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Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States.It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly 70 years, including the Hula hoop, Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Super Ball, Trac-Ball, Silly String, Hacky sack, Wham-O Bird Ornithopter and Boogie Board, [1] many of which have become genericized trademarks.
Wham-O, the Frisbee and Hula Hoop toy company founded by two USC grads, is 75 and embracing nostalgia while striving for relevance with a new generation and their dogs.
The hula hoop gained international popularity in the late 1950s, when a plastic version was successfully marketed by California's Wham-O toy company. Cane hoops had been popular children's toys to be rolled on the ground and kept balanced for as long as possible.
In 1948, he co-founded the company Wham-O with Arthur Melin (nicknamed "Spud"). In 1957, an Australian visiting California told them offhand that in his home country, children twirled bamboo hoops around their waists in gym class.
Any hula hooper knows that the key to a killer hoop session involves three things: spinning, keeping balance and not biting the hoop with your teeth.
Ed Headrick promoting the Hula Hoop for Wham-O with celebrity Dinah Shore, two competitors and show host. Headrick's career began its tenure at Wham-O where he asked for a job making toys and was told they were not hiring. He asked to be hired without pay to prove his worth and was taken up on his offer.
Hula hoop: Toy hoop Wham-O [128] Indomie: Instant noodle: ... The generic, but still trademarked, term for corn dogs in Canada, derived from the popular brand. [175 ...
The word "hula" was added in the early 18th century as sailors who visited Hawaii noticed the similarity between hula dancing and tripping hoops. The word "hula" may have entered English at that time, but the earliest OED citation for "hula hoop" is 1958, in the context of the Wham-O product. Mark Foskey 04:18, 3 June 2009 (UTC)