While Halloween has become a time for young adults to party, and dress in costume. Some people choose to celebrate in a different manner altogether. These dedicated individuals spend hundreds of hours crafting hilarious, intricate costumes for the holiday. These monuments to personal creativity and excess time never cease to amaze

Costumes and comedy have had a long shared history. Dating back to medieval times court jesters were a standard part of a lord’s house. Providing entertainment for the court, telling riddles and jokes was all part of the professional fool’s skill set. These jesters almost always dressed in an elaborate and hilarious costume with vibrant colors and bells. Their costume was tailor made to the job of making people laugh. This trend carried into modern times in the costume of the clown. Oversize shoes and baggy pants combine to create a uniform of hilarity.

But for the common man the funny costume has a different meaning altogether. The creation of funny costumes using excessive nudity or social taboos proves to be alarming and riotously funny. Take for instance the iphone costume video below.This piece of modern technology morphed into a costume is surprising and also shows the creators intelligence. Costumes like these truly push the limits of what can be done at home.

Even costumes that might not be funny can be used in funny ways. A simple gorilla costume might not be funny on it’s own. But when used to scare a sleeping woman, as in the video below, the costume work brilliantly to make a funny video. If there s any one thing o be learned from the world it’s that looks can be deceiving. With funny costumes looks can be deceiving, and hilarious.