Speak & Spell: We didn't know it at the time, but we were looking at the forerunner of the hand-held computer game. But when they were marketed as "the world's first indoor ball," sales soared. Paul, the first incarnation - foam rocks - was a bust. Nerf balls: Created by the Reynolds Guyer Agency of Design in St. The original metal tips were replaced by plastic ones, but that still wasn't enough to keep them from eventually being banned. Jarts: These oversized darts flourished before toy safety was a major concern. They decided to give up the tools and focus on toys. Tonka Toys: Minnesotans Avery Crounse, Lynn Baker and Alvin Tesch originally split their time between making garden tools and toys. Paul admen Charles Foley and Neil Rabens. It started innocently enough as a kids' shoe promotion created by St. Twister: Sears stores initially refused to carry this game because it was too risqué. Rat Fink: This demented rodent was created by a counterculture cartoonist who conceived it as a put-down of the oh-so wholesome Mickey Mouse. But it was too complicated and besides, wood and me don’t jive! So I went to the local lumber yard and got some casting plaster (which is gross ’cause it dries so quick) but it was cheap and better’n wood.Barbie: This doll has changed over the decades, but one thing remains constant: Barbie stirred up controversy then, and she still does. I knew fiberglas existed but couldn’t get anyone to help me (except Dirty Doug later on) so I was gonna make me a body outa wood like the Shadoff Special guys’d done. “First I had the frame which was your basic ’29 Ford rails and fitted this junk Caddy engine into (junk but ran good). Shoes was good for about 4 days before I’d throw a coat of black paint on ’em.” My pants are always ruined by the end of each day, but in them days I’d have to throw ’em away each day.
I got some of the gooiest messes ya’d ever wanna see. It seemed too far out for my brain so I just dismissed it ’til I saw the LIFE article. It was also very cheap! It could also be done by people with little or no talent and I had both.
Ya could’a knocked me over with a feather. ” In Africa I had got this fantastic idea for a fiberglas car when I saw a picture of Henry Ford beatin’ the trunk of one o’ his new ’41 Fords with a sledge hammer and it wouldn’t dent. Roth's Beatnik Bandit - controlled by a central 'Joystick', (no steering wheel) and hand-blown bubble top, 1960
None of these Neo-Artistes sat and lamented on Things ‘Back in the Day’, but completely without the aid of computers or digital devices of any kind, Roth created a FantasyLand of FantasticNess we now Worship as California High Art …and Rightfully So ~ Matisse, Picasso & Dali before him, gazed for the most part Wholly and Phantasmagorically Into the Future. Though we now use any manner of digital technology to create Modern Art, preserve Nostalgia, Pop Culture & Retro-Everything, ( which I am Shamelessly Guilty Of ), One of the Most Iconic California Pop Maestro MasterMinds, Mr.
1963Īlthough this Modern Day Badass Hot Rod was not built in California ~ The Style it Embodies is completely a la Ed “Big Daddy” Roth 1963…Īnd California-Style It Is…Having seen, owned & been exposed to A Lot of Hot Rods, Federico had to admire Blown to Be Wild for the Sheer HotRod Audacity, Craftsmanship & Total Big Daddy RothNess of a Monster Car Come to Life ~.Thou Shalt Drag ~ “Big Daddy” Roth Lives ! A California Genius in his Heyday
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