Growing up, Steve Martin was one of my favorite actors.
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He was just such a Dad.™️
In case you don’t know who he is (am I old??), he’s a universally celebrated actor and comedian who has been honored with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award and the Oscars’ Governors Award.
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(Though I still think his best work is Cheaper by the Dozen.)
Well today, Martin revealed he’s still got it when he unveiled his 2020 Halloween costume:
At first I was like…what is his costume? And then I noticed a little black dot on his head.
YES! It is, in fact, the hero of last week’s vice presidential debate: the fly!
In case you forgot (time does pass strangely in quarantine, after all), a fly landed on Mike Pence’s head during the debate last week and sat there for several minutes without him noticing until it decided to get up and fly away.
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Twitter promptly lost its mind, with multiple accounts named variations of “Pence’s fly” popping up within minutes, and basically everyone making jokes.
Celebs have gotten in on the fun, too — but Martin is the first to actually don a costume.
Even the fly itself is excited about it.
The costume’s pretty spot on, though Martin obviously has the advantage of already having white hair.
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I would’ve rather seen Martin on that stage, TBH.
TL;DR: Everyone else can go home now, because Steve won Halloween.
Will anyone else be trying out this amazing costume? Let me know in the comments! And don’t forget to vote — you can register and check out resources here!
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