Millionaire Halloween

Though 176 days away for most of us, yesterday was the celebration of the annual "Millionaire's Halloween." This year's Met Gala, which is a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, saw an impressive bevy of costumes, but once again failed to have a single participant dressed as a Ghostbuster on the Red Carpet. When will they learn?!?

Up until last year, The Met (the Museum, NOT the Gala) was "pay-what-you-will." Because of this, the concept of the Met Gala event to raise money, seemed almost philanthropic.

Now if you want to visit The Met, it'll cost you $25 for an adult, $17 for a senior, $12 for a student, and FREE if you're under 12. However, if you want to visit the Met Gala, it'll cost you $30,000! Or you can get a table for $275,000. Based on the money, you can mathematically fit 9.16 people per table, which explains why only Jared Leto's head could make it this year.

The theme was allegedly "CAMP." Of course, I didn't see ANYONE dressed in a denim vest, a sun beaten fishing cap, and a tool belt. But I guess "camp" doesn't mean the same to everyone, "know what I mean, Vern?"

So what sui generis costumes did this unique mass don?


Lady Gaga (one of the event's "Hosts") dressed as Silly Puddy. Still a classic!

Gaga also brought extra costumes (a brilliant move to go out and get ADDITIONAL candy).

Here's one of her dresses as Mary Antoinette Poppins. "Let them eat a spoon full of sugar!"

Katy Perry went as Lumiere (again) from Beauty & The Beast. Katy, we get it! Your Mom worked hard on that costume, but seriously, EVERY year?!?

Gal Gadot and Clare Waight Keller dressed as timeless Mad Magazine characters, Spy vs. Spy.

A couple of "almost the same costume" moments with:

Janelle Monae rocking the One-Eyed Jack. Combining the playing card AND the Marlon Brando's character Rio in the film One-Eyed Jacks. Pretty heady stuff!

As well as Gemma Chan going as that thing that Superman uses to talk to his dead father in the Fortress of Solitude.

Both outfits drew heavy inspiration from Marlon Brando.

A near similar set saw Kylie Jenner's Mahna Mahna Music video inspired costume...

... almost get confused with Amber Valletta's "Green Fry Guy" costume.

RuPaul's Tony the Tiger outfit was great, until he lost the head piece.
(Seriously, if anyone found it PLEASE return it! It was rented!!!)

And Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's couple costume homage to 1980s video games (Q-bert and Tron, respectively) was impressive!

I also appreciated Gwen Stefani's costume as "The Future Mrs. Kevin Regan."

But my favorite costume of the night was hands down Colin Kaepernick as Johnny Lawrence in his Cobra Kai outfit, along with Nessa Diab dressed as the 2nd place trophy Johnny won at the 1984 All-Valley Karate Championship that Sensei John Crease would break in the parking lot afterwards.

A little promotion tie in for Cobra Kai Season 2 now on Youtube Premium.

Scott Caan: The Final Chapter

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you've already seen all of this. If you don't follow me on one of those, and yet somehow stumbled on to my blog (and actually read it), you have my thanks.

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The following is from Facebook on Thursday November 23, 2017:

Saw Bad Moms 2 last night. It was fun. When I got home from the theater...guess who was waiting for me?

Tired & cold in New York. Have been "guarding" floats all night.

Weird to be guarding a cop float... — at Macys Balloon Inflating.

Super cold waiting for the Parade to start this year.

I should have worn something heavier than my hoodie.

Of course Scott did full a "deck change." Once a surfer, always a surfer I suppose... — feeling cold at Macy's.

Olaf is aloft — at Macy's.

Scott Caan: I know last year Tony Bennett was a tough assugnment, but maybe we can get you to hang out with another VIP.

Me: Oh! Gwen Stefani?!?

SC: I had a better idea...

Seriously?!? This guy has taken like 70 selfies of himself.

Well...they moved me off Fallon duty and moved me over to work as a balloon wrangle for the Red Power Ranger. Unfortunately, the wind picked up and we had an "incident."

I don't think I'll be asked back next year, so this is kind of working out!  — at Macy's.

Baby sitting celebrities, balloon wrangling, or guarding balloons from outside threats is one thing, but when you want me to be a watch out while you steal a dog from a kid, that's where I draw the line. — at Macy's.

This is that moment when you find out that Scott Caan volunteered you to dress up like Santa, because the other Santa is high off his ass on whippets!

One of these years I'll have a peaceful Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

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Also happy (other) holidays that have happened since Thanksgiving up until today. In the US they include:

Happy Hanukkah, American Indian Heritage Day, Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, President’s Day, Black Friday, Lincoln’s Birthday, First Day of Advent, Cyber Monday, St. Nicholas Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pan American Aviation Day, Wright Brothers Day, December Solstice, Washington’s Birthday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Day After Christmas, and Kwanzaa (*Boxing Day is a Canadian Holiday).

Have a safe and Happy New Year.