So okay, my company is having a charity bowl-a-thon in May and I'm the team captain for my team of five. The theme this year is Hollywood and apparently everybody goes nuts with the costumes. I need ideas for my team! We have five people including me. I want to WIN the costume contest, since there's basically no chance in hell that we're going to win at bowling.
Come on, interweb folks! You're all creative people -- help me come up with some wicked awesome team costumes.
UPDATE: DECISION MADE!
We're taking Shawn's idea of being paparazzi and embellishing it. Four of us are going to be paparazzi. We're each going to wear a white t-shirt with the name of a tabloid magazine/website on it, sunglasses, baseball caps, etc and we're all going to carry a camera. The fifth person (my co-worker Laurie) is going to dress like a typical Hollywood slut, er, starlet, and we're going to follow her around taking her picture. She's going to wear the giant sunglasses, super-cheesy-trendy clothes, carry a big bag, and have a little stuffed dog under her arm. Eh? Eh? LOL!
When I think of Hollywood and bowling, I immediately think of The Big Lebowski. Perhaps costumes based on the film?
Out of curiosity, what's the male/female breakdown of the group?
Posted by: Jess | April 03, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Star Wars. Duh.
Posted by: torrie | April 03, 2007 at 11:50 AM
How about going as Oscar statues?
Or... as Torrie points out, you tend to run in the Sci-Fi vein, so what about Star Wars, Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica?
Posted by: Dates Bubbas | April 03, 2007 at 05:14 PM
First thing that popped into my mind was Grease. . . Pink Ladies, anyone?
Posted by: Cranky | April 03, 2007 at 08:21 PM
Scooby Doo & the gang is always a good bet for 5 people if you have the right M/F mix. Scooby Snacks might also work well as bribes for the judges.
Paparazzi? Kind of a cop-out, but easy for costumes.
Posted by: Shawn | April 04, 2007 at 08:50 AM
I like the paparrazi idea. It'll be fun to do and also you can still move around normally and bowl. If you're Oscar statues or Wookies, you can't move too well. Bowling, even bowling badly, requires movement. The cameras will also come in handy for taking blackmail photos of your coworkers if the other teams dress really crazy. ;-)
PS: Wish I had thought of the Lebowski idea. :-)
Posted by: Gymshoes | April 04, 2007 at 05:23 PM