Gobble Gobble Gobble
November 23, 2008 at 5:52 pmHolidays, Maryland, animals
This is the first time in 3 years that I haven’t dressed as Gobbles the Turkey for the annual Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade. So, I’m posting a photo from last year as an effort to relive one of my very favorite costume jobs… There is really nothing better than getting paid to walk around as a mute puppet for 2 hours.
Hopefully whoever was the turkey this year had just as much fun with it — as well as all the other emotions and situations that go along with being a costume character: the massive amounts of sweating into the foam head, the kids that you scare the hell out of and make them cry, the kids that pet you, the adults that pet you, the kids that try to peer inside the breathing hole and see if you are a boy or a girl, the cheesy jokes about getting eaten, the “Where’s the stuffing?! joke, people who try and pull your hand/gloves off, and oh that one parent who threatened me (a non-talking turkey) with legal action and calling the cops because I was walking around in public and her child was afraid of me, and I was causing her mental distress.
Ahhh, I can’t wait for Thanksgiving!
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November 24th, 2008 at 1:13 am
This….this….is the most bizarre thing that I think I have ever learned about you. Were you paid well? Why did you dress up as a turkey for 3 years? Why not this year? This post has done nothing but put questions into my head. Questions that I am not sure I can leave unanswered…
November 24th, 2008 at 9:42 am
haha! You learn something new every day… The pay was decent, I think its about $50 for two hours. not a bad deal. I did it for 3 years with Lauren, whose family friend runs a party entertainment company. But sadly Lauren went to grad school up north this year, and I guess they just found someone else to do the costume. Now I feel like there is a big hole in my yearly tradition