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Remembering Toys from the 60s and 70s
How did kids survive?
It seems like the toys from the 60s were colorful and just a barrel of fun. I say that based, primarily on seeing them on TV commercials. Coming from a poor family, not many of them found their way to our house.
Maybe that’s for the best. By today’s standards, those toys are lethal weapons. How did kids ever reach adulthood? Now let’s go back to the thrilling days of yesteryear and take a look at those potentially lethal toys.
1: Slip N slide by Wham-O.
For lawsuit potential, it’s rivaled only by the slip n fall by ambulance-chasing lawyers. Some of us remember seeing kids slide on a wet strip of plastic. Just as a secondary thought, is it really a good idea for a company that makes kids’ toys to be called Wham-O? It’s like, I was sliding on the Slip N slide, then, Wham-O!
2: The Pogo stick.
A Pogo stick was an apparatus you jumped on until you lost your balance. At that point, all you could do was try to stick the landing and hope the Pogo stick didn’t end up having you be forever a soprano. And I’m not talking about being a member of a crime family.
3: Jarts.
I’ve had a hard time pinning down exactly when these things actually came into…
