But what about all the bad ideas that got thrown out over the years. I dug deep and did some research (in my own head) about some party theme ideas that have failed over the years.
1. Presidential couples - Once the couple showed up as the FDR and Eleanor, the vibe was pretty much dead. Let's just saw first ladies (or first man-ladies...Hillary) haven't really been the peak of sexiness. Not even beer goggles can make Eleanor Roosevelt look appealing. I'm guessing it was FDR's polio meds that put him in any state of mind to talk to her in the first place. After this years election though, the diversity of the party would definitely expand to include more than just white christians. AEPi (jewish frat) still won't be having any of these themed parties though...
Cross your fingers for 2012, Evan Mann. Then again, the campaign ticket would just look like the sign outside your local law firm. "Shwartz and Weinberg 2012." The campaign ads would be great though.
"Oy Vey. Have you seen this Barack Obama? What a klutz! Stop shlepping around with the problems of yesterday and elect Shwartz in '12! Mazel Tov!"
Stimulating the economy with stray pennies really isn't the best plan, though.
2. Nurses and Critical Care Patients - That's not saline solution in his IV...
3. Middle-Aged Bald Men and Mail Order Brides - Because walking around a crowded party with a girl on a leash can't possibly end well. Plus the characters are barely convincing if your date can speak english.
4. 30s Party - It's tough to have a party in a hooverville, and no one looks good wearing dirty ripped blazers and broken, brimless fedoras. Then again, if you really get into character, you can drink to deal with the depression of not being able to support your family.
5. Top government officials and the prostitutes that ruined their careers - I'm still working on my Elliot Spitzer costume if this one ever happens.
6. CEOs and Gold Diggers - The more realistic corporate themed party... Donald Trump wigs will sell like stock in handguns and Jack Daniels during the recession. Let's just hope no one comes as Anna Nicole Smith...
7. Uptight Girls and their Gay Best Friends - The combination from hell...
So on the off chance these parties happen, most likely at the lame frats (I'm looking at you Lambda), you know who to credit.
11 comments:
i'm planning one of every party for this summer.
I call William Howard Taft
The prize for the best costumes in the Uptight Girls and their Gay Best Friends party goes too...Kelliann and Jesse! No one else even stood a chance.
i expected something funnier from you ben....
that was just unoriginal.
Ben if all youre going to do is spread your cloud of negativity over the ray of sunshine that is this blog, i suggest you take your pessimistic pollution elsewhere.
Sentence of Dave (the mildly inferior inspiration for this blog) seems ripe for some of that Rosen style slander.
I still think the best theme ever is "abusive husbands and their demoralized wives chained to the stove."
But I've seen it done, so it's not a failure
Hey Phil I think Chris Brown tried throwing one of those parties. I wonder how it worked out.
O yea I heard about that. It was a pre-grammy party in the front seat of his car, right?
i thought you quit blogging. long long ago in a galaxy far far away, back when i was in college we had a western themed party where we filled the pit of my fraternity with hay so you could jump over the balcony ledge into the hay pile. doug mazzoni broke his arm and we never did it again.
The fact that the central idea of the party was college students jumping from high places should have been a red flag for the theme.
My recent major switch and free time has revived the blog.
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