1996's Jingle All The Way is one of the best and worst Christmas films of all time. It's terrible, cheesy, and full of some of the stiffest acting ever to grace the big screen. But yet it's also impossible not to love it for exactly those reasons. Much like the film itself, it's difficult not to enjoy Myron Larabee, the definitive movie mailman. It's sometimes difficult to tell whether he's truly a sidekick or a villainous antagonist, but whenever the need suits him, he's quick to team up with Schwarzenegger's Howard Langston in a quest to find the evasive Turbo-Man doll. Langston is understandably cautious of Larabee's assistance, however, well aware that he'll be double-crossed at a moment's notice, or let down by the mailman's questionable tactics and "bright ideas". The dangerous nature of the partnership reaches an explosive peak when Larabee pulls a parcel out of his mailbag and pretends it's a bomb. Unbeknownst to him, it actually is a bomb, and it comes pretty close to blowing the two of them up. Much like Pintel and Ragetti, it's ultimately selfishness that makes Larabee such an unreliable sidekick. He's helpful when it's useful for his own benefit, but otherwise he's just another obstacle in Schwarzenegger's path to becoming a super dad.
