There’s nothing like a TV character in costume to remind you that you still do not have a Halloween costume. (Wonder how many Facebooks we’ll see tomorrow night?) I’ll run down my list of the best, worst, and weirdest costumes of the week — including Mal, “Bookface,” and “Italian Senator” — after the jump…
SCARIEST
Barbara Walters on this morning’s View
CLOSEST TO REALITY
Cirie (Katrina Bowden) as an “Italian Senator,” on 30 Rock. Give it up for Gay Halloween!
THE KIDS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU
Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) as Joey Ramone on Gossip Girl
THE KIDS DON’T KNOW WHO THAT IS
Pierce (Chevy Chase) on Community (Read about the writers’ Beastmaster costume conception, here!)
LEAST EFFORT
Stephen Colbert’s mop wig during the “Haunted House of Chores” segment of Thursday’s Halloween Threatdown
TOO MUCH EFFORT
Ann (Rashida Jones) as Raggedy Ann on Parks and Recreation
KINDLIEST DRACULA/GRANDPA MUNSTER
Regis Philbin on today’s Live! With Regis and Kelly
GEEKIEST
Castle (Nathan Fillion) as a “space cowboy,” by which he really means “Mal Reynolds from Firefly,” on Castle
TIMELIEST
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) on The Office. Timeliest for The Office, that is. The Dunder Mifflin gang may catch on to Twitter next season.
TARDIEST
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) on The Office
REALLY???!
“Martha, Queen of the Wild Things” on today’s The Martha Stewart Show. “I like to devour humans,” she announced.
BEST USE OF LIGHTNING GRAPHICS
Sherri Shepherd on The View
AT LEAST MEREDITH IS LOOKING AT THIS CAMERA
The Today Show gang, who were eventually upstaged by Drunk Ewoks this morning.
NOT A HALLOWEEN COSTUME BUT SO GENIUS
Manny’s back-to-school outfit from Modern Family!
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what about rosie o’donnell as glinda the good witch on rachael ray?
Castle’s costume won it for me!
This is the first time I’ve been sad that I don’t watch that show. That would have made this “Firefly” nut squee out loud.
Go check it out at hulu. You’ll be glad that you did.
Definitely Mal Reynolds. Still laughing about it.
Hands down – Castle and his space cowboy
“didn’t you wear that, like, five years ago?”
I know, and then she says “get over it”… I don’t wanna!!
WTH is wrong with those Ewoks?! Hilarious! Ann Curry looked pretty ticked, but Al was a good sport when one of them tried to make it with his leg.
that had to be the lamest thing evah. today has not only jumped the shark, the fish aren’t bitin’, the river’s run dry.
That Ewok thing was awesome! I was laughins so hard I was crying when the one humped Al’s leg!!! HAHAHA
Nathan Fillion, hands down!
of course!
HOT!!!
Well duh! Mal wins of course, who didn’t grin when he came out!
I can only hope Willard Scott was Chewbacca.
OMG people! You’ve gotta click on the Today Show’s :drunk ewok” link, above! SOOO HILARIOUS!
I don’t even watch “Castle,” but I still have to give it to Nathan Fillion
Captain Tightpants forever!
Captain Tightpants!
Sheri Sheppard as Akasha. Brilliant.
Nathan Fillion as Poe was pretty awesome.
Nathan Fillion, always…but those Ewoks are hilarious! Who are they ?
The moonwalk killed me.
I have to go with Castle’s “space cowboy” as best costume.
The ewoks are absolutely hysterical!!!!! I can’t wait to watch it at home when I can hear the video too! LMAO!
Castle all the way, Captain Tightpants!
Is Jim trying to look like the album cover for Ingrid Michaelson’s “Be Ok” album?
That’s what I thought at first, but I think he is Facebook.
Akasha needs to lay off feeding trick or treaters post treats.
Actually all gals on the View were pretty scary, though not as scary a Whoopi proclaiming that “I’ve been a movie star for 25 years”. Just cause you starred on soe movies, doesn’t make you a movie star. Example: Will Smith-Movie Star Tom Arnold-starred in some movies. See? It’s easy. She pulled that out trying to one up Bill O’Reilly, fer crying out loud.
honey the whoopster is a MOVIE STAR!!
How many Oscars are sitting on the mantles of the people you compare to Whoopi?
Captain Tightpants!
My favorite was the blink-or-you’ll-miss-it Oscar from The Office as Sarah Palin.
I thought that Regis and Kelly were hysterical as Jon & Kate this morning.
first year i was truly disappointed in the reeg and kelly. everything was lame.
Saw the drunken Ewoks – between the moon-wok, kung fu (and humping Al Roker’s leg), I was wondering how that got on TV while laughing all the while!
LOL the drunk ewoks were the best.
Is it just me or is Jim Halpert kind of a smug jerk when it comes to Halloween? Even Stanly has more enthusiasm for crying out loud.
He just thinks it’s ridiculous that the office is dressing up and doing absoulutely no work on Halloween.
Captain Tightpants for the win! But the Edgar Allan Poe costume with Nathan doing some suave, hip voice acting in his delivery, that would make Dean Martin proud in his Bratpack years, was cool as well!
no change in barbra walters looks the same to me
“Space Cowboy” every day of the week, and twice on Sunday for the WIN.
Yeah, I thought Castle’s Poe garb was completely awesome and the most original look I’ve seen.
Captain tight pants hands down.