Technically from his ass.ĭid I say I loved the television? He's got some stiff competition from the demented cassette player, with his tangled tape tentacles and mismatched 'teeth.' The fan's not bad either he only does the eyeball trick once, but I appreciate his subtle reptilian qualities.įor minor characters in a children's film, it's amazingly difficult to pin down where these busted gizmos stand on any sort of moral compass, and their catchy tune has some dismally bleak underpinnings. You've also gotta love the cackling little freak actually playing the music. The Peter Lorre ceiling lamp is the most prominent dungeon denizen, but my favorite has to be that nasty, glass-toothed television! I would treasure a sentient television that could bite my hand off way more than a sentient television that I could actually watch. Sid and his 'mutant' toys in Toy Story can no doubt trace their roots back to this sequence, loaded with clever character designs. Toaster, Radio, Lampy, Blanky (an electric blanket) and Kirby (a vacuum) endure many hardships in their search for their beloved human 'master,' but few seem as fondly remembered as their 'capture' by a fix-it shop and appliance parts store to them, a chamber of horrors where mangled monsters sing a kick-ass song about their own living hell. I don't care how old and childless you are, what the hell else are you doing with a Sunday night? Clubbing? If you've already seen it, you know what we're here to talk about:

Adapted from a satirical novel by Thomas Disch, 1987's The Brave Little Toaster offered us a glimpse into the secret lives of electrical appliances in a surprisingly touching film by the same writers that would later bring us Toy Story.

Brave little toaster song