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During the 1940s, Popsicle Pete ads were created by Woody Gelman and his partner Ben Solomon, and appeared on Popsicle brand packages for decades. [ 14 ] The mascot was then introduced in Canada in 1988 and featured in television commercials, [ 15 ] promotions, [ 16 ] and print advertisements [ 17 ] until 1996.
They were reintroduced to grocery stores in 2004 under the brand name Popsicle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] However, due to differences in texture to the original and being a different shape, their popularity never reached its previous height, and they began to be withdrawn from stores around 2011. [ 4 ]
In 1922, Epperson, a realtor with Realty Syndicate Company in Oakland, [8] introduced the Popsicle at a fireman's ball. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The product got traction quickly; in 1923, at the age of 29, Epperson received a patent for his "Epsicle" ice pop, [ 12 ] and by 1924, had patented all handled, frozen confections or ice lollipops.
Play-Doh was originally called Rainbow Modeling Compound and used to clean wallpaper. A NJ nursery school teacher found it was fun to use as a toy.
According to the Tootsie Industries' official company history, he started his own career in the candy business at a small shop or factory in New York City in 1896. [5] However, this version of events, which is repeated in sources such as the Cleveland Jewish News , [ 4 ] is disputed by Rutgers University Professor Emerita Samira Kawash, who ...
The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than 70 years ago, when a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer was testing a military-grade magnetron and suddenly ...
Dar Allen Robinson (March 26, 1947 – November 21, 1986) was an American stunt performer and actor. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." [1] He invented the decelerator (use of dragline cables rather than airbags for a "high fall gag", [citation needed] or a stunt calling for a jump from a high place) which allowed a cameraman to film a top-down view of the stuntman as ...
In the early 1980s, Tim Fort, known professionally as the Kinetic King, independently invented the multi-celled stick bomb. He also invented all of the stick-bomb weaves currently used including the ortho weave, the diamond weave, and the slant weave; using tongue depressors instead of Popsicle sticks is also credited as one of his innovations.