Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site.
I went all in on this topic, Terror toys. As we enter Halloween time, I'm always looking to celebrate the spooky season. I entered, like, 18 jokes for this one. But I gotta say something here-when we do the tweet (X-eat?) we all usually add a photo of GIF to the posting, to make it pop, or sometimes to point out the original thing you're parodying (which can sometimes be obscure). But it you post something like "Barbie's Dream Hearse" and you post a picture of an actual pink hearse with the phrase "Barbie's Dream Hearse" painted on it, or "Botched Operation" and show a photo of an actual product called "Botched Operation," how do you get credit for that? And someone else posted images of the SNL sketch Irwin Mainway and his dangerous toys; a coy tribute or rip-off? I dunno. I submit "Frite-Brite" and someone else puts "Brite Fright" and they get included? I dunno. Hey, I got 4 included, solid ones, so I shouldn't whine. Yet I WILL!!!
I went all in on this topic, Terror toys. As we enter Halloween time, I'm always looking to celebrate the spooky season. I entered, like, 18 jokes for this one. But I gotta say something here-when we do the tweet (X-eat?) we all usually add a photo of GIF to the posting, to make it pop, or sometimes to point out the original thing you're parodying (which can sometimes be obscure). But it you post something like "Barbie's Dream Hearse" and you post a picture of an actual pink hearse with the phrase "Barbie's Dream Hearse" painted on it, or "Botched Operation" and show a photo of an actual product called "Botched Operation," how do you get credit for that? And someone else posted images of the SNL sketch Irwin Mainway and his dangerous toys; a coy tribute or rip-off? I dunno. I submit "Frite-Brite" and someone else puts "Brite Fright" and they get included? I dunno. Hey, I got 4 included, solid ones, so I shouldn't whine. Yet I WILL!!!
And since it is the spooky season, it's a good time to remind people about my comedy novella, Halloweenies, the tale of a boy, a girl and the Halloween costume he desires. It's a Halloween blast!
So click below to enter the scary toybox filled with...
So click below to enter the scary toybox filled with...
