Don’t you just love a good old fashioned Halloween costume contest? How about one held outside on a busy city street? How about one held in the year 2000? Well…
Yep, here’s a 12-minute video of a deliriously of-its-time Halloween costume contest held on Milwaukee’s Water Street 23 years ago! It’s filled with basic costumes (witches and skeletons), creative costumes (Indiana Jones w/boulder), elaborate costumes (a Borg from Star Trek), duo costumes (Hans and Franz), and extremely early-’00s costumes (Mark Chmura w/teenage girl). And while nothing jumps out as wildly offensive as a winning Aunt Jemima costume the following year, there are plenty of costumes that absolutely wouldn’t/shouldn’t fly today (Mark Chmura w/teenage girl).
Watch the video on YouTube HERE.
Here’s a partial list of the costumes seen in the video. Pocahontas and Warren from There’s Something About Mary are big no-no’s, too.
• Stormtrooper
• Yip Yips from Sesame Street
• Mark Chmura w/teenage girl
• Indiana Jones w/boulder
• A Borg
• Members of Blue Man Group
• Cuban cigar w/Zippo lighter
• Zorro
• Chewbacca
• Darth Maul
• Warren from There’s Something About Mary
• Pocahontas
• Glinda from The Wizard of Oz
• Mona Lisa
• Cruella de Vil w/Dalmatian
• Boba Fett
• Racing Sausages
• Kenny from South Park
• Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz
• Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head
• Catwoman
• Hans and Franz
• Pinhead
And yes, this video previously made an appearance on our 66 Days of Halloween countdown. We’ve fallen a little behind on the countdown—mostly due to the site crashing when we try to edit the ever-growing article—but we promise to get back on track soon! Here’s a Hans and Franz sketch!
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