Why did everyone laugh hysterically at Howard and Myron in the toy store?
In Jingle All the Way, Howard tells a toy store employee that he's trying to find a Turbo Man Doll and then Myron says the same. Why do the employees and everyone in the store laugh at them hysterically?
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The employee explains it pretty clearly a minute or so after everyone stops laughing:
"Where have you guys been? Turbo Man is only the hottest selling Christmas toy ever, duh!"
The Turbo Man doll is the toy every kid wants for Christmas that year. The simple idea that there would be any stores with a Turbo Man doll left in stock, and you could just waltz in and buy it, is laughable.
As an aside, the IRL toy craze for Christmas 1996 was centered around Tickle-Me Elmo. The outrageous demand for this, and other toys before it, I'm sure, served as the basis for the movie's plot.
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