🎄 Join us as we slowly slink sideways back to 1983 to celebrate the time someone literally threw an idea at the wall to see if it would stick. 

🎙️ Joey O. returns to talk “Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls,” an animated Christmas special about Wacky WallWalkers. But first, we need to talk about the man behind the WallWalkers, Dr. Fad! 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

“The Dr. Fad Show.” 

Eight ’80s Xmas Specials You Might’ve Forgotten (Dinosaur Dracula, 2015) 

X-Entertainment’s preserved 2003 tribute to the Wacky WallWalker. 

This isn’t the right Apple Jacks commercial, but I can’t not mention young Julia Stiles scoffing that it doesn’t taste like apples. 

Writer Mark Evanier’s blog. 

The WallWalkers’ home planet looks like an M.C. Escher painting. 

Darryl’s friend, Kenzo, is named after one of Dr. Fad’s sons. His other son married comedian Ali Wong. 

The most expensive things we’ve asked for from our parents for Christmas, which pale in comparison to a $1,000 toy car — which, of course, we then look up its adjustment for inflation. 

Waxing nostalgic about popcorn garland on Christmas trees. 

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📼 Commercials: 

Corn Pops Cereal with free Wacky WallWalker inside (1984) 

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“Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls” © 1983 NBC Productions. 
“The Dr. Fad Show” © 1988 Tradex Corp. 

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