In my previous blog post, I shared the story of the writing of Stick Out Your Tongue. From that story you should be able to tell that a music video was always part of the idea for the song. I went back and forth on exactly what the video should look like, but I finally decided on… Continue reading Making the Stick Out Your Tongue Video
Author: elvisgumby
Writing Stick Out Your Tongue
Several people have asked me, “Why Stick Out Your Tongue? What does it mean?” Even my wife has asked me where it came from. I think the assumption is that it has naughty implications. I’m sure you can make anything suggestive, but it was never intended that way. The origins of using this phrase in… Continue reading Writing Stick Out Your Tongue
Art’s Toybox – Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels cars were introduced in 1968. They were the coolest die cast cars that kids could play with. They were similar to Matchbox cars, but they had cooler designs. They also had a better axle design so they rolled smoother and faster than any other die cast car on the market. I was 6… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Hot Wheels
Art’s Toybox – Creepy Crawlers
Toymaker Mattel created a toy in the 1960’s call Creepy Crawlers. It consisted of molds that you would fill with colored liquids called Plastigoop. Then you would put the mold in a special hot plate call the Thingmaker. The Thingmaker heated up to about 400° F and cured the liquid into a soft rubbery, plastic… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Creepy Crawlers
Art’s Toybox – The Dark Shadows Board Game
The television series Dark Shadows started in 1966 but really became popular in 1967. In 1968, a board game company named Whitman came out with a Dark Shadows board game. It was a typical 1960’s game that wasn’t that outstanding. In 1969, game company Milton Bradley came out with another game called the Barnabas Collins… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – The Dark Shadows Board Game
Art’s Toybox – Hide The Cow
I received a Marx farm playset for Christmas on the very first year I have memories of a Christmas. I remember that year as much as I do because we have home movies of me getting presents from under the Christmas tree. The farm set had a metal barn and silo. It also had plastic… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Hide The Cow
Time for a Break
I walked into the breakroom to get some hot chocolate. I hadn’t been at work that long, so it was to early for anyone to be taking a break. The only other person in the breakroom was the temporary employee. She spent half of her day cleaning parts and the other half cleaning the breakroom… Continue reading Time for a Break
Corduroy Goes to the Doctor
My wife and I always read to our kids. There are a handful of books that I remember reading to them that stand out. When I read to them from an illustrated children’s Bible, my oldest daughter would always ask for the story of the wedding in Cana and my son enjoyed the story of… Continue reading Corduroy Goes to the Doctor
Dating Disaster
I was going on a first date with a girl I barely knew. This was the first time I had ever been to her house. When I pulled up in her driveway, I saw concrete steps leading up to the stoop in front of the door. There was a screen door in addition to the… Continue reading Dating Disaster
House Hunting Trip
I changed jobs in 1996 and moved to middle Tennessee. The town where we were moving was about 4 hours from our home in West Tennessee. We only had two children at the time, but our daughter was only 2 and our son wasn’t even a year old. We were going to spend a weekend… Continue reading House Hunting Trip