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October 24
Dress up as Seth Green’s character “Kenny”
Back in 1999 when I was 16 going on 17, I attempted to dress up as Seth Green’s character “Kenny” from the 1998 teen film “Can’t Hardly Wait” for Halloween. Needless to say, the costume came out looking like trash. I’d get a real kick out of it if here I am, eleven years later, in 2010, a fully grown 27-year old man to finally dress and look exactly like him. Granted, most people would just assume I was dressing as a wigga, but that’d be okay. I’ve pretty much decided unless I can look exactly like him, I probably won’t even bother with it. On another note, I know this is not the first thread I’ve started where I ran ideas I have for Halloween with you guys. I pretty much do this yearly where I’ll have all these ideas. I’m just lucky I was able to find this board where there are fellow Halloween lovers who understand. Who knows what I’ll end up being this year or doing, if anything.
In my neck of the woods that ‘Skater Gear’ died out in like 1995 so around here your best bet would be a Salvation Army. I wasn’t even aware Junco still made clothing. Anyways, what I would do it go to any “Urban” style clothing outlet. “Against All Odds” or “Urban Outfitters”. Something like that. Most “X-Games” athletes have clothing lines– you may be able to scout over them and see if you can find what you are looking for. You also might have luck in Flee Markets or Street Fairs— finding knock off clothing like that is pretty common near me however it might be regional.
Not sure if I am still going to do this for Halloween. I could do it for work maybe….heck….I may get some of this gear anyhow just to hang in. I’m eccentric enough to do that. Like show up to some club or something on a Friday night or just go to some big event and be dressed like that. I’ve also talked to some old high school friends about having our own little theater arts reunion at some point too and this would be a funny outfit up to show up in. It’s funny how as time goes by what was once cool to wear becomes a joke in later years. Remember that teenagers!
I could just get the goggles, the shirt and the jeans because all three of those exists. I may have to skip the jacket and shoes however because they may be hard to find and even if I can find something close to them, it may be pricy. I think all that other stuff would be close enough and fans of the movie would probably get the gag right away and laugh. The fact that I look nothing like Seth Green adds to the comedy. I’m like 6’4 and Seth Green is 5’4 and if I dressed like this, I’d just look like some tall, big, pushing 30 goof who can’t let go of his teen years.
