William Shatner in The Twilight Zone episode: Nightmare At
20,000 Feet. (1963)
Shatner is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk
of the USS Enterprise (above) in the Star Trek franchise; from the
second pilot in 1965 to his final appearance as Kirk in the 1994
Star Trek Generations.
Actor William Shatner is 91 years young today.
On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll went on display at the
American Toy Fair in New York City.
Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the
first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult
features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who co-
founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband in 1945. After seeing her
young daughter ignore her baby dolls to play make-believe with
paper dolls of adult women, Handler realized there was an
important niche in the market for a toy that allowed little girls
to imagine the future.
First Barbie TV commercial in 1959.
The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler,who co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband in 1945.
The toy Mr. Potato Head was invented and developed by George Lerner in
1949, and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. Mr. Potato
Head was the first toy advertised on TV and has remained in production
since its debut. The toy was originally produced as separate plastic parts
with pushpins that could be stuck into a real potato or other vegetable, but
due to complaints regarding rotting vegetables and new government safety regulations, Hasbro began including a plastic potato body within the toy set
in 1964.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
George Lerner (1922–1995)
James Karen (Jacob Karnofsky)
(November 28, 1923 – October 24, 2018)
(Variety) – James Karen, character actor with hundreds of roles who
was best known for “Poltergeist” and “Night of the Living Dead,”
died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. The cause was listed
as cardiorespiratory arrest.
Will Vinton (November 17, 1947 – October 4, 2018)
(Portland, Oregon) – Will Vinton, the creator of the beloved Claymation
characters of the 1980s, like the California Raisins and the Domino’s
Pizza Noid, has died. His family announced his death in a Facebook
post Thursday afternoon. They said he battled multiple myeloma, a
cancer in white blood cells, for 12 years. Vinton won an Oscar for his
work and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for his studio’s work.
The California Raisins
