Fans of Bad Advice and Worcester Sucks in general would do well to consider coming down to Off The Rails tomorrow for an event called Woostock. Shaun is the master of ceremonies and I’ll be running a merch table with some very cool brand new custom made stuff Katie whipped up. It runs from 1-11, live bands on three stages which is pretty crazy.
Here’s the link for tickets and such.
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Dear Shaun,
I know in the past you’ve given costume ideas for Halloween, and I thought it would be nice to read some more of your bad ideas as last year’s were so bad. Your readership thanks you in advance.
-Costume Curious
Dear Costume Curious,
I always struggle with the compliments I receive from this column. The title is of course Bad Advice, but I can’t help but squirm every time I’m told my advice is bad. Of course that is the goal, but as I write this in my ivory tower laughing at the huddled masses below I can’t help but bristle at the reality that people actually read this and then have an opinion about it. I thank you all for reading and you even think about it enough to decide one way or another about it. With all that said, here are your top six costume ideas for Halloween this, The Year Of Our Lord 2026, you fucking heathens.
Hasan Piker
You can be the lefty daddy that the entire internet desires (including the MAGAsphere). It is simple. You can be professional Hasan: suit, Clark Kent glasses. Or you could be thirst trap Hasan: no shirt, short shorts (if you don’t have the abs for this it would be funny to paint abs onto your normal torso). Either way if enough people go as Hasan for Halloween, Fox News will absolutely pick it up as a story because they have the biggest crush on him and maybe you could get a TV credit out of it!
Elizabeth Holmes
She’s back in the news with this Nathan Fielder documentary coming out. It is easy too, just wear all black, pin your hair back, and never blink. If you do it right those around you will have the same incredulous look Nathan Fielder has in the trailer.
The Parked Car City Councilor Kate Toomey Hit
Just a refrigerator box and some paint and you’ve got the victim of a botched police response and a charmed public official’s carnage. It can be a couple’s costume where your partner could go as Kate. It’s not an election year, so you don’t need to have her pretend she is injured or ailing you can be the normal asshole she is. For full veritas, make sure the person going as Kate gets wasted at the party and drives you home.
Me
You can get really wild with it. I mean you can be REALLY mean about it. Big ole mustache, stupid looking shirts, too many kids in your hand, Mets hat, you can paint your face to look like a sad clown, the high water pants can get really high, and make sure you also get drunk, but be safe about it and get an Uber like a normal sane person.
A US Senator
Pick any one of them. But dress as the most accurate ghoul you could imagine. I mean get a Hollywood make-up artist. Go all in on the design. Look as broken down, decrepit, and heinous as you can think. If there was a way to express selfishness, corruption, and apathy towards human suffering then do that. Maybe even hold a “bill” that states you don’t care about children.
IDK like a sexy IDF Soldier?
You can be scary and hot at the same time. I guess the more I think about this the more it is just Gal Gadot. So hot, so much blood on her hands.
There you go there are my 2026 Costume ideas. They are all terrifying in their own special way. If you end up going as any of these send them my way at woocomedyweek@gmail.com
NEWS
I am hosting the 2nd Annual Woostock at Off the Rails this Saturday. There is an amazing lineup of Worcester bands playing and it really should be a fun time. Bill, my boss, will be there with a table so go say what’s up and buy some merch.
Also the days are counting down till The Worcester Comedy Club Opens up! Tickets are moving don’t miss out on our opening night with Corey Rodrigues! Get your tickets for 10/23 or any other Friday for the rest of this year here!