Explore More He’s a lot more than “just Allan” now.
Much like the “Barbie” box office sales, eBay prices for Mattel’s Allan dolls have soared to the hundreds.
Played by Michael Cera in the Greta Gerwig plastic spectacular, Allan was manufactured as Ken’s best bud in 1964, inspired by Barbara Handler’s husband, Allan Handler.
But Allan’s selling point — that he could fit in all of Ken’s clothes — seemed to suggest to pearl-clutching parents that the plastic dolls had a queer relationship, according to Attitude. Read More...
My son is so kynd. Loveing. Intelejent. Playfull. But his spelling is atrocious.
My husband and I have agonized over this plenty. When he was in first grade, we tested him on weekly classroom lists of sight words. Second grade was flash cards; third grade involved a computerized spelling tutor. In fourth grade, his most gaily-wrapped holiday gifts were a Scrabble game and dictionary.
A funny thing happened on the way to middle school, though. Read More...
It’s a Plath world! Welcome to Plathville introduced viewers to Barry and Kim Plath and their nine children when the reality show premiered on TLC in November 2019.
According to the series description, the couple’s kids — Ethan, Hosanna, Micah, Moriah, Lydia, Isaac, Amber, Cassia and Mercy — “have never had a soda, don’t know who Spider-Man or Tom Brady is and have never watched TV.” They live remotely in rural Georgia with their “follow their own rules” parents. Read More...