The list for December 9, 1996
The Top 15 Rejected Christmas Toy Ideas
- Box O’ Nails! (Now with glass!)
- Sit ‘n Spin Rotisserie
- The Junior Daredevil loosely-assembled bicycle
- Marge Schott’s Real American Super See ‘n’ Say
- Lincoln’s Logs (Learn about the digestive system *and* our 16th President!)
- The Drunken Daddy Playset (with a six-pack of “beer” and a stained undershirt)
- Larry King action figure
- The Kurt Cobain Dead Rock Star Game (Land on the wrong space and Kurt’s brains are everywhere!)
- Radio Shack High Voltage Experiment Center
- Uno Bomber Action Card Game
- Drill Sgt. Larry, with lifelike PantsDrop(tm) action
- The Waiting For Godot Action Playset
- My First Breathalizer
- Fondle Me Jacko
And the Number 1 Rejected Christmas Toy Idea…
- “Poke-Your-Eye-Out Stick” by Whammo
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CREDITS
Selected from 106 submissions from 37 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Vickie Neilson, Carlsbad, CA — 1 (1st #1!)
- Patrick Douglas Crispen, U. of Alabama — 2
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 2
- Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 2
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 2
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 3
- Michael Wolf, Brookline, MA — 4
- Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA — 5, Topic
- Paul Seaburn, Houston, TX — 6
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 7
- Debbie Lander, Las Vegas, NV — 8
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 9
- Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 10
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 11
- Tisha Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 12
- Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 13
- Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 14 (Rookie!)
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 15
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — Topic
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