“A Christmas Story” was released in the Christmas season of 1983, and did modest business at first (people don’t often go to movies with specific holiday themes). It got warm reviews and two Genie Awards (the Canadian Oscars) for Bob Clark’s direction and for the screenplay. And then...
So, over Christmas I was watchingA Christmas Storyfor the bajillionth time (as one does) and noticed, in the scene were Ralphie is decrypting the message from his Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring, a Sunday newspaper comic peeking out among the stuff on a table: I took a picture of the ...
1944: Dick Tracy Detective Kit The beloved detective character first showed up in 1931 butgained popularityin 1944 thanks to the resurgence of the radio show the year prior. In 1944, the hot toy was aDick Tracy Detective Kit, complete with a manual, suspect information, a badge, a decoder,...