What's the hardest part about being one of the racing presidents at a Nationals game? Not falling down, apparently. Kissing Suzy Kolber blogger (and weekend Deadspinner) Christmas Ape played the role of Abe Lincoln in the video above, and although he avoided the fate that befell Thomas Jefferson, simply making it through the race without taking a header was harder than you'd think:
Whatever preconceptions I had about being able to see while in the costume were immediately quashed. The gauze-like fist-sized hole in the president's neck you're supposed to look through is mostly obscured by the character's jaw, so your field of vision is pretty much limited to your feet. And though you're strapped in, that giant head will lurch wherever it pleases and kill the s--t out of your back trying to keep it aloft.Honestly, his entire account of the audition is worth a read.
Previously on FanHouse:
Screech Is Extreme
Teddy Roosevelt Will Run You Over for a Hot Dog
