3 posts tagged “wacky”
Franklin Speaking Spelling Bee
Educational Toy
Link: Franklin
The Speaking Spelling Bee from Franklin is a handheld game station with a qwerty keyboard, for playing spelling games.
You can compete against the machine itself, or against your friends (up
to 6 players). It also has a Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Thesaurus and
Rhyming Dictionary. For children ages 8 upwards.
Happy Birthday
... to Henry Laporte who turns 14 today. Dick wonders what Henry is getting for his birthday, which explains his expressionless face resembling those depicted in Grant Wood's painting American Gothic. Henry is getting, with the help of Colleen, a skateboard made of aircraft aluminium, and Corinthian leather, just like the Chrysler Cordova, as advertised by Ricardo Montalban.
A Family Affair
The Epistle of the Day is from Brian Drake again, of Gallatin, Tennessee. Jennifer Laporte thinks the slogan "The worse your life is, the better we sound" terrible. Since she is a mental health professional, she should start treating listeners of DGW.
Listen to Episode 645
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Happy Birthday
... to Henry Laporte who turns 14 today. Dick wonders what Henry is getting for his birthday, which explains his expressionless face resembling those depicted in Grant Wood's painting American Gothic. Henry is getting, with the help of Colleen, a skateboard made of aircraft aluminium, and Corinthian leather, just like the Chrysler Cordova, as advertised by Ricardo Montalban.
A Family Affair
The Epistle of the Day is from Brian Drake again, of Gallatin, Tennessee. Jennifer Laporte thinks the slogan "The worse your life is, the better we sound" terrible. Since she is a mental health professional, she should start treating listeners of DGW.
Listen to Episode 645
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
TT Pack
Restroom Kit
Link: TT Packs
The gadget with the lowest tech and lowest price, according to Dick. The TT Pack is a restroom kit which contains a toilet seat wipe, toilet seat cover, hand wipe, tissue, paper towel and disposable gloves. Brought to you by Eye 2 Eye Ideas.
Are We Related?
Trevor from Sebastopol, Australia was glad to hear that both Dick and Leo are watch junkies. So is he. He's got loads of watches, most of which have flat batteries.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair has done a special on Mad. See the article, with early Mad covers, online.
Spork Commercial
At Dick's request, Leo plays the Spork TV commercial.
Listen to Episode 558
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Are We Related?
Trevor from Sebastopol, Australia was glad to hear that both Dick and Leo are watch junkies. So is he. He's got loads of watches, most of which have flat batteries.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair has done a special on Mad. See the article, with early Mad covers, online.
Spork Commercial
At Dick's request, Leo plays the Spork TV commercial.
Listen to Episode 558
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Wacky Slippers
Slippers with "Headlights"
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
After Leo's Porky-esque intro, we get something from 1992. These were the precursor to BrightFeet (Episode 73). Click the heels to turn the headlights on.
While looking for the wacky slippers on the net, Leo comes across the Freudian Slippers. They are fun too.
Happy Birthday again
Dick and Leo say Happy 30th Birthday to Hannah's husband!
NTI Shadow
Billy Spelchan of BlazingGames wrote in to thank Andy Marken for the prize he got for the 300th Episode Contest - the NTI Shadow Backup software.
