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9 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2020
A speaker credited with explaining Skelly's popularity said the 12-foot skeleton took off because it was a gigantic plastic prop people could attach their own jokes to.
“It was sort of a gigantic plastic visual bit that you could project whatever you wanted to on it.”
2022
Callie Holtermann reported her 2022 story on Skelly by spending a day at a Home Depot in Brick, New Jersey, interviewing people buying or hunting for the skeleton.
“I sort of just camped out at a Home Depot in Brick, New Jersey, New Jersey Shore.”
2022
One shopper told Callie Holtermann she had visited about 15 Home Depot stores and called about 50 while trying to find a Skelly.
“she'd visited 15 Home Depots or so and had called about 50”
2026
Aubrey Horowitz holds the title of merchant of decorative holiday at The Home Depot, according to Callie Holtermann.
“Aubrey Horowitz, who's the merchant of decorative holiday at Home Depot”
2026
Home Depot's new app-controlled Skelly is Bluetooth enabled, letting owners change its lighting, movement and eye effects.
“our new app Skelly is Bluetooth enabled. Where customers can update his lighting, his movement, they can change his different eye functionality”
Undated
Asha Sharma sits on the boards of The Home Depot and Coupang and holds a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo.
“She also sits on the boards of the Home Depot and Coupang, and she is a 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo.”
Undated
Sharma says The Home Depot uses an inverted-pyramid culture in which store associates sit at the top and the stores act as headquarters.
“they have this inverted pyramid, where instead of having like executives at the top, the associates are at the top and the stores themselves are, uh, headquarters”
Undated
Alex Hormozi said his father avoided a $250,000 construction cost by building a code-compliant surgery center himself with materials from Home Depot.
“he went to Home Depot and built a surgery center that met all the specs and got it inspected so that he could have his own surgery center in his practice.”
Undated
Home Depot introduced "Servo Skelly" a few years ago, a version of Skelly with a servo motor in its head that let it move.
“we call him Servo Skelly a few years ago, and he had a servo motor in his head that allowed him to move.”
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