He ditched his pipe for the Great American Smokeout. Given her character, though, his wife surely would have been proud of him, but would have cautioned him not to let it go to his head.īy then the Potato Heads had emerged from the toy chest. Potato Head was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2000, the third class of inductees.
Though the accessories and detachable parts were interchangeable, the packaging was color coded to make clear which gender the toys were intended for, Down said. He had a jack hammer, she had a feather duster. She had her ever present purse, and fancy hat. Potato Head was her husband’s dutiful helpmate.
They stuck to the established gender roles. “How many couples in the ‘50s had their own locomotive?” Down wondered. They had two cars – his with a boat trailer, hers with a shopping cart. The spud couple were epitomes of 1950s consumer culture. Kids had to supply their own potatoes or other vegetable of their choice. At first they were sold as disembodied features, noses, eyes, mustaches, hair, and shoes. His wife arrived a year later followed by offspring, Spud and Yam. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television. Potato Head is the best friend a boy or girl could have,” the original ads promised, Down said. Potato Head was born, the brainchild of inventor George Lerner, fully formed with bushy mustache in 1952. Potato Head and their roles in popular culture. In February, Nancy Down, head of the Popular Culture Library, and Alissa Butler, a doctoral student in American Culture Studies, gave a talk at the Women’s Center on campus to discuss the history of Mr.
Potato Head toys have taken up residence in the Popular Culture Library on campus. Thanks to a donation by Matthew Wilson, of Michigan, a collection Mr. Potato Head, have become Bowling Green State University Falcons. He’s encouraged consumers to buy Burger King fries and citizens to vote.
The pop culture icon has been a beloved toy, a movie star, a “Spokes-spud” for physical fitness and the Great American Smokeout.
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