Talkboy Talkboy The Talkboy is a portable variable-speed cassette player and recorder manufactured by Tiger Electronics (now owned by Hasbro) in the early 1990s. It was originally conceived as a non-working prop for the 1992 movie "", used by the main character Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin). A fully working retail version based on specifications provided by John Hughes and the movie studio was available at Toys "R" Us on November 20, 1992, the day "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" was released nationwide in the United States.The original Talkboy model released for the 1992 holiday shopping season came in "Home
All Alone on Christmas a Christmas remix of The Capitols "Cool Jerk" which was also taken from the same film soundtrack. The single was influenced by Phil Spector's Wall of Sound and is recorded in the style of the Spector-produced Love song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," which is referenced in the song. The single featured a promotional photo of Love with the five members of the E Street Band who featured on the track. A promotional video featured Macaulay Culkin "producing" as Love performed the song with The E Street Band and The Miami Horns, and it features clips from "". The song