Video taking off 12x its usual first day

Stiff Socks' Cat in the Hat faces a costume interrogation

Trevor Wallace's questions wander from streaming services to children's books in a Short watched more than 1.5 million times.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,562,532 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (127,032).

Guess the Halloween Costume

Michael Blaustein has the striped hat, the face paint and the feline mannerisms. Trevor Wallace still needs to establish whether his character is fictional.

Stiff Socks' "Guess the Halloween Costume" turns a recognizable costume into a drawn-out guessing game, with Wallace conducting the questioning in blue medical scrubs and a bald cap. Blaustein has to supply clues without simply giving himself away.

The Short drew roughly twelve times the channel's usual first-day views. Guessing is familiar territory for Stiff Socks, whose most watched regular uploads include rounds with Wiz Khalifa and Sara Saffari. Here, the disguise supplies another way for the two comedians to confuse each other.

Wallace asks about media appearances, movie adaptations and whether the character is on Hulu. He also requests a jump and an in-character sound, making Blaustein perform the clues rather than merely answer them. Eventually, the questions reach elementary-school reading material.

"It's a yes-or-no question, sir," Blaustein reminds him.

Viewers are picking out Blaustein's little swaying movements and the cat joke that threatens his composure. A separate upload with the same title also made a fast start; its description credits @tessmillermakeup and @bobbieeller for the makeup work.

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What viewers say

"Are you a vape cloud?" -Trevor Wallace 2026
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Michael’s dancing made this 10x funnier for some reason 😂
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Michael nailed the character
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