103 Yr Old Inventor of Chattering False Teeth, KerPlunk, Battling Tops and 800 Other Toys! | WTFF?

***NOTE: this video was originally uploaded on Sept 5th 2024, Eddy's Birthday. As of today, May 25, 2025, he's still going strong and planning on celebrating his 104th in 4 months!

Kerplunk, Chattering False Teeth, Stompers, Battling Tops – and those are just four of the 800 or so toys that designer Eddy Goldfarb has created. Eddy is as admirable as he is inventive. Join me in wishing him a very happy 103rd birthday today, September 5, 2024, and celebrating his inventiveness on the Eddy Goldfarb edition of Where's the Fun from?

00:00 Here we go! Happy Birthday, Eddy Goldfarb!
00:33 Eddy's childhood
00:58 Eddy decides to be an inventor
01:30 Eddy enlists to fight in World War II
02:15 Eddy joins the crew of the USS Batfish, a Navy submarine
03:10 Anita and Eddy get married
03:29 Eddy meets Marvin Glass
03:49 Eddy patents the Merry-Go-Sip cup
04:40 The Busy Biddy Chicken debuts
05:02 Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth by H. Fishlove & Company debut!
06:18 Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth across Pop Culture for 75 Years
07:14 The Sarasota Toy Museum (our sponsor!)
08:00 Yank-A-Tooth is released!
08:48 Marvin and Eddy's partnership ends
09:12 Vac-U-Form is pitched to Elliott Handler of Mattel
09:52 Vac-U-Form commercial
10:03 Vac-U-Form is released in 1962
10:10 Comparing Barbie to Vac-U-Form
10:24 Thingmaker aka Creepy Crawlers debuts
10:49 Thingmaker line: Creeple People in '65, Fright Factory in '66 and Incredible Edibles in '67
11:05 Creepy Crawlers come back on the market
11:31 The history of the Ideal Novelty & Toy Company
11:50 Eddy and Ideal's partnership gets off to a rocky start
13:05 Eddy licenses over 50 ideas to Ideal
13:12 KerPlunk commercials and the heart and soul of the game, Rene Soriano
13:47 Eddy loves marbles and invented many games utilizing them
14:04 Battling Tops commercial and success
14:49 Beyblades owes a debt to Battling Tops
15:19 The Stomper line of battery-powered vehicles debut
15:58 Stomper fans are rabid collectors
16:19 Eddy's son Martin joins the fun and invents Shark Attack
16:26 Shark Attack commercial
16:37 Eddy and Martin design Forklift Frenzy
17:06 Lyn Goldfarb, documentary filmmaker
17:15 Lyn Goldfarb's film Eddy's World
17:43 Eddy's accolades and titles
18:15 Eddy's book, It's Gonna Be a Big Day
18:30 Tim thanks Eddy

Credits:

Very special thanks to Eddy, Lyn and Martin Goldfarb for sharing all the pictures, stories and time.

Signed copies the Eddy's World Documentary and Eddy's book, It's Going to Be a Big Day can be purchased here: https://eddysworld.net

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Thanks to Bill Paxton for the photo of Marvin Glass from his wonderful book, A World Without Reality: Inside Marvin Glass's Toy Vault.

Thanks to Ken Sons for the footage of Eddy Goldfarb from our film, Toyland.

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Additional photo credits:
Photos of Eddy, Anita and the Goldfarb family courtesy of the Goldfarb family.

Product photos courtesy of The Playmakers

Other photography courtesy of istock.com

Industrial films of vacuum tube, the soda jerk, World War II, The USS Batfish, courtesy of Prelinger Archives.

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Happy Birthday Eddy!