SORRY, ROBBIE REED, THE ZINC-CARBON BATTERIES MUST HAVE BEEN ALMOST DEPLETED ON THE "H DIAL".....

AND YOU WERE DROPPED FROM THE CANDY CANE GRAPPLING HOOKS. SLIPPING ON YOUR LICORICE LASSO, THEN....FALLING UPON, AND BURSTING YOUR EXPLODING GUMDROPS......OFTEN, AND USUALLY, THE BEST LAID PLANS OF CHILDHOOD FANTASY MEET WITH THE OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANCE OF MATURITY....WELL, FOR SOME, ANYWAY!