CHRISTMAS Category
DAVID BOWIE: THE SNOWMAN.
Posted on December 23, 2018 1 Comment
I know what some people are thinking. It’s Christmastime and why aren’t we doing something on Home Alone or Silent Night, Deadly Night? That’s because as great as those masterpieces are, it’s getting a little predicable and over-saturated on the internet these days. Let’s change gears for a minute instead. On December 26, 1982, one of […]
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER TOYS.
Posted on December 19, 2017 2 Comments
Here comes an article that we planned on writing around Halloween time, but sort of works with Christmas because it revolves around toys. Well, toys that represent death. Before Uncle T is scrutinized for pairing Christmas with an ancient figure of death, hear me out. I realize this isn’t the cheeriest choice of subject matter […]
THE CHRISTMAS TOY.
Posted on December 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
If you were a kid around the year 1986, maybe you had parents nice enough to set up the VCR for recording the monumental TV special, The Christmas Toy. Originally airing December 6, 1986 on ABC, Jim Henson’s The Christmas Toy stars a group of toys, including Rugby the Tiger, Mew (the cat’s Toy Mouse), Apple the […]
TOP PIZZA DELIVERY DUDES!
Posted on December 6, 2016 3 Comments
Welcome to another discussion revolving around everyone’s favorite and gooiest topic, P I Z Z A. I think Uncle TNUC speaks for many of us in confessing that the thought of being a pizza delivery dude is something we’ve imagined doing at one time during this lifetime. Even if that meant filling out a job application for Pizza […]
BUZZ’S BEDROOM.
Posted on December 29, 2015 2 Comments
Don’t you know how to knock, phlegm-wads?! Welcome to Buzz McCallister’s bedroom – a private sanctuary full of awe and wonder – stocked with items like a pet tarantula, Ice T poster, BB gun – plus a rubber monster toy that’s very familiar around the Land of TNUC. Buzz may complain about his home being located on “the most boring […]
FEROCIOUS FORTRESSES [PART 2].
Posted on December 23, 2015 5 Comments
Whether I’m a bright-eyed 8 year old or an aging 52 year old with two hip replacements and a couple face lifts, no December of my life will go by without dreaming about the big-mama-jackpot of all Christmas toys: THE ACTION FIGURE PLAY-SET. For those lucky enough to get one, barreling into the living room Christmas […]
