Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls

<p>We’re slowly slinking sideways back to 1983 to celebrate the time someone literally threw an idea at the wall to see if it would stick. It’s “Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls,” an animated Christmas special about Wacky WallWalkers. But first, we need to talk about the man behind the WallWalkers, Dr. Fad.</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), grown man who’ll gladly pay a child $200 to trim the top of a giant pine tree.</li><li><strong>Joey O.</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/ImGonnaDJ24">@ImGonnaDJ24</a>), celestial cephalopod who can’t stop getting his feet stuck to things, from <a href="http://ynotradio.net">Y-Not Radio</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Words_W_Nerds">Words With Nerds</a>.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li>“<a href="https://www.drfad.com/tvepisodes">The Dr. Fad Show</a>.”</li><li><a href="https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/1980s-christmas-specials/">Eight ’80s Xmas Specials You Might’ve Forgotten</a>, from Dinosaur Dracula.</li><li>X-Entertainment’s preserved 2003 <a href="http://archive.li/UxNzg">tribute to the Wacky WallWalker</a>.</li><li>This isn’t the right Apple Jacks commercial, but I can’t not mention <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS_uX1PvfMs">young Julia Stiles</a> scoffing that it doesn’t taste like apples.</li><li>Writer <a href="https://www.newsfromme.com">Mark Evanier’s blog</a>. Evanier was also the lead writer on “Garfield and Friends,” and author of the Jacky Kirby biography “Kirby: King of Comics.”</li><li>The WallWalkers’ home planet looks like an <a href="https://mcescher.com/gallery/most-popular/">M.C. Escher</a> painting.</li><li>Darryl is voiced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Menville">Scott Menville</a>, best known now as Robin in “Teen Titans,” in one of his earliest roles.</li><li>Darryl’s friend, Kenzo, is named after one of Dr. Fad’s sons. His other son is married to comedian and “Tuca and Bertie” co-star and