Wally History Month Essay #1: Wally

My essay is about Wally, the stuffed dog that lives in my room.


Wally was born in 1986. Or 1985. Or 1987. Mickery has had Wally since the mid 80s.

Wally was part of the Wrinkles line of stuffed dogs. Wrinkles were notable for being the only girly toy line of boy dolls that weren't ruined by the Chucky movies.

Wally has a hole in the back of his neck where you can perform puppetry. Or hide your pot. Sometime in the mid 80s, a local Massachusetts jam band, that Mickery was on the road with (Or rather happened to be in the car with) grabbed Wally and made him sing an amusing song about a skanky woman. Wally released the record on Rounder, but it was pulled from stores after a lawsuit from the company that made Wrinkles. Copies on Ebay fetch upwards of two dollars and 74 cents.

Wally is a party animal, the likes of which have not been seen since Spuds McKenzie's hayday. Here he is in the mid 90s backastage at a Supergrass show.



These days, Wally is still around and kicking enjoyiog his old age. Last year, Mickery purchased a beanie of Wally the Green Monster, ambiguous and gelatinous mascot of the Boston Red Sox. The two Wallys eye each other suspiciously, and Mickery suspects, when he leaves the room, get into sissy slapfights that only two stuffed animals can pull off.