My niece just sent me an image about which I'd nearly forgotten, but I am so glad to have it back, now in digital-forever form; how could I not display it proudly here at the pub?
Yes. My parents, dressed for their big costume party just a few days before Hallowe'en, 1969 (you can read my sister Julie's memories of that night in the Comments section).Look at them. How could I not turn out the way I did?
(Note to family: Dad was only a year older than Jules, and Mom was younger than Betsy!)
I remember, as a child, seeing this picture often in our photo albums and thinking how weird it was to see Dad wearing a costume (I was only a year and some months old when this was taken, so I have no recollection of it at all). He wasn't a boring man (far from it) but he wasn't a costume kinda fellow.
As to how my Mom looks here?
Who would have thought that Lily Munster looked anything like Phyllis Diller (or that either of them looked anything like my mother!)? Still, I always see a bit of them, and a little Betty White (who does remind me of Mom) when I see this image.
I flashed on this picture some years ago when, during a Google pursuit of B-list actresses of the 50's and 60's, I found this image of Susan Cabot:
The difference is mainly that Mom meant it to be scary; I'm pretty certain the tragic Ms. Cabot was oblivious.Another major difference is that I'm fairly certain the picture of Susan Cabot with her arm around my Hunchback'ed Dad's shoulders does not exist.
At any rate THANK YOU Miss Manderoony for the picture!
Spending some serious quality Hallowe'en time tomorrow (very excited!) so more prop pics soon.
Fang! --
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