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When no one wants your Meat Slingshot, what do you do? Make a better flying disc and name it after a pie plate, naturally. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not so secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector and storyteller. I’m Stephen’s sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today’s episode, a word from our sponsor, which is… Well, it’s us, but we’re highlighting ads we’ve written and produced for our clients. So here’s one of those. [ECO Office Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to the Empire Builders Podcast. Dave Young here with Stephen Semple and today’s topic, Wham-O. It’s from Wham-O. In all the toy stores, I’m trying to think. Slinky wasn’t Wham-O, was it? Stephen Semple: No, Slinky was not Wham-O. Dave Young: Yeah. I’m trying to think of what Wham-O was. Stephen Semple: Frisbee’s. Dave Young: Frisbee’s. Stephen Semple: Hula Hoops. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: All sorts of crap, right? Dave Young: I didn’t realize the Frisbee was a Wham-O product. I mean, I remember the name. I remember the ads and it’s a cool name. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Well, it’s so funny. Wham-O was Frisbee, Hula Hoops, Slip ‘N’ Slide, Super Ball, all of those- Dave Young: Probably lawn darts. Stephen Semple: All of those sorts of things were Wham-O. But what I find funny is before getting on, we were talking about this whole thing of sounds and things like that and communication. And then all of a sudden it’s like, “Oh, we’re going to talk about a company whose name actually has that real kinetic feel of Wham-O.” Dave Young: Mm-hmm. I love a name that is also a sound. And if we have time, I’ll tell you about a client I’m working with that we changed the name of the company to make it a sound. Stephen Semple: Oh, that’s cool. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: That’s awesome. Oh, the other ones that they did, Hacky Sack and Silly Strings was a couple of the other ones. Dave Young: Were they responsible for lawn darts? That’s my question. Stephen Semple: I’m not sure if they’re responsible for lawn darts. So since it didn’t come up- Dave Young: Maybe not. Yeah. Stephen Semple: … I guess probably not. The company started in 1949 out of, basically a lot of these things out, of the garage in South Pasadena. And it was Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin, who are basically two university graduates, started this company. And their first product was a slingshot, was a wooden slingshot made from ash wood. And the name Wham-O was actually inspired by the sound of the slingshot hitting a target. Dave Young: You release it… Yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah. Dave Young: Very satisfying. Stephen Semple: But here’s the funny thing is, it wasn’t originally… The idea behind making it was not actually a toy. They loved training falcons, and it was to train falcons for hunting. Dave Young: A slingshot? Okay. Stephen Semple: They would shoot the meat into the air. They got frustrated that the regular slingshot wouldn’t fire it the way they wanted to do it, so they made their own. Dave Young: So they made a meat slingshot. Stephen Semple: Made a meat slingshot. Dave Young: It turns out there wasn’t a huge market for meat slingshots. So you pivot and put it in the hands of children eventually. Stephen Semple: It’s the 1950s, dude. Dave Young: Uh-huh, that’s right. “You’re going to put an eye out.” Well, somebody already did. Stephen Semple: Be careful with that hamburger you’re firing out. Dave Young: But that was their fault, not ours. Yeah. Those were the days, right? Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: When the manufacturer could say, “Well, that’s your fault. You shouldn’t have been an idiot.” Stephen Semple: “What’d you expect a rock to do?” But again, so many businesses, it started with them just solving their own problem. And their own problem was they wanted this thing. But what they found out, they created one that was so good that all of a sudden was like, “Wow,” people became interested in this. Dave Young: It the wrist rocket? Stephen Semple: You know what? I was able to find- Dave Young: I don’t know if that’s the same kind of- Stephen Semple: I wasn’t able to find pictures of the original thing around, because it didn’t do particularly well, but it kind of put them onto a path. Because very quickly they added blow guns and boomerangs. Dave Young: Nice. Stephen Semple: Right? But the whole idea was these types of things. And they get to the stage with these various products. So they’ve got the slingshot, they got the blow gun, they got the boomerang, they got these little niches going on and they’re selling basically $100,000 a year of this stuff. But they’re thinking to themselves, “If we’re going to really make this a business, we need a bigger idea.” And I’m going to say, if you’re going to really make this a business, you need an idea which is not going to put somebody’s eye out. Dave Young: Probably. This is, again, like you said, the 1950s. Stephen Semple: 1950s. Really, no seat belts, like, “Come on now.” Dave Young: The BB gun’s already invented. Stephen Semple: You know, it’s funny, when you think back to how we were with safety and things like that, one of my really fond memories… Now this wouldn’t have been the ’50s, this would be the ’70s, but one of my really fond memories of being a kid was we’d be hauling stuff somewhere and we had this old green wood trailer with oversized tires on it that bounced like crazy when you’re driving down the road. And one of the funnest thing is we would go somewhere and coming home, all the kids would pile into the trailer in the back as we’re driving down the road. Dave Young: You’d be the ballast to hold down the sheets of plywood. Yeah. Well, who needs tie downs when you’ve got 200 pounds of children? Stephen Semple: And the weird thing is, it’s not like anybody thought that was weird. Dave Young: No. Stephen Semple: That was what you do. Dave Young: Yeah. And if you weren’t on the trailer, you were sitting on the edge of a pickup with your back to the road. Stephen Semple: Exactly. Exactly. Anyway, back to Wham-O. They’re needing a bigger idea. And while they’re on the beach, they come across this flying disc called Whirlaway. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple: Right? And they decide… They also found another one called Pluto Platter. So it didn’t work. It wasn’t really selling. And so Wham-O, they buy the rights to this. They go, “Look, we’ll buy the rights to this.” They make a few couple of design changes. And Morrison saw this people also tossing these metal pythons, right? Dave Young: Oh, okay. Stephen Semple: And so that was actually where he came up with a little bit of the design change. He kind of looked at that and went, “Oh, this is much better than this Pluto Platter thing.” Dave Young: You drop the edge down and balances itself a little bit better. Stephen Semple: Yeah, yeah. And one of the pie plates they came across, guess what the name of the pie plate was? Dave Young: Frisbee maybe? Stephen Semple: Bingo. Dave Young: Yeah? Okay. Stephen Semple: Frisbee. Dave Young: Okay. So they buy that too or just- Stephen Semple: They just trademarked that because it wasn’t trademarked. So they went and trademarked the Frisbee name. And in the first two years, they sell a million Frisbees. Dave Young: Wow. Stephen Semple: Right? And what they did to promote it, so here’s the really cool idea, they go to university campuses and they also gave it to people and people, guess what, immediately found on university cool ways to do tricks and stuff with the Frisbee. So that then got it going. And look, this was pre social media days. Imagine what you’d be able to do today in terms of demonstrating all this crazy stuff on social media. Dave Young: Well, you’d have to get people off their phone. Stephen Semple: Yeah. But what they have now is they have a way of creating ideas. And what they realized was they had to look for things and just make them better. So they created this open door policy. They would listen to anybody, “Come pitch an idea, we’ll listen.” So the next one was a neighbor had come back from Australia with this bamboo exercise hoop, and you had to use it doing a movement like a hula dancer. Dave Young: Yeah. Okay. Stephen Semple: And so they do a handshake deal. And if it’s a hit, we’re going to give you royalties. And instead they make it out of this lightweight, colorful plastic, and they put little beans inside so that it makes a sound. Dave Young: Absolutely. Stephen Semple: It also has a little bit different feel to it. They took this idea to parks and they demonstrated it. And what am I talking about, Dave? What’s the name of the toy? What’s the name of the toy? Dave Young: Oh, it’s the Hulu Hoop. Yeah. Stephen Semple: Bingo. Yeah, it’s the Hulu Hoop. And in 1958, they launched the Hula Hoop, and it’s the biggest toy fad in history. And I think it still is. Dave Young: Oh yeah, I think. Stephen Semple: I think it still is. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: And they were farming out the product they couldn’t keep up with production. Now, here’s where a little problem happens for them. Remember that handshake deal? If this is a deal, we’re going to pay your royalties? Dave Young: Yeah, yeah. Stephen Semple: They didn’t pay any royalties and they got sued. Dave Young: Shoot. They should have paid the royalties. Stephen Semple: On top of that, knockoffs happened, right? Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Because it was pretty easy to copy and people were making it cheaper. And then by the end of 1958, they actually reported a loss because of so much of this competition going on. Dave Young: Really? Okay. Stephen Semple: Yeah. So they stopped production. They’ve got growing debt. They’ve got a warehouse full of unsold product. So they need to find another hit. Because what they’ve noticed is in their business model is the toy gets hot and then it drops off. So what they suddenly realize is they need to constantly be looking for these new ideas. So Robert Carrier is a guy from the upholstery industry and he came home one day to see his son sliding on the concrete driveway because it was wet. Again, remember, ’50s, right? Dave Young: Sure. Anything to entertain yourself as a kid. Stephen Semple: He takes some Naugahyde, incorporates a hose and holes, and now you’ve got… Dave Young: The Slip ‘N’ Slide. Stephen Semple: Right. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Right. So basically the guys at Wham-O come across this idea and they replace it with vinyl plastic and you’ve got Slip ‘N’ Slide. Dave Young: Yeah, yeah. Stephen Semple: And when they launched Slip ‘N’ Slide, it sold like 3000 units in the first few months. Dave Young: Mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: Right? Another inventor comes and sees them, Norman Stringley, who’s a petrochemical engineer who specializes in rubber, and he makes this really dense, high bouncing ball that could also spin in reverse. Dave Young: Okay. Yeah, the Super Ball. Yeah. Stephen Semple: Bingo, the Super Bowl. Dave Young: Mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: Smash hit, six million sold in 1965 alone. Dave Young: Well, and I think it was just a couple of years before that with the Absent-minded Professor and Flubber. Do you remember Flubber? Stephen Semple: Yeah, right. Dave Young: So that was like Super Ball was having a ball made out of Flubber. Stephen Semple: Yeah. And I don’t know whether this is true or not, but seemingly the whole Super Ball thing was also part of the inspiration for creating the name of the Super Bowl. Dave Young: Really? Stephen Semple: Yeah. And again, this is one of those ones I could not find confirmation of it. It may just be one of those things that’s a great story that now is part of the world out there. Dave Young: Yeah, the zeitgeist. The zeitgeist. Stephen Semple: The zeitgeist, yeah, that’s it. And then in 1959, the Wham-O Bird Ornithopter, which was this aluminum spars and all this other… and brightly painted look like a hawker or an owl. And it was rubber bands. Remember those things, they were rubber band powered? They were about like three bucks and they made 600,000 of those. And then- Dave Young: It was brightly painted so you could see it up in the tree when it got stuck. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: And now you’re like, “Oh shoot.” Stephen Semple: And then they created the Wheelie Bar, which was something that was great for attaching to a swing bicycle. And the air blaster and the bubble thing. One of the things that they just did was they realized they needed to just continually be making new ideas because the cycle for their types of toys, they would go really popular and drop off, really popular, drop off, really popular. In 1969, they did Silly String. Remember Silly String? Dave Young: Sure. Yeah. Stephen Semple: Right? The Hacky Sack in ’83. So just on and on and on and on, they would do these things. And in 1982, I was never able to find the price that Wham-O was sold for, but Wham-O was sold to Kransco Group Companies in ’82. And then in ’94, Mattel bought them. Dave Young: Wow. Stephen Semple: Then in ’97, Wham-O became independent again. Dave Young: Oh, really? Stephen Semple: And then in 2006, they were sold to Cornerstone Overseas Investment Limited for $80 million. Dave Young: Stay tuned. We’re going to wrap up this story and tell you how to apply this lesson to your business right after this. [Using Stories To Sell Ad] Dave Young: Let’s pick up our story where we left off, and trust me you haven’t missed a thing. Stephen Semple: Then in ’97, Wham-O became independent again. Dave Young: Oh, really? Stephen Semple: And then in 2006, they were sold to Cornerstone Overseas Investment Limited for $80 million. So the one thing I can find to put a value to Wham-O was they were bought, they went independent, and then they were sold again for $80 million. So I always like to try to go, “What was this company worth?” Dave Young: Those guys probably left when it got sold the first time, would be my guess. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Dave Young: But here’s my observation of this. These guys weren’t making games. Stephen Semple: Oh, interesting. Dave Young: Hacky Sacks sort of became a game, right? Stephen Semple: Mm-hmm. Dave Young: Because you could play it with several people. You’d have people in a circle all smacking the Hacky Sack. In fact, I have one. I thought it was laying back here. It’s sitting on my desk or around here somewhere in this stuff. Stephen Semple: Cool. Dave Young: But it’s one of the little original leather ones. Stephen Semple: Nice, yeah. Dave Young: But my observation is this is a stretch. Okay? Stephen Semple: Okay. Dave Young: This is just me following a trend. Stephen Semple: Do I need to sit down? Do I need to sit down? Dave Young: No, I don’t think so. I don’t think so. I think, in fact, knowing you as well as I do, I think you’ll jump right on board with this. Stephen Semple: Okay. Dave Young: These guys were making fidget toys. These guys were making things that you could do yourself just by yourself, right? Stephen Semple: With the one exception being- Dave Young: And it’s not necessarily Hula. Stephen Semple: Frisbee would be the one exception, but Hula you could do yourself. All these other things you could do yourself. Dave Young: And people figured out how to make Frisbee golf courses and then you could play that by yourself. Stephen Semple: Oh, that’s true. Oh, that’s true. That’s true. Dave Young: You’re just throwing towards a goal. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: But they didn’t make Frisbee as a game. They made it as an activity. Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: So you could say they’re activities, but they were also things that you could just go do this activity and just be outside playing with something and be out on the driveway bouncing your Super Ball or- Stephen Semple: I remember having a Super Ball. They were fun. Dave Young: … holding your Hula Hoop, or shooting at things with the original slingshot. Stephen Semple: With the meat? Dave Young: The meat slinger. They had to quickly have pivoted from that, because I don’t think falconry ever got huge, right? They were looking at things that were just kind of cool. And I say fidget toys because even as we record these things, I have four or five things on my desk that I always have in my hand and I’m always just doing something, right? Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: It keeps my brain focused on this conversation instead of wandering all over the place. Stephen Semple: We just didn’t have the terminology fidget toy, right? Dave Young: Well, here’s the other thing. If you want to take it a step further, ADHD wasn’t known about then. Stephen Semple: Correct. It was around, but we’d had- Dave Young: Sure. Lots of kids with ADHD that needed… Just take your Super Ball outside. You could kill a lot of time goofing off with a Wham-O toy. Stephen Semple: Well, and a great example of that is I was only diagnosed a few years ago as having ADHD. Dave Young: Yeah, same. Mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: So gone through my entire life with it, not knowing… Mind you, if I look close enough, the science were there. Dave Young: Well, sure. Yeah. When I told people, I think mine was almost 10 years ago, but anytime I’d tell somebody like, “Wait, you didn’t know? You didn’t know.” Stephen Semple: No, I was distracted. I didn’t notice. Dave Young: The rest of us knew. “How long have you been having these memory problems?” “For as long as I can remember.” Stephen Semple: So not long. Dave Young: I don’t know. Stephen Semple: But the one thing I want to tie back to on Wham-O, and it’s a great observation that that’s what they were basically creating, is the thing that they noticed very quickly was this was their natural business. Their natural business was you create something, it’s a hit, and it falls off. And they just bought into it. They said, “That’s the nature of this business.” So what you need to do is continually be looking for these new ideas. Dave Young: A new thing. Stephen Semple: So this is reason why we didn’t talk very much about… They literally had this open door policy. If you were an inventor of a toy, you could come see them. And look, they looked at a lot of crap, but at the same time that they knew that they had to constantly be out there, it’s not about, “Oh my God, we’re making all this money from the Hula.” What they learned from the Hula, because it almost killed their business, is they need to be constantly looking for that next idea, that next idea. And it’s not about, “Oh, it’s dropped off. We’ve got to revive this with marketing.” Toy, especially in those days, had this natural cycle that it went through. They bought into, “This is the way it is, so we got to constantly looking for new ideas, fill in that pipeline and creating it. And then also recognizing when this thing drops off, we’ve got to manage that drop off.” I really like the fact that they just really saw their business for what it was and said, “Okay, given that’s what it is, this is how we have to manage things.” Dave Young: Yeah. And honestly, this fits it so well because the inventors are probably… They’re just figuring out something that they enjoyed. Right? Stephen Semple: Bingo. Dave Young: I made this little thing. I made this little thing out of paperclips and look what it does and it’s kind of fun and I think you could take it to the next level. And I think there’s lots of things like that. And so they were filling that need of these inventors who were probably just solving their own little attention problem. Stephen Semple: Well, great. Oh, I discovered my kid was doing this and I did this and they’re now having fun with it and all the neighborhood kids are coming over and doing it. Dave Young: Frisbee was a way to play a game of catch without needing a glove and a ball or pretending you’re playing baseball, right? And so if you weren’t a baseball player, you probably didn’t run around with a glove and baseball anyway. So it was a way to… And most of these toys, you didn’t need anybody else. Stephen Semple: You didn’t need anybody else. Dave Young: Frisbee you did, but it was just a game of catch. Stephen Semple: Right. And also what they recognized was people would very quickly, like with Hula and Frisbee and all these things, people would very quickly figure out their own ways to make it fun and do strange things. Dave Young: Gamify. Stephen Semple: Which then also made it more… People gamified it on their own and will gamify it on their own. Give kids a bunch of stuff, they’ll gamify it. Dave Young: I’m sure it wasn’t too long before there was somebody, the first person in the Guinness Book of World Records for Hula Hoop. Stephen Semple: Oh, for sure. Dave Young: Right? Stephen Semple: Oh, for sure. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Dave Young: Because you just see how long you can do it, you see how many spins you can do it. Stephen Semple: Yeah. And again, the interesting part to me was it didn’t start as, “Hey, we’re making this toy.” It was, “we made this thing,” and then they started to discover that it was fun. It was just fun on their own firing without the falcons and now it’s a toy. Dave Young: Yeah, I love it. I love it. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: The story of Wham-O. Stephen Semple: Wham-O. Dave Young: Wham-O, it’s a sound. Right? I know this is an audio podcast, but just do a Google search for the Wham-O logo, right? It’s a sound. You can hear it when you read it and you can see that it’s in motion, right? Stephen Semple: Yes. Dave Young: All of these things had that in common too. Everything was about motion and something moving, some kind of action. Stephen Semple: Well, the other thing that’s really smart about the Wham-O logo is it’s that it’s colorful. But the other thing is the way they’ve done the Wham-O, if you really look at it carefully, it’s the letters at the beginning are big and it gets smaller, which is kind of how you would say Wham-O, right? Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: If you actually listen to it, the sound drops off. And even the way they drew it, they were drawing upon the common way in which comics convey this. And if you think about it at the time, you would have had also things like Batman with the, “Pow!” Dave Young: Absolutely. Yeah. Stephen Semple: So they were also tying into a popular zeitgeist of communication, which is really brilliant. Dave Young: That probably was also attractive to the same kids. Stephen Semple: Correct. Dave Young: Right? Stephen Semple: Oh yeah, correct. Dave Young: And they would recognize it. They would see the language of the comic book and the logo of Wham-O. Stephen Semple: Bingo. Immediately, mm-hmm. Dave Young: The way it recedes, it’s not that it gets smaller in your brain, it’s that it’s getting farther away. Stephen Semple: No, but that’s what I meant by just trying to explain since we’re on a podcast that the lettering gets smaller. Dave Young: But it gives you that feeling of motion. Stephen Semple: But in our brain… Bingo. Dave Young: Mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: Yes. Yes. Dave Young: So they managed to put sound, color and motion into a static logo. Stephen Semple: Correct. Correct. Dave Young: And that’s a super cool thing to do. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah. Really, really amazing thing to do. Yeah. Dave Young: Yeah. Stephen Semple: Yeah, it was very cool. Very cool. Dave Young: This is a long episode. Do you want to hear about this client I mentioned at the beginning? Stephen Semple: Go ahead, Dave. Dave Young: Short story. And this is a air conditioning client in Tucson, and his company was named Tailored Mechanical. Stephen Semple: Okay. Dave Young: I think he listens to the podcast, so he’s probably going to hear this and go, “Oh my God.” But we’re in the middle of rebranding. And we asked him when he became a client, like, “Are you okay with us recommending a change in the name of the company?” Because Tailored Mechanical doesn’t exactly tell you that they’re an air conditioning repair company, right? I’m not sure what they do if you tell me mechanical, right? They’re not auto mechanics and they don’t fix elevators and things like that. I don’t know. But anyway, his name’s Chris Plunkett and his wife’s name is Scarlett. And so we gave him a couple of new name suggestions, knowing the one that we really wanted him to pick. We gave him one that had air conditioning in the title, just the typical thing. And then we’re like, “I mean, your wife’s name is pretty cool. You could call this company Scarlett. There’s no other air conditioner company named Scarlett. That would be a cool name.But, dude, everybody already just calls you Plunkett because it’s a sound and it’s fun to say. And so that’s the name of your company, Plunkett.” Stephen Semple: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Dave Young: And the logo is like Wham-O, it’s got motion in it. Stephen Semple: Nice. Dave Young: It’s bigger at both ends because there’s a pa-pa. There’s two syllables and they’re both kind of consonants, Plunkett. And so that’s going to be fun and we’re going to have fun with it. Stephen Semple: That will be fun. Dave Young: It’s almost going to feel like a Wham-O kind of a brand, but the whole goal… Remember the whole goal with companies like this is, we just need to make him memorable, right? Stephen Semple: Yes, yes. Dave Young: And anyway, I love the Wham-O story. I love that this is the kind of smart decisions that people can make that closely make their brand memorable. Rememberable is even a better word. It’s not a word. Stephen Semple: Yes. Yes. That’s awesome. That’ll be a fun campaign. Dave Young: Mm-hmm. Stephen Semple: You should send me some of the ads and we should put them in on the podcast. Dave Young: Yeah. I mean, we haven’t even got to that stage yet. We’ve just got the trucks wrapped and people are looking… Stephen Semple: When you’ve got that, send it along. We’ll put them in the podcast. Dave Young: You don’t know what we’re doing to make the trucks also have motion even when they’re sitting still? Stephen Semple: What are you doing? Dave Young: They’ve got the big logo on them and they’re brightly colored. They’re different colors on both sides. And we’ve put NASCAR style numbers on the doors. Stephen Semple: Oh, nice. That’s fun. Dave Young: Big, big numbers. Stephen Semple: That’s fun. Dave Young: And people scratch their heads. It’s like, “Well, it’s just science. Trucks go faster if they have numbers on them. Have you never watched a race?” Stephen Semple: That’s just science. All right, David, that’s fun. That’s fun, man. Dave Young: It’s fun to have a client that lets you do fun things in the aim of creating entertainment, and that’s the currency of attention. Stephen Semple: Yeah, that’s awesome. Dave Young: Thank you, Stephen. Great. Stephen Semple: So much fun. Thanks, David. Dave Young: Thanks for listening to the podcast. Please share us, subscribe on your favorite podcast app and leave us a big, fat, juicy five star rating and review at Apple Podcasts. And if you’d like to schedule your own 90-minute empire building session, you can do it at empirebuildingprogram.com.
watch the video below: listen to the podcast below: It's time to close out yet another year of the Dandy Fun House. While all those “other shows” are slacking off and giving you retrospectives of everything they've already done in the past year, it is instead our tradition here at the Dandy Fun House to leave the past exactly there… in the past and instead look ahead to the brand spankin' new year coming at us like Frehley's Comet and take a glimpse at the coolest stuff we've been able to find that's waiting for us in 2026! We're going to look at theme parks, movies, pinball and of course the TOTY AWARD NOMINATION picks for the upcoming 2026 Toy of the Year Awards! Are you ready to get your kicks in 26? Then LET'S step into the FUN HOUSE! Hello and welcome to the Dandy Fun House 2025 year-end extravaganza where we wear the hats and blow our hooters about the very best in retro pop culture, toys and games and all the fun stuff! I’m your host Neil Dandy and in this episode we're going to look ahead at WHAT’S HOT ON THE HORIZON FOR 2026 in the worlds of theme parks, movies, pinball and my personal picks for the 2026 TOTY AWARDS (Toy of the Year). BUT FIRST! I have to show you these amazing DANDY FUN HOUSE T-Shirts before time runs out! Perfect for swaddling the baby new year, They have a front and a back so you don’t get cold and we even cut 4 holes in them! One to crawl your body into, one to stick your head out of and two to poke your arms through! Find them in the Dandy Fun Shop at the Dandy Fun House website at dandyfunhouse.com before the Dandy Ball Drops! Alrighty, hold on tighty and let’s get right into what's hot on the horizon for 2026 starting with… THEME PARKS! And up first is going to be UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD (which isn't actually in Hollywood, it's in Studio City kind of like the LA Angels baseball team is actually in Anaheim and how they call the Embassy Suites here in Murfreesboro, Tennessee “Nashville South” which we absolutely are not. But anyway that's a rabbit hole rant for another day.) Anyway, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS in the greater Los Angeles, California area is breaking ground on a new roller coaster where each individual car experiences its very own 360 degrees of rotation. The coaster is called FAST AND FURIOUS HOLLYWOOD DRIFT themed after the Fast and Furious movies obviously. This one is expected to peel out in 2026! And Legoland California is busy building the Lego Galaxy space-themed land including an indoor roller coaster. Over at Kings Island in Ohio they're opening what they are calling a new “dark ride” in 2026 called “PHANTOM THEATER: Opening Nightmare.” It's in the location that has most recently held an attraction called Boo Blasters but is apparently the site of a previous attraction also called PHANTOM THEATER and this is apparently the return of that attraction with some various upgrades. I went to the Kings Island website to get more information and there's just a teaser video showing two girls walking into Boo Blasters and ending up in the Phantom Theater which appears to be a very loose sendup on the Phantom of the Opera. The cartoon phantom character they show in the teaser graphic is obviously based on the classic Lon Chaney silent film character, and visitors ride inside cars that resemble opera boxes. So… yeah. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (my neck of the woods kinda sorta) will be undertaking a $50 million expansion and also opening the world's first ever hybrid indoor family coaster and whitewater river raft ride called the “Night Flight Expedition.” Then under at Sea World, Orlando Florida they're diving into a new dark ride called SEAQuest: Legends of the Deep. If you don't know what a dark ride is, it basically means it's indoors and you get moved from scene to scene. It doesn't necessarily mean it's actually dark. Anyway, this new dark ride at Sea World Orlando will be what they are calling a suspended dark ride. The only information about this ride currently is that the rider will “discover dazzling ecosystems, legendary sea life, and breathtaking stories of resilience and wonder.” NEW MOBILITY DEVICE POLICY AT SEA WORLD! And speaking of Sea World, they have a controversial new policy which has been making the news lately that has just rolled out regarding mobility devices for the disabled. It appears that rollator walkers with seats are no longer permitted. The official updated policy from the Sea World website is as follows: “For the safety of our guests and employees, rollator walkers with seats on them are not permitted at SeaWorld Orlando. Alternative personal transportation options, including standard wheelchairs and Electric Convenience Vehicles (ECVs), are available. Walkers without a seat are permitted.” I'm guessing that more than a few guests were using their rollators like wheelchairs and it was causing some sort of safety concern in the parks. As someone who transports disabled people as my profession and handles mobility devices all day long, I can tell you from personal experience that a wheelchair itself is something you need to exercise caution with while pushing someone around. A rollator walker would be very, very easy to tip over if someone were attempting to use it as a wheelchair. So while I am disappointed at the inconvenience some disabled guests are going to face with this new policy, I want to be very careful not to demonize Sea World too quickly on this new policy. Guests can still borrow suitable mobility devices from guest services. Ok, time to work our flippers over to the world of PINBALL! Here are the rumored pinball releases expected in 2026 that caught my eye during the research for this episode. Please keep in mind these are only rumors… AMERICAN PINBALL is rumored to be releasing a CUPHEAD pinball machine in 2026 based on the wildly popular video game featuring some amazing vintage animation styles. I'll admit I'm not familiar with the character or the video game but I do love this vintage cartoon style! SPOOKY PINBALL is said to be working on a MOTORHEAD pinball machine for 2026. NO offense to guitarist Wurzel or drummer Mickey Dee (now playing with the Scorpions) who were crucial to keeping the band going in its later years, but I'm really hoping it honors the original lineup of Lemmy, Philthy Phil and Fast Eddie! BARRELS OF FUN PINBALL appears to be cooking up some GOONIES pinball for the new year! RAMPS PINBALL will be coming out with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! Oh please let the carnivorous plant eat the ball! And last but not least in our pinball 2026 rumours we have PINBALL ADVENTURES bringing us SUSHI MADNESS! Ni Ohashi Kudasai ! And if you're REALLY a pinball nut as we know you are, you'll want to put March 20th through the 22nd on your calendar because that's when Frisco, Texas braces itself for the annual TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL! Over 440 games. One incredible weekend! The website says tickets go on sale October 4th 2026. I have to imagine that's a typo and they really mean 2025 otherwise only those with the ability for reverse time travel will be able to attend. There will be tournaments and challenges, special guests and panels, exhibitors, parts, memorabilia, new games and there will be a special tech day for those trying to upgrade and/or fix their own machines. That's the TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL 2026! Rope you a ticket today! Yeehaw! Alright, I think we're ready to “steer” away from pinball and “drive” this herd into… MOVIES! First I'll start with letting you know a few of my favorite movies of 2025 before we get into what's ahead for 2026: JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH: Ok, it was pretty much par for the course but it had Scarlett Johansson carrying the entire movie on her shoulders alone and she pulled it off amazingly! MICKEY 17: This is a movie about a guy who signs on to do very dangerous grunt work in space for a corporation and every time he gets killed, the company just prints out a new copy of him with all his same memories. The crux is that the new copy never knows if he's actually the person being reborn every time or if he really dies and the new copy just has his memories and merely thinks he's the same person. Weird stuff. THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS – After many fantastic fails at trying to make this work on the big screen, they finally got the Fantastic Four right! The retro future vibe was spot on and all the actors were perfect! SUPERMAN: I was really upset about losing Henry Cavill as Superman, but James Gunn came back with a fresh new fun feel on this one starring David Corenswet, even bringing in Supe's dog Krypto! This movie was just a great time! More please! THE SMASHING MACHINE: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a dramatic role co-starring Emily Blunt. It's the story of Mixed Martial arts and UFC Champion Mark Kerr and how he conquered his biggest opponent: addiction. And finally in my roundup of my favorite movies of 2025 I bring you… BUGONIA! This movie was a crazy trip with some really wild twists and many moments of pure cringe and I loved it! Starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons who seems to be showing up in everything lately! It's a story about two conspiracy nuts who kidnap a corporate CEO thinking she's a space alien trying to destroy the Earth. This was easily my biggest delightful surprise of 2025. But before we get to 2026, I'd like to give a special nod to TRON: ARES because I always expect anything starring Jared Leto to suck eggs and this did not! And SPINAL TAP II: The End Continues… Rest in peace Marty DiBergi. MOVIES I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2026! THE ODYSSEY Expected Jul 17, 2026: After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way. starring Matt Damon, Mia Goth, and Anne Hathaway. This could be really good or it could be really stupid. I'm betting this is going to be good and double or nothing that Mia Goth will be a siren or maybe Medusa. I think she'd make a good Medusa! EVIL DEAD BURN Expected Jul 24, 2026 – I'm a sucker for the Evil Dead movies. This one is not likely to have any Bruce Campbell, but they're keeping the details under tight wraps for now so who knows? COYOTE VS. ACME Expected Aug 28, 2026 PG A story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters. And apparently John Cena is voicing one of the characters! Oh please oh please oh please get this right! If 2025's “The Day The Earth Blew Up” starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig is any indication, I think we can have high hopes here! Ooh, that’s another one of my favorites from 2025 I left off the list! INSPECTOR GADGET – No details are available but I think we're long overdue for some Go Go Gadget action! DUNE Part Three Expected Dec 18, 2026 It follows Muad’dib, heir to unimaginable power, as he brings to fruition the ancient scheme to create a superbeing ruler among men, not in the heavens. And according to imdb it’s starring Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Timothée Chalamet and Anya Taylor-Joy. Did you pick up what I just picked up? Zendaya is not listed as a cast member on IMDB! How can this IMD Be!? You tell me! PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (untitled) – That's all we know folks. Hopefully they got things squared away with Johnny Depp. That is if they want to sell tickets. I AM LEGEND 2 – Military scientist Robert Neville seems the sole survivor in virus-ravaged New York. He’s waging a fight against “Darkseekers”, mutants resembling vampires trying to capture him as he searches for a cure. Starring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan Alright! I could go for a sequel to I AM LEGEND! Especially when you add Michael B into the mix! I'd really like a sequel to iRobot but this'll do me for now! BLADE – That's right they are teasing a new Blade movie for 2026 with Mia Goth listed in the cast but of course the burning question is DO THEY HAVE WESLEY SNIPES??? They gave him a cameo as Blade in the Deadpool vs. Wolverine movie last year. But Snipes is NOT listed in the cast on IMDB as of yet! There is also an Untitled Denzel Washington Project Based on the historical figure of Hannibal, considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time. The film covers the crucial battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. You had me at Denzel, not to mention I love historical action movies. Bring it on! THE BRIDE Expected Mar 6, 2026 In 1930s Chicago, Dr. Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Christian Bale THIS IS THE ONE I'M WAITING FOR! Love Christian Bale and love the concept of setting the story of The Bride of Frankenstein in 1930's Chicago! Let's go! SCANDALOUS! This will be the story behind the Hollywood romance of Sammy Davis Jr. and actress Kim Novak. I love anything related to Sammy Davis Jr. “It's gonna be fantastic baby!” CLAYFACE – Expected Sep 11, 2026 A shape-shifting creature made of magical clay haunts Gotham City, alternating between villain and ally of Batman. Ok, it's a Batman villain and not a super obvious one! Looks interesting! EVEL KNIEVEL ON TOUR – This one is going to be about Legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel and apparently the drama that surrounded the run-up to his 1974 attempt at jumping the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Ok, first of all, Evel was planning to jump the Grand Canyon but couldn't get the ok from the US Government so he made a deal with an Indian tribe to jump the Snake River Canyon seeing how it was located on sovereign tribal land. Anyway, a new movie about Evel Knievel? Heck yeah! THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING – Expected Nov 20, 2026 This new installment of the Hunger Games will explore Panem 24 years before Katniss’ saga, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy participates. Ok, this could be alright. I'm not super excited about it but I could be swayed since it won't have Jennifer Lawrence in it. And that's it for THE MOVIES I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2026! Now for TOYS! What I like to do this time of year is see what toys from 2025 have been nominated in various categories for a coveted TOY OF THE YEAR award otherwise known as a TOTY and let you know my personal picks, not that anyone in the industry is giving me a vote. Maybe someday. BUT TODAY I bring you MY PERSONAL 2026 TOTY AWARD NOMINEE PICKS! ACTION FIGURE OF THE YEAR: I like Avatar Interactive Shoulder Banshee by Disney Consumer Products – This thing looks pretty cool. It's basically a small, colorful looking dragon that sits on your shoulder and attaches via a magnetic base you wear under your clothing. A handheld controller allows you to control head and wing movements as well as its voice. This thing is pretty darn awesome! In the COLLECTIBLES category: There are two different nominees that caught my eye. One is Sticki Rolls Series 2 by Sky Castle Toys which is basically charm bracelets marketed to girls with rolls of small stickers on them with different fun graphics. The other nominee I like is Wigglitz by ZB Designs. These are tiny toy figurines of almost every type of fun character you can imagine that have some sort of wiggly aspect to them, or better put: something that moves when you wiggle them. If I had to choose between these two, I'd probably go with Wigglitz because it's something you'll get continual enjoyment from whereas the Sticki Rolls are only fun until you run out of stickers. CONSTRUCTION PLAYSET OF THE YEAR: I have to give it to GeckoBot 2.0 by Thames & Kosmos, This is a kit where you build your very own robotic gecko that actually climbs up your windows. Thames & Kosmos just keeps knocking it out of the park! CREATIVE TOY OF THE YEAR: Crayola Marker Airbrush has got my vote (that is if I HAD A VOTE which I don't!). If you've ever dreamed of someday making awful-looking t-shirts and hats on the boardwalk, then THIS could be your starter kit! It's an actual working airbrush sprayer courtesy of everyone's favorite crayon company, Crayola! It even comes with various spray color cartridges so you start saying it by spraying it! DOLL OF THE YEAR: Admittedly, I as a 57 year old man should absolutely NOT be voicing my opinion on the Doll of the Year Award (DOTY award?) but if I had to choose from the list of 2026 nominees I would hands-down pick Woof & Co by Sunny Days Entertainment. It's a collection of fashionable dogs of various breeds who all dress FABULOUS! Yeah, this is the one I'd go for. EDUCATIONAL TOY OF THE YEAR: In this category I am really liking the SNAP CIRCUITS SPY KIT by Elenco Electronics. This has a bunch of components that you just snap together to make all sorts of cool stuff like a vibration sensor, motion detector, trip wire, voice changer and a whole lot more. Oh the trouble I would have gotten myself into if I had something like this when I was a kid! GAME OF THE YEAR: I've gotta tell you, there's not a bad one in the bunch of nominees this year for Game of the Year! They've got an EXPLODING KITTENS BOARD GAME where you actually flip the entire board and all the pieces stay in place! There's a Simon game (you know, the memory game Simon?) where they took it and incorporated it into a dance mat called SIMON JUMP. So you stomp out your moves on the dance mat! Then there's COWS IN SPACE where magnetic flying saucers dangle from your forehead via a sproingy headstrap and the object is to abduct cows from a field with your flying saucer! But the game that caught my attention the most was TETRIS TUMBLE XL! It's sort of like Giant Jenga except there is a base that rocks side to side and you roll a die to see what tetris pieces you have to stack on top of it and of course whoever makes the stack fall to the ground is the LOSER! I like this. It's like a great big fun yard game you could also play in your living room. TETRIS TUMBLE XL for Game of the Year is my choice! INFANT / TODDLER TOY OF THE YEAR: Ok, maybe another category I might not be the best judge for but I'm who you've got pal! And in this category I choose Pour ‘N’ Grow Pop-Up Garden by Yookidoo. This appears to be mainly a bath time toy kit but you could play with it really anywhere as long as you have some water onhand. It's pretty simple: you've got three different toys, The fill and water flower, Peek A Bee and Pop Up Worm. You pour water into them or onto them and the water turns some internal mechanisms to make the flower open, the worm come out and wiggle or gets the bee to play peek a bee with you! Very unique and inventive and in my opinion, the absolute best of this year's bunch! KIDULT TOY OF THE YEAR: Kidult? That means it's made for ages 14 and up. And I'm really torn down the middle between two nominees on this one. I like the Miniverse Make it Mini Food Diner Series 4 by MGA Entertainment which is an art kit for making your own food minis that you control the designs and colors of. Have you ever walked past a restaurant that had fake food on display showing examples of their most popular dishes? Well that's what you'll be making with this kit only really, really small. The name is way too long though. Or if you just want something cool to play with that doesn't really take any time and effort, I offer you the ZipString Aracna, which is a newer version of the ZipString string loop toy, but it attaches to your wrist so you can shoot it out like Spiderman! (although they obviously aren't allowed to actually invoke Spiderman but they sure are bending over backwards suggesting it as extremely as they legally can!) The really cool feature of this Kidult toy of the year nominee is the glow feature! Flip a switch on the ZipString wrist launcher, turn off the lights and do all sorts of awesome tricks and shapes in the dark with a glowing string loop. So… Miniverse Make it Mini Food Diner Series 4 or the the ZipString Aracna! The Miniverse Make it Mini Food Diner Series 4 triggers me relentlessly with that obnoxiously long name, so on that basis alone I am giving the nod to the ZipString Aracna! OUTDOOR TOY OF THE YEAR: I think there should really be two sub categories here. One for younger kids and one for older. For the older kids, I was really blown away by the Crazy Cart Shuffle by Razor USA. This thing is like a Big Wheel or a Green Machine on steroids. Not only can you pedal around in this thing but you can spin and also drift. It's really neat. And speaking of neat, for the little ones I absolutely love the Outdoor Kitchen by Hape. It's not a real kitchen of course but it's a really cool miniature toy version of an outdoor kitchen setup! Come on TOTY Awards, let's break this one up by age groups! PRESCHOOL TOY OF THE YEAR: Ok, there were some good ones in here and maybe I'm judging on my own male bias from a bygone era but my favorite here was the Little Tikes Creative Construction Power Cuts Set by MGA Entertainment. It's a woodworking shop playset with an actual working , low-powered plastic chop saw which cuts through foam 2x4s and also comes with a play hammer, nails, measuring tape and carpenter pencil which is actually a marker. In the video demonstration I watched, the chop saw did struggle getting through the foam wood, but when you're talking about preschoolers, that's probably about the best you can hope for. We desperately need more encouragement and inspiring of our youth towards the skilled trades in my humble opinion and this is a refreshing step in that direction. Nicely done! SPECIALTY TOY OF THE YEAR: I was truly taken by the Yes & Know Original Invisible Ink Trivia Game Books by Tree Town Toys. These are basically activity books where different things are revealed with the use of a special invisible ink pen. This looks fantastic for keeping the younguns busy on a road trip or maybe in a waiting room or anywhere you want to keep them distracted. That is until you run out of invisible ink and invisible ink activity books! And those are my picks for the 2026 TOTY AWARDS and THAT'S our look ahead at what's hot on the horizon for 2026! What are YOU looking forward to? Let me know! If you’re enjoying this episode on one of the socials, leave a comment. Otherwise you can email me at neil @ dandyfunhouse . com And even though I said I wasn't going to do a retrospective of this past year, I will tell you my favorite Dandy Fun House episode from this past year of 2025: Oh, who am I kidding? It's always the Halloween episode where the Dandy Fun House becomes the Dandy Spook Shack and I get to dress up like a ghoul. But my second favorite might have to be the deep dive into the iconic toy company WHAM-O! I learned so much doing that one! You might think I just come on here and already know all this stuff I talk about but on the contrary, I do a great deal of research in the weeks leading up to producing an episode and I'm constantly learning amazing new things which is why I really love doing this! DANDY FUN HOUSE Plans for 2026? More of the same of course! We're getting really close to monetization on YouTube. Technically we're already supposed to be there but YouTube gives conflicting information on this and is notorious for constantly moving the goalposts. So while we love publishing to YouTube, we certainly don't put all our Dandy Eggs in that basket. 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Hula Hoop. Slip n Slide. Frisbee. Super Ball. What do these names mean to you? To many, these are just the names of some fun toys from years gone by. But to others, these names all culminate into just one… WHAM-O!
S26 EP49 Entre Amigos, tú y yo, y Radio Nueva Vida. En este episodio cubrimos: - Pregunta del Día – Dios me creo a partir de una costilla. ¿Cómo me llamo? - Caja de Herramientas –Evite las caídas este invierno - Cápsula del Tiempo – 1957 - La empresa de juguetes Wham‑O produce los primeros frisbees - Verso del Día – Eclesiastes 4:9 - Chispa de Ánimo – Gracias por siempre estar a mi lado Señor
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Dave in the Hall * Dead in the garden * All the dictators * His kampf* McDonalds troofer * Can Trump be funny?* People don't care about what we care about* A friend attacks* BHO was a great candidate* Wham-O, Sandusky, and the kids Freak Off* On “Neighborhood Bully”* Never say “grande”* What plagiarism counts
The Corpse Vanishes offers Chris and Charlotte a corsage, which induces them to talk about orchids, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat, Wham-O, and tag. With the short, Radar Men from the Moon, part 3.
Yup... it happens to all of us! Business can be BOOMING! New clients are coming in. Things are flowing! And then... a "down month" hits. That's exactly what happened for a newer Success Coach that I'm working with. He's been doing all the right things... AND things have been going great. But then... WHAM-O... he had a few weeks... back to back... with no sales. (And he started to feel ALL the feels from THAT!) So... what do you do? This is IMPORTANT to talk about and that's why we're doing a two part series! And this is PART 2 where we're answering the question, "What do you do when you have a down month?" PART 1 covered some practical and tactical strategies! PART 2 will offer up 3 more! Let's do this! _______________ LIVE EVENT: EncouragerCON 2024: Would YOU love to be a room packed with other true Encouragers... learning game-changing... business strategies that will help you the REACH more people, drive more REVENUE and experience for REST as you do? Well... then join us for EncouragerCON 2024! It's a 2.5 day conference designed specifically for Coaches, Speakers and Content Creators! Visit: EncouragerCON.com to find out more! And… hey... I've got good news for YOU! __________________ LET'S GET YOU A MENTOR SESSION: If YOU would like to do a one-on-one Mentor Session with me… simply click here: www.mitchmatthews.com/mentorsessions and grab a spot when (and if) one is available. I can't wait to talk with YOU and help you to break through to the next level! _______________ FREE TRAINING: Are you thinking about being a Coach? Check out our BRAND NEW training called "The 5 Critical Questions." Click here to get them! These are the FIVE questions I wish someone would have asked me early on in my Coaching career. Because if you can answer them correctly... they'll be the secret to YOUR success! Jump in and see what I'm talking about! LET'S CONNECT: That's right! Let's connect on LinkedIn, Facebook and/or Instagram! Until next time... stay encouraged... my friend! #letsdothis #IlovejesusbutIcussalittle #coaching #speaker #lifecoach #motivation #lifecoaching #coaching #love #coach #mindset #inspiration #selflove #life #selfcare #success #lifestyle #mentalhealth #mindfulness #personaldevelopment #entrepreneur #goals #happiness #loveyourself #meditation #healing #motivationalquotes #lifequotes #fitness #positivevibes #motivationalspeaker #businesscoach #personalgrowth #business
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On this day in 1963, the Wham-O toy company received a patent for the Hula Hoop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Academy Award nominee and star of the new HBO show True Detective Night Country John Hawkes and horror movie icon Rodney Eastman joined Mark and Hannah for some spirited conversation and music in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2019. John is someone who has been in so many big movies, but says he can walk the street and go unnoticed much of the time. He describes how he was able to stay awake while acting with Daniel Day-Lewis In Lincoln, what it was like to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Winter's Bone (wait until you hear the freebies he got), how he sacrificed his body to play a man with polio in The Sessions and what it felt like to not be nominated for an Oscar for that performance after everyone thought he was a shoo in, what took the Deadwood movie so long to finally happen, what it was like to be on the set of Northern Exposure when he was starting out, the preconceptions of being an actor who also sings and so much more Rodney is known for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4 as well as the remake of I Spit on your Grave. He talked about getting the script for I Spit on your Grave with a different title and the depths he went to to play such a despicable character. He was a heavy metal loving teenager living in East LA when being an extra in an Afterschool Special led to being one of the Dream Warriors. He recounts his crush on Patricia Arquette, how cool Laurence Fishburne was, how he passed out while being tongue tied by Freddy Kruger and being a teen heartthrob, so much so that he was named one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood, Rodney and John also sang 2 songs acoustically, one from an upcoming musical play they wrote with someone named Wham-O (!) Get some Dark Mark Show gear Go to www.teepublic.com/user/dms1 for shirts, mugs, phone/laptop covers, masks and more! This show is sponsored by: Eddie by Giddy FDA Class II medical device built to treat erectile dysfunction and performance unpredictability. Eddie is specifically engineered to promote firmer and longer-lasting erections by working with the body's physiology. Get rock hard erections the natural way again. Using promo code DARKMARK20, you can save 20% on your Eddie purchase, and you and your partner will be chanting incantations of ecstasy together faster than you can say “REDRUM.” Go to buyeddie.com/DarkMark for 20% off your purchase using code DARKMARK20 today. Raze Energy Drinks Go to https://bit.ly/2VMoqkk and put in the coupon code DMS for 15% off the best energy drinks. Zero calories. Zero carbs. Zero crash Renagade CBD Go to renagadecbd.com for all of your CBD needs Tactical Soap Smell Great with Pheromone infused products and drive women wild with desire! Go to https://grondyke-soap-company.myshopify.com/?rfsn=7187911.8cecdba
TUESDAY HR 2 RRR Trivia - In the 70's Wham-O sold millions of these. What toy was it? Russ and Carlos all about the Carousel Of Progress. Classic rides. Weird levels of nostalgia. LuLu hot?
Doctors say they may have found cure for restless legs condition that has so many of us tossing and turning at night. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve tells a harrowing tale of being popped in the mouth by a Wham-O frisbee this week. We weigh in on Mick Jagger's recent comments that Keith Richard's story of Charlie Watts punching Mick isn't true. Our discussion on band dynamics leads us to Steve explain how "Start Me Up" was forgotten for years as a reggae tune before being rediscovered for Tattoo You. We lament the coming deterioration of Band Camp, after a buys out by the company that owns Fortnite. Steve plays guitar with Pearl Jam & explains how much The Black Crowes were hated in their home town of Atlanta, to where free beer wouldn't even get people to come to their show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 252: I will discuss The Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, IL, and my favorite toys from The Wham-O Toy Company from the 1970s. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pete-kastanes/message
Episode 252: I will discuss The Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, IL, and my favorite toys from The Wham-O Toy Company from the 1970s. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pete-kastanes/message
Content Warning: In this episode we discuss the deaths of two children; if you'd rather not hear about that, please skip this episode. We're going back to the 1960s and 1970s, where kids ran around and played in the street and hooked weird toys up to their garden hoses during the summer. One of those toys was the Water Wiggle, a toy that turned your hose into a chaotic missile of spraying water, wildly whipping hose, and getting bonked in the head with the goofy-looking plastic head of the toy. Danger and excitement abounded - unless the head came off. Join us as we discuss toy safety, lawn games (especially Lawn Darts), and how the Wham-O toy company is responsible for your childhood. Sources: The CSPC Recall Notice "Sobbing Father Tells How Toy Choked Son" - The Palm Beach Post, Wednesday, Feb 25, 1981, p. 44 Couple sues Wham-O over deadly Water Wiggle "Toy firm's R&D specialist admits 'Water Wiggle' toy dangerous" Part 1306 - ban of Hazardous Lawn Darts
Hurricane Hilary pushed California out of the drought. Why do we continue to only catch a percentage of that water? Do students have privacy rights when it comes to their parents? It's complicated. Inside WHAM-O's new Fun Factory: At 75 Beyond the Frisbee. The Biden Administration unveiled the names of the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations. “Big pharma no longer gets a blank check at the expense of the American people.
What's the Best Whom-O Product? WE GOT THIS.
Academy Award nominee John Hawkes and horror movie icon Rodney Eastman joined Mark and Hannah for some spirited conversation and music in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2019 John is someone who has been in so many big movies, but says he can walk the street and go unnoticed much of the time. He describes how he was able to stay awake while acting with Daniel Day-Lewis In Lincoln, what it was like to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Winter's Bone (wait until you hear the freebies he got), how he sacrificed his body to play a man with polio in The Sessions and what it felt like to not be nominated for an Oscar for that performance after everyone thought he was a shoo in, what took the Deadwood movie so long to finally happen, what it was like to be on the set of Northern Exposure when he was starting out, the preconceptions of being an actor who also sings and so much more Rodney is known for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4 as well as the remake of I Spit on your Grave. He talked about getting the script for I Spit on your Grave with a different title and the depths he went to to play such a despicable character. He was a heavy metal loving teenager living in East LA when being an extra in an Afterschool Special led to being one of the Dream Warriors. He recounts his crush on Patricia Arquette, how cool Laurence Fishburne was, how he passed out while being tongue tied by Freddy Kruger and being a teen heartthrob, so much so that he was named one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood. Rodney and John also sang 2 songs acoustically, one from an upcoming musical play they wrote with someone named Wham-O (!) Get some Dark Mark Show gear Go to www.teepublic.com/user/dms1 for shirts, mugs, phone/laptop covers, masks and more! This show is sponsored by: Eddie by Giddy FDA Class II medical device built to treat erectile dysfunction and performance unpredictability. Eddie is specifically engineered to promote firmer and longer-lasting erections by working with the body's physiology. Get rock hard erections the natural way again. Using promo code DARKMARK20, you can save 20% on your Eddie purchase, and you and your partner will be chanting incantations of ecstasy together faster than you can say “REDRUM.” Go to buyeddie.com/DarkMark for 20% off your purchase using code DARKMARK20 today. Raze Energy Drinks Go to https://bit.ly/2VMoqkk and put in the coupon code DMS for 15% off the best energy drinks. Zero calories. Zero carbs. Zero crash Renagade CBD Go to renagadecbd.com for all of your CBD needs Tactical Soap Smell Great with Pheromone infused products and drive women wild with desire! Go to https://grondyke-soap-company.myshopify.com/?rfsn=7187911.8cecdba
Boat building! Sewing! Wham-O! What do these all have in common? They are all part of the amazing science and history behind INVENTING the SLIP N SLIDE! To receive updates on activity books, partner promo codes, and news from the Penny & Luck: Inventing Stuff world - subscribe to our quarterly newsletter on pennyandluck.com. Written + Produced by Claire Karwowski Sound Designed by Igor Cujic
According to the History Channel, the Frisbee story started in 1871 when William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company. Students from Connecticut universities were soon throwing the tin pie plate to each other, yelling “Frisbie!” as they did so. In 1958, Wham-O (the company responsible for the Hula-Hoop, Super Ball and Water Wiggle) changed its name to the Frisbee disc (with two “ee”s at the end). By aggressively marketing Frisbee-playing as a new sport, Wham-O sold over 100 million discs by 1977. In 2023, while neither frisbee golf nor Ultimate frisbee have yet to become Olympic sports, both games played with frisbees are popular across the world, including in Asia, where our guest today will shed some light on the two sports, the itinerant character of many game players, and how you can make it a part of your trip to the region.
This week's Big Bite entrée illustrates how readily 'Murphy's Law' can become a factor when you're doing nothing more than driving down the road, minding your own business, when all of a sudden--WHAM-O! Hey, it's no joke to experience a little fender bender (or in the case of Mrs. Turley, a BIG one)--but we find a way to try and make the best of what can often be the worst possible outcome while trying to stay safe behind the wheel...thank goodness those trusty innocent bystanders can be so helpful! Thanks for joining us for this week's #JCWPodcast #Big Bite! Please don't forget to Like, Share, and most importantly, Subscribe--to make sure you get the latest John Clay Wolfe Show materials as soon as they're released! So buckle up, buttercup! And we'll see you Saturday.
It's time to regress with the Meekly boys because it's playtime! We'll be talking about the two big local Los Angeles toy brands up to and including Wham-O (14:48) and Mattel (48:37).
The Frisbie, the Hula Hoop, The Slip -N-Slide were just a few of the great Wham-O toys we played with in the 70s!
Jordan Monnin wants to put Tiger woods on notice. He loaded up his Jeep, grabbed his bag, and is hitting the links all over the country. He pulls up next to the guy in the dredlocks and the 1970s Winnebago, winds up, and let's it rip. The pros are turning their heads as the kid is showing up at the biggest turnaments in the world. He's a little bit Tiger, but maybe even more John Daly. The disc-golf world is a brand new thing and Monnin is out to conquer it.
news birthdays/events what are you starting to like less and less the older you get? if your dog gets stressed, play these tunes news how do you get your kids (and yourself) organized for the new school year habits of happy people game: geneva reads song lyrics news certain items used to be off limits at second hand stores...but not anymore. would you buy any of these? general mills is bringing back some old school cereals...what others do you wish they'd bring back? game: getting to know you news why does everything taste better on vacation? blood banks are 'bribing' people to donate...what's something that would get you to donate? concert tickets, movie tickets? goodbye/fun facts....Global Kinetic Sand™ Day celebrates the magically fun sand that is so oddly satisfying, you can't put it down. it's made with natural sand but without the mess because it never dries out. The earliest reference to waterproof sand is in the 1915 book The Boy Mechanic Book 2 published by Popular Mechanics.The sand was made by mixing heated sand with melted wax....Magic sand was originally developed to trap ocean oil spills near the shore. Toy company Wham-O released it as a toy in 1981....then toy company spinmaster came along with a different formula and trademarked kinetic sand....which parents and teachers love!
In this episode Marc and Kristina wrap up their discussion about growing up feral in the 70s and 80s. They discuss the AIDS Epidemic, the toys that could kill you, the heroes we had, stranger danger and the woods. Thank you for listening each week, if you are looking for additional content from us, please consider following us on our Patreon (www.Patreon.com/genxtemporaneous). For $5 per month you will receive at least 3 additional episodes a month including Internet Archeology, Video Thunderdome, and extended discussions about episodes from this ad-free podcast. Sources Howe, Neil (1993). 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?. Vintage. “The Evolution of Divorce.” n.d. Www.nationalaffairs.com. https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-evolution-of-divorce “Barbaric or Better? 10 Ways Kids Were Disciplined in the 70′S | ENannySource.” n.d. Accessed July 23, 2022. https://www.enannysource.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/30/barbaric-or-better-10-ways-kids-were-disciplined-in-the-70s/#:~:text=Nasty%20chores%20%E2%80%93%20Parents%20of%20the. Sink, Elizabeth. 2012. “Youth Culture 1950s.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDlhORJLKg. “Did More People Get Divorced after the 1960s?” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed July 28, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUxgNpBjiGc. “Chapter 2 1 the Rise of Youth Culture in the 1950s.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed July 28, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE14HerwfD0. PlayNowPlayL8tr. 2016. “Schoolhouse Rock - I'm Just a Bill.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVKvqTItto. dawemmy. 2010. “Schoolhouse Rock, Conjunction Junction.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyjKgz9tKg. “Charlie's Angels Season 1 Opening Credits.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVtVru9KXao. “Stranger Danger! Stranger Danger!” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp9cj9LsQs. “Super Elastic Bubble Plastic from Wham-O (1970s).” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHLuKv-NqG0. “Toys That Kill | David Snow Gets Lawn Darts Banned | 60 Minutes: ‘Mr Snow Goes to Washington' |.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT_WxZ5GkJ0. “Reality Bites (7/10) Movie CLIP - Do You Ever Wish You Were a Lesbian? (1994) HD.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNHt_KWKMbE. “CNN Live Interview Re: Rock Hudson AIDS Announcement.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed August 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdoJceoH1vA. FOX. 2021. “FROM the ARCHIVE: Early Coverage of AIDS Epidemic on Ch. 5.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx0DDnGTkY. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-snediker/support
It's 1958 and America is rife with fads. Everyone's looking to make a quick buck with the next big thing, and Wham-O's struck gold with the hula hoop. But the hula hoop has a long, and sometimes sordid history. At the heart of America's love affair with the hula hoop is the often-forgotten pop-culture ICON Joan Anderson, who first introduced the hoop to Wham-O, only to be written out of history. Co-director of the documentary ‘Hula Girl', Amy Hill, is here to tell Joan's tale. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. Its time to pick up where things left off as Tim Williams is joined by the "Hill Valley Save the Clock Tower Committee" (aka the Co-Host Panel) as they continue their discussion on the "Back to the Future" Trilogy for this episode of the 80's Flick Flashback! Panel Includes Charlie Cotter, Chad Sheppard, and Laramy & Bethany Wells ("Moving Panels" Podcast) Pre-Recorded Segments from previous co-hosts include Ron West, Jeff Atkins, and Gerry D. ("Totally Rad Christmas" Podcast) Here are some additional behind the scenes trivia we were unable to cover in this episode: The first film had had slightly more subtle placement deals with various companies including Toyota, Pepsi and Miller, but in the second, these deals started to take an active place in the story. Pepsi (with the fictional ‘Pepsi Perfect' variety) is even more prominent in the Café 80s, and there are Black and Decker products both real (the “antique” Dustbuster) and fictional (the food hydrating machine). Pizza Hut, meanwhile, was eager not just to show its logo on the pizza that gets hydrated, but actually provided a ‘professional food stylist' to the production, to ensure that said pizza looked as appetizing as possible onscreen. A running gag throughout the entire trilogy: every time Marty goes into the diner location for the first time (that's Lou's in 1955, Cafe '80s in 2015 and the saloon in 1885), he orders a beverage that he never actually gets to drink any of before being interrupted by a “Hey, McFly!” In Part III Marty notices the name of ‘Frisbie', an actual pie company, and presumably thinks it's just a coincidence that the name on the flat tray is similar to ‘Frisbee', the flying disc. Of course, the two are actually linked – the pie company gave the colloquial name to the disc-throwing game, before the Wham-O company trademarked the slightly altered ‘Frisbee' in the 1950s. Sources: Wikipedia, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes https://screenrant.com/back-future-movie-behind-scenes-facts-marty-mcfly-doc-brown-delorean/ https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/back-to-the-future-trilogy-things-you-missed/ Intro & Outro Music: "Total Eclipse" by Nathaniel Wyver Send us an email or reach out to us on social media to let us know what you liked, what you loved, what we may have missed, or what 80's movie we should discuss next! Email - moviviewspodcast@gmail.com Facebook - Moviviews Presents 80's Flick Flashback Podcast (Fan Page) & Moviviews News & Reviews (Group Page) InstaGram & TikTok - @80sflickflashback Twitter - @80_podcast Website - www.80sflickflashback.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moviviews80sff/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moviviews80sff/support
Have you ever wondered what all conversations between two bearded men end up moving to? The number of podcasts where about 20 minutes or audio is removed simply because beards comes up and we lose focus. Well today we let it happen. Hosted with beards tucked and mustaches combed by M.Boer and S.Schekman on 30 Mar 2022
In this week's episode of the "Power Kid Podcast," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design welcomes Steve Markey, vice president of sales and marketing at Hog Wild Toys to the show. For more than two decades, Markey has traversed the toy industry with roles at Wham-O, PlanToys, Green Toys, Crazy Aaron's, and more. On the show, Albritton and Markey discuss how brands can connect people across languages and cultures. Following a conversation about the early days of the sustainable toy movement and the challenges faced by Green Toys, the focus turns to the hilarious toys and novelty products offered by Hog Wild Toys, including Birdie Golf, Nibblerz, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adventuremedia/message
Andrew mowed his lawn for the first time yesterday and offers Luke a complete report. They also debate which of their childhood “flying novelty discs” was better. And they gear up for today's big Seattle Mariners season opener!
Andrew mowed his lawn for the first time yesterday and offers Luke a complete report. They also debate which of their childhood “flying novelty discs” was better. And they gear up for today's big Seattle Mariners season opener!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 399, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Your Days Are Numbered 1: Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week. Tuesday. 2: Number of months with only 30 days. four. 3: Years that read the same upside down and right side up include 1881, 6009 and this year of the 1960s. 1961. 4: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity. "Eight Days A Week". 5: In the DD/MM/YYYY format, it was the most recent date in which all 3 were even numbers. December 30, 2006. Round 2. Category: A Spot Of "T" 1: It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927. ticker tape. 2: To write down words, especially from audio to written form. transcribe. 3: In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City. Turandot. 4: Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies. the Turks and Caicos. 5: This general came to power in Panama in 1968 and led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal. Omar Torrijos. Round 3. Category: "In" Places 1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people. Indonesia. 2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years. the Indus River. 3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. the West Indies. 4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games. Innsbruck. 5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence. Round 4. Category: Wham-O 1: In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther and was easy to catch. the Frisbee. 2: Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad. a Hula hoop. 3: Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound. a slingshot. 4: This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar and 2 support stands. limbo. 5: Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" and "Bounce 'N Splash". a Slip 'N Slide. Round 5. Category: "Ez" Does It 1: It's the crime of stealing money that has been entrusted to one's care. embezzlement. 2: In its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel was guaranteed unrestricted use of this waterway. the Suez Canal. 3: "And a Voice to Sing With" and "Daybreak" are autobiographies by this famous folk singer. Joan Baez. 4: He was ruler of the Aztecs at the time Cortes came a-calling. Montezuma. 5: The name of this Indian tribe that lives in Idaho is French for "pierced nose". Nez Perce. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Joel Slatis is the Founder and CEO of Timesheets.com. Joel started his career in semiconductor manufacturing, where he held a variety of engineering jobs. His next role as the president at WebPex.com allowed him to develop websites for well-known brands, including Nvidia, AMD, Wham-O, and others. Later, he founded Timesheets.com, which focused on helping busy small business owners reduce payroll costs, increase billing, and manage employee and contractor expenses. Timesheets.com was launched in 2004 by a small team of Silicon Valley web developers, determined to create a solution to their own time tracking needs. Sixteen years later, Timesheets.com has grown into a profitable enterprise with thousands of satisfied customers across the US and beyond. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rush-tech-support/message
Exploring what fun historical event took place on this day
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On this day in 1957, the Wham-O toy company produced its first batch of plastic, flying discs — now known to fans of all ages as Frisbees. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
You cannot trace the origin of disc golf in the South without Tom Monroe, PDGA #033 who was one of the earliest people to make money with disc sports. He takes us through his early years touring for Wham-O, and how Frisbee spread around the American South.Follow Roots of Flight on Instagram andTwitter @rootsofflightdgHosted, written, and produced by Gabe LaBounty - IG & Twitter: @grizzlygingerdgLogo by Alyssa Ann - IG: @inkwitchlyssFind out more about the Disc Golf Hall of Fame: thediscgolfhalloffame.orgThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Hey Weirdos! Were back with another. Have you ever wondered where some of the daily products you use got their start? Well some of them have weird and connected stories. Lets just say "Wham-O" and the Kansas City Chiefs pop up way to often in this episode, haha. Also, Matt and Ronn discuss a ninja attack in California that you defiantly don't want to miss! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/isitweird/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/isitweird/support
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 290, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Friday The 13Th 1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation. Germany (or the Nazis). 2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest. the America's Cup. 3: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt.. (Lyndon) Johnson. 4: Friday, February 13, 1914:This 5-letter organization is set up to collect royalties when music is performed. ASCAP. 5: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit. Jericho. Round 2. Category: Also A Gun Manufacturer 1: One might run in the Preakness. a colt. 2: This 19th century American artist and sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West". Remington. 3: He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo". Rick Derringer. 4: Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Winchester. 5: Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street". (Robert) Browning. Round 3. Category: "Oop"S! 1: "Hawaiian" exercise ring introduced by Wham-O in the 1950s. a hula hoop. 2: This type of sailing vessel has a single mast with fore-and-aft rigging. a sloop. 3: One's tax burden can be lowered by exploiting these. loopholes. 4: Originally meaning a small opening, it's used figuratively to mean a way around a rule or regulation. a loophole. 5: A small warship of the American Revolutionary period, or a British escort vessel of WWII. a sloop. Round 4. Category: A Gamey Category 1: In this game, the soda container stopped rotating and faces me...so kiss me already!. Spin the Bottle. 2: Careful! Don't make the man's nose buzz while removing his funny bone in this game. Operation. 3: An insignificant quest, or a game where you earn wedges in 6 categories. Trivial Pursuit. 4: Calling all armchair Napoleons, it's the "Game of World Conquest". Risk. 5: You go from career start or college start to Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates in this game. Life. Round 5. Category: Famous "Baby"S 1: 1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles. Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby. 2: Nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father, a physician, as Haitian leader. "Baby Doc". 3: Childhood stage name of the actress who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Baby Rose Marie. 4: Seen w/Casper the Friendly Ghost, this Harvey cartoon and comic character was an overgrown duckling. Baby Huey. 5: It's how the media referred to little Miss McClure, who, in 1987, fell down a well and was rescued 2 days later. Baby Jessica. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Disc golf was Frisbee golf first, and the widespread availability of discs and courses can be directly attributed to the wide reach Wham-O had from its seat in Southern California. Dan “Stork” Roddick #003 takes us through how Wham-O's International Frisbee Association spread Frisbee competition across the world and “Snapper” Pierson #691 gives us insight into SoCal disc golf play and the mainstay that is Morley Field in San Diego.Follow Roots of Flight on Instagram @rootsofflightdg and Twitter @rootsofflightHosted, written, and produced by Gabe LaBounty - IG: @grizzlygingerdg - Twitter: @GGDiscGolfLogo by Alyssa Ann - IG: @inkwitchlyssFind out more about the Disc Golf Hall of Fame: thediscgolfhalloffame.orgThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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In this week's episode of the "Power Kid Podcast," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design welcomes Patti and Jonathan Becker, the duo behind Anjar Co. and Becker Associates. Anjar and Becker Associates have licensed more than 1,000 products, generating more than $2 billion in sales in more than 85 countries, and in recent months they've been all about Wham-O. On the show, Albritton and the Beckers discuss the history of properties, including Gumby, Barrel of Monkeys, and Fireball Island along with how the licensing industry has changed over the years. Additionally, Patti and Jonathan discuss their recent work building a new licensing program for Wham-O before sharing information on upcoming opportunities and an exclusive announcement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adventuremedia/message
"Steady" Ed Headrick (PDGA #001) is the founding father of organized disc golf after quitting his executive position at Wham-O in 1976 and founding both the DGA and the PDGA, but little is known about Ted Smethers (PDGA #1159), the man who worked under Headrick and later took the reins of the PDGA to take the pro tour and rules organization to the next level. This talk with Smethers reveals a power struggle between one man and the opposing desires of the players that resulted in the seeds of the modern Professional Disc Golf Association.
TREASURYCAST #56 - WHAM-O GIANT COMICS Rob welcomes fellow comics podcaster Kyle Benning to discuss the biggest comic book in the world, 1967's WHAM-O GIANT COMICS! Check out images from this comic by clicking here! E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow TREASURYCAST on Twitter: @TreasuryComics You can find TREASURYCAST on these podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/treasurycast/id1166726594 Amazon Music Spotify Stitcher Opening theme by Luke Daab: http://daabcreative.com This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Go big or go home!
The Fat One is downtown from the beginning of today’s LITTLE show until the end. There’s a report on his day in Fat Acres, several corrections, backwards cap data and several So-So questions. Happy National Tortilla Chip Day.
A legendary disc-jockey is born, Hulkamania starts, a trip to Davos, and plastics take over Wham-O with the introduction of the Frisbee. Here are some pictures for you: Robert Weston Smith is born Hulkamania runs wild They are happy in Davos Wham-O produces the first Frisbee Blaine's Bookshelf: The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer Press here to answer trivia More podcasts, videos, and blogs at amalfimedia.com. Amalfi Instagram: @AmalfiMedia Amalfi Twitter: @Amalfi_Media Email Blaine: snapshots@amalfimedia.com.
Date: January 23rd, 2021Episode #23 / Jan 23rd / Frisbee / Elizabeth BlackwellShow Summary: · Shaanxi, China - 1556· Wham-O Frisbee - 1957· Elizabeth Blackwell - 1849· Interesting FactSocial Media Links:· Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourdailyhistorypodcast · Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailyhistorypod · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/our_daily_history_podcast/ · Buzzsprout: https://ourdailyhistory.buzzsprout.com/ Stats:· 878 All-Time DownloadsResources: · https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toy-company-wham-o-produces-first-frisbees · https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elizabeth-blackwell-becomes-first-woman-to-receive-medical-degree · https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/deadliest-earthquake-in-history-rocks-china Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ourdailyhistory)
Did Paul McCartney audition to be the weather reporter for the show? Bash trimmed his beard, they introduce a new segment called InstaGnarley Take, Barb had a commercial audition and brought her "cat", and Bash started playing Hacky Sack from Wham-O. Special thanks to Steve Tardio, Dave Elmy, Artie Brennan, Evan Levy, and Alexsis Neenan.
13 OCAK 2021DÜNYA TARİHİNDE BUGÜN YAŞANANLAR 1399-Timur Hindistan Seferini Tamamladı.1840 - Lexington adlı buharlı gemi, Long Island (New York) açıklarında yandı ve battı: 139 kişi öldü.1915 - Avezzano'da (İtalya) deprem: 29800 kişi öldü.1957 - Wham-O Şirketi, ilk frizbi'yi üretti.1958 - Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, uzay uydusu Explorer 1'i fırlattı.1990 - Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin ilk siyahi valisi L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia'da görevine başladı. 2010-Haiti'de 7 büyüklüğünde bir deprem yaşandı. . Depremde elli bine yakın insanın hayatını kaybettiği tahmin edilmektedir. TÜRKİYE TARİHİNDE YAŞANANLAR 1919 Fahrettin Paşa Teslim Olmak Zorunda KaldıMondros Ateşkes Antlaşmasına rağmen Fahrettin Paşa Medine'yi İngilizlere teslim etmeyi reddetti. Defalarca teslim olması yönündeki baskılara karşı koydu ve 72 gün boyunca Medine'yi tüm imkansızlıklara rağmen savundu. Sonunda İstanbul'dan subaylarına gönderilen bir emirle tutuklandı. Bunun üzerine Fahrettin Paşa şehri İngilizlere değil isyancı Müslüman Araplara 13 Ocak 1919'da teslim ettirdi.1920 - Sultanahmet Meydanı'nda 150 bin kişinin katıldığı büyük bir miting yapıldı. 1942- Ekmek Karnesi Uygulaması Başladı.Türkiye II.Dünya savaşına girmediği halde savaşın sıkıntılarını yakından hissetti. Savaş çıkma ihtimaline karşı erkek nüfusun büyük bir bölümünün silah altına alınması ülkedeki buğday üretimini düşürdü. Bu nedenle un tüketimini kontrol altına almak için ekmek karnesi uygulamasına karar verildi.1986. Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı kuruldu.1993 - Irak'a karşı başlatılan ikinci harekata, İncirlik Üssü'nden kalkan "Çekiç Güç" uçakları da katıldı. BUGÜN DOĞANLAR1921-Türk yazar Necati Cumalı dünyaya geldi.1977- İngiliz sinema oyuncusu Orlando Bloom doğdu.BUGÜN ÖLENLER1944- İrlandalı yazar James Joyce hayata veda etti.1973-Türk sanat tarihçisi, yazar, eleştirmen Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, vefat etti.
Il 13 gennaio 1957 la fabbrica di giocattoli californiana Wham-O inizia la produzione del Frisbee - con Andrea Angiolino
We all want people to like us and obviously a lot of things determine just how likable you are. However, there are a few simple techniques to make you appear more likable instantly. I start this episode with three ways, according to Psychology Today, that will make you more likable to others when you meet them. And they aren’t what you probably think. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201107/get-anyone-you-instantly-guaranteed-1 Evolution is what got us to where we are today. But the evolutionary road we have traveled to get here is a bumpy one. Biology professor Nathan Lents author of the book, Human Errors: A Panorama of our Glitches from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes (https://amzn.to/2zo2u67) takes us on a journey of the human evolution timeline and points out what went right and what went wrong. As you go through life, you collect stuff. Then, over time that stuff collects in your home and you forget about it – even if that stuff serves no purpose, is outdated or useless. We start with a list of things you may not even notice that are most likely cluttering up your home that you really ought to throw out – NOW! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/08/things-in-your-home-to-get-rid-of_n_4748455.html Frisbee, Hula-Hoop, Slip & Slide – they are all toys you and just about everyone else have played with for over 60 years. And they are all made by the WHAM-O Toy Company. Had did one small company create such iconic toys? Tim Walsh, author of The WHAM-O Superbook: Celebrating 60 Years Inside the Fun Factory (https://amzn.to/2NE8LxX) takes you inside the workings of WHAM-O, which has specialized and excelled by making outdoor toys while other toy companies have gone high tech. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! https://monday.com One platform, better teamwork - First 2 weeks free! https://bluechew.com First order free! Use promo code; SOMETHING https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/mywalgreens.jsp Shop, Save & Stay Well - Join for free at myWalgreens.com https://deals.dell.com/en-us or 1-800-BUY DELL for the best Black Friday savings available now! https://wondery.com/shows/jacked-rise-of-the-new-jack-sound/ Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound the new podcast from Wondery. Listen and subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
While the toy company Wham-O gets a lot of credit for popularizing the hula hoop in the 1950s, the concept actually has deep roots, dating back to 3000 BCE. Join Murray and Tamika today as they explore the history -- and the related Guinness World Records -- of the hula hoop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
While the toy company Wham-O gets a lot of credit for popularizing the hula hoop in the 1950s, the concept actually has deep roots, dating back to 3000 BCE. Join Murray and Tamika today as they explore the history -- and the related Guinness World Records -- of the hula hoop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wham O shit gets in the way --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tweety-ischeryl69/support
Take to The Skies! join us as we go through chapters 87 and 88
The Etch-A-Sketch, Mr. Machine, The Frisbee, Hula-Hoop, Slip N' Slide. Toy makers like Remco, Hasbro, Marx and the ever popular Wham-O. No iPhone, no tablets. Cheap, simple toys that were the work of genius and kept us happy to the point that there are cherished memories. Join us for this walk down the memory lane of toys. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peter-tauriello/message
Here's a look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Eva Mendes is 46. Her best performance is from "The Other Guys" as Dr. Sheila Gamble. John Frusciante is 50. He's back with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Today in 1960, Sergeant Elvis Presley was discharged from the U.S. Army. He served for two years. In 1963, Patsy Cline died in a plane crash in Tennessee. In 1963, Arthur "Spud" Melin, the co-founder of Wham-O, patented the Hula-Hoop. In 1982, John Belushi was found dead in his room at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He overdosedon a "speedball" . . . a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin. He was 33. RIP
Here's a look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Eva Mendes is 46. Her best performance is from "The Other Guys" as Dr. Sheila Gamble. John Frusciante is 50. He's back with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Today in 1960, Sergeant Elvis Presley was discharged from the U.S. Army. He served for two years. In 1963, Patsy Cline died in a plane crash in Tennessee. In 1963, Arthur "Spud" Melin, the co-founder of Wham-O, patented the Hula-Hoop. In 1982, John Belushi was found dead in his room at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He overdosedon a "speedball" . . . a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin. He was 33. RIP
Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Tiffani Thiessen is 46. Robin Zander is 67. Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer from Cheap Trick. Chesley Sullenberger is 69. He saved 154 lives with an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009 when his plane hit a flock of geese. Richard Dean Anderson aka MacGyveris 70. Today in 1957, toy company WHAM-O produced the very first Frisbees. In 1984, Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden to win his first WWF wrestling title. In 2005, legendary "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson passed away from complications related to emphysema.
Today in history: The A Team debuts. The Wham-O frisbee released.
Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Tiffani Thiessen is 46. Robin Zander is 67. Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer from Cheap Trick. Chesley Sullenberger is 69. He saved 154 lives with an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009 when his plane hit a flock of geese. Richard Dean Anderson aka MacGyveris 70. Today in 1957, toy company WHAM-O produced the very first Frisbees. In 1984, Hulk Hogan beat the Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden to win his first WWF wrestling title. In 2005, legendary "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson passed away from complications related to emphysema.
This week we're taking a break and checking in on what the Scuttlebutt has been. John's talking about "his favorite things" (his favorite thing is mostly The Purge movie series in concept, but he has not seen the movie?), Bryan's mom is writing in, and Scott invents the "Wham-O" button™️! Also on this episode: Bryan is the only one on Patreon, skateboard decor, Oceans vs Star Wars, John wants to live in a deli meat counter, and Bryan only cries during sports. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-used-to-work-together/message
This week we pop our hips and break our spines as we cover two toys by the same company, Wham O! The Hula Hoop and the Slip And Slide.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ToysWereUsPodcast)
Academy Award nominee John Hawkes and horror movie icon Rodney Eastman joined Mark and Hannah for some spirited conversation and musicJohn is someone who has been in so many big movies, but says he can walk the street and go unnoticed much of the time. He describes how he was able to stay awake while acting with Daniel Day-Lewis In Lincoln, what it was like to be nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Winter's Bone (wait until you hear the freebies he got), how he sacrificed his body to play a man with polio in The Sessions and what it felt like to not be nominated for an Oscar for that performance after everyone thought he was a shoo in, what took the Deadwood movie so long to finally happen, what it was like to be on the set of Northern Exposure when he was starting out, the preconceptions of being an actor who also sings and so much moreRodney is known for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4 as well as the remake of I Spit on your Grave. He talked about getting the script for I Spit on your Grave with a different title and the depths he went to to play such a despicable character. He was a heavy metal loving teenager living in East LA when being an extra in an Afterschool Special led to being one of the Dream Warriors. He recounts his crush on Patricia Arquette, how cool Laurence Fishburne was, how he passed out while being tongue tied by Freddy Kruger and being a teen heartthrob, so much so that he was named one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood. Rodney and John also sang 2 songs acoustically, one from an upcoming musical play they wrote with someone named Wham-O (!)
Officer drunk at breathalyzer training session; fake construction walls to catch vandalism; overhearing a butt-dial about your lover cheating; the Jackson family’s pro-Michael documentary; Billy’s dangerous sexual lifestyle; squirting
Jakes answer: Joey Hudoklin, Randy’s answer: Donny Rhodes. Listen in to hear the question. The conversation continues with Stork to get an insider’s view about why Wham-o discontinued the NAS series. Find out how the Frisbee and Hacky Sack communities came together and why. Stork shares the details inside the… Continue reading The post Episode 76: Stork Provides Deep Insight to Wham-o History appeared first on FrisbeeGuru.
John & Heidi share funny stories of people doing weird things... plus John chats with Olyvia Pronin from Wham-O (https://wham-o.com/) Celebrating 70 yrs!! We're doing a WINNING WEDNESDAY too.... sign up at www.JohnAndHeidiShow.com Learn more about our radio program, podcast & blog at www.JohnAndHeidiShow.com
Wham-O's Marketing Director, Olyvia Pronin, joined the podcast to tell us all about the history of the company she works for. Wham-O has had a large impact on the sports world as they created the Slip 'n' Slide, Frisbee, and Hula Hoop! On this episode we talk about how their inventions come to life, what's new to look for, and a new giveaway (gotta hear the keyword)!
A lot of things about you determine how likable you are but there are a few simple techniques to make you appear more likable instantly. I start this episode with three ways, according to Psychology Today, that will make you more likable to others when you meet them. And they aren’t what you probably think. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201107/get-anyone-you-instantly-guaranteed-1Evolution is what got us to where we are today. But the evolutionary road we have traveled to get here is a bumpy one. Biology professor Nathan Lents author of the book, Human Error: A Panorama of our Glitches from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes https://amzn.to/2zo2u67 takes us on a journey of the human evolution timeline and points out what went right and what went wrong. Ever wonder why so many people have back and knee trouble? Could it be a flaw in our evolution? Why do humans get so many colds? Another flaw? You will find the answers in this episode. As you go through life, you collect stuff. Then, over time that stuff collects in your home and you forget about it – even if that stuff serves no purpose, is outdated or useless. We start with a list of things you may not even notice that are most likely cluttering up your home that you really ought to throw out – NOW! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/08/things-in-your-home-to-get-rid-of_n_4748455.htmlFrisbee, Hula-Hoop, Slip & Slide – they are all toys you and just about everyone else have played with for over 60 years. And they are all made by the Wham-O Toy Company. Had did one small company create such iconic toys? Tim Walsh, author of The Whamo Superbook: Celebrating 60 Years Inside the Fun Factory https://amzn.to/2NE8LxX takes you inside the workings of Wham-O, which has specialized and excelled by making outdoor toys while other toy companies have gone high tech. Advertisers in this episode:Helix Sleep. Get up to $125 off your mattress order by going to www.helixsleep.com/somethingSimpliSafe. Protect your home with the best home security system. Go to www.simplisafe.com/something
From Hula Hoops to Frisbees, Superballs to Slip-n-Slides, Wham-O has put smiles on generations of American kids. But how did the little toy company that could get its start? (Spoiler: a meat-pellet shooter for your pet falcon!) And what are some of their greatest duds? (Spoiler 2: Instant fish!) Join Will and Gabe as they romp through the history of WHAM-O. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Public Relations and Marketing Strategist, Tyler Barnett stops by to give tips and tricks for marketing yourself, your products, your brand and platform. From Social Media to press releases, Tyler gives you everything you need to know to get your voice out there. Tyler owns his own successful firm, having represented everyone from Fortune 500 companies to National Lampoon and Wham-O brands. He has also starred in several reality shows and met Terence by bumping into an agent at Starbucks. ***** PLEASE ENGAGE AND SUBSCRIBE Follow and like us on Facebook or Instagram On (desktop or phone) iTunes or iHeart Radio or GooglePlayMusic You can also contact us or learn more at terencemichael.com Terence Michael's book "PRODUCE YOURSELF: Apply Hollywood's Proven Formula To Become The Hero Of Your Life" is available everywhere. Listen to us at the following places and PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! iTunes or iHeart Radio or GooglePlayMusic ***** SHOW DESCRIPTION: What began as a humorous analysis of just behind the scenes TV and film production (originally with co-host, director/producer and comedian Ian Gelfand), has now grown into an observation of The Hero’s Journey taken by professionals working in all aspects of Hollywood. The focus is on obstacles, side-hustles, approach, process, optimization and seeking peak performance both on set and off. This podcast is about learning to “Produce Yourself” in many areas of life, by hearing from people who have fought to get where they are in movies and television. ABOUT THE HOST: Emmy-nominated producer, Terence Michael, has produced over 20 movies and 30 TV shows (Duck Dynasty). He additionally hosts 2 podcasts about the entertainment industry. In his spare time, he invests in real estate, runs a mortgage business, and consults entrepreneurs on how to monetize their passions and be happy in the process. Terence has been developing, producing, and delivering story content, from film to television, over the course of ownership in three separate production companies covering most of the major studios, networks, and agencies in "Hollywood." He has now produced feature films distributed by studios such as Sony, Universal, MGM, Lionsgate, and HBO; and executive produced television shows airing on networks such as NBC, Fox, MTV, VH1, Showtime, Lifetime, TLC, Spike, Esquire, Syfy, Travel Channel, and A&E. Terence enjoys both developing and producing intellectual properties and formats for 100% Terry Cloth as well as show running other existing network or cable shows. Additionally, he has guest lectured and consulted on development, financing, story, packaging and nuts-and-bolts producing panels for the Cannes Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Independent Film Project West (IFP), Film ITConference, the SXSW Film Festival, AFI, and UCLA Film Extension; has been featured in magazines and publications, such as The Los Angeles Times, MovieMaker, Moving Pictures, Back Stage West, Independent Film and Video, Screenwriters Utopia, Writers Script Network, Venice Magazine, Newsweek, Details, and The Christian Science Monitor. He received an Emmy nomination in 2017 for Travel Channel's "Planet Primetime." Terence Michael has collaborated with many artists and brands in his films and TV shows, including: Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Tambor, Tea Leoni, Tom Sizemore, Katherine Heigl, Peter Dinklage, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Patrick Dempsey, Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Michael McKean, Britt Robertson, Oliver Hudson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jonathan Tucker, Nora Dunn, Skeet Ulrich, Cheryl Ladd, Alan King, Elizabeth Reaser, Megan Mullaly, Jennifer Morrison, Erin Bartlett, Jesse Bradford, Adam Goldberg, David Krumholtz, James Tupper, Jill Clayburgh, Eric Szmanda, Eric Mabius, Eric Schaeffer, and lates Alan King, Jill Clayburgh, John Heard Comedians: Adam Carolla, Tom Green, Chris Hardwick, Flula Borg, Ken Marino, Alonzo Bodden Athletes: Football’s Vince Papale, basketball’s Rick Barry, motocross’ James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, Todd Potter, and the Metal Mulisha team, skateboarding’s Tony Hawk, Buckey Lasek, Jason Ellis and snowboarding’s Shawn White, triathlete’s Wendy Ingraham and Chris Legh Musicians: Aimee, Mann, The Verve Pipe, Jill Sobule, Blink 182, Amanda Kravat, Foxy Brown, Usher, Vanessa Carlton Hosts/Authors: Amanda De Cadenet, Karla Cavalli, Allen Haff, Paul McKenna, Lisa Williams, Grant Imahara, Leeann Tweeden Brands: RedBull, Degree, Monster, Playboy, Jabbawockeez, The Golden Nugget, Joe’s Crab Shack, Oakley, the Duck Dynasty family
A simple toy, so basic in its construction, became one of the most defining fads of the 1950's. Originally created by Arthur K. Melin and Richard Knerr, the hula hoop craze took full effect in the late 1958 when Wham-O, a toy company in California, created a plastic version for the general public to enjoy. Through smart marketing to women, men, kids and basically anyone who wanted to give them a spin, hula hoops became all the rage in 1958. By the end of the year, 25 million of them were sold and by 1960, sales reached in excess of 100 million units. For more information, images and video, visit www.ptanpodcast.com and click on "Retro Memories."
How do you even begin to deal with heart break? Your host weighs the advice. We'll speak with Olga Pronin, the marketing manager at Wham-O. Dr. Fred Nour is a neuroscientist and wrote the book True Love. Gretchen Rubin hosts the Happier podcast with her sister, Elizabeth Craft. Baldwin Way is an assistant professor at the Ohio State University. You can find his research study about acetaminophen dulling emotions here, and can read more about the connections between physical and emotional pain here. If you haven't read that Modern Love column, you can find that here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of Sol’d Out!…A Sol Call to Carson Wilder; a recap of the shoot we did with Michael Matthis for his player profile; Flatball and Nice D start a Jason Best chant; Wham-O tries to talk about a team other than the Sol and gets SMACKED down; plus….Sol’d Out helps deliver DJ and Shelby Loskorn’s new baby!
The Official Unofficial media outlet for the Austin Sol, aka the world's greatest Ultimate Frisbee team. Join your hosts Nice D, Dr. Flatball, and Mr. Wham-O as we...brag a lot about having some of the players' phone numbers and sometimes even talking to them socially; recount the story of Nice D gifting Walchclaw's Sol jersey to Mr. Wham-O this past Christmas; listen to Dr. Flatball whisper tender words of goodbye to Sol players who have moved to other teams; witness Nice D FLIPPING OUT when he sees Dylan Freechild spike the disc close to a laid-out Carson Wilder's face; plus rookie Brandon Dial gets "Sol Called" (a new segment), and Mr. Wham-O debuts a new bit that we're calling "Wham-O's Info-Dump", in which he shares league gossip he's gleamed from social media perusal during his toilet time. Also we debut our new podcast "reset" strategy for when things get too far in the weeds and we need to swing the discussion over to the break-side.
On this date in 1957, inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O company. Here are some things you may not have known about the Frisbee. Morrison said the idea came to him while he and his future wife, Lucille, were tossing a cake pan back and forth on a beach in 1938. Another person offered them 25 cents for the pan. As the pan cost just 5 cents, Morrison figured there might be a business opportunity there. Following World War II, Morrison designed a more aerodynamically stable disc he called the Whirlo-Way. In 1948, he and a business partner began selling the discs at fairs and shows. In 1955, he designed a new model, called the Pluto Platter, which is the design he sold to Wham-O. A few months after buying the design, the company decided to change the name to Frisbee, after discovering that’s what college students in the Northeast called the Pluto Platter. The term Frisbee was derived from the Frisbie Pie Company, whose empty pie tins were tossed around the Yale University campus. Morrison described the name as “a horror. Terrible.” In 1964, the Frisbee was redesigned to increase the thickness of the rim, which made it much more controllable. After the redesign, sales of the disc soared. A class of sports was invented using the Frisbee, including Frisbee Golf and Ultimate Frisbee, among others. Although people use the name generically, the name Frisbee remains a trademark of the Wham-O company. The company was known for mailing reminder letters to newspaper writers who didn’t capitalize the name, along with a new Frisbee. The year after Wham-O bought the rights to the Frisbee, they introduced the Hula Hoop. The company introduced the Slip ’N’ Slide in 1961, followed by the Super Ball in 1965. According to Lamar Hunt, the late owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, the Super Ball’s name was the inspiration for the name of the Super Bowl. The company also marketed Silly String, the Hacky Sack and the Boogie Board. Our question: What type of action stabilizes a Frisbee in flight? Today is World Freedom Day in Taiwan and South Korea, and Bounty Day in the Pitcairn Islands. It’s unofficially National Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day, and National Handwriting Day. It’s the birthday of U.S. Founding Father John Hancock, who was born in 1737; painter Edouard Manet, who was born in 1832; and Princess Caroline of Monaco, who turns 60. Because our topic happened before 1960, we’ll spin the wheel to pick a year at random. This week in 1972, the top song in the U.S. was “American Pie” by Don McLean. The No. 1 movie was “The Cowboys,” while the novel “Wheels” by Arthur Hailey topped the New York Times Bestsellers list. Weekly question: In the song “American Pie,” who is referred to as “The Jester”? Submit your answer at triviapeople.com/test and we’ll add the name of the person with the first correct answer to our winner’s wall … at triviapeople.com. We'll have the correct answer on Friday’s episode. Links Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our website. Also, if you’re enjoying the show, please consider supporting it through Patreon.com Please rate the show on iTunes by clicking here. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Frederick_Morrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbie_Pie_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham-O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyboarding https://www.checkiday.com/01/23/2017 http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-on-january-23 http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/numberonesongs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Fiction_Best_Sellers_of_1972 iOS: http://apple.co/1H2paH9 Android: http://bit.ly/2bQnk3m
In episode 20, Chuck talks about Frisbee®! First things first: Frisbee® is a registered trademark of Wham-O. He talks about Frisbee Golf and Ultimate (formerly known as Ultimate Frisbee). From previous episodes you may have gathered that Chuck’s not really into sports. Well that’s true, but he loves to throw these plastic flying discs! And...
You can thank Wham-O's SuperBall for inspiring the name of the NFL's Big Game (buh) and you can thank the fear and the Soviet launch of Sputnik aroused in America for the invention of SuperBall! Learn the history and physics of this bouncy legend. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Join your hosts "Dr. Flatball", "Nice D!", and "Mr. Wham-O" on the Sol'd Out podcast! In which we recount the Sol's April 24th matchup against the Jacksonville Canons. Topics include the Jacksonville coach's rage boner, Lucky's layouts, our tall guy being better than their tall guy(Ethan Pollack!), Wildcat's backwards swagger, and a "Rory Story" segment with Rory Orloff's dad Joe. Plus, exclusive interviews with Walchclaw just after he gets out of the bathroom, Mathis (who confessed his enthusiasm for the Sol'd Out podcast!), Sol owner Patrick Christmas, and a closer look at Ryan Purcell's dossier. Sol'd Out! is a fan-based media outlet dedicated to covering the Austin Sol pro ultimate frisbee team. Capable? Sometimes. Informed? Kinda. STOKED ON THE SOL? YES. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoldOutUlti
Join your hosts "Dr. Flatball", "Nice D!", and "Mr. Wham-O" on the Sol'd Out podcast! In which we recount the Sol's home opener against the Dallas Roughnecks. Topics include Walchclaw (which is a frikkin PALENDROME NICKNAME), Michael Mathis and his prolific filmography and sign-aggression, Chase Cunningham and that BS excessive celebration call he was penalized for, and other stuff like seeing ultimate frisbee friends in civilian clothes (very disorienting) and a creepy idea for a video blog segment called "Calves at the Halves" Sol'd Out! is a fan-based media outlet dedicated to covering the Austin Sol pro ultimate frisbee team. Capable? Sometimes. Informed? Kinda. STOKED ON THE SOL? YES. Follow us on Twitter @SoldOutUlti
HEY-OH! It's The FOUR year episode of TTD!S. WHAM-O!!This extended episode features the usual segments, a release of TheDean!s latest song, an interview with amazing musician Dan Reardon (and you can hear his music too!), and some special nostalgic shenanigans that shake up the show. DOWNLOAD
The Baby Boomer Radio, TV, Movies, Magazines, Music, Comics, Fads, Toys, Fun, and More Show!
Remember the Etch-A Sketch, Mr. Potato Head, Chatty Cathy, Matchbox Cars, and other toys of the past? Ian Rose remembers many of the favorite and most fondly remembered toys of the Baby Boomer era. Many of these toys are now iconic, and Ian has a great list of toys that you will remember or have heard of. Mike talks to us about Wham-O, who manufactured such toys as the Frisbee, the Hula-Hoop, and the Slip and Slide. Mike has memories of these and a few more toys made by this company. Smitty has news of a recently discovered 1959 NBC video tape of "Meet Cyd Charisse". This early color video tape, highlighting the musical talents of Cyd Charisse, Eve Arden, and Tony Martin is in pristine original condition. Early color video tapes such as this are very rare, and it's always a cause for excitement when a new one has been found. Our Retro-Commercial is a fun Kool-Aid jingle. Join us on Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site!
Edition #362Winning by losingAct 1: Winning by losing - Mark FioreSong 1: I'm a loser - The BeatlesAct 2: Minority leader called out - Young TurksSong 2: Birdhouse in your soul - They Might be GiantsAct 3: The inside job Part 1 - This American LifeSong 3: Cat faces - Ugly CasanovaAct 4: Fraud hearing on shitty deals - Wait wait don't tell meSong 4: Working class hero - Green DayAct 5: The inside job Part 2 - This American LifeSong 5: Hey Jealousy - Gin BlossomsAct 6: The GOP alternative to financial reform - Young TurksSong 6: Damn it feels good to be a gangsta - Geto BoysAct 7: The inside job Part 3 - This American LifeSong 7: Bet Against the American Dream - This American LifeAct 8: Wham-O moves to America - Daily ShowSong 8: Wake up - Arcade FireAct 9: GOP up Wall Street's ass - Young TurksBonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:S.E.C. porn - Daily ShowProduced by:Jay!Thanks for listening!Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store!Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.comContact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.comVote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.
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