One of the craziest holiday shopping frenzies ever was in 1996 with Tickle Me Elmo. The previous year, Beanie Babies caused a similar epidemic of insanity but they were nothing compared to the one month break from reality we all got when faced with the possibility of purchasing a giggling red monster. Tickle Me Elmo was … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Tickle Me Elmo

With Black Friday behind us and the pressure to award our loved ones with the perfect material goods for the holiday to adequately express our love still hanging over our heads, this classic Arnold Schwarzenegger feels most appropriate for the dawning of this holiday season. For being a cheesy 1996 movie, it actually has a … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: “Jingle All the Way”

Most of you are hopefully spending the day with loved ones but just in case you're hiding in the bathroom from your racist relatives, here's a Throwback Thursday post to read on your phone while you pretend the cranberry sauce is raging a storm inside of you. The video begins with Lucy screwing over Charlie Brown … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”

When I think about reading books as a kid, my memories are heavily influenced by Roald Dahl. This could be due either to the fact that I read so many of his books or the fact that I read his autobiography in 4th grade and dressed up as him for a class presentation. Moving on … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Life Lessons from Roald Dahl’s “Revolting Rhymes”

If someone mentions Mark Wahlberg, you might think about various movies in which he plays a hardened Boston street tough or the sidekick to a foul-mouthed teddy bear. To cut him a little slack, he did star in the remake of a film based on a Dostoyevsky novella (Russian literature=legitimate actor) and he won awards (legitimate, not … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch