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Who could forget the classic, Halloween is a Grinch Night from Dr. Seuss. Well, maybe we did all forget. Hard to believe but this cartoon won an Emmy in 1977. Go figure. The only thing the Grinch stole that year was the Emmy. No disrespect to DePatie-Freleng who produced the animated short, Chuck Jones did […]
Coincidence or luck. Utne Reader captures the Hurricane Sandy disaster as Lady Liberty is knee high in water. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your […]
Drawn and Quarterly has gone where no graphic novel publisher has gone, they are publishing books geared towards teenage girls. As a father of a teenage girl, Rookie Yearbook One, should be the graduate series to the Wimpy Kid diaries. Tavi Gevinson is just about to fling the doors even more with this collection of […]
The original Walking Dead with scaremeister Boris Karloff. Nothing is original anymore, everything is recycled at one point or another. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, […]
The worst Halloween costumes of all time, Leather Guy (Glenn M. Hughes) from the Village People and Chachi from Joanie Loves Chachi. How about a Flipper costume? What were they thinking of? I hope the candy was worth it. (source) Hughes died in March 2001, aged 50, at his Manhattan apartment from lung cancer. He was […]
I am ashamed to admit but this year I am not giving out Halloween candy. After 15 years I am pulling the plug. I’ll be in the basement watching classic Halloween movies. The Grinch came out a bit early this year. It gets tiresome stuffing over 400 small bags of candy each Halloween. I will […]
The funniest part of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was Fractured Fairy Tales. For the first time they are collected together in one volume. You will never grow tired of this lot of cartoons. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear […]
What do you get when you mix the game Tetris with a pumpkin? Pumpktris, of course. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may […]
The Bride of Frankenstein enjoys the accolades from many artists who have envisioned her as their own creation. Elsa Lanchester is celebrated in her glorious macabre beauty as rendered by today’s top talent. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from […]
Look out world here comes the Mutant Ninja Michelin Men. This old photograph from 1922 shows what happens when you cross the The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the Michelin Tire guy. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. […]
Of course you know, this means war! Amazon threw down the gauntlet this week on the iPad mini. It’s going to be an interesting Christmas season. (enlarge) Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at […]