<description>In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I'm going to give you all the Osmonds you can eat! Let's step into the fun house!</description>

In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I'm going to give you all the Osmonds you can eat! Let's step into the fun house!

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Riddle me this funheusers! What is squeaky clean, Mormon to the max, has big teeth, more legs than you can count, has sold over 77 million records worldwide yet you'll almost NEVER hear on the radio? ... Give up? IT'S THE OSMONDS! And in this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I'm going to give you all the Osmonds you can eat! Let's step into the fun house! 
 
 
 
Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House video show, podcast and blog. This is where we meticulously polish all the retro pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff you can handle until it's sparkly! 
 
I'm your host Neil Dandy and I hope you're in for a wild ride on some Crazy Horses today because this episode is all about The OSMONDS! 
 
 
But first, I need to tell you about these funky fresh DANDY FUN HOUSE T-SHIRTS! 
 
With cloth harvested from the ancient fabric mines of darkest Peru and hand-woven by enchanted pygmies, you're going to look and feel amazing. It comes with a front AND a back so you don't get cold and we cut 4 holes in 'em for practicality's sake. One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of and two to poke your arms through. I mean who wants a shirt they can't stick their head out of? Well you won't have that problem here! Just get over to <a href="http://dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://dandyfunhouse.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726840158220000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11cD3tXy1rqeouC-BluPTF">dandyfunhouse.com</a> and get yours today! 
 
 
 
Oh yeah! And if you have one of those remote jobs but your boss still makes you come to the office here and there for no apparent reason... so you badge in, grab a coffee, make your presence known then badge out and go home to get your real work done... then YOU are a Coffee Badger and here at the Dandy Fun House, we salute and honor you! We also feel your pain and frustration so we made a commemorative t-shirt just for you to be relentlessly passive agressive in! It's the unlimited edition COFFEE BADGER t-shirt! Badge in. Caffeinate. Badge Out! and if that weren't snarky enough, we even made a special Coffee Badger coffee mug to drive the point home to your jerk boss before you badge out, wave a few inappropriate hand gestures and drive home... Or to the coffee shop... You really overdo it with the coffee don't you? Anyway, go get your quiet-quitting self over to <a href="http://dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://dandyfunhouse.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726840158220000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11cD3tXy1rqeouC-BluPTF">dandyfunhouse.com</a> and get your Coffee Badger gear before we run out! 
 
 
Alright... THE OSMONDS! 
 
 
Wow, where do you even start with a subject like this. It's like trying to package up the Jacksons albeit without the psychic hot line and creepy home amusement park. (Lollipops! Lollipops!) 
 
But I guess we'll start here! 
 
It's the story of a humble farm family from Ogden, Utah who served their church as worship musicians, eventually finding themselves becoming household names worldwide. 
 
 
George Osmond Sr. and Olive Osmond had 9 kids: Jimmy, Jay, Alan, Merrill, Wayne, Donny, Marie, Virl and Tom. 
 
 
 
Virl and Tom Osmond 
 
 
 
 
Those last two were both born with hearing disabilities so in 1958 brothers Merrill, Wayne, Alan and Jay began singing around town to raise money for hearing aids and also church missions. Their ages at this time were ranging from only 3 to 9 years old. 
 
 
 
 
The Dapper Dans

OSMONDMANIA! – Dandy Fun House episode 45

<description>Ten-year-old Cooper Dean of Valrico, Florida entered into a Young Inventors contest and caught the attention of international toy company, GOLIATH GAMES with her idea to bring a farmland pastime to kitchen tables everywhere. In this episode of the Dandy Funhouse, we're going to shovel in to the game of… Chicken Poo Bingo! Let's step into the Fun House!</description>

Ten-year-old Cooper Dean of Valrico, Florida entered into a Young Inventors contest and caught the attention of international toy company, GOLIATH GAMES with her idea to bring a farmland pastime to kitchen tables everywhere.

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Ten-year-old Cooper Dean of Valrico, Florida entered into a Young Inventors contest and caught the attention of an international toy and game company with her idea to bring a farmland pastime to kitchen tables everywhere! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we're going to shovel in to the game of… Chicken Poo Bingo! Let's step into the Fun House! 
 
 
 
Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House! This is your home of retro pop culture, toys and games, and all the fun stuff. I'm your host, Neil Dandy, and in this episode, we're going to shovel up something amazing with the game of Chicken Poo Bingo! And I'll tell you more about that in just a few minutes, but first, I want to show you these awesome Dandy Fun House T-shirts! 
 
 
 
They look great! I designed them myself so you know they're awesome, and they come with four holes in them! One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of, and two to poke your arms through! That's how we do it here at the Dandy Fun House. It's got a front and a back so you don't get cold. Head over to <a href="http://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.dandyfunhouse.com</a> today and see what's shaking! 
 
Oh, and while you're there, don't forget about our brand new shirt, Coffee Badger. Are you a coffee badger? Do you know what a coffee badger is? Badge in, caffeinate, badge out. That's how the coffee badger does it. Okay, back to the show! 
 
 
 
Cooper Dean, a 10-year-old girl from Valrico, Florida, was on a camping trip with her parents, and she noticed a game that they were playing at the campground, with chickens pooping on a board with a bunch of squares in it, and it was called Chicken Poop Bingo. It's pretty obvious how it plays, the chicken eats chicken feed, then it walks around on this game board in an enclosed pen, and it poops on different squares, and that's just like the bingo caller calling out the letter and number until somebody shouts, "Chicken Poop Bingo!" and they're the winners. 
 
She took this idea and worked on it at home using a toy wind-up chicken that pooped little pellets out, (you've seen those things, the little kind that you get at the little dollar store), and she worked up a game that you could play at home that didn't require real poop, and she called it Chicken Poo Bingo! 
 
 
 
She then took her new game, which she and her friends had a blast playing, and entered the <a href="https://peopleofplay.com/company/young-inventor-challenge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People of Play Young Inventor Challenge</a>, which allowed young inventors to present their ideas to big name companies! 
 
 
 
Well, one of these big name companies was <a href="https://www.goliathgames.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goliath Games</a>, and if you haven't heard of Goliath Games, well you should have, because you go back a couple of episodes here at the Dandy Fun House when we were talking about the game of <a href="https://dandyfunhouse.com/2024/06/greedy-granny-history-unboxing-assembly-and-game-play-dandy-fun-house-episode-42/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greedy Granny</a>, and I brought you the love story of Adi and Margrethe Golad. It's amazing, you got to go see it. Go back a couple episodes, check it out <a href="https://dandyfunhouse.com/2024/06/greedy-granny-history-unboxing-assembly-and-game-play-dandy-fun-house-episode-42/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. 
 
 
 
But anyway, back to this. Goliath Games took notice of this game, and they said that's brilliant, it's amazing, we've got to work with this awesome girl, and so they did! They had zoom calls and conferences, and they cut a deal,

CHICKEN POO BINGO REVIEW, UNBOXING, HISTORY, HOW TO PLAY! – Dandy Fun House episode 44

<description>In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we venture to ask the eternal burning question... Are We Not Men? For THIS is the story of DEVO! Let's step into the Fun House!</description>

In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we venture to ask the eternal burning question... Are We Not Men? For THIS is the story of DEVO! Let's step into the Fun House!

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Akron, Ohio. 1973. Before new wave. Before punk rock. Two Kent State graduates, Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis found their destinies when they met up with a keyboardist from a band called Flossy Bobbitt. His name? Mark Mothersbaugh. Together they formed something entirely different. Releasing their mongoloid creation upon an unsuspecting wiggly world with spudniks designed to whip it at every turn. 
 
 
 
In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we venture to ask the eternal burning question... Are We Not Men? For THIS is the story of DEVO! Let's step into the Fun House! 
 
 
 
Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House Video Show, Podcast and Blog. This is where we whip up the very best in retro pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff! I'm your host Neil Dandy and in this episode, we're going to carry out our Duty Now For The Future by bringing you the story of DEVO! 
 
 
BUT FIRST! I must tell you about these awesome Dandy Fun House t-shirts! You can show your support for this show while spreading the word oh so stylishly and the design actually doesn't look stupid! Just buy the front of the shirt and we'll throw the back in free! But wait! There's more! Order now and not only do you get two holes to crawl your body into and poke your neck out of but we'll also include two more holes to stick your arms through! Now how much would you pay? 
 
 
 
Just visit the Dandy Fun House website at <a href="http://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dandyfunhouse.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1720615396723000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BkPzilbsxf_LA7lqWoY9B">www.dandyfunhouse.com</a> and click on SHOP to order yours today! And while you're there, be sure to check out our brand new NO ROBOTS! T-shirt! Tell Cyberdyne where to stick it! That website once again is <a href="http://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dandyfunhouse.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1720615396723000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BkPzilbsxf_LA7lqWoY9B">www.dandyfunhouse.com</a> . Order today! 
 
 
 
Alright! DEVO! If you're older like me, you probably remember this weird, punky, electronic band going as far back as their appearances on the original Saturday Night Live in the 70's back when it was funny. If you're a bit younger, you might be familiar with their 80's hit WHIP IT. 
 
 
 
Well... not only is DEVO still a creative force today, but they have quite the storied past that goes back farther than you might think!... MUCH FARTHER! 
 
 
 
It's the late 60's and two Kent State University art students named Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis make an art project together reflecting the theory that mankind is not only NOT evolving, but actually DE-EVOLVING! Both of them were budding modern artists and also musicians. Casale was performing with a band called The Numbers Band. Around 1970, this band began fraternizing with another local band known as Flossy Bobbitt which featured a crazy but talented keyboardist; a one Mr. Mark Mothersbaugh. 
 
 
 
The musicians began jamming around with each other and creating a more cutting-edge feel than what was around at that time during the height of hippie culture. They also discovered that they shared a love for satire. One day, Mark Mothersbaugh was sharing a pamphlet to the other musicians called "Jocko Homo Heavenbound" which featured the character of a winged devil named D-EVOLUTION. This pamphlet would later inspire the classic song "Jocko Homo" as well as the band name but we're not quite there just yet. 
 
 
Then May 4th,

The Story of DEVO! – Dandy Fun House episode 43

<description>Do you have a fat, stingy grandma? Have you ever wanted one? Well today's your lucky day because on this episode of the Dandy Fun House we're going to unbox, assemble and play none other than the game of GREEDY GRANNY! Let's step into the Fun House!</description>

Do you have a fat, stingy grandma? Have you ever wanted one? Well today's your lucky day because on this episode of the Dandy Fun House we're going to unbox, assemble and play none other than the game of GREEDY GRANNY! Let's step into the Fun House!

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Do you have a fat, stingy grandma? Have you ever wanted one? Well today's your lucky day because on this episode of the Dandy Fun House we're going to unbox, assemble and play none other than the game of GREEDY GRANNY! Let's step into the Fun House! 
 
 
 
Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House video show, podcast and blog! This is where we hoard all the retro pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff we can find! 
I'm your host, Neil Dandy and today we're going to get into a game that's been around since about 2018 and started off as a Toys R Us exclusive. Obviously Toys R Us isn't around anymore but now this game can be found just about everywhere and the fact that it's had the staying power to endure on the toy and game aisle shelves for this long is a testament to it's appeal. I'm talking about the game of GREEDY GRANNY by Goliath Games (try saying THAT ten times fast!) from Deutschland. 
 
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But first I want to show you these awesome DANDY FUN HOUSE T-SHIRTS! They come with a front AND a back so you don't get cold and we even cut 4 holes in them! One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of and two to poke your arms through! Find them at our website <a href="https://www.dandyfunhouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.dandyfunhouse.com</a> ! 
 
 
 
And while you're there, check out our brand new NO ROBOTS! T-Shirt and tell Cyberdyne where to stick it! 
 
HISTORY OF GOLIATH GAMES 
 
 
 
The history of Goliath Games is actually a love story about two people named Adi and Margreeth Golad who fell head over heels for each other over a game of Rummikub while visiting the Israeli desert. We don't know if it was the moon or the Manischevitz but in addition to their passion for one-another, they also found a burning passion for the game of Rummikub. 
 
 
 
Margreeth soon returned home to the Netherlands where she shared this game with her family who also became consumed with an unquenchable passion for the game of Rummikub. 
 
 
 
Margreeth and Adi soon connected back up and decided to not only join together to pursue a business desire to bring Rummikub to the world but also join together in holy matrimony and in 1980 founded GOLIATH GAMES. 
 
Adi left his mechanical engineering career and traded in his car for 500 games of Rummikub which he sold on the streets of the Netherlands, obviously not out of the trunk of his car. I guess he set them out on a blanket and probably started a lot of conversations with "Psst buddy!" 
 
 
 
There were challenges along the way, but when they were hungry, Rummikub kept them alive (Hey, I think that's and Eagles song!). Nonetheless, Adi and Margreeth persisted on their all-out Rummikub rampage and proceeded to build the game into the iconic, multi-generational classic that it is today. In fact, the game eventually became so popular that it set the world record as the most number of games played per capita in a single year. Goliath Games and Rummikub still hold this record to this day! 
 
Together, Adi and Margreeth built the foundation of Goliath Games and nurtured it into a leading global manufacturer of toys and games in over a dozen countries around the world. Their slogan? "Clever Together." 
 
Adi and Margreeth Golad, The Dandy Fun House video show, podcast and blog salutes you! 
 
Now let's get into this game of GREEDY GRANNY! 
 
 
 
For a game that's been around since 2018, I found surprisingly little information on the backstory or origins of this game while researching for this episode...

GREEDY GRANNY – History, Unboxing, Assembly and Game Play! – Dandy Fun House episode 42

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Hey there! It’s me, your old pal Obnoxio the Clown. I know it’s been a while but I couldn’t help but crawl out of my clown hole once I heard what the Dandy Fun House had planned for this episode of their show! Not only that, but they also made the incredibly bad decision to ask ME, your old pal Obnoxio to host!They would have asked the Nebbish, but he doesn’t really talk so much. Ok, by now I have to imagine about two of you are really excited but most of you are really confused, so let me bring you up to speed. I used to be the mascot for CRAZY Magazine and I’m here to tell you the story of this wacky little rag that had a pretty good run back in the 70’s and 80’s! So without further ado, Let’s step into the Fart House! What? Oh the Fun House! Yeah that’s it!



Hello and welcome to the Dandy Flop House, Fun House or whatever they call it! Video Show, Podcast and Blog! I’m your old long-lost pal, Obnoxio the Clown and I’m here to tell you the story of an obnoxious humor magazine that existed from 1973 to 1983 which yours truly was honored to be the mascot for during it’s final few years.



But first, let me show you these crazy new t-shirts from the Dandy Fun House (did I say it right this time?) now available in the Dandy Fun SHOP! It’s got a front AND a back so you don’t get too cold and comes with 4 holes in it. One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of and two to poke yer arms through! You can find it at the Dandy Fun House website at http://www.dandyfunhouse.com or go directly to the store at http://www.dandyfunshop.com . Now back to this glorious freaking episode!



Ok, CRAZY MAGAZINE! We were published by Marvel Comics believe it or not and were sort of in the vein of Mad Magazine, Cracked, Sick Magazine and National Lampoon.



In the beginning back in 1953, Marvel Comics was actually called Atlas Comics and they decided to try their hand at competing with the behemoth of all novelty mags, MAD Magazine. So they published 7 issues of a comic book called CRAZY! Which skewered pop culture and included gags galore. It was a nice trial balloon, but didn’t exactly take the world by storm so they shelved the idea of publishing a satire for the next TWENTY YEARS until 1973 when it was revived for the purpose of republishing some of Marvel’s more wacky bits from their late-60’s comic called “Not Brand Echh.” What the heck kind of a name is “NOT BRAND ECHH!?”



 

STAN LEE

MARV WOLFMAN

For some reason they decided to give the old CRAZY Magazine another crack at success and kept things rolling under the guiding hand of the Marvel man, myth and legend himself… Stan Lee along with Co-Editor Marv Wolfman. Lee wanted to go for a straight up Mad Magazine and Cracked Magazine vibe while Wolfman wanted something more along the lines of National Lampoon. They came to an agreement somewhere in the middle and this gave CRAZY its own unique flavor. Kind of like sardine ala mode!



It was decided that CRAZY needed a mascot, and so kicked around ideas until they came up with a small, buggy looking guy in a floppy hat and some sort of black cape-looking trench coat thing and they called this guy “The Nebbish.” Later they gave him the more proper name of “Irving Nebbish.” This Nebbish guy served as the mascot for CRAZY Magazine for seven solid years and he did a fine job I must say. I mean, I eventually STOLE his job but no hard feelings Nebby! That’s show biz!

STEVE GERBER



Wolfman wasn’t the only editor Crazy Magazine had. A man named Steve Gerber took over editing for issues #11-14 with a desire to set the magazine apart from its competition and try to convince the readers that the creators themselves were crazy. Gerber’s run as editor came to an abrupt end however when he published a very dark feature called “... And the Birds Hummed Dirges” which featured high schoolers engaged in a suicide pact.</description>

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Hey there! It’s me, your old pal Obnoxio the Clown. I know it’s been a while but I couldn’t help but crawl out of my clown hole once I heard what the Dandy Fun House had planned for this episode of their show! Not only that, but they also made the incredibly bad decision to ask ME, your old pal Obnoxio to host!They would have asked the Nebbish, but he doesn’t really talk so much. Ok, by now I have to imagine about two of you are really excited but most of you are really confused, so let me bring you up to speed. I used to be the mascot for CRAZY Magazine and I’m here to tell you the story of this wacky little rag that had a pretty good run back in the 70’s and 80’s! So without further ado, Let’s step into the Fart House! What? Oh the Fun House! Yeah that’s it! 
 
 
 
Hello and welcome to the Dandy Flop House, Fun House or whatever they call it! Video Show, Podcast and Blog! I’m your old long-lost pal, Obnoxio the Clown and I’m here to tell you the story of an obnoxious humor magazine that existed from 1973 to 1983 which yours truly was honored to be the mascot for during it’s final few years. 
 
 
 
But first, let me show you these crazy new t-shirts from the Dandy Fun House (did I say it right this time?) now available in the Dandy Fun SHOP! It’s got a front AND a back so you don’t get too cold and comes with 4 holes in it. One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of and two to poke yer arms through! You can find it at the Dandy Fun House website at <a href="http://www.dandyfunhouse.com">http://www.dandyfunhouse.com</a> or go directly to the store at <a href="http://www.dandyfunshop.com">http://www.dandyfunshop.com</a> . Now back to this glorious freaking episode! 
 
 
 
Ok, CRAZY MAGAZINE! We were published by Marvel Comics believe it or not and were sort of in the vein of Mad Magazine, Cracked, Sick Magazine and National Lampoon. 
 
 
 
In the beginning back in 1953, Marvel Comics was actually called Atlas Comics and they decided to try their hand at competing with the behemoth of all novelty mags, MAD Magazine. So they published 7 issues of a comic book called CRAZY! Which skewered pop culture and included gags galore. It was a nice trial balloon, but didn’t exactly take the world by storm so they shelved the idea of publishing a satire for the next TWENTY YEARS until 1973 when it was revived for the purpose of republishing some of Marvel’s more wacky bits from their late-60’s comic called “Not Brand Echh.” What the heck kind of a name is “NOT BRAND ECHH!?” 
 
 
 
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STAN LEE 
 
MARV WOLFMAN 
 
For some reason they decided to give the old CRAZY Magazine another crack at success and kept things rolling under the guiding hand of the Marvel man, myth and legend himself… Stan Lee along with Co-Editor Marv Wolfman. Lee wanted to go for a straight up Mad Magazine and Cracked Magazine vibe while Wolfman wanted something more along the lines of National Lampoon. They came to an agreement somewhere in the middle and this gave CRAZY its own unique flavor. Kind of like sardine ala mode! 
 
 
 
It was decided that CRAZY needed a mascot, and so kicked around ideas until they came up with a small, buggy looking guy in a floppy hat and some sort of black cape-looking trench coat thing and they called this guy “The Nebbish.” Later they gave him the more proper name of “Irving Nebbish.” This Nebbish guy served as the mascot for CRAZY Magazine for seven solid years and he did a fine job I must say. I mean, I eventually STOLE his job but no hard feelings Nebby! That’s show biz! 
 
STEVE GERBER 
 
 
 
Wolfman wasn’t the only editor Crazy Magazine had.

CRAZY MAGAZINE! – Dandy Fun House episode 41

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