The object of Hank’s Twisted Challenge is as follows: You have bendable wires which you hold in your mouth with the help of some special mouthpieces. You twist and contort the wires into various shapes, curls and bends dictated by the spinner. Then you must navigate a bead-ball all the way to the end of the wire without using your hands. The first person to successfully navigate their bead-ball is of course declared the winner! The twist comes from some special challenge cards each player must pull which may instruct you to do it with your eyes closed, walking around, standing on one leg, down on your knees, singing the national anthem, etc.

I’ve had sort of a challenge lately to find a mom and pop toy store that actually a toy store instead of shop for comics and collectibles. No offense to comic and collectible shops. But it seems that real honest-to-goodness toy stores are getting harder and harder to come by these days. But alas, I DID find one in Brentwood, Tennessee! BRILLIANT SKY TOYS AND BOOKS!

What’s Dollywood you ask? Is it a spooky forest filled with dolls that come alive after dark and chase you with maniacal laughter!? Not exactly. Dollywood is a major, and I mean MAJOR amusement park located in Pigeon Forge Tennessee nestled between the mountain getaway town of Gatlinburg and the city of Knoxville in the eastern Tennessee Appalachia! This isn’t Six Flags, Universal or Disney. In Dollywood, there is no mouse king, but there is a Queen. In fact THE QUEEN of country music, Dolly Parton for whom the entire amusement park is themed around. Not overly so mind you. There’s just a touch of Dolly in everything about Dollywood.