gabe: when i was little my mom made me an ernie costume
gabe: with a big felt ernie head
gabe: and orange felt ernie gloves
lindsay: aww
gabe: and i had the striped shirt
gabe: and my life has been all down hill from there
lindsay: anyone's life would be downhill from there
lindsay: You should be Christian the Lion
gabe: haha
gabe: you should be the "i like turtles" zombie
lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: "who are you?"
lindsay: 'I like turtles"
gabe: yes
lindsay: that's all you can say all night
lindsay: that one sounds so easy, maybe I will!
gabe: haha
lindsay: I still say Cathy Giess is the best.
gabe: i still say you are crazy wrong
gabe: with your ridiculous idea
gabe: the problem with your kathy costume
gabe: is that any cstume that will require too much explanation to too many people is a losing costume
gabe: the joke of a costume is a one liner, not a shouts and murmurs piece
lindsay: I know, but my argument is that anyone I go to a party with will get it
gabe: well then your party will have four people at it
lindsay: mark wahlberg tee?
gabe: i think you misjudge the popularity and prevalance of 30 Rock's side-characters
gabe: even among your social group
lindsay: Whoever doesn't get it will be UNFRIENDSTERED forever.
lindsay: I'll be Cathy, and you be the joker, and we'll see who more people compliment.
gabe: hahaha
gabe: how about you be kathy and i will be an adult
lindsay: That works too.
Posted by Lindsay at 5:45 PM in Friday Fight
Tags: Halloween
Kathy also needs several copies of "Soap Opera Digest"
Just helping you authenticate your costume.
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And a good smearing of strawberry lip gloss with Dora the Explorer underwear sticking out over your pants.
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You could go the super scary route and be Kathy Griffin.
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Can Halloween be when Double Dog is finally brought back from the dead? I, Alicia, dare Gabe to be Chuck Bass and Lindsay to be Cathy Geiss and record responses for us to enjoy.
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Cathy Geiss would be an amazing costume, Lindsay. I'm tempted...
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I expect we'll see a lot of half-assed Anton Chigurhs
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Are you saying no one will go full-ass with the haircut?
I ask you, where is this generation's dedication to Hallowe'en??
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I don't think you can do a half ass costume of Anton Chigurh. If you don't do the hair, you're pretty much just a guy telling people you're Anton Chigurh.
God, their are gonna be so many Heath Ledger Jokers this Halloween. I can even imagine all the people who were thinking "I'm gonna be Heath Ledger Joker for Halloween" while watching The Dark Knight. As long as I see at least one Nurse Joker I will be happy!
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Im going as Mark Hamill Joker. And i'm going to give Heath Ledger Jokers the middle finger for the whole night. You might think i'm joking.
No.
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Now I know what I will be for Halloween. Thank you.
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There's an obvious one sitting out there for you to pluck but you both missed it because there's no "video" of it:
Scatch a backwards "B" into your right cheek. Mascara black eyes. Tiny nose stud. Look a little bloated and a lot sad. McCain button.\
ASHLEY TODD '08
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Actually, mind-reader, that was the first thing I suggested, but we had to stick to the video stuff. But yes, Ashley Todd has replaced Sarah Palin as costume of '08, for sure. So easy! And aren't we all totally obsessed with that nutcase?
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EVERYTHING IS VIDEO NOW
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Yeah, Ashley "Backwards B" Todd is the new Borat costume. It is simple, cheap, and recent.
Meanwhile, I'm going to go as a bloody Dick Cheney and tell people that I am someone who got shot on their way to a Halloween party in 2004. Perfect amount of irony to scoop up the hipsters.
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My halloween costume will be a backwards B on my cheek and a fake black eye.
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Also I totally didn't even see the comments already mentioning the backwards B. Whoops.
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Well I'm going as an extra from The Rural Juror so I hope Lindsay's 4 friends find me clever and charming.
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I'm going as the ironic, obscure reference, one-upper!
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Pffft! Nice job Jason. Now we're not gonna have any fun guessing on Halloween.
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charlie bit my finger
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This is why I am a witch every year. It's even more succinct and get-able than a "one-liner" costume. It's a one-word classic.
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Okay but you mean Sexy witch right Clown Coffee?
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Everyone will be the Joker this halloween, so, I think, a good costume would be a Heath Ledger Zombie Joker. Like, you're the Joker but you're also Heath Ledger who plays the Joker and Heath Ledger is dead, so now you're a zombie also. Get it? Get it?
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I just want to let you know that in the very first bunch of trick-or-treaters who came to my door, a group that looked about 15-17 or so, there was a kid at the back who instead of saying "Trick or Treat" said "I love turtles." They were already walking away so I didn't ask questions or see what he was dressed like. I read this post for the first time about three minutes afterwards.
And this has been today's Moment of Bizarre Internet Synchronicity, brought to you by the Youtubes.
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