Carbon Costume Men
Roger Taylor as Suzie Birchwell from “I Want To Break Free”
Queen’s 1984 video for their song, “I Want To Break Free” featured the foursome dressed in drag as characters from “Coronation Street” a long-running soap opera from the United Kingdom. This includes Roger Taylor as Suzie Birchwell. Unfortunately, MTV execs and fans in the United States didn’t get it and it caused a minor controversy, stalling their career stateside, until at least the early 90s, after frontman, Freddie Mercury’s death. The video is now considered a camp classic.
Sneed and Chuck
Sneed and Chuck are names given by fans to two farmers who appear in the Simpsons episode E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt). They appear outside the store “Sneed’s Feed and Seed, Formerly Chuck’s” with the name becoming one of the biggest memes in the Simpsons community due to how clever and suggestive the name is. This makes a great costume for best friend Simpsons fans.
Boy with Duck Decoy
Boy with Duck Decoy is the subject of a photograph taken in Passaic, New Jersey in 1968 by Arthur Tress, an American photographer known for his surrealist and expressive photos. A boy, for unknown reasons, is wearing a colander for a hat, while holding a wooden decoy duck in front of an industrial waterfall.
Uncle Grandpa
Uncle Grandpa is everyone in the world’s magic uncle and grandpa. He’s usually found traveling the world with his friends, helping people solve their problems. He is a silly person who likes to eat inedible objects and is accompanied by a red talking fanny pack named Belly Bag.
Brian May as Hilda Ogden from “I Want To Break Free”
Queen’s 1984 video for their song, “I Want To Break Free” featured the foursome dressed in drag as characters from “Coronation Street” a long-running soap opera from the United Kingdom. This includes Brian May as Hilda Ogden. Unfortunately, MTV execs and fans in the United States didn’t get it and it caused a minor controversy, stalling their career stateside, until at least the early 90s, after frontman, Freddie Mercury’s death. The video is now considered a camp classic.
Freddie Mercury as Bet Lynch from “I Want To Break Free”
Queen’s 1984 video for their song, “I Want To Break Free” featured the foursome dressed in drag as characters from “Coronation Street” a long-running soap opera from the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, MTV execs and fans in the United States didn’t get it and it caused a minor controversy, stalling their career stateside, until at least the early 90s, after frontman, Freddie Mercury’s death. The video is now considered a camp classic.
Robin (Burt Ward)
Robin was Batman’s trusty comrade, best friend, and sidekick portrayed by Burt Ward in the Batman 1960s series, it’s film and two animated features; Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face. Robin is strong willed, courageous and shows determination. He is ready to drop everything to help Batman fight crime. Best known for his constant “Holy” catch phrases such as “Holy Jack-In-The-Box” and “Holy Long John Silver”. He lived at Wayne Manor with Bruce Wayne, Alfred (Bruce’s butler) and Aunt Harriet Cooper. As Dick Grayson, he was a student and head of the council at Woodrow Roosevelt High School.
Old Gregg from The Mighty Boosh
In The Mighty Boosh, Old Gregg (Noel Fielding) is a merman who gets accidentally pulled out of the water. He has green skin, webbed hands, and seaweed hair, but most notably, a “mangina” that emits a strong beam of light.
The Man Upstairs from The Lego Movie
The Man Upstairs (Will Ferrell) is the antagonist of The Lego Movie, who Lord Business and his superweapon Kragle is based off. He was a very strict father at first, protective of his own Lego creations, but upon realizing his son Finn’s creativity, he changed his mind about his son, helping him with his own Lego constructions.
Factory-Era Andy Warhol
In the 1960s, famed modern artist Andy Warhol resided in The Factory, a studio lined with aluminum foil and silver paint on 47th street where he collaborated with other famed artists and counterculture eccentrics.
