CASTING CALL
Fill in the information on the invitation below. After Who print your name, What refers to your Hitchcock Fete, Where is where your address goes, When should state the date and time, and you should list your phone number after R.S.V.P. Next, make copies of the invitation on a copy machine and glue (or spraymount) them to blank note cards or post cards.

(SMALL PHOTO OF HITCHCOCK ON INVITATION)
Goooood Eeeeeve-ning!
Well, it will be if you join us for an evening of mystery and suspense (fun and food, too!) provided by the master himself.
Who ________________________________________________________
What ________________________________________________________
Where ________________________________________________________
When ________________________________________________________
We’ll be showcasing several of Hitchcock’s celebrated TV shows on video tape. Come dressed as Hitch or as your favorite killer or victim. All you have to bring is a big appetite!
R.S.V.P. ________________________________________________________

STAGE DIRECTIONS
Hitch almost always stood in a limbo set with a white background and minimal props. For this party, you could set aside a section of your home to emulate this sparse set. It would also serve as a fine setting in which to take photos of your guests dressed as Hitchcock and other characters.

WARDROBE
Someone has to impersonate Hitch, so a pillow and a bald “cap” would make up the most important part of your Hitchcock costume. He always wore either a dark suit or tux. Guests could also come dressed as the police, and also have the option of dressing up as any number of icy Hitchcock blondes… think Grace Kelly, Janet Leigh, Kim Novak, and Tippi Hedren (if you go as Tippi, it might be fun to sew or staple artificial birds to your ensemble.

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Stick It to Hitch (an updated version of Pin the Tail On the Donkey)
When once asked how to commit the perfect murder, Alfred Hitchcock answered with a plot very similar to the one in Lamb to the Slaughter. He said that he would have the victim killed by stabbing him (or her) through the heart with an icicle. Why? Because the murder weapon would melt and, as we have seen in the above episode, without a murder weapon it is very difficult to convict a murderer. So, for a fun party game, make a large copy of the famous Hitchcock silhouette (illustrated below) and tape it to a wall. Similarly, make a copy of the icicle found below (or make your own knife, gun, or ax) and stick a pin in it. Next, make or draw a copy of the target and tape it where Hitch’s heart would be located. Or, tape it on his head. Wherever you want to do him in… it’s your choice! Now, just like the game Pin The Tail On The Donkey, blindfold your guests, spin them around and challenge them to Stick It to Hitch! The person who comes closest to where the heart is located wins!

(ILLUSTRATION OF HITCHCOCK SILHOUETTE AND ICICLE)

Prizes: Visit a used book store and see if you can find any old copies of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Check your local music store for copies of “Funeral March of a Marionette.” You can also award the winners a casaba melon. If you can’t find one, then a watermelon or cantaloupe will do.


AWARDS
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards but only won twice. (Edward W. Williams, Best Editing of a TV Film for “Breakdown” in 1955, presented 3/17/56/.)
• In 1955, Hitchcock won Best Director in Look Magazine’s Annual TV Awards. The series won Look’s Best Dramatic Series (half-hour program) in 1956 and again in 1957.

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