Episodes

watch video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I’m going to unbox, review and show you how to play a true game of glorious disgusting fecal flinging fun! This is one I’ve been avoiding for obvious reasons for a while now because I’m not exactly sure how you review something like what we’re about to get into, so all I can say is I hope you have your hazmat suit handy because we’re going into primate pen. THIS is the game of MONKEY SEE MONKEY POO! Let’s s...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! Happy Halloween everybody! Let’s see if you remember this one! A young criminology student and inventor takes the night watchman shift at the local wax museum so he can go to school during the day. One of his inventions (a crime computer) accidentally wakes up 3 of the creatures from the Legendary Monsters exhibit bringing them to life along with their memories of past misdeeds! But now they feel guilty about all the people they used to disem...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! The movie Jaws was released in 1975 and set the standard for the summer movie blockbuster as we know it today! Spawning sequels and quite bizarrely a kids game based on this horrific and bloody feature film known as the Game of JAWS. In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I wanted to bring you the Game of JAWS but not only is it no longer made, it’s become very sought after as a collector’s item and it’s really expensive to acquire and hone...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! Two amateur comedians working nightclubs for peanuts in the 70s ham-handedly and quite accidentally stumbled into the roles of a lifetime portraying what they felt were their least likeable characters but instead found themselves leaving an indelible mark on tv pop culture history for generations to come. Their names? David Lander and Michael McKean. But you might remember them better as… LENNY AND SQUIGGY. This is their legend. Let’s step in...

watch the video below listen to the podcast below (doorbell rings) (knocking on door) Neil Dandy: What the heck? It’s 6 in the morning. (more knocking on door) Neil Dandy: Who’s at my door? (more knocking on door, Neil opens door) Delivery Girl: Package for idiot! (shoves package into Neil’s stomach) Up yours! Neil Dandy: Ow! (Delivery Girl walks away in a huff and Neil looks bewildered) Neil Dandy: Huh? It is way too early in the morning for this. I wonder what I’ve got here. I’ll set i...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode number “31”of the Dandy Fun House… how in the world could I help but tell the story of two brothers-in-law with a post World War II entrepreneurial spirit and how they joined forces to combine business ambition with their passion for all things ICE CREAM! Together they built nothing short of a worldwide ice cream institution. For THIS is the Ballad of BASKIN ROBBINS! Let’s step into the fun house! Hello and welcome to the Dan...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! Sha Na Na WAS an American rock and roll doo-wop cover group. Undoubtedly the singlemost SUCCESSFUL doo-wop cover group in the history of doo-wop cover groups! I might even go as far as to say they were the KINGS of all doo-wop cover groups ever in the history of like, ever! Formed in 1969, but performing a song-and-dance routine based on the previous decade, they simultaneously revived and parodied the music and tough New York street vibe of ...

watch the video! listen to the podcast! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House we’re going to unpack the tale of how a college student’s 1960’s class project based on surviving Death Valley on foot was sold for next to nothing to a company who redesigned it into everyone’s favorite surgery game trying to cure a guy named Cavity Sam! You and I have been trying to fix him for over 60 years in the game of… OPERATION! We’re also going to unbox, assemble and play the 2023 version of OPERATION while...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House we’re clowning around on the basketball court to bring you the story of the Harlem Globetrotters! Where they came from (not Harlem), their many historic achievements, how they didn’t just just penetrate the color barrier of the NBA, they shattered it like a cheap glass backboard without ever even BEING an NBA team, what spawned their innovative act: part circus, part comedy, part sports, PURE ENTERTAINME...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! The amazing hippopotamus! The 2nd largest land animal on earth! They eat almost 80 pounds of grass per day! But there’s one certain type of hippo that eats nothing but marbles! And they’re always HUNGRY! HUNGRY! HIPPOS! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I’m going to unbox, assemble and show you 3 different ways to play the classic game Hungry Hungry Hippos. I’m also going to give you some history along the way about this pop culture cla...

(watch the video below) (listen to the podcast below) Dr. Demento, the man who brought comedic novelty music to the masses for 40 years disappeared from the airwaves in the year 2010 and has not been heard on terrestrial radio in over a decade since. Was he abducted by bloodthirsty clowns? Did he join a monastery? Did he move to the planet Meep Morp? In this episode of the Dandy Fun House I’m going to attempt to answer the question on nobody’s mind… WHERE IS DR. DEMENTO!!!!!????? …Let’s step i...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we’re going to look ahead to the great new amusements coming in 2023 from the worlds of theme parks, pinball, toys, board games and movies! I’m also going to share my favorite episodes from 2022 and let you know what’s been going on going on behind the scenes over here and where things are headed. This is NOT a “best of / year end roundup” that most shows churn out this time of year as easy content. I’d ...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, I’m taking Emma-Lou, the Dandy Dog to the dog wash! I’m also going to unbox, assemble and show you how to play the TOTY Award Winning game – SOGGY DOGGY! Let’s step into the Dandy Dog House! Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House Video show, podcast and blog – the home of your favorite frivolities! I am set up here in the Dandy Ranch half bath and laundry room to give Emma-Lou the Dandy Dog her month...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! Don’t adjust your dials! This IS the Dandy Fun House, but today my good friend, Neil Dandy asked me – COUNT DRAHOON to fill in and guest host this very special HALLOWEEN episode! This will not be your typical Dandy Fun House episode, but instead will be the Count’s SPOOPY, SPOOKY SPOOK SHACK! And on the Spook Shack today, I am going to do a little tasting of all the classic Monster Cereals and give you my expert opinion on which one is THE BE...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we’re braving the tundra to bring you the TOTY-award-winning game, YETI IN MY SPAGHETTI! Let’s step into the Dandy Warming Lodge before we freeze! Today’s mission is to unbox and show you how to play this modern classic from PlayMonster. PlayMonster has also been charged with continuing to bring you such classic toys and games as Wooly Willy, Spirograph, Fashion Plates, Colorforms and many others! Kudos...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we’re gonna pop it, lock it, drop it in the oven! No pushin’, no shovin’, gonna bake a little lovin’ ’cause we’re gonna make one of those strange desserts that could only come from the south… SODA CAKE! Let’s step into the Fun House! Head chef, Neil Dandy here! If you’ve been itchin’ to produce some Southwatering flavors from your kitchen, you’ve come to the right place! Because today we’re going to mak...

This show's all about... The FLINTSTONES! How one of the most loved animated series in television was born, interesting history, fun facts, star-studded guest appearances, near death experiences, merchandising fever, reasons to fear the Flintstones Kids, jumping the shark and to top it all off I'm going to conduct a head-to-head taste test of the Flintstones cereals Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles! Are you ready to Bedrock!? Let's step into the Fun House!

Watch the video below! Listen to the podcast below! Rube Goldberg was an American author, sculptor, inventor and cartoonist who lived from the late 1800s through 1970. He was perhaps best known for his very elaborate drawings and cartoons of very convoluted machines doing very simple tasks such as operating a napkin or striking a match. These drawings were the inspiration for the world’s first 3-dimensional board game which is still a hot product to this day. I’m talking about the game of MOUSE...

In this episode of the Dandy Fun House, we're going to melt down the history of MAD Magazine! How it all started, the back stories of some of their most iconic contributors, battles with J Edgar Hoover, corporate takeovers and how a lawsuit against MAD Magazine filed by Irving Berlin set in place the legal protections for parody and satire that we take for granted today!

Watch the video below! Listen to the podcast below! Hi! I’m Emma-Lou the Dandy Dog! I bet you’re wondering how a dog can write an article. It’s simple! I just use bark-to-type! Anyway, in this extra special installment of the Dandy Fun House we’re gonna pull out some new tricks, roll over and invite you into the DANDY DOG HOUSE instead where we’re going to explore the TOP TEN PUP-FRIENDLY ATTRACTIONS IN AMERICA! Sit! Stay! We’re going for a ride… INTO THE DANDY DOG HOUSE! This one took a lot o...

watch video below! listen to the podcast below! In this episode, we’re going to explore the storied history of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and break the story on its imminent comeback! Phineas Taylor Barnum, or as he’s better known… P.T. BARNUM! If you’ve seen The Greatest Showman, you already know it was an amazing movie! It was based on the life of the legendary P.T. Barnum and was about as entertaining as anything the man himself may have presented and unfortunately ju...

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW! LISTEN TO THE PODCAST BELOW! RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS IS DEAD! … OR IS IT!??? Hello my favorite frivolitizers! ‘Tis I, Neil Dandy, host of the Dandy Fun House – the home of your favorite frivolities. And I’m sitting here doing a little research for my next episode which is going to be about the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus which as most people know, died in 2017. It was shut down, they lowered the big top and said “That’s it! It’s just too much overhead...

watch the video below! listen to the podcast below! In this installment of the Dandy Fun House, we’re going to unpackage and taste test the iconic Stuckey’s Pecan Log Roll which I picked up from a roadside stand while driving through Alabama. You may be saying to yourself, what’s the big deal about some candied nut roll from the side of the road? Well… this particular pecan log roll is from the brand new batch in the brand new packaging from the brandly newly acquired factory from the brand new...

In this installment of the Dandy Fun House, instead of coming to you from our usual haunts of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, we figured we'd go inster-state-ular to the great state of Florida! We're taking a family day-trip to Busch Gardens Tampa and you're invited!