Mr. Potato Head

  Mr. Potato Head -Ammara H. Malori B. Emmanuel B. Monica A.

      Every Person no matter how old or young grew up with Mr. Potato Head,

but many  people do not know the history about his amazing character 

Mr. Potato Head was invented in 1949 by Brooklyn Inventor and designer George Lerner

was the brilliant mind that came up with a toy that kids could design themselves. It was

distributed widespread by Hasbro in 1952

No matter how surprising this may seem, Mr. Potato head was once a real potato!

The actual toys were plastic sharp pieces you could stick into a potato. 

Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on television.

In the 1960's and 1970's a new government had prohibited sharp toys, so in

acknowledgment, Hasbro created a plastic potato, with holes where you can put

the plastic pieces. And, parents thought it was a waste of good food. 

Mr. Potato head was also sold with a plastic pipe.

Well, in 1987 Mr. Potato head was no longer sold with pipe, because he was supposed

to be a good influence for kids.

If you have ever watched the movie Toy Stories you would see.

The first show where Mr. Potato Head was made for kids was the

Hassenfeld brothers with the ridding wagon toy in 1952.

The Mr. Potato head kits were such a success that in 1968 they earned

more than $1 million dollars and

changed their name to Hasbro which is the third

largest toy company in the world today. In 1986 Hasbros developed a reputation for responding to cultural changes. Mr. Potato head became the official great American smokeout “smokespud”. surrendering his pipe to surgeon general C Everett Koop. Mr. Potato head starred in the famous well known movie toy story in 1985 and is still in toy story movies today.

                          

From the idea of a toy children can design themselves by George Lerner

to being one of the starring actors in one of the most famous children shows.

Mr. Potato Head has become a loved and amazing toy to all no matter how young or old.