Jingle All the Way (1996) Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd, Jim Belushi Directed by Brian Levant. Screenplay by Randy Kornfield Produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe. Runtime: 89 minutes. USA Color Christmas, Family, Comedy.
Every so often, a toy will be released at Christmas time
that will have a high demand and a low supply. An early example of this was The
Cabbage Patch Kids in the 1980s, and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and in
the mid-1990s, Buzz Lightyear. And if you were unfortunate not to have picked up
on the trend and your child’s wish for one, you could be out of luck when the
big day arrives and that present is not under the tree.
Making a comedy about this is nothing new, as the TV show Fraiser
made an episode about the Outlaw Laser Robo-Geek, the Christmas present his son
wanted, in 1995. Another take on this was Jingle All the Way, made in
1996. This time, the toy is Turbo-Man.
