Oct. 31, 2026
Don’t Wear This Tonight! The Most-Played Out and Most Popular Halloween Costumes
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RSS Feed Happy Halloween ya’ll! We go over the top halloween costumes of the year, and break down from region to region, your city’s most searched costume. You’ll also want to hear which costumes have made the “overplayed” list, let’s just hope your planned outfit isn’t on the list. We’ll also take a walk down memory lane, going over the most popular costumes of the decade and recalling our favorites.
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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is finally here. It is Saturday, October 31st. It is Halloween. We are recording this on Halloween morning, which means you still got time to switch up your Halloween costume because please, please make sure you do not have one of the top 10 most played out costumes that you're planning to wear tonight. And with that, welcome to this episode of Of Amy and TJ. That list we'll get to, and it's kind of obvious, some of them. But, Robes, we have these lists out there of the most popular Halloween costumes for adults. Some of these I had to Google. I didn't know what the hell they were.
00:00:51
Speaker 2: Same. I did not know the references. I've not seen the movies that they're depicting. So, yes, I was confused by... some of the top choices. And we actually break it down because it's fun now with all the Google searches that are available to all of us. We can see not just what the most popular adult costumes are, but where in the country. Obviously, different regions have different pensions for certain costumes. It's kind of funny to see where folks choose which costumes.
00:01:22
Speaker 1: As an example, we know that the most popular costume in Pittsburgh is Willy Wonka. Like Google has a, this is a cool tool. They call it their Fright Fest. Is that right? Or Fright Geist.
00:01:34
Speaker 2: Fright Geist.
00:01:34
Speaker 1: Fright Geist. That's what it is. But they have a breakdown. You could actually put in your zip code and it will tell you what the most popular costumes are.
00:01:43
Speaker 2: It's like if you're going to a party, you don't want to be in the same dress as another woman. So, you know, as much as I love Zara or certain chains, you were like, I can't get a dress from there if I'm going to a big event because almost certainly someone else is going to be in the same dress. I feel it's, I mean, look, everyone takes their own twist on a costume, but there's nothing worse than showing up at a costume party and literally looking identical to someone else.
00:02:07
Speaker 1: But if you both decided to be, I don't know, witches, you could put your own spin on a witch.
00:02:13
Speaker 2: Please. Both of my adult daughters have absolutely planned their outfits with friends, like, Ava and Annalise were party animals last night.
00:02:21
Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:02:22
Speaker 2: Two nights ago, Annalise went to a party, and all three of her friends, they were all sexy... Whatever. Vampires.
00:02:31
Speaker 1: Oh, it was vampires. You're right.
00:02:32
Speaker 2: They did it all together, yes. But that's when you choose to do it, and you coordinate your outfits. There's a difference between coordinating costumes and then going, oh, God, I'm basic. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:02:44
Speaker 1: Well, don't be basic tonight. We're going to show you the list that we have of the most played out costumes. I was surprised, though, Robes, at, you said it, maybe it's because we live in New York. I thought more adults dressed up. I was surprised at how low the estimates are on how many adults plan to dress up for Halloween.
00:03:02
Speaker 2: Right now, according to the Rasmussen poll, we're up, though, this year from last year. 29% of adults say they plan to wear a costume today that is up from 26%. Last year.
00:03:14
Speaker 1: I'm still surprised. We're talking about three-quarters of adults in the country don't partake.
00:03:19
Speaker 2: You're among them.
00:03:19
Speaker 1: I have not in forever. I can't remember the last time I... It had to be at GMA.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, at GMA.
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Speaker 1: That wasn't necessarily voluntary.
00:03:28
Speaker 2: That was not voluntary. That was mandatory. It was a part of your job. But I love Halloween. I love dressing up. I have dressed up, I would say, for the majority of my adult life. I... didn't plan on doing it this year. But look, yes, I think it's so fun to just be out and about and see everybody. And I do think New York obviously is special because there are so many bars and restaurants and parties and everyone's out walking around. So yes, it feels like New York City, 75% of adults are dressed up.
00:04:00
Speaker 1: And you know what? You make a very good point about New York City. You don't have to have a friend dressed up. Anybody in this city get dressed up in the most ridiculous Halloween costume, walk outside on your own down the street, and you'll feel like you're in a community. You won't feel like you're standing out.
00:04:17
Speaker 2: No, and oh my gosh, the Halloween parade that goes, I mean, it's just, this is a fun night, and it's on a Saturday night. New York City is going to be a blast. We won't be partaking because you need to get your shut eye. I was actually wondering with the marathon here in New York City, have we ever seen Halloween? I'm sure it's happened before. I just don't remember in recent history where Halloween is the night before you get an extra hour of sleep. It's Saturday night. The city is going to be party, party, party central. And then all the runners in the morning are going to be running the New York City Marathon. And I wonder how many will be running in costumes. I bet we'll see some Halloween costumes.
00:04:55
Speaker 1: You know what? Some will. On any year we see, you're right, it's going to be nuts.
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Speaker 2: It'll be extra festive.
00:05:01
Speaker 1: It's going to be nuts. And you know what? The whole crowd, they're going to be dressed up still. Tomorrow might be a wild day.
00:05:06
Speaker 2: You could be a ghost runner. It might be wild. You could like just, you know, you kind of paint your face white, make a little blood come out of your mouth and wear what you're going to wear for the marathon with your bib. You could be a ghost runner.
00:05:16
Speaker 1: So you're telling a black man to go in white face tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: Well, however you would look as a ghost. I don't know. I think that'd be okay.
00:05:24
Speaker 1: You just told me to paint my face white.
00:05:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, go in white face. Is that offensive? I'm not offended. LOL. Obviously, I'm kidding.
00:05:33
Speaker 1: No, that's good. Look, you're right. Actually, I'm a little more excited now because I didn't think about that point. You make a good one. There are already going to be outfits out there.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
00:05:42
Speaker 1: And extra tomorrow because of that. Speaking of New York, yes, the breakdown. Robes, they give it to us. They even know by region. This is a great tool. Again, it's called their Fright Geist. But they have a map, Robes. You can just put in your zip code, and it will tell you the most popular searched costumes in your region. In New York in particular, it was Wolverine.
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Speaker 2: Huh.
00:06:04
Speaker 1: From X-Men.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't get into any of that. But yes, we'll have to look and see if we see a lot of Wolverines.
00:06:11
Speaker 1: When was the last time you did dress up for Halloween?
00:06:14
Speaker 2: Actually, I was trying to think that. I would imagine.
00:06:17
Speaker 1: Full on costume. Outside of work.
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Speaker 2: Outside of work. Oh, I think I had a Halloween party and I think it was 2021, 2020. It might have been during the pandemic. Somewhere around there where, yes, you know what? I think it was during, so it must have been 2021. And I dressed up as the Kelly McGinnis from Top Gun. I went and got a Top Gun bomber jacket. I did my hair just like hers where it was wavy. I did the red lipstick. It was Tom Cruise's. She was the instructor.
00:06:49
Speaker 1: I can't remember how she was dressed, though.
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Speaker 2: Oh, well, I did a top gun bomber. I got the idea because I saw a top gun bomber jacket, like if you were trying to be Tom Cruise.
00:06:58
Speaker 1: It sounded like you were trying to be Tom Cruise.
00:06:59
Speaker 2: Well, no, but I was like, you know how girls wear the guy's jacket when she's on the back of the motorcycle? And then I had the glasses, so yeah, it was fun. I thought I nailed it.
00:07:07
Speaker 1: You remember one before that?
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Speaker 2: Because I've done a lot of Halloween parties. I mean, the one I told you I remembered my first Halloween party I hosted as an adult, I was basically a sexy cheetah. I had a cheetah dress that was tight-fitting, and then I wore little cat ears and made whiskers and a black nose. That was fun.
00:07:26
Speaker 1: You had an excuse to look that way. Yes, it was cute. Because it was Halloween. Yeah. Sexy. Yeah, okay. Don't remember the last time. I have no idea as an adult. When was the last time outside of work that I dressed?
00:07:38
Speaker 2: But what was your last costume as an adult at GMA?
00:07:43
Speaker 1: It was the guy from the bartender from the boat, or was it the.
00:07:47
Speaker 2: The love boat. What's his name?
00:07:49
Speaker 1: Was that it?
00:07:49
Speaker 2: I always forget his name. I loved it.
00:07:52
Speaker 1: That might have been the last one that I did.
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Speaker 2: Really?
00:07:54
Speaker 1: Because I had that sticky, greasy, like Jermaine Jackson type mustache. You had like an afro. Well, the mustache was so greasy that it reminded me of, It's Isaac.
00:08:05
Speaker 2: You were Isaac. And I was Peg Bundy. So remember, I had the big red hair.
00:08:10
Speaker 1: Was that the last one?
00:08:11
Speaker 2: Married with children. And I don't know, because then I was Maleficent. I was Rapunzel. I was Kim Kardashian. I mean, for the Today Show and Good Morning America, there's just a long list of... You were... I was.
00:08:24
Speaker 1: The snowman one year. I was Lucius one year from Empire next to Robin. And there was one other. Oh, Madea. You were Madea.
00:08:33
Speaker 2: Oh, and I was Sia. We have a picture of us together on the GMA set where you were Madea and I was Sia. And we were both, well, you were more recognizable, honestly, than I was. Because half my face was Sia.
00:08:44
Speaker 1: I don't know if I was recognizable.
00:08:45
Speaker 2: Oh, I was Taylor Swift one year. And I had all, that was a fun one. I had all my friends with me when she did the Bad Blood. So they kind of emulated that from, they did a good job with the costume, but that was the year that George Stephanopoulos was Ed Sheeran, and he fell off the set and got electrocuted.
00:09:01
Speaker 1: That is not a made-up story. Is there video of that? It's still out there somewhere?
00:09:06
Speaker 2: It's probably there.
00:09:07
Speaker 1: It was one of the.
00:09:08
Speaker 2: He was fine, so that's why I'm laughing.
00:09:09
Speaker 1: Well, it was the funniest and most terrifying moment, maybe in combination at GMA, because if anybody understands, George hates... halloween i don't think i'm not going too far in what i'm saying it's just not his jam.
00:09:21
Speaker 2: He played like george he dressed up one year as george clooney meaning he just wore.
00:09:25
Speaker 1: A suit he doesn't get.
00:09:28
Speaker 2: Into it like what are you george clooney yeah in oceans 11 or whatever it was i was like okay.
00:09:33
Speaker 1: He got into it so the one year that got him to do something that was.
00:09:36
Speaker 2: Fairly simple one year he finally agreed to wear an ed sheeran wig he had.
00:09:40
Speaker 1: A guitar Had a shirt on. It may look like he had sleeves, like the tattoos. He didn't have to do anything. Just come out there, strum a couple times, and walk off.
00:09:49
Speaker 2: There were bright lights. It was confusing where the stage ended.
00:09:51
Speaker 1: He couldn't quite navigate. He took a bad step off that stage on live television and then tried to catch himself and touch the light and got Electrocute it right there.
00:10:03
Speaker 2: It was. And let's just say he never dressed up for Halloween again.
00:10:08
Speaker 1: We all knew he was over. In that moment, like, wow, this is done.
00:10:10
Speaker 2: I remember the stage managers. Once we knew he was okay, it was like, I mean, it was hard not to laugh.
00:10:16
Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Fonzie and Cruz. That's who I was thinking of.
00:10:18
Speaker 2: Oh, Fonzie. Fonzie just, we were all trying not to laugh, but it was.
00:10:21
Speaker 1: It was, look, it was a long time ago.
00:10:23
Speaker 2: He'll never.
00:10:23
Speaker 1: Never again.
00:10:24
Speaker 2: Ever. I mean, he stormed off the set. Yeah. And.
00:10:29
Speaker 1: So, yes, Halloween for adults doesn't always work out. So let's give you now go through. This is the Google. This is their official list nationally. Most popular searched Halloween costumes. And we'll just go through the list where they have 25 here. And some of them, Rose, I'm still not quite clear what some of them are.
00:10:48
Speaker 2: Yes, okay, Los Angeles, Buddy... Wait, is this how you wanted to do it?
00:10:52
Speaker 1: No, the official list here. See, the most popular costumes.
00:10:55
Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh, sorry.
00:10:55
Speaker 1: So this is the official list before we get into the breakdown. Got it.
00:10:58
Speaker 2: Oh, it's the same. Buddy the Unicorn. I was just about to say it. I don't know. What's Buddy the Unicorn?
00:11:03
Speaker 1: It's a horror movie, some freaky little horror movie that's out that has kids trapped inside of a television show about this Buddy the Unicorn, some orange... It's a.
00:11:12
Speaker 2: Dark comedy horror film. Well, how have we not seen this? This is crazy. We need to watch this today then.
00:11:19
Speaker 1: And what is Needo?
00:11:21
Speaker 2: I'm going to have to Google that. N-E-E-D-O.
00:11:24
Speaker 1: N-E-E-D-O. It's a super soft, stretchy dough. And people are wearing these boxes to make themselves neat. I didn't know. Keep going down the list. Number three makes perfect sense. This is awesome.
00:11:37
Speaker 2: You called this. You said, I bet people are going to dress up as Nikki from Obsession, one of, if not the best film of the year, in our humble opinion. But yes, crazy Nikki who gets obsessed. It's all a spell that's imposed upon her, but great.
00:11:51
Speaker 1: This next one, though, who even played this character in Odyssey?
00:11:55
Speaker 2: How do you say it?
00:11:56
Speaker 1: Agamemnon. Agamemnon.
00:11:57
Speaker 2: He's the king. Agamemnon.
00:11:59
Speaker 1: Agamemnon. But Agamemnon is the number four on the list. But which one? Who actor played him in the Odyssey? It's from the Odyssey.
00:12:09
Speaker 2: I'm looking it up right now. Didn't help. King Agamemnon is played by Benny Softy.
00:12:16
Speaker 1: There you go.
00:12:16
Speaker 2: None of that helps. Okay.
00:12:18
Speaker 1: Well, there you go. Keep going down the list. Lily Lovebraids from Poppy Playtime. Don't know that one. Oliver Tree. Isn't that the musician that just died in the helicopter crash down in Australia, right? Verity from Minecraft. There's a character named Verity. Isn't that the name of the movie that just came out?
00:12:33
Speaker 2: Yes. That's why that's confusing.
00:12:35
Speaker 1: What's Carl from Dungeon Crawler Carl? Disco Scooby-Doo. Hazel Hook, that's from The Descendants, the latest Descendants movie. Number 12 here on the list, Dolly Parton. That makes sense.
00:12:46
Speaker 2: That makes sense. Number 13 is Thrag from Invincible. Don't know who that is. And this was one of my favorites because I had to Google. Number 14 is Kenny Rogers. And I was like, wait, when did Kenny Rogers die? Looked it up, 2020. And then I Googled, why is Kenny Rogers' costume trending? And it said, because couples go to parties... Dolly Parton obviously died, and they pay homage to Dolly, so then the significant other shows up as Kenny Rogers, and then you can sing Islands in the Stream. But that, I was like, oh my gosh, that makes so much sense. We don't really know what Dolly's husband looked like. He wasn't a part of the.
00:13:24
Speaker 1: Isn't that something?
00:13:25
Speaker 2: So when you think who to put with Dolly Parton, if you're going as a couple, the only person you actually would be able to put her with is Kenny Rogers. It's so fascinating.
00:13:35
Speaker 1: Going down this list, Bowser Jr. That's from Super Mario, I believe, right? Bowser Jr., Princess, Rosalina, Super Mario as well, Green Lantern. After that, Skeletor, Cyclops, Dumpling. That's a character from something I don't have more details. Doctor Doom, which is.
00:13:51
Speaker 1: Is that from the Marvel movie that's.
00:13:52
Speaker 2: About to come out on Doomsday?
00:13:53
Speaker 1: You know more than I do about any of that stuff. So that is your top 25 list. Now you get into, Robe, some of the more specifics, and this gets fun to see where they have a breakdown that will tell you in Columbus, Ohio, in Austin, Texas, in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Memphis, all these places. So, Robe, let's go through the West Coast cities first. These are the number one places. Halloween costumes in specific cities.
00:14:17
Speaker 2: LA, Buddy the Unicorn. This one's funny. San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. It's Dolly Parton. And look, obviously we know San Francisco has a big gay community. And I just would have to think, this isn't about the girl being Dolly and the guy being Kenny. I'm pretty sure a lot of men will be Dolly Parton tonight.
00:14:33
Speaker 1: There'll be more men in Dolly than women in Dolly Parton. I think so.
00:14:36
Speaker 2: Well, definitely in New York, too. Think about all the drag queens. True. I wouldn't be surprised if we walk out tonight, if we just take a stroll to get a little view, Dolly Parton's going to be everywhere in the West Village.
00:14:47
Speaker 1: You can stroll through the West Village on a Tuesday in May. And you see Dolly Parton. And you see it. Sacramento likes The Minion. It's their number one. Seattle, Dr. Frankenfurter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Mermaids are the number one thing in Portland. Napoleon Dynamite, still popular in Phoenix. Iron Man is the thing in Denver. The Grinch is popular in Salt Lake City. Vegas loves The Alien from Toy Story. And San Diego likes Elmo.
00:15:13
Speaker 2: Oh, wow. Midwest, you got Chicago and Eminem. That's funny. Milwaukee, Raven. Can you explain what Raven is?
00:15:21
Speaker 1: Is that from Teen Titans thing? Raven from things?
00:15:24
Speaker 2: Anything that has, yeah. Detroit, Alice in Wonderland. That's random. Is there some reason there's Alice in Wonderland trending in some other form or fashion? I don't know. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sonic the Hedgehog. Cleveland, Akron, The Joker. Columbus, Ohio, is Bride of Chucky. Indianapolis, a mime. Yeah. St. Louis, Sky from Paw Patrol, and Kansas City, Jack Skellington. That's from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
00:15:50
Speaker 1: And I asked you before we started, what is with Houston as we move to the south here? Why in God's name? Oompa Loompa. Why is that the number one thing in Houston?
00:15:59
Speaker 2: Oh, but it's hilarious. Or why is Kill Bill in Dallas?
00:16:02
Speaker 1: I don't know. What's going on? Throwbacks. Michael Jackson in San Antonio is the most popular. In Austin, the most popular Halloween costume is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
00:16:10
Speaker 2: That was popular in the 90s, wasn't it?
00:16:12
Speaker 1: Hey, hey, hey. Come back.
00:16:14
Speaker 2: Wait.
00:16:14
Speaker 1: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles never go out of style. They put out a new movie every seven years.
00:16:18
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess that's true.
00:16:18
Speaker 1: Atlanta. I kind of like this. Storm from the X-Men.
00:16:21
Speaker 2: I don't even know what that is.
00:16:23
Speaker 1: But you know, Halle Berry played Storm in the X-Men movies. She had this short... Platinum white hair, that thing.
00:16:30
Speaker 2: Okay, it all came back to me. All right. Miami, Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tampa, Raven from Teen Titans.
00:16:38
Speaker 1: Oh, it is Teen Titans.
00:16:39
Speaker 2: Okay, you were right. Orlando, Hazel Hook from Descendants. Charlotte, Buddy the Unicorn. Raleigh, Spider-Man. Nashville, Beast Boy from Teen Titans.
00:16:51
Speaker 1: That's funny.
00:16:52
Speaker 2: I don't know what that is.
00:16:53
Speaker 1: He's a little character that'll eat anything you put in front of him. I know this because of Sabine. She used to watch Teen Titans. That's so funny.
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Speaker 2: Memphis Ladybug.
00:16:59
Speaker 1: I don't know, Memphis. What's going on, peeps? I don't know.
00:17:02
Speaker 2: How is that? Like, what? New Orleans Batman. That makes sense. I get that.
00:17:06
Speaker 1: Go ahead. And then the last region we have, the Northeast. New York and Philly. Like the same character for whatever reason. Wolverine, number one. Judy Hopps from Zootopia. Great character. That's Boston's favorite. Willy Wonka, we mentioned, from Pittsburgh. D.C. and Baltimore. I scratched my head a little.
00:17:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, Baltimore has Darth Vader and Washington, D.C. police officer. Okay. No one wants to... I was thinking, like, I was expecting ICE agents. I was expecting, like.
00:17:37
Speaker 1: Whoa.
00:17:38
Speaker 2: I was expecting... Maybe that's dangerous.
00:17:40
Speaker 1: Somebody's going to do that.
00:17:41
Speaker 2: But they will, but that's actually probably dangerous.
00:17:43
Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't... Who was the congresswoman that did it? She was the ICE agent and had, like, a... Oh, that was terrible. I can't remember. Her boyfriend or something was her prisoner or something.
00:17:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was, like... He was, like... And it was.
00:17:54
Speaker 1: We're going to see that somewhere tonight.
00:17:55
Speaker 2: It was awful.
00:17:55
Speaker 1: We're going to see that somewhere tonight.
00:17:57
Speaker 2: But there always are pop culture. I know these are more movie and kind of consuming whatever's on TV or on the big screen, but there's usually some news headline grabbing costumes out there. I was trying to imagine what those might be. But people will be clever. It'll be fun to see what people come up with.
00:18:13
Speaker 1: Well, you better be clever. And more clever than this next list we're going to give you. Stay here. The top ten most played out costumes. Yes, these are the ones you do not want to be seen in tonight. And also, we'll give you a recap of what were the most popular Halloween costumes by the decade. Yeah, there was one decade that even Davy Crockett was the most popular.
00:18:43
Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ, your Halloween edition. And yes, we teased at the top that we were going to give you the most played out costumes, meaning don't go there because they've been overdone. You've jumped the shark if you put any of these costumes on. I have absolutely worn a lot of these.
00:19:03
Speaker 1: Are you serious? Yes. Obviously. You know what? Let me go through this. I would say number one, obviously, well, four and maybe eight is what i'd give you.
00:19:16
Speaker 2: No eight that's so funny no no it's.
00:19:20
Speaker 1: Not okay what about number four uh yes okay okay so here's the list folks are the most played out number one is so obvious and please everybody nobody's gonna stop doing this but i wish they would.
00:19:31
Speaker 2: Sexy version of anything 29 and yes you can make a cat sexy you can make a vampire sexy you can make Anything. A nurse sexy.
00:19:40
Speaker 1: There will be a sexy Darth Vader tonight, probably.
00:19:42
Speaker 2: Yes, you can make anything sexy.
00:19:44
Speaker 1: I'm all for it.
00:19:45
Speaker 2: Is it lazy? It's fun.
00:19:47
Speaker 1: You want to look cute?
00:19:48
Speaker 2: I don't want to look weird, although I will. will tell you my favorite costume as a child is a bizarre... I can't even explain it myself, but I was obsessed with Planet of the Apes, and I wore it two years in a row. You know that cheap plastic costume?
00:20:00
Speaker 1: Planet of the Apes, yeah.
00:20:01
Speaker 2: And my mom was like, why do you... And I was like, I was obsessed with going to that world and the fantasy of it, and I just... I liked it.
00:20:08
Speaker 1: Can you... Is it... Do you ever wear anything on Halloween in such a scantily clad way that you wouldn't wear out for a night cocktail? I'm not talking about like cat ears or something, but do you dress in a way that shows more or something is tighter or shorter than you would normally wear?
00:20:27
Speaker 2: I wouldn't. Some people would. And like it was, you know, you heard me giving my older daughter, like she said she was going to be a party animal. I was like, oh, a sexy party animal. She was like, no, I'm wearing cheetah pants and I tanked up and I was like, that sounds sexy. She came in and I was like, oh, actually you just look cute. You don't look. So yes, I think you can, you can find a version where it's like, there's a difference between sexy and slutty.
00:20:47
Speaker 1: Okay. But I am asking, is it often used as an excuse to wear something in such a way that you wouldn't be able to get away with? because you would be looked at a certain way. And I'm not talking about caddy. I'm just talking about this skirt is shorter, this top is cut lower. I think younger.
00:21:04
Speaker 2: Girls take advantage of that, yes. I think, I don't know, I would still be within my comfort level, but some people use it as an excuse, yes, to take on a different persona and maybe express themselves in a sexier way than they would have otherwise.
00:21:17
Speaker 1: All right, here goes the list. The most played out costumes, yes. Number one on the list was a sexy version of anything. After that, pirate. I don't mind pirate so much.
00:21:26
Speaker 2: No.
00:21:26
Speaker 1: After that, The Joker. I don't mind The Joker so much. After that, Cowboys and Cowgirls. I don't see that that often anymore.
00:21:31
Speaker 2: I've done this plenty because I have a cowboy boots and I have a cowboy hat.
00:21:34
Speaker 1: It's easy.
00:21:34
Speaker 2: So if you need it, it's just fun.
00:21:36
Speaker 1: Actually, we could do that tonight if we wanted to. Yes, exactly. Harley Quinn takes a little work. I don't mind. I don't see it that much, but that's a very sexy thing.
00:21:43
Speaker 2: Didn't Sabine do Harley Quinn or was she going to do it? She obviously didn't do it sexy, but.
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Speaker 1: I thought somehow she.
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Speaker 2: Talked about it.
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Speaker 1: You can make that one really sexy.
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Speaker 2: You could.
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Speaker 1: Number six is Hippie. I've done that. I skipped over that one. That makes sense for you. Number seven is a minion. Number eight, Robes, that's one. We should retire that one.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've seen this so much. Thing one and thing two. Please stop doing that as a couple. It's not funny. It's not clever. It's just dumb. Sorry if you have that costume. I'm so sorry.
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Speaker 1: But somebody is listening. I shouldn't have said that. Who plans to wear that tonight?
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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry. I feel really bad saying that. Please, do your thing, thing one and thing two. This is also, oh my God, this one is so overplayed. Where's Waldo?
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Speaker 1: People still do that?
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Speaker 2: Oh, I have seen it every single year. And then the mime, which was one of the city's. I can't stand mimes. Again, sorry if you're a mime.
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Speaker 1: A little creepy.
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Speaker 2: It's not that I think it's wrong to dress up as one. They creep me out, mimes and clowns. Clowns, yes. My whole life, I've never, ever, ever liked to be around. Because I'm like, why are you so sinister? Why are you playing with kids?
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Speaker 1: I don't like that.
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Speaker 2: I don't like it.
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Speaker 1: I'm with you 100%. I don't like it. But here it is. And boy, boy, boy, things used to be different. Parade Magazine will give them credit for this. They did put together this list. I'm not sure who the expert they used, but robes. It shows just how different... things have gotten over the years and what people like and what they wear. And they have the most popular Halloween costumes based on decades starting in the 1920s. And this list makes sense.
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Speaker 2: Yes, 1920s, a ghost. I've been a ghost before. 1930s, Mickey Mouse. That makes 1940s cowboys, cowgirls.
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Speaker 1: Sounds right.
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Speaker 2: 1950s Davy Crockett. You got that hat. Everyone knows how to make that work. 1960s Batman.
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Speaker 1: Was that the TV show? Was it in the 60s?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Batman and Robin, I think. For some reason, I feel like I saw that a lot even as a kid. 1970s. Star Wars, obviously. Oh, Princess Leia one year, one of my favorite costumes.
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Speaker 1: But there are so many characters in there you could be, babe.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 1: You could be, who was the gold guy?
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Speaker 2: C-3PO.
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Speaker 1: C-3PO, R2-D2. You could be Luke. You could be Leia. You could be Harrison Ford.
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Speaker 2: Darth Vader, yes.
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Speaker 1: And if you want to do a little Lando Calrissian, you can throw that in there if you're a black guy.
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Speaker 2: There's something for everybody. 1980s, this makes total sense, Freddy Krueger. Honestly, you just wear that red and green striped sweater with some holes in it.
00:24:07
Speaker 1: Borrow your mama's steak knives and you're good.
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Speaker 2: To go. 1990s, Bart Simpson.
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Speaker 1: That is so impressive that that show was still a hit.
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Speaker 2: Right?
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Speaker 1: What a show, man.
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Speaker 2: 2000s, Harry Potter. Oh, Harry Potter. We'll see Harry Potters tonight still. In 2010, Captain Jack, Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Speaker 1: How many did they do? Six, seven of those movies? Then that was the era. So things have changed. We are not going to dress up necessarily tonight. Maybe we'll get out and eyeball some people.
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Speaker 2: Like if I get out, I want to look festive. Sometimes even if you just wear like orange and black.
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Speaker 1: I have one Halloween costume in there you know of, right? Are you familiar? I have one that I keep for emergencies. What is it? That I can put on today if I have to and walk out and not be mad, not have to put on makeup, nothing.
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Speaker 2: Really?
00:24:51
Speaker 1: I thought we were talking about my astronaut suit.
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Speaker 2: No, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Speaker 1: I have an astronaut suit in there, a flight suit in there that I got from the Huntsville Space Station. That's amazing. I went down there for a story. They gave me this thing, but they made a patch on the spot and it says Razorback on it. That is so cute. That's the only reason I don't throw it away. If I have an emergency with Sabine, I need to show up to some party. I don't have to. It's just a basic blue, and it looks cool.
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Speaker 2: I love it.
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Speaker 1: And I can be an astronaut.
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Speaker 2: And we have cowboy hats and cowboy boots.
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Speaker 1: We can make it work if we need to. All right. Well, folks, you know what? Do your thing. The list is what it is. Whether it's popular, not popular, play it out or not, knock yourself out. It's Halloween. This is when adults are supposed to go be kids again. Yes, on this night. So have fun. Be safe. We always appreciate you spending some time. Happy Halloween to you. For my dear Amy Robach, I'm TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is finally here. It is Saturday, October 31st. It is Halloween. We are recording this on Halloween morning, which means you still got time to switch up your Halloween costume because please, please make sure you do not have one of the top 10 most played out costumes that you're planning to wear tonight. And with that, welcome to this episode of Of Amy and TJ. That list we'll get to, and it's kind of obvious, some of them. But, Robes, we have these lists out there of the most popular Halloween costumes for adults. Some of these I had to Google. I didn't know what the hell they were.
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Speaker 2: Same. I did not know the references. I've not seen the movies that they're depicting. So, yes, I was confused by... some of the top choices. And we actually break it down because it's fun now with all the Google searches that are available to all of us. We can see not just what the most popular adult costumes are, but where in the country. Obviously, different regions have different pensions for certain costumes. It's kind of funny to see where folks choose which costumes.
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Speaker 1: As an example, we know that the most popular costume in Pittsburgh is Willy Wonka. Like Google has a, this is a cool tool. They call it their Fright Fest. Is that right? Or Fright Geist.
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Speaker 2: Fright Geist.
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Speaker 1: Fright Geist. That's what it is. But they have a breakdown. You could actually put in your zip code and it will tell you what the most popular costumes are.
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Speaker 2: It's like if you're going to a party, you don't want to be in the same dress as another woman. So, you know, as much as I love Zara or certain chains, you were like, I can't get a dress from there if I'm going to a big event because almost certainly someone else is going to be in the same dress. I feel it's, I mean, look, everyone takes their own twist on a costume, but there's nothing worse than showing up at a costume party and literally looking identical to someone else.
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Speaker 1: But if you both decided to be, I don't know, witches, you could put your own spin on a witch.
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Speaker 2: Please. Both of my adult daughters have absolutely planned their outfits with friends, like, Ava and Annalise were party animals last night.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, that's right.
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Speaker 2: Two nights ago, Annalise went to a party, and all three of her friends, they were all sexy... Whatever. Vampires.
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Speaker 1: Oh, it was vampires. You're right.
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Speaker 2: They did it all together, yes. But that's when you choose to do it, and you coordinate your outfits. There's a difference between coordinating costumes and then going, oh, God, I'm basic. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Speaker 1: Well, don't be basic tonight. We're going to show you the list that we have of the most played out costumes. I was surprised, though, Robes, at, you said it, maybe it's because we live in New York. I thought more adults dressed up. I was surprised at how low the estimates are on how many adults plan to dress up for Halloween.
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Speaker 2: Right now, according to the Rasmussen poll, we're up, though, this year from last year. 29% of adults say they plan to wear a costume today that is up from 26%. Last year.
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Speaker 1: I'm still surprised. We're talking about three-quarters of adults in the country don't partake.
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Speaker 2: You're among them.
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Speaker 1: I have not in forever. I can't remember the last time I... It had to be at GMA.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, at GMA.
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Speaker 1: That wasn't necessarily voluntary.
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Speaker 2: That was not voluntary. That was mandatory. It was a part of your job. But I love Halloween. I love dressing up. I have dressed up, I would say, for the majority of my adult life. I... didn't plan on doing it this year. But look, yes, I think it's so fun to just be out and about and see everybody. And I do think New York obviously is special because there are so many bars and restaurants and parties and everyone's out walking around. So yes, it feels like New York City, 75% of adults are dressed up.
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Speaker 1: And you know what? You make a very good point about New York City. You don't have to have a friend dressed up. Anybody in this city get dressed up in the most ridiculous Halloween costume, walk outside on your own down the street, and you'll feel like you're in a community. You won't feel like you're standing out.
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Speaker 2: No, and oh my gosh, the Halloween parade that goes, I mean, it's just, this is a fun night, and it's on a Saturday night. New York City is going to be a blast. We won't be partaking because you need to get your shut eye. I was actually wondering with the marathon here in New York City, have we ever seen Halloween? I'm sure it's happened before. I just don't remember in recent history where Halloween is the night before you get an extra hour of sleep. It's Saturday night. The city is going to be party, party, party central. And then all the runners in the morning are going to be running the New York City Marathon. And I wonder how many will be running in costumes. I bet we'll see some Halloween costumes.
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Speaker 1: You know what? Some will. On any year we see, you're right, it's going to be nuts.
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Speaker 2: It'll be extra festive.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be nuts. And you know what? The whole crowd, they're going to be dressed up still. Tomorrow might be a wild day.
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Speaker 2: You could be a ghost runner. It might be wild. You could like just, you know, you kind of paint your face white, make a little blood come out of your mouth and wear what you're going to wear for the marathon with your bib. You could be a ghost runner.
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Speaker 1: So you're telling a black man to go in white face tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: Well, however you would look as a ghost. I don't know. I think that'd be okay.
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Speaker 1: You just told me to paint my face white.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, go in white face. Is that offensive? I'm not offended. LOL. Obviously, I'm kidding.
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Speaker 1: No, that's good. Look, you're right. Actually, I'm a little more excited now because I didn't think about that point. You make a good one. There are already going to be outfits out there.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: And extra tomorrow because of that. Speaking of New York, yes, the breakdown. Robes, they give it to us. They even know by region. This is a great tool. Again, it's called their Fright Geist. But they have a map, Robes. You can just put in your zip code, and it will tell you the most popular searched costumes in your region. In New York in particular, it was Wolverine.
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Speaker 2: Huh.
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Speaker 1: From X-Men.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't get into any of that. But yes, we'll have to look and see if we see a lot of Wolverines.
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Speaker 1: When was the last time you did dress up for Halloween?
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Speaker 2: Actually, I was trying to think that. I would imagine.
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Speaker 1: Full on costume. Outside of work.
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Speaker 2: Outside of work. Oh, I think I had a Halloween party and I think it was 2021, 2020. It might have been during the pandemic. Somewhere around there where, yes, you know what? I think it was during, so it must have been 2021. And I dressed up as the Kelly McGinnis from Top Gun. I went and got a Top Gun bomber jacket. I did my hair just like hers where it was wavy. I did the red lipstick. It was Tom Cruise's. She was the instructor.
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Speaker 1: I can't remember how she was dressed, though.
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Speaker 2: Oh, well, I did a top gun bomber. I got the idea because I saw a top gun bomber jacket, like if you were trying to be Tom Cruise.
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Speaker 1: It sounded like you were trying to be Tom Cruise.
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Speaker 2: Well, no, but I was like, you know how girls wear the guy's jacket when she's on the back of the motorcycle? And then I had the glasses, so yeah, it was fun. I thought I nailed it.
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Speaker 1: You remember one before that?
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Speaker 2: Because I've done a lot of Halloween parties. I mean, the one I told you I remembered my first Halloween party I hosted as an adult, I was basically a sexy cheetah. I had a cheetah dress that was tight-fitting, and then I wore little cat ears and made whiskers and a black nose. That was fun.
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Speaker 1: You had an excuse to look that way. Yes, it was cute. Because it was Halloween. Yeah. Sexy. Yeah, okay. Don't remember the last time. I have no idea as an adult. When was the last time outside of work that I dressed?
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Speaker 2: But what was your last costume as an adult at GMA?
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Speaker 1: It was the guy from the bartender from the boat, or was it the.
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Speaker 2: The love boat. What's his name?
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Speaker 1: Was that it?
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Speaker 2: I always forget his name. I loved it.
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Speaker 1: That might have been the last one that I did.
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Speaker 2: Really?
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Speaker 1: Because I had that sticky, greasy, like Jermaine Jackson type mustache. You had like an afro. Well, the mustache was so greasy that it reminded me of, It's Isaac.
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Speaker 2: You were Isaac. And I was Peg Bundy. So remember, I had the big red hair.
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Speaker 1: Was that the last one?
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Speaker 2: Married with children. And I don't know, because then I was Maleficent. I was Rapunzel. I was Kim Kardashian. I mean, for the Today Show and Good Morning America, there's just a long list of... You were... I was.
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Speaker 1: The snowman one year. I was Lucius one year from Empire next to Robin. And there was one other. Oh, Madea. You were Madea.
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Speaker 2: Oh, and I was Sia. We have a picture of us together on the GMA set where you were Madea and I was Sia. And we were both, well, you were more recognizable, honestly, than I was. Because half my face was Sia.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I was recognizable.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I was Taylor Swift one year. And I had all, that was a fun one. I had all my friends with me when she did the Bad Blood. So they kind of emulated that from, they did a good job with the costume, but that was the year that George Stephanopoulos was Ed Sheeran, and he fell off the set and got electrocuted.
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Speaker 1: That is not a made-up story. Is there video of that? It's still out there somewhere?
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Speaker 2: It's probably there.
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Speaker 1: It was one of the.
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Speaker 2: He was fine, so that's why I'm laughing.
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Speaker 1: Well, it was the funniest and most terrifying moment, maybe in combination at GMA, because if anybody understands, George hates... halloween i don't think i'm not going too far in what i'm saying it's just not his jam.
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Speaker 2: He played like george he dressed up one year as george clooney meaning he just wore.
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Speaker 1: A suit he doesn't get.
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Speaker 2: Into it like what are you george clooney yeah in oceans 11 or whatever it was i was like okay.
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Speaker 1: He got into it so the one year that got him to do something that was.
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Speaker 2: Fairly simple one year he finally agreed to wear an ed sheeran wig he had.
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Speaker 1: A guitar Had a shirt on. It may look like he had sleeves, like the tattoos. He didn't have to do anything. Just come out there, strum a couple times, and walk off.
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Speaker 2: There were bright lights. It was confusing where the stage ended.
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Speaker 1: He couldn't quite navigate. He took a bad step off that stage on live television and then tried to catch himself and touch the light and got Electrocute it right there.
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Speaker 2: It was. And let's just say he never dressed up for Halloween again.
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Speaker 1: We all knew he was over. In that moment, like, wow, this is done.
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Speaker 2: I remember the stage managers. Once we knew he was okay, it was like, I mean, it was hard not to laugh.
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Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Fonzie and Cruz. That's who I was thinking of.
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Speaker 2: Oh, Fonzie. Fonzie just, we were all trying not to laugh, but it was.
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Speaker 1: It was, look, it was a long time ago.
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Speaker 2: He'll never.
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Speaker 1: Never again.
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Speaker 2: Ever. I mean, he stormed off the set. Yeah. And.
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Speaker 1: So, yes, Halloween for adults doesn't always work out. So let's give you now go through. This is the Google. This is their official list nationally. Most popular searched Halloween costumes. And we'll just go through the list where they have 25 here. And some of them, Rose, I'm still not quite clear what some of them are.
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Speaker 2: Yes, okay, Los Angeles, Buddy... Wait, is this how you wanted to do it?
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Speaker 1: No, the official list here. See, the most popular costumes.
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Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh, sorry.
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Speaker 1: So this is the official list before we get into the breakdown. Got it.
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Speaker 2: Oh, it's the same. Buddy the Unicorn. I was just about to say it. I don't know. What's Buddy the Unicorn?
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Speaker 1: It's a horror movie, some freaky little horror movie that's out that has kids trapped inside of a television show about this Buddy the Unicorn, some orange... It's a.
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Speaker 2: Dark comedy horror film. Well, how have we not seen this? This is crazy. We need to watch this today then.
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Speaker 1: And what is Needo?
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Speaker 2: I'm going to have to Google that. N-E-E-D-O.
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Speaker 1: N-E-E-D-O. It's a super soft, stretchy dough. And people are wearing these boxes to make themselves neat. I didn't know. Keep going down the list. Number three makes perfect sense. This is awesome.
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Speaker 2: You called this. You said, I bet people are going to dress up as Nikki from Obsession, one of, if not the best film of the year, in our humble opinion. But yes, crazy Nikki who gets obsessed. It's all a spell that's imposed upon her, but great.
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Speaker 1: This next one, though, who even played this character in Odyssey?
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Speaker 2: How do you say it?
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Speaker 1: Agamemnon. Agamemnon.
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Speaker 2: He's the king. Agamemnon.
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Speaker 1: Agamemnon. But Agamemnon is the number four on the list. But which one? Who actor played him in the Odyssey? It's from the Odyssey.
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Speaker 2: I'm looking it up right now. Didn't help. King Agamemnon is played by Benny Softy.
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Speaker 1: There you go.
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Speaker 2: None of that helps. Okay.
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Speaker 1: Well, there you go. Keep going down the list. Lily Lovebraids from Poppy Playtime. Don't know that one. Oliver Tree. Isn't that the musician that just died in the helicopter crash down in Australia, right? Verity from Minecraft. There's a character named Verity. Isn't that the name of the movie that just came out?
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Speaker 2: Yes. That's why that's confusing.
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Speaker 1: What's Carl from Dungeon Crawler Carl? Disco Scooby-Doo. Hazel Hook, that's from The Descendants, the latest Descendants movie. Number 12 here on the list, Dolly Parton. That makes sense.
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Speaker 2: That makes sense. Number 13 is Thrag from Invincible. Don't know who that is. And this was one of my favorites because I had to Google. Number 14 is Kenny Rogers. And I was like, wait, when did Kenny Rogers die? Looked it up, 2020. And then I Googled, why is Kenny Rogers' costume trending? And it said, because couples go to parties... Dolly Parton obviously died, and they pay homage to Dolly, so then the significant other shows up as Kenny Rogers, and then you can sing Islands in the Stream. But that, I was like, oh my gosh, that makes so much sense. We don't really know what Dolly's husband looked like. He wasn't a part of the.
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Speaker 1: Isn't that something?
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Speaker 2: So when you think who to put with Dolly Parton, if you're going as a couple, the only person you actually would be able to put her with is Kenny Rogers. It's so fascinating.
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Speaker 1: Going down this list, Bowser Jr. That's from Super Mario, I believe, right? Bowser Jr., Princess, Rosalina, Super Mario as well, Green Lantern. After that, Skeletor, Cyclops, Dumpling. That's a character from something I don't have more details. Doctor Doom, which is.
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Speaker 1: Is that from the Marvel movie that's.
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Speaker 2: About to come out on Doomsday?
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Speaker 1: You know more than I do about any of that stuff. So that is your top 25 list. Now you get into, Robe, some of the more specifics, and this gets fun to see where they have a breakdown that will tell you in Columbus, Ohio, in Austin, Texas, in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Memphis, all these places. So, Robe, let's go through the West Coast cities first. These are the number one places. Halloween costumes in specific cities.
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Speaker 2: LA, Buddy the Unicorn. This one's funny. San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. It's Dolly Parton. And look, obviously we know San Francisco has a big gay community. And I just would have to think, this isn't about the girl being Dolly and the guy being Kenny. I'm pretty sure a lot of men will be Dolly Parton tonight.
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Speaker 1: There'll be more men in Dolly than women in Dolly Parton. I think so.
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Speaker 2: Well, definitely in New York, too. Think about all the drag queens. True. I wouldn't be surprised if we walk out tonight, if we just take a stroll to get a little view, Dolly Parton's going to be everywhere in the West Village.
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Speaker 1: You can stroll through the West Village on a Tuesday in May. And you see Dolly Parton. And you see it. Sacramento likes The Minion. It's their number one. Seattle, Dr. Frankenfurter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Mermaids are the number one thing in Portland. Napoleon Dynamite, still popular in Phoenix. Iron Man is the thing in Denver. The Grinch is popular in Salt Lake City. Vegas loves The Alien from Toy Story. And San Diego likes Elmo.
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Speaker 2: Oh, wow. Midwest, you got Chicago and Eminem. That's funny. Milwaukee, Raven. Can you explain what Raven is?
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Speaker 1: Is that from Teen Titans thing? Raven from things?
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Speaker 2: Anything that has, yeah. Detroit, Alice in Wonderland. That's random. Is there some reason there's Alice in Wonderland trending in some other form or fashion? I don't know. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sonic the Hedgehog. Cleveland, Akron, The Joker. Columbus, Ohio, is Bride of Chucky. Indianapolis, a mime. Yeah. St. Louis, Sky from Paw Patrol, and Kansas City, Jack Skellington. That's from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Speaker 1: And I asked you before we started, what is with Houston as we move to the south here? Why in God's name? Oompa Loompa. Why is that the number one thing in Houston?
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Speaker 2: Oh, but it's hilarious. Or why is Kill Bill in Dallas?
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Speaker 1: I don't know. What's going on? Throwbacks. Michael Jackson in San Antonio is the most popular. In Austin, the most popular Halloween costume is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
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Speaker 2: That was popular in the 90s, wasn't it?
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Speaker 1: Hey, hey, hey. Come back.
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Speaker 2: Wait.
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Speaker 1: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles never go out of style. They put out a new movie every seven years.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess that's true.
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Speaker 1: Atlanta. I kind of like this. Storm from the X-Men.
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Speaker 2: I don't even know what that is.
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Speaker 1: But you know, Halle Berry played Storm in the X-Men movies. She had this short... Platinum white hair, that thing.
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Speaker 2: Okay, it all came back to me. All right. Miami, Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tampa, Raven from Teen Titans.
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Speaker 1: Oh, it is Teen Titans.
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Speaker 2: Okay, you were right. Orlando, Hazel Hook from Descendants. Charlotte, Buddy the Unicorn. Raleigh, Spider-Man. Nashville, Beast Boy from Teen Titans.
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Speaker 1: That's funny.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what that is.
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Speaker 1: He's a little character that'll eat anything you put in front of him. I know this because of Sabine. She used to watch Teen Titans. That's so funny.
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Speaker 2: Memphis Ladybug.
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Speaker 1: I don't know, Memphis. What's going on, peeps? I don't know.
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Speaker 2: How is that? Like, what? New Orleans Batman. That makes sense. I get that.
00:17:06
Speaker 1: Go ahead. And then the last region we have, the Northeast. New York and Philly. Like the same character for whatever reason. Wolverine, number one. Judy Hopps from Zootopia. Great character. That's Boston's favorite. Willy Wonka, we mentioned, from Pittsburgh. D.C. and Baltimore. I scratched my head a little.
00:17:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, Baltimore has Darth Vader and Washington, D.C. police officer. Okay. No one wants to... I was thinking, like, I was expecting ICE agents. I was expecting, like.
00:17:37
Speaker 1: Whoa.
00:17:38
Speaker 2: I was expecting... Maybe that's dangerous.
00:17:40
Speaker 1: Somebody's going to do that.
00:17:41
Speaker 2: But they will, but that's actually probably dangerous.
00:17:43
Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't... Who was the congresswoman that did it? She was the ICE agent and had, like, a... Oh, that was terrible. I can't remember. Her boyfriend or something was her prisoner or something.
00:17:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was, like... He was, like... And it was.
00:17:54
Speaker 1: We're going to see that somewhere tonight.
00:17:55
Speaker 2: It was awful.
00:17:55
Speaker 1: We're going to see that somewhere tonight.
00:17:57
Speaker 2: But there always are pop culture. I know these are more movie and kind of consuming whatever's on TV or on the big screen, but there's usually some news headline grabbing costumes out there. I was trying to imagine what those might be. But people will be clever. It'll be fun to see what people come up with.
00:18:13
Speaker 1: Well, you better be clever. And more clever than this next list we're going to give you. Stay here. The top ten most played out costumes. Yes, these are the ones you do not want to be seen in tonight. And also, we'll give you a recap of what were the most popular Halloween costumes by the decade. Yeah, there was one decade that even Davy Crockett was the most popular.
00:18:43
Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ, your Halloween edition. And yes, we teased at the top that we were going to give you the most played out costumes, meaning don't go there because they've been overdone. You've jumped the shark if you put any of these costumes on. I have absolutely worn a lot of these.
00:19:03
Speaker 1: Are you serious? Yes. Obviously. You know what? Let me go through this. I would say number one, obviously, well, four and maybe eight is what i'd give you.
00:19:16
Speaker 2: No eight that's so funny no no it's.
00:19:20
Speaker 1: Not okay what about number four uh yes okay okay so here's the list folks are the most played out number one is so obvious and please everybody nobody's gonna stop doing this but i wish they would.
00:19:31
Speaker 2: Sexy version of anything 29 and yes you can make a cat sexy you can make a vampire sexy you can make Anything. A nurse sexy.
00:19:40
Speaker 1: There will be a sexy Darth Vader tonight, probably.
00:19:42
Speaker 2: Yes, you can make anything sexy.
00:19:44
Speaker 1: I'm all for it.
00:19:45
Speaker 2: Is it lazy? It's fun.
00:19:47
Speaker 1: You want to look cute?
00:19:48
Speaker 2: I don't want to look weird, although I will. will tell you my favorite costume as a child is a bizarre... I can't even explain it myself, but I was obsessed with Planet of the Apes, and I wore it two years in a row. You know that cheap plastic costume?
00:20:00
Speaker 1: Planet of the Apes, yeah.
00:20:01
Speaker 2: And my mom was like, why do you... And I was like, I was obsessed with going to that world and the fantasy of it, and I just... I liked it.
00:20:08
Speaker 1: Can you... Is it... Do you ever wear anything on Halloween in such a scantily clad way that you wouldn't wear out for a night cocktail? I'm not talking about like cat ears or something, but do you dress in a way that shows more or something is tighter or shorter than you would normally wear?
00:20:27
Speaker 2: I wouldn't. Some people would. And like it was, you know, you heard me giving my older daughter, like she said she was going to be a party animal. I was like, oh, a sexy party animal. She was like, no, I'm wearing cheetah pants and I tanked up and I was like, that sounds sexy. She came in and I was like, oh, actually you just look cute. You don't look. So yes, I think you can, you can find a version where it's like, there's a difference between sexy and slutty.
00:20:47
Speaker 1: Okay. But I am asking, is it often used as an excuse to wear something in such a way that you wouldn't be able to get away with? because you would be looked at a certain way. And I'm not talking about caddy. I'm just talking about this skirt is shorter, this top is cut lower. I think younger.
00:21:04
Speaker 2: Girls take advantage of that, yes. I think, I don't know, I would still be within my comfort level, but some people use it as an excuse, yes, to take on a different persona and maybe express themselves in a sexier way than they would have otherwise.
00:21:17
Speaker 1: All right, here goes the list. The most played out costumes, yes. Number one on the list was a sexy version of anything. After that, pirate. I don't mind pirate so much.
00:21:26
Speaker 2: No.
00:21:26
Speaker 1: After that, The Joker. I don't mind The Joker so much. After that, Cowboys and Cowgirls. I don't see that that often anymore.
00:21:31
Speaker 2: I've done this plenty because I have a cowboy boots and I have a cowboy hat.
00:21:34
Speaker 1: It's easy.
00:21:34
Speaker 2: So if you need it, it's just fun.
00:21:36
Speaker 1: Actually, we could do that tonight if we wanted to. Yes, exactly. Harley Quinn takes a little work. I don't mind. I don't see it that much, but that's a very sexy thing.
00:21:43
Speaker 2: Didn't Sabine do Harley Quinn or was she going to do it? She obviously didn't do it sexy, but.
00:21:47
Speaker 1: I thought somehow she.
00:21:48
Speaker 2: Talked about it.
00:21:48
Speaker 1: You can make that one really sexy.
00:21:50
Speaker 2: You could.
00:21:50
Speaker 1: Number six is Hippie. I've done that. I skipped over that one. That makes sense for you. Number seven is a minion. Number eight, Robes, that's one. We should retire that one.
00:22:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've seen this so much. Thing one and thing two. Please stop doing that as a couple. It's not funny. It's not clever. It's just dumb. Sorry if you have that costume. I'm so sorry.
00:22:10
Speaker 1: But somebody is listening. I shouldn't have said that. Who plans to wear that tonight?
00:22:13
Speaker 2: I'm so sorry. I feel really bad saying that. Please, do your thing, thing one and thing two. This is also, oh my God, this one is so overplayed. Where's Waldo?
00:22:22
Speaker 1: People still do that?
00:22:23
Speaker 2: Oh, I have seen it every single year. And then the mime, which was one of the city's. I can't stand mimes. Again, sorry if you're a mime.
00:22:31
Speaker 1: A little creepy.
00:22:32
Speaker 2: It's not that I think it's wrong to dress up as one. They creep me out, mimes and clowns. Clowns, yes. My whole life, I've never, ever, ever liked to be around. Because I'm like, why are you so sinister? Why are you playing with kids?
00:22:43
Speaker 1: I don't like that.
00:22:43
Speaker 2: I don't like it.
00:22:44
Speaker 1: I'm with you 100%. I don't like it. But here it is. And boy, boy, boy, things used to be different. Parade Magazine will give them credit for this. They did put together this list. I'm not sure who the expert they used, but robes. It shows just how different... things have gotten over the years and what people like and what they wear. And they have the most popular Halloween costumes based on decades starting in the 1920s. And this list makes sense.
00:23:10
Speaker 2: Yes, 1920s, a ghost. I've been a ghost before. 1930s, Mickey Mouse. That makes 1940s cowboys, cowgirls.
00:23:15
Speaker 1: Sounds right.
00:23:19
Speaker 2: 1950s Davy Crockett. You got that hat. Everyone knows how to make that work. 1960s Batman.
00:23:26
Speaker 1: Was that the TV show? Was it in the 60s?
00:23:28
Speaker 2: Yeah, Batman and Robin, I think. For some reason, I feel like I saw that a lot even as a kid. 1970s. Star Wars, obviously. Oh, Princess Leia one year, one of my favorite costumes.
00:23:39
Speaker 1: But there are so many characters in there you could be, babe.
00:23:42
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:23:42
Speaker 1: You could be, who was the gold guy?
00:23:45
Speaker 2: C-3PO.
00:23:45
Speaker 1: C-3PO, R2-D2. You could be Luke. You could be Leia. You could be Harrison Ford.
00:23:51
Speaker 2: Darth Vader, yes.
00:23:52
Speaker 1: And if you want to do a little Lando Calrissian, you can throw that in there if you're a black guy.
00:23:57
Speaker 2: There's something for everybody. 1980s, this makes total sense, Freddy Krueger. Honestly, you just wear that red and green striped sweater with some holes in it.
00:24:07
Speaker 1: Borrow your mama's steak knives and you're good.
00:24:11
Speaker 2: To go. 1990s, Bart Simpson.
00:24:13
Speaker 1: That is so impressive that that show was still a hit.
00:24:15
Speaker 2: Right?
00:24:15
Speaker 1: What a show, man.
00:24:17
Speaker 2: 2000s, Harry Potter. Oh, Harry Potter. We'll see Harry Potters tonight still. In 2010, Captain Jack, Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean.
00:24:24
Speaker 1: How many did they do? Six, seven of those movies? Then that was the era. So things have changed. We are not going to dress up necessarily tonight. Maybe we'll get out and eyeball some people.
00:24:34
Speaker 2: Like if I get out, I want to look festive. Sometimes even if you just wear like orange and black.
00:24:39
Speaker 1: I have one Halloween costume in there you know of, right? Are you familiar? I have one that I keep for emergencies. What is it? That I can put on today if I have to and walk out and not be mad, not have to put on makeup, nothing.
00:24:51
Speaker 2: Really?
00:24:51
Speaker 1: I thought we were talking about my astronaut suit.
00:24:54
Speaker 2: No, I don't know what you're talking about.
00:24:55
Speaker 1: I have an astronaut suit in there, a flight suit in there that I got from the Huntsville Space Station. That's amazing. I went down there for a story. They gave me this thing, but they made a patch on the spot and it says Razorback on it. That is so cute. That's the only reason I don't throw it away. If I have an emergency with Sabine, I need to show up to some party. I don't have to. It's just a basic blue, and it looks cool.
00:25:20
Speaker 2: I love it.
00:25:20
Speaker 1: And I can be an astronaut.
00:25:21
Speaker 2: And we have cowboy hats and cowboy boots.
00:25:24
Speaker 1: We can make it work if we need to. All right. Well, folks, you know what? Do your thing. The list is what it is. Whether it's popular, not popular, play it out or not, knock yourself out. It's Halloween. This is when adults are supposed to go be kids again. Yes, on this night. So have fun. Be safe. We always appreciate you spending some time. Happy Halloween to you. For my dear Amy Robach, I'm TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.