Many years ago, back in the early 1980's, we had a murder mystery party and I asked the guests to come dressed as a famous detective. I came across these photos recently and thought it might be fun to see how many of these crazy sleuths you can identify.
Some of them are more easily recognized than others.
A word of caution: guessing correctly automatically dates you!
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Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys at the top??
Charlie's Angels at the bottom? That is too funny. Thanks for the laugh. Yes, this dates me. :)
Well, I wasn't yet born in the 80s. Yeah, right!!!! LOL.
Anyway, looks like we have Clouseau, Magnum, Kojak and Charlies Angels. Not too sure about the top right.
Great photos though!
Steve
Thanks Sonja. I wondered about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys!
How fun is this? I love guessing games so here goes:
Upper left: Not sure
Upper right: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
Center left: Magnum P.I.
Center right: Kojak
Botton left: Charlie's Angels
Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys
Magnum P.I., Kojak
Charlies Angels
I bet that sure was a lot of FUN! Thanks for the entertaining post Sharon!
OMG I LOVE these pictures BUT I can honestly say that I would have only gotten you, Eleanor, and Linda as Charlie's Angels. TFS!!!!!
Without looking at the other comments first, I am guessing Sherlock; Magnum PI, Kojack, Charlie's Angels. Took me a minute on Kojack.
I'm going with Columbo, Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys, Magnum, Kojack and Charlies Angels. Somehow the outfit is off for both Sherlock Holmes or Columbo so I just figured I say something different.
Wow, you guys are really old!
Sonja, Steve and Judy: Great job! Thanks for playing along.
Wanda: You would be the first to correctly name all of the pictures! Congratulations on being so brilliant!
Kylah: Aren't the pictures funny! You were just a baby, back then...if you were even born at all!
Donna: Excellent, but you missed Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.
Cindy: Great job, but you should have stuck with Sherlock!
I had a laugh! Thank you!
These were great Sharon-thanks for sharing! I missed the Sherlock Holmes one.
OK...I'll bite, Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew &the hardy boys, Kojak Magnum PI. and Charlies Chicks..and yes I'm dating myself
Cassi: Glad you enjoyed it!
Debra: The magnifying glass didn't give it away?
Steve: Good job! Your guess doesn't date you as much as the photo dates me!
Sharon
Upper left Peter Sellers?
Good luck and success.
Lou Ludwig
Gosh, I got all of them but Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys...I thought it was the Mod Squad! LOL
Hey, Sharon. We did a murder mystery a few years back as well. What a blast!!!! Thanks, Jim
Wild parties in the 80's. That's so great that you found them and had us guessing.
What awesome photos, I remember those days! Good times, may they continue...
Lou: Sorry, but he is supposed to be Sherlock Holmes. The magnifying glass is the clue!
Marianne: I loved the Mod Squad!
Jim: We did it a couple of times, it was really a good time and we had a lot of laughs.
Lee and Carol: I don't know about "wild" but we did have fun!
Janna: Thank you!
Sharon, Forget about identifying the PI, I want to know what crazy shenanigans you people were up too???
Cynthia: We used to have family parties all the time that involved costumes or themes. Not so much anymore. This party was a murder mystery and each guest was to dress as a detective. I even had a recording of "Charlie" greeting everyone like he used to greet the angels.
It was a lot of fun! I do have a crazy family and they are pretty much up for anything.
Sharon, sounds like a fun party theme!
What fun! How clever to have such a theme for a party!
Debi
Patricia and Debi: It was a ton of fun, you should consider giving it a try...pick a theme and have guests come in costume. I love just how creative people can be!
and YOU are one of the most creative people I know!!!! I LOVE all your ideas!!!!!!
Kylah: Thank you! You mean my creative ideas like the costume idea of riding piggy back on Simon, Paula, and Randy...
LOL looks like a great time Sharon- years ago I attended a murder mystery solving party with friends on a train ride from chicago to milwaukee that included dinner and a beautiful sunset. they are fun indeed!
Sincerely,
Grace
Grace: I really love murder mystery parties! So much fun! Thanks for the comment.
In the interest of not dating myself, I shall answer that PI is
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
I got 10 points on my high school advanced chemistry final exam for memorizing Pi out to 50 decimal places. Surprisingly, I still know it. And I'm still just as geeky -- LOL.
Russel: Isn't it funny how certain things just stay with us forever and then others, like something from yesterday, is gone forever! When I was very young, preteen, a neighbor taught me and my brother how to bless our self in Gaelic. We both still remember the words. Thanks for the interesting twist to my blog...very impressive!
Hi Sharon:
Those photos were great!
That had to be fun...
I remember all of the shows too. Good job with everyone dressing up.
The first one had me wondering whether is was Sherlock Holmes or Columbo. The others were pretty easy!
Toula: Thank you! We did have fun!
Man, that takes me back! I got a few of them.
I guess Wanda was the big TV watcher back then. Good job!
Dan: Thanks for playing along, I'm glad you enjoyed it!