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Originally Posted by StuartPid
After Pickles gets this all figured out you all can help me figure out what to do for the 90th birthday party I just got booked for in October (hope they make it that long)
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Hmmm. That will be a little different, because 50 isn't really that old, so it's fun to joke that it's ancient, whereas 90, well, that's OLD!!! But I'll let you know how it goes.
This could be a whole new, untapped market -- birthday party clowns for adult parties. Heck, why not? I'd love to have a clown at my birthday party. Of course, I am nowhere NEAR 50. 
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02-05-2010, 05:40 PM
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I did a reitrement home b-day party as a volunteer once. i find they won't respond to traditional kid's stuff (ei face paints skits) but they enjoy adult humor, and caricature art. Every one likes balloon animals... exept for maybe hitler.
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02-05-2010, 05:50 PM
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Get a "Look who's 5!" b-day card at the local card shop and write in a zero next to the 5. Humor that is silly enough for small children, but with double entendre for adults can be used; simply mispronouce some words or use "Spoonerisms" to mix up phrases... A comic named Norm Crosby used that type of humor many years ago; very witty. Bump a nose and post how it went after it goes! 
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02-05-2010, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Pickles
Of course, I am nowhere NEAR 50. 
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Thou dost protest too much.
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02-07-2010, 10:19 PM
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Update: The birthday party for the 50-year-old went really well. I knew as soon as I made my grand entrance playing Happy Birthday on the "kazoo trombone" that I made at Moose Camp, that it was going to be fun. Nobody knew I was coming, so they were quite surprised, and everybody was roaring with laughter. I found the birthday "girl" and presented her with a bouquet of black balloon flowers.
I did a 25-minute magic show that was pretty typical of what I what I do for a typical kid party (Blooming Bouquet, Vanishing Bandanna, Multiplying Tennis Ball, Turn Birthday Girl Into Bunny, Magic Drawing Board, Bake Cake). I was very lucky that the birthday "girl" was a good sport and went along with everything I subjected her to. She wore the crazy "party animal" hat, donned the tiny bakers' outfit, waved all five of the nesting wands simultaneously. When we baked the sponge cake, I had her toss a few ingredients that people need in their birthday cakes as they grow older--prune juice, Geritol (thanks, Sean), and I had her wear the prescription glasses. I also had everybody sing "Hey Good Lookin" (for the birthday girl's listening pleasure) while she stirred the cake batter. (Thanks, Chris).
I brought her a pretty elaborate balloon Carmen Miranda hat that I had made in advance, and she wore it most of the night. At one point I saw an elderly man (probably the birthday girl's father) wearing it. Funny. At first just the kids wanted balloon hats, but by the end of the night I was making fishing pole hats and Super Bowl hats for a lot of the adults.
Thanks for all your help. Next time I get a request for an adult birthday party, I won't stress out. It was much easier than I thought it would be.
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02-07-2010, 10:58 PM
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/applause way to go!
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02-08-2010, 09:34 PM
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sounds like every one had a great time, congrat pickles
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02-08-2010, 09:44 PM
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02-08-2010, 11:58 PM
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Turn Birthday Girl Into Bunny
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Hugh Hefner was there?
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hi pickles, I am also trying to get something to do a grand entrance.. How about using one of those little scooters- push bikes. add a very loud hooter to it and some balloons on the handle bar. unless you can do cart-wheels.. I certainly can not. or let someone push you in in a pram.
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