Let’s rap about wrapping up a year’s worth of Todds of the Month with the December Todd of the Month wrapped like a Christmas present. This present wasn’t wrapped in beautiful winter blue fancy paper, tied with a fancy white ribbon, and decorated with a silver Christmas bell. LOL!
This Wrapped Up (thank you, Spotify, for that phrase) wouldn’t be complete without:
- Naming the final Todd of the Month
- Recapping the January through November Todds of the Month
- Revealing the Todd of the Month honorable mentions
The December Todd of the Month goes to
First off, I’m very excited about this, Todd. I’ve known for a while who will make it in December, and I’m already cracking up thinking about it.
Second, thank you, National Lampoon, for giving us this Todd in 1989, who is now the 12th Todd of 2024. Christmas Vacation gave us the Griswald’s yuppie neighbors, Todd and Margo Chester, who delivered one of the most unforgettable and very quotable holiday movie scenes. I’m still cracking up over the scene acted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nicholas Guest. You should know the scene below unless you hate Christmas like the Grinch! J-K! Just kidding.
This scene takes place in the Chester’s bedroom after an ice spear breaks through their window and destroys their stereo:
Todd: Well, something had to come through the window! Something had to break the stereo!
Margo: And why is the carpet all wet, TODD?
Todd: I don’t KNOW, Margo!
Images from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation are the property of PalmStar
This scene gets me laughing like a hyena.
Anyway, I’d like to take this moment to officially make Todd Chester from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation the December Todd of the Month. We didn’t need to deliberate on this one. This Todd is phenomenally named Todd and absolutely deserves this year end honor.
I don’t believe I’ll get coal in my stocking for shouting out a non-Todd. But I wanted to mention that I don’t think so the comedic scene would have been as great without Julia. She’s a brilliant comedian and actress, and her comedic timing contributed to the scene being comedy gold.
Let’s recap the Year of Todd
Stormstrouper.com had a blast selecting all the Todds this year. The eleven Todds chosen each month for not doing anything extraordinary but because they were named Todd include:
January: Todd (me), Todd behind Stormstrouper.com and creator of the Todd of the Month recognition
February: Todd Flanders, a cartoon character from The Simpsons
March: Todd, North Carolina, a place in the North Carolina mountains
April: Todd the Wraith, a great Wraith commander from Stargate: Atlantis
May: Todd Street, a secondary paved road in Altavista, North Carolina
June: Todd Lanuzi, the cartoon bully from Beavis and Butt-head
July: Viral Todd, the Todd who got lightsaber night canceled
August: King Todd the cat, the famous cat model from the King Todd photo frame company
September: Totaled Todd, a Garbage Pail Kid
October: Todd-o-Lantern, the much better, better-looking cousin to Jack-of-Lantern
November: Turkey Todd, the turkey that I saved from becoming Elmer Fudd’s Thanksgiving feast
In no particular order, here are the Todd of the Month honorable mentions
Todd McFarland, the Todd who created Spawn
Todd Phillips, the Todd who directed The Joker
The Todd from Scrubs
Todd Phelps, aka HulkKing from She-Hulk
Todd Gurley, the Todd who started running back for the Los Angeles Rams
Todd Stashwick, the Todd who played Captain Liam Shaw in Star Trek: Picard
That very much wraps everything up, like that one time I used a newspaper and a Food Lion weekly shopper to wrap Christmas presents. I had a blast this last year giving out the Todd of the Month titles. I’ll probably bring it back and promote some honorable mentions.
So, who was your favorite Todd of the Month? Would you have changed any of our choices? Let us know through Instagram or email.
Thirdly, us (me) at Stormstrouper.com would like to wish all you “filthy animals” a Merry Christmas.
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