Halloween 2006: Zombie Jeeves
I really enjoy Halloween. Let’s recap. Sometime in 2000 or 2001, I went as our chef Charlie (the one who once cooked for the Grateful Dead):
Then in 2003, I colored my hair and went as punk rock Matt:
In 2005, I picked up the blade of the six-fingered man to become Inigo Montoya:
See, it’s not a pirate. It’s Inigo Montoya. I was drawing a blank this year, so I asked for suggestions. One suggestion I liked was Silent Bob. He’s easy to do (just a trenchcoat and baseball cap), plus you get full mobility and full facial recognition. This morning, I tried it out to see what I thought:
Not too bad. But earlier this month I was thinking about a halloween costume that was specific to search. We were always told that Jeeves “decided to retire in style and cruise the happy seas.” That’s always been the official story:
But what if Jeeves didn’t retire? Someone should Ask™: what if someone decided to retire Jeeves by deadly force? My high-level contacts within the search industry have suggested that JEEVES WAS MURDERED!! I have compiled this infographic diagram to illustrate one potential situation:
In Halloween memory of Jeeves, I decided to dress as Zombie Jeeves.
Rest in peace, Jeeves. Rest in peace. Here’s the typical Jeeves pose:
And now spammers can have a zombie after them in addition to Inigo:
So, are you doing anything special for Halloween?
Dean Clatworthy Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 12:32 pm
Haha real nice Matt
!
Nick - I think the original Nick here. Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 12:37 pm
you need to go get one of those bald caps.
Chris Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 12:51 pm
I think your next video should be you in Silent Bob attire doing the dance from the original Clerks. I think that’s SEO knowledge we can alway laugh at it... er... use.
JohnMu Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 12:54 pm
What? No beard?! Suit and tie? Oops!
M. Just M. Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 12:59 pm
Dead ringer for silent bob. No pun intended.
Ryan Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
yeah.. you shoulda gone bald for this Matt... come on.. it’s fun! All the execs at my company do it every summer.
anyway.. you don’t look like you at all without the facial hair... you look like a totally different person.
Mike Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:09 pm
Lol good stuff Matt, but you have too much hair, and you finally decided to shave. I am going to dress up like the father that has to take his 3 year old unicorn daughter around, but with a pulled calf muscle from using the treadmill last night.
Joost de Valk Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
Haha, funny one, almost as funny as Ask’s sarcastic post about using “google” as a verb
shoemoney Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:18 pm
I went as superman
http://www.shoemoney.com/images/halloween2006.jpg
alek Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:21 pm
That’s hilarious Matt ... well done ... but you need a knife sticking out of your back with some blood dripping down to match your infographic.
“So, are you doing anything special for Halloween?”
Not much ... just letting folks from the Internet not only view my Halloween Display via three webcams, but also CONTROL it using X10 powerline technology.
Yes, you can turn the 7,000 lights on & off, plus even inflate (or deflate) the giant Pumpkin, Frankenstein & Homer Simpson - D’oh! Heck, you can even send “Instant Messages via Webcam” for everyone to see.
http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/halloween_webcam
Plus there will be a TON of trick-or-treaters (I have a better webcam angle for the time-lapse video this year) - for some reason, my house is kinda popular with the neighborhood kids (including this big one) - heh, heh ...
But that’s it for me!
Mark Varnas Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:35 pm
Matt,
Now, this is real content!! No spam!! Very funny!
Mark Varnas
Barry Schwartz Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:37 pm
You are mad!
greggles Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:46 pm
I was a boorrito: http://knaddison.com/tabasco-and-boorito
Note, the costume was re-used today for a free burrito
alek Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:50 pm
Barry: Dr. Frankenstein was the one who was mad. Surf on by in a couple of hours and “kill” his monster (and/or Homer!) ... but be aware that if someone else hits the “inflate” button, then “IT’S ALIVE”
Andrew Hitchcock Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 1:57 pm
I went as Tobias Funke on Friday night for the Critical Mass ride and to a few parties. I wore cutoffs and painted my whole body blue. Here is a picture:
http://andrewhitchcock.org/images/tobias.jpg
On Saturday I went to a party as a Blue Man. Today I’m not doing anything because I feel lazy and I only had one class.
Andrew
cat Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 2:02 pm
OH MY Gosh! How hilarious you are. I have been following your blog for quite some time but never once felt compelled to comment. You are funny, you are interesting, you can write!, you are super creative, you have got to be bord silly 99% of the time, and you are probably a genius! You are the life of the party and it’s a treat to read your blog. Thanks!
Harith Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 2:20 pm
Matt
Zombie or not zombie. Glad to see you lost some of those excessive kilograms. Guess, Bacon Polenta hasn’t been served at the Cutts home for at least 6 months or so
Bockereyer Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 2:23 pm
Tip For The Day After.
Keep the facial hair far far away. It looks better.
Hey, don’t think of me the wrong way.
Rick U. Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 2:53 pm
Nice makeup job! (That is makeup right? =)
kid disco Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 3:01 pm
Ha! Glad to you tried out my suggestion for Silent Bob... Just a little more work and you could’ve hung out in Hollywood and signed autographs!
Audrey - The Matt Cutts Makes Me Google Girl Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 3:13 pm
I LOVE the Silent Bob!! Your Zombie Jeeves scares me... you look like a Republican on November 1st! LOL
Jessie "Matt C. is a God" Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
OK, so I like the Jeeves costume, and I think you can defenitely be understudy for Silent Bob in the next Kevin Smith film. However, what I REALLY thought was awesome is your Firefox T-shirt. Represent!
Cristian Mezei Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 3:34 pm
The last few photos really cracked me up Matt
Joseph Hunkins Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 5:13 pm
Good one Matt, and a glimpse of you at age 70?
Alek you inflatable hoaxer!
Matt Cutts Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
kid disco, I almost grew my beard out to make the Silent Bob complete.
Nick, I had a bald cap but didn’t like it as much. Hope I didn’t scare you too much, Audrey.
Jessie, I’m glad you noticed the Firefox. That’s a little shout out that not everyone would notice..
Peter (IMC) Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 5:50 pm
Interesting to see in these pictures how your self-confidence grew over the years,.
Esrun Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 5:59 pm
LMAO you would make a perfect Silent Bob! Just roll a nice fat J and you’d be sorted. I can see it all coming together... perfect ha!
John A. Davis Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 6:03 pm
Looks like a person who flunked out of Weight Watchers.
“Mommy, why does daddy have those tubes up his nose?”
“He had a heart attack from eating like a king”
seriously
dann404 Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 7:53 pm
Way to go Matt! Too bad some of us have to work on hallowenneie. Your pokes at ask.com are humorous, they have referred 105 to my websitein the last week while Google has sent me thousands of non converting traffic. If I wanted that I would sign up with one of those traffic exchanges. It seems as if the intellectuals seek ask.com, those in a hurry search Yahoo! and geeks with Firefox search Google.
Thats ok I don’t want geek traffic on my site anyhow. Are they gonna buy something fron me or do they want a free download of some porn crap. Keep it up as I wait for my way undervalued Yahoo! stock that I bought for pennies years ago to go through the roof.
Good luck.
Joseph Hunkins Said,
October 31, 2006 @ 11:03 pm
OK Alek - Amazing stuff and I’ll take your word for it that you aren’t hoaxing anymore.
Harith Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Hey Audrey
Would you be kind to eleborate more about “The Matt Cutts Makes Me Google Girl”
Natala Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 12:55 am
love it!! you are a dead ringer for S-Bob, but total props for the Jeeves zombie.
Friedie Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 6:08 am
Many people have existential problems with the “minus 30 penalty” but nothing better occurs to you as to write about yours Halloween disguising. This is very sarcastic.
Friedie
spamhound Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 7:07 am
Matt, when are you going to seriously look at subdomain spam.
link:http://www.communitymusician.com/
Most of the backlinks to this site are from it’s own subdomains and it is greatly boosting it in the rankings. At the very least, sub domains should be discounted in the algo.
Trogdor Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 8:48 am
Silent Bob costume is perfect. Perhaps darken the hair, and you’re set.
Aaron Pratt Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 1:18 pm
Holy shit!!! Scary!!!
Google Success Said,
November 1, 2006 @ 3:20 pm
Good to see your past Halloween avatars. You definitely look slimmer in your new avatar.
By the way, Google does not favor Black Hat SEO techniques, but I just found that Google loves to make dollars selling Black Hat SEO techniques. I just googled for ‘doorway page generator’ and could find 20 adwords ads. Can Google not maintain its integrity in practising what they preach?
Scaly Said,
November 2, 2006 @ 1:56 am
hilarious... even better than in 2005
remo Said,
November 2, 2006 @ 2:29 am
cool idea for a costume but the best thing about your idea was to loose the goatee
Jody Said,
November 2, 2006 @ 12:46 pm
I miss Jeeves.... maybe Google should resurrect him and change his name to Geeves. Great idea for a costume though.
Lew Said,
November 2, 2006 @ 8:15 pm
Matt,
Nice costume. I went as a Ringwraith from Lord of the Rings. My wife is next to me in the picture. I went to a halloween party at my friends and stayed outside the door the first 2 hours just to scare the holy heck out of people that were coming to the door to ring the doorbell. It was alot of fun except for the fact that my custom made costume had about 14 lbs of material and I was sweating my butt off. You can view the pic of the costume here. http://www.myspace.com/darkridernazgul
The costume including the gauntlets were made for me by Jeff over at Stelter Creative Works.
http://www.steltercreativewoodworks.com/STELTER1/Nazgul_Ringwrx.html
Lew
Jim Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 1:10 am
Anybody who was at the Ask party during SES New York earlier this year will know the truth about what happened to Jeeves. He was frozen in a carbonite block by Boba Fet and shipped off to Tatooine where he is now butlering for Jabba the Hut! Honest! I was there and I saw it!
Mito Said,
November 3, 2006 @ 9:29 am
lolz.. you look so funny a Matt.. hahah.. Cool Costume every halloween..
paul Said,
November 8, 2006 @ 8:24 am
cool costume every holloween
IncrediBILL Said,
November 9, 2006 @ 3:30 pm
Matt, the lack of facial hair was scarier than the costume, same reason I don’t shave.
Shoemoney, first time I’ve ever seen SuperMan with camel toe, sheesh
Jonathan Said,
November 9, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
Love the punk rock look and the Sex Pistols tee! You should also have went with some faux tattoos and piercings...oh, and a snarl! LOL.
Caraie Said,
November 11, 2006 @ 6:14 pm
hey, you need to cut your hair, you have more hair than mr jeeves
Hawaii Five-O Said,
November 22, 2006 @ 8:30 am
lol,.Funny,, esp. the one with trenchcoat and baseball cap. nice pic.
Beanbag Chairs Said,
March 12, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
I think you need longer hair to scare more people off ?
Mihai Said,
April 27, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
Q: So, are you doing anything special for Halloween?
A: Yeah, trying to act normal.
meet2go.com Said,
August 12, 2007 @ 8:59 am
I think pink hair might be better
tips for next Halloween..
Julio Marketing de Sites Said,
September 14, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
I would not have guessed the jeeves costume... just some zombie..
SEOv Said,
October 23, 2007 @ 1:59 am
Is this real you Matt
why is the sword in yur hand to kill spam I guess...
soloway Said,
December 1, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
never have liked ask.coms results- jeeves is a stupid dingaling anyway
güzel sözler Said,
January 12, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
I would not have guessed the jeeves costume… just some zombie..