''I Love Toys'' is a miniseries on
VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...
and the eighth installment of the ''
I Love the...'' series that premiered on March 6, 2006. It is a countdown of the 100 greatest toys, chosen partially through public voting on vh1.com and also consideration of "sales, historical significance and longevity," according to VH1.
Each day for 5 days, they would count down from 100 to 1, which is 20 toys per episode. Parts 1-4 were each one hour long, while Part 5 was a special 90-minute edition aired on March 10, 2006. As with the other nostalgia series, the program included commentary by various entertainers, including several who had appeared in most or all of the other shows, such as actor
Michael Ian Black, comedian/actress
Rachael Harris
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her numerous acting roles, such as starring as Dr. Linda Martin in ''Lucifer'', her role in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series, and as a gu ...
,
Scientologist comedian Evan Wecksell and writer/satirist
Mo Rocca.
Hasbro, Inc., turned the selection of a large number of its toys into a press release promoting the company.
Commentators
*
Carlos Alazraqui
*
Ant
*
Julissa Bermudez
Julissa Bermúdez (born September 28, 1983) is an American television host, actress, dancer, and model. She was a co-host on Black Entertainment Television, BET's most popular music video countdown show ''106 & Park'' from 2005 until 2006, and ...
*
Michael Ian Black
*
Chris Booker
*
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980. McLaren recruited members of Adam and the Ants to form the band behind 13-year-old Annabella Lwin on vocals. They released their debut EP '' Your Cassette ...
*
Amanda Bynes
*
The Click Five
The Click Five (often abbreviated as TC5) was an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The original members, most of them students at Berklee College of Music, started on January 1, 2004, and played in various local venues. They then q ...
*
Jeff Cohen
*
Rachael Leigh Cook
*
Fred Coury
Fred Coury (born October 20, 1967) is an American musician best known as the drummer for the glam metal band Cinderella. Coury lists Neil Peart, Peter Criss, Bobby Blotzer, John Bonham, Eric Carr, Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as his drumming i ...
*
Sunda Croonquist
Sunda Croonquist is an American comedian. She has appeared on ''Comics Unleashed'', ''Premium Blend'', and '' The View''.
Early life
Sunda Croonquist was born in Paterson, New Jersey to an African-American mother and Swedish father. Inspired ...
*
Molly Culver
Molly, Mollie or mollies may refer to:
Animals
* ''Poecilia'', a genus of fishes
** ''Poecilia sphenops'', a fish species
* A female mule (horse–donkey hybrid)
People
* Molly (name) or Mollie, a female given name, including a list of persons ...
*
The Donnas (
Brett Anderson
Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted The Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler in 2004-2 ...
and
Maya Ford
Maya Anne Ford (born January 8, 1979, in Oakland, California) is an American musician and the former bass player of rock band The Donnas. She also goes by the name Donna F.
Early life
Maya Anne Ford, was born on January 8, 1979, in Oakland, C ...
)
*
Bil Dwyer
William Michael "Bil" Dwyer (born March 30, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, game show host, actor, and writer. He is perhaps most well known as the host or play-by-play announcer on series such as ''BattleBots,'' ''I've Got a Secret'', an ...
*
Hallie Eisenberg
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born August 2, 1992) is an American former child actress, best known for being "The Pepsi Girl" in a series of Pepsi commercials, as Marie Alweather in ''Paulie'', and her role as Erika Tansy in '' How to Eat Fried Worms''. ...
*
Emme Emme may refer to:
People:
* Ivan Fyodorovich Emme (1763–1839), Russian lieutenant general in the Napoleonic Wars
* Otto J. Emme, American politician and World War I veteran
* Emme Gerhard (1872–1946), American photographer
* Emme Rylan, Am ...
*
Greg Fitzsimmons
Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons (born April 5, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, producer and radio host. He hosted ''The Greg Fitzsimmons Show'' on Howard 101 until December 2018.
Life and early career
Fitzsimmons was born in New Y ...
*
Jake Fogelnest
Benjamin Jacob Fogelnest (born March 14, 1979), known professionally as Jake Fogelnest, is an Emmy and WGA Award nominated writer, comedian, former radio personality, and satirist.
Career
Squirt TV
In January 1994, when he was 14 years o ...
*Drew Fraser
*
Doug E. Fresh
*
Godfrey Godfrey may refer to:
People
* Godfrey (name), a given name and surname
* Godfrey (comedian), American comedian, actor
Places In the United States
* Godfrey, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Godfrey, Illinois, a village
* Godfrey, Kansas, an ...
*
Elon Gold
Elon Gold (born September 14, 1970) is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer.
Early life
Elon Gold was born to Lynn and Sidney Gold of Goldstar Talent on September 14, 1970. He was raised in the Pelham Parkway section of ...
*
Douglas Goldstein
*
Genevieve Gorder
Genevieve Gorder (born July 26, 1974) is an American television host and interior designer. She hosted Bravo's ''Best Room Wins''. Previously, she hosted '' Stay Here'' on Netflix, ''Genevieve's Renovation'', "White House Christmas," and ''Dear Gen ...
*
Gilbert Gottfried
*
Pete Gray
Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to:
People
* Pete (given name)
* Pete (nickname)
* Pete (surname)
Fictional characters
* Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe
* Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character ...
*
Luis Guzman
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
*
Rachael Harris
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her numerous acting roles, such as starring as Dr. Linda Martin in ''Lucifer'', her role in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series, and as a gu ...
*
Mark Hoppus
Mark Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the rock band Blink-182, being the only constant member and the only one to appear on every album. ...
*
Scott Ian
Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld, December 31, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroo ...
*
Wendy Kaufman
*
Jo Koy
Joseph Glenn Herbert (born June 2, 1971), known professionally as Jo Koy, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was a frequent panelist on E!'s late night show ''Chelsea Lately''. He has since had a number of Comedy Central and Netflix ...
*
Ben Lee
*
Rex Lee
*
Lisa Lisa
*
Beth Littleford
*Joe Lorge
*
Loni Love
Loni Love (born July 14, 1971) is an American comedian, television host, actress, author, and former electrical engineer. While working as an electrical engineer in the early 2000s, she switched to music engineering, until later launching a caree ...
*
Kathleen Madigan
*
Mike Marino
*
Biz Markie
*
Ricky Martin
*
Debbie Matenopoulos
*
Darryl McDaniels
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture.
Early life
McDaniels grew ...
*
Andy Macdonald
*Billy Merritt
*
Daryl Mitchell
*
Kel Mitchell
Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was often paired a ...
*
Modern Humorist
''Modern Humorist'' was a United States-based humor webzine founded in 2000 by John Aboud and Michael Colton (who later became panelists on VH1's ''Best Week Ever''), and managed by CEO Kate Barker. Its board of directors included feature film ...
(
Michael Colton and
John Aboud
John Aboud III (born March 7, 1973) is an American writer and comedian. With Michael Colton, he was a regular commentator on ''Best Week Ever'' and other VH1 shows. From 2000 to 2003, the two founded Modern Humorist, a parody website based in Br ...
)
*
Billy Morrison
*
Jason Mraz
*
Gunnar Nelson
*
Patrice O'Neal
*Mat Plendl
*
Megyn Price
Megyn Samantha Price (born March 24, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Claudia Finnerty in the Fox/ WB sitcom ''Grounded for Life'' (2001–05), Audrey Bingham on the CBS sitcom ''Rules of Engagement'' (2007 ...
*Rachel Quaintance
*
Efren Ramirez
*
Mo Rocca
*
Tom Root
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for '' Robot Chicken''.
Early life
Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. W ...
*
Darius Rucker
*
Stuart Scott
*
Brad Sherwood
Bradley Sherwood is an American actor, singer, comedian, game show host and writer.
Career
His first acting job was a recurring role on ''L.A. Law'' as Ned Barron, which lasted for six episodes from 1991 to 1992.
Sherwood was introduced to im ...
*
Hal Sparks
Hal Harry Magee Sparks III (born September 25, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host and television personality. He made contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s ''Talk Soup'', and ...
*
Joel Stein
*
French Stewart
*
Michael Strahan
*
Erik Per Sullivan
Erik Per Sullivan (born July 12, 1991) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Dewey, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) on the Fox series ''Malcolm in the Middle''.
Early life
Sullivan was born on ...
*
Jeff Sutphen
Jeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen (born October 15, 1977) is an American actor, producer, dancer and game show host known primarily for his work with Nickelodeon's '' BrainSurge'' from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was the host of the show ''Figure I ...
*
Misti Traya
Misti Traya (born September 23, 1981) is an American actress. She landed her first prime time television series regular role playing 15-year-old Allison Reeves in The WB's comedy ''Living with Fran''. She is the daughter of actress Kiersten Warr ...
*
Alanna Ubach
*
Frank Vincent
*Evan Wecksell
*
Lauren Weedman
Lauren Weedman (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress and comedian, known for her regular role on the HBO television series ''Looking'' (2014–2015), and its subsequent series finale television film, '' Looking: The Movie''. She is also kno ...
*
Billy West
*
Jill Whelan
*
Wil Wheaton
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in '' ...
*
Chris Wylde
*
Ying Yang Twins
Recurring segments
* Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts:
Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel (; October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007) was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. Knievel was inducted into the Motor ...
action figure attempts jump over random objects and crashes into them.
* Scary Toys: Toys that scare people.
* Cobra Commander's Day Off: Hal Sparks, dressed as a life-size version of action figure villain
Cobra Commander, spends his time playing mildly annoying
practical jokes on others.
* Supermarket Surprise!: Small prizes found in
corner store gum ball
vending machines.
* Rank Update: Mo Rocca recaps the toys from each episode.
* Grow a...?: Toys that grow when you put them in water.
* Big in Japan:
Voltron and
Hello Kitty
, also known by her full name , is a fictional Character (arts), character created by Yuko Shimizu, currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi, and owned by the Japanese company Sanrio. Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphi ...
present toys popular in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, but less so in the United States.
* Spoofs of VH1 Shows:
VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...
spoofs its own television shows, using toys.
* Real Etch a Sketch Masterpieces: Masterpieces that are drawn on an
Etch a Sketch
Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by André Cassagnes of France and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. It is now owned by Spin Master of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
An Etch A Sketch has a thick, flat gray screen i ...
.
* Lego Extreme Challenge: An artist creates an "I Love Toys" logo, using
Lego
Lego ( , ; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored interlocking ...
.
* During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by VH1.
The Toys
Part 1: 100-81
* 100:
Magic 8-Ball
* 99: Thumbelina doll
* 98:
BB guns
* 97:
Spirograph
* 96:
Pong
* 95:
Chutes and Ladders
* 94:
Laser Tag
* 93:
Sea Monkeys
Sea-Monkeys is a marketing term for brine shrimp (''Artemia'') sold as novelty aquarium pets. Developed in the United States in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut, they are sold as eggs intended to be added to water, and almost always come bundled in a ...
* 92:
Dominoes
* 91:
Uno
* 90:
Models
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
* 89:
Dungeons & Dragons
* 88:
Care Bears
* 87:
Radio Control Cars
* 86:
Ouija Board
* 85:
My Little Pony
''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature c ...
* 84:
Gumby
* 83:
Memory
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...
* 82:
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books is a series of children's books, published since 1942.
''The Poky Little Puppy'', the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States.. Many other Little Golden Books have b ...
* 81:
Wooly Willy
Wooly Willy is a toy in which metal filings are moved about with a magnetic wand to add features to a cartoon face. The toy was originally manufactured in Smethport, Pennsylvania and was launched on the toy market in 1955. It remains in productio ...
Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel jumps
Barrel O' Monkeys
Scary Toys:
Cymbal-banging monkey toy
A cymbal-banging monkey toy (better known as Jolly Chimp) is a mechanical depiction of a monkey holding a cymbal in each hand. When activated it repeatedly bangs its cymbals together and, in some cases, bobs its head, chatters, screeches, grins, ...
Cobra Commander's Day Off: 9:17AM - Steal Morning Paper; 10:30AM - Defile Hal Sparks
Supermarket Surprise:
Super Ball
Rank Update: Sea Monkeys, Uno, Models and Pong
Grow a...?:
Caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
Big in Japan:
Astro Boy
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: ''Driven'' and ''
Where Are They Now?''
Part 2: 80-61
* 80:
Baby Alive
Baby Alive is a baby doll brand made by Hasbro that eats, drinks, wets and in some cases messes and has a movable mouth. It was originally made and introduced by Kenner in 1973, and reintroduced by Hasbro in 2006.
History
1970s-1980s
The first ...
* 79:
Trivial Pursuit
''Trivial Pursuit'' is a board game in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer trivia and popular culture questions. Players move their pieces around a board, the squares they land on determining the subject of a question t ...
* 78:
Green Army Men
* 77:
Stickers
* 76:
Balsa Wood Airplanes
* 75:
Weebles
* 74:
Erector Set
* 73:
Rainbow Brite
''Rainbow Brite'' is a media franchise by Hallmark Cards, introduced in 1984. The animated ''Rainbow Brite'' television series first aired in 1984, the same year Hallmark licensed Rainbow Brite to Mattel for a range of dolls and other merchand ...
* 72:
Colorforms
* 71:
Walkie-Talkies
A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver (HT), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, ...
* 70:
Candy Land
''Candy Land'' (also ''Candyland'') is a simple racing board game published by Hasbro. The game requires no reading and minimal counting skills, making it suitable for young children. No strategy is involved as players are never required to ma ...
* 69:
Slip 'n Slide
* 68:
Smurfs
* 67:
Tinkertoy
The Tinkertoy Construction Set is a toy construction set for children. It was designed in 1914—six years after the Frank Hornby's Meccano sets—by Charles H. Pajeau, who formed the Toy Tinker Company in Evanston, Illinois to manufactu ...
s
* 66:
Risk
In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environme ...
* 65:
Jigsaw Puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking and mosaiced pieces, each of which typically has a portion of a picture. When assembled, the puzzle pieces produce a complete picture.
In th ...
s
* 64:
Roller Skates
Roller skates, are shoes or bindings that fit onto shoes that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad ska ...
* 63:
Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube is a Three-dimensional space, 3-D combination puzzle originally invented in 1974 by Hungarians, Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik t ...
* 62:
Life
Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...
* 61:
Operation
Operation or Operations may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity
* Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory
* ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...
Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel jumps
Imperial Walker
All Terrain Walkers are armoured fighting vehicles from the ''Star Wars'' universe that traverse the landscape on mechanical legs. They are used by the Old Republic, the Galactic Empire, and the First Order for ground assault, reconnaissance ...
Scary Toys:
Jack-in-the-box
Cobra Commander's Day Off: 11:15AM - Cheat at Chess; 11:47AM - Gas DMV
Supermarket Surprise:
Ring
Ring may refer to:
* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
:(hence) to initiate a telephone connection
Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...
Rank Update: Green Army Men, Baby Alive and Balsa Wood Airplanes
Grow a...?:
Alligator
An alligator is a large reptile in the Crocodilia order in the genus ''Alligator'' of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (''A. mississippiensis'') and the Chinese alligator (''A. sinensis''). Additiona ...
Big in Japan:
My Melody
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: ''
Storytellers'' and ''
Behind the Music''
Part 3: 60-41
* 60:
Tickle Me Elmo
Tickle Me Elmo is a children's plush toy from Tyco Preschool, a division of Tyco Toys, of the Muppet character Elmo from the children's television show ''Sesame Street''. When squeezed, Elmo shakes, vibrates, and recites his trademark giggle.
T ...
* 59:
Simon
* 58:
Mad Libs
Mad Libs is a phrasal template word game created by Leonard B. Stern, Leonard Stern and Roger Price (comedy), Roger Price. It consists of one player prompting others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story before reading aloud. ...
* 57:
Stretch Armstrong
Stretch Armstrong is a large, gel-filled action figure that was first introduced in 1976 by Kenner. In 2016, at the New York Toy Fair, Hasbro announced the return of the Stretch Armstrong toy in its original 1976 design.
Stretch Armstrong is m ...
* 56: Barrel O' Monkeys
* 55:
Mouse Trap
A mousetrap is a specialized type of animal trap designed primarily to catch and, usually, kill mice. Mousetraps are usually set in an indoor location where there is a suspected infestation of rodents. Larger traps are designed to catch other s ...
* 54:
View-Master
* 53:
He-Man
He-Man is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the sword and planet ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise, which includes a toy line, several animated television series, comic books and a feature film. He-Man is characterized by h ...
* 52:
Speak & Spell
* 51:
Lincoln Logs
* 50:
Game Boy
The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same ...
* 49:
Clue
* 48:
Little People
* 47: Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
* 46:
Hungry Hungry Hippos
* 45:
Frisbee
A frisbee (pronounced ), also called a flying disc or simply a disc, is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly in diameter with a pronounced lip. It is used recreationally and competitive ...
* 44:
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) that appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. Gruelle re ...
* 43:
See 'n Say
* 42:
Jump rope
* 41:
Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...
Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel jumps
a globe
Scary Toys:
Great Garloo
Cobra Commander's Day Off: 12:20PM - Rip Off Tourists; 12:27PM - Oppress Minority
Supermarket Surprise:
Helmet
Rank Update: Mouse Trap, View-Master, Game Boy and He-Man
Grow a...?:
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
Big in Japan:
Godzilla
is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film ''Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films produc ...
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: ''
VH1 All Access: Awesomely Bad Fashion'' and ''
The Surreal Life''
Part 4: 40-21
* 40:
Big Wheel
* 39:
Tea Set
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and ...
* 38:
Pogo Stick
* 37:
Mattel Classic Football
* 36:
Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberry shortcake may refer to:
* Strawberry shortcake (dessert), a shortcake served with strawberries
* "Strawberry Shortcake, Huckleberry Pie," a song published in 1956; a version by The Brother Sisters was released by Mercury Records in 196 ...
* 35:
Tonka Trucks
* 34:
Connect Four
* 33:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* 32:
Shrinky Dinks
* 31:
Twister
* 30:
Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1880s to describe a type of ...
* 29:
Cabbage Patch Kids
Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982. They were inspired by the Little People soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Roberts as collectibles. The brand was renamed 'Cabbage ...
* 28:
Crayola Crayons
* 27:
Silly Putty
* 26:
Lionel Trains
* 25:
Lite-Brite
Lite-Brite is a toy that was originally marketed in 1967. It consists of a light box with small colored plastic pegs that fit into a panel and illuminate to create a lit picture, by either using one of the included templates or creating a "freef ...
* 24:
Water guns
* 23:
Nerf
Nerf is a toy brand formed by Parker Brothers and currently owned by Hasbro. Most of the toys are a variety of foam-based weaponry, with other Nerf products including balls for sports such as American football, basketball, and baseball. The ...
* 22:
Teddy bear
A teddy bear is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the U.S. and Richard Steiff under his aunt Margarete Steiff's company in Germany in the early 20th century, the teddy bear, ...
s
* 21:
Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel jumps Sheriff Dillo
Scary Toys:
Perfection
Cobra Commander's Day Off: 3:25PM - Ruin Workspace; 5:01PM - Terminate Connection
Supermarket Surprise:
Homie
Rank Update: Pogo Stick, Tonka Trucks, Twister and Strawberry Shortcake
Grow a...?:
Princess
Big in Japan:
Afro Samurai
is a Japanese ''seinen'' ''dōjinshi'' manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde ''dōjinshi'' manga magazine ''Nou Nou Hau'' from November 1998 to Septe ...
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: ''Before They Were Rock Stars'' and ''
I Love the '80s''
Part 5: 20-1
* 20:
Atari
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French publisher Atari SA through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc. (1972–1992), Atari, Inc., ...
* 19:
Easy-Bake Oven
The Easy-Bake Oven is a working toy oven that Kenner introduced in 1963 and currently manufactured by Hasbro. The original toy used a pair of ordinary incandescent light bulbs as a heat source; current versions use a true heating element. Kenner ...
* 18:
Scrabble
* 17:
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
''Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots'' is a two-player action toy and game designed by Marvin Glass and Associates and was first manufactured by the Marx toy company in 1964. It features two dueling robot boxers, Red Rocker and Blue Bomber, mechanically ...
* 16: Etch A Sketch
* 15:
Matchbox and
Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars introduced by American toymaker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1997, when Mattel bought Tyco Toys, then owner of Matchbox.
Many automobile manufacturers have ...
cars
* 14:
Bicycle
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bic ...
s
* 13:
Snoopy
Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ''Peanuts'' films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recog ...
Sno-Cone Machine
* 12:
Radio Flyer
Radio Flyer is an American toy company best known for their popular red toy wagon. Radio Flyer also produces scooters, tricycles, bicycles, horses, and ride-ons. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
History
Antoni ...
wagon
* 11:
Play-Doh
* 10:
Wiffle Bat and Ball
Wiffle ball, a team sport developed in 1953 in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a scaled back variation of baseball designed for playing in a confined space. The sport is played using a perforated light-weight plastic ball and a long hollow plastic b ...
* 9:
Slinky
The Slinky is a helical spring toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s. It can perform a number of tricks, including travelling down a flight of steps end-over-end as it stretches and re-forms itself with the aid of gravity and its ow ...
* 8:
Yo-yo
* 7:
Star Wars Action Figures
Kenner ''Star Wars'' action figures are a line of over 100 unique toys, produced and sold from 1978 to 1985, among a total of more than 300 million ''Star Wars'' action figures sold then.
Kenner began producing new ''Star Wars'' action fig ...
* 6:
Monopoly
A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...
* 5:
Mr. Potato Head
Mr. Potato Head is an American toy brand consisting of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach — typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat, nose, pants and mouth.
Mr. Potato Head was invented and manufact ...
* 4:
G.I. Joe
''G.I. Joe'' is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier ( U.S. Army), Ac ...
* 3: Lego
* 2:
Barbie
* 1:
Hula hoop
A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. It can also be wheeled along the ground like a wheel, with careful execution. They have been used by children and adults since at least 500 BC. The modern hula hoop ...
Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel jumps
spaghetti and
meatballs
Scary Toys:
Saucy Walker doll
Cobra Commander's Day Off: 1:15PM - Piss Off Chrome Dome; Sabotage Men's Room
Supermarket Surprise:
Paratrooper
Rank Update: Atari, Bicycles, Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, Play-Doh and Easy-Bake Oven
Grow a...?:
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
Big in Japan: Business Man
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: ''
The Fabulous Life of...'' and ''
Celebrity Fit Club
''Celebrity Fit Club'' is a reality television series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed t ...
''
Real Etch-a-Sketch Masterpieces:
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...
,
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
and
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and actor. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's ''The Tonight Show'' from 1992 to 2009. Beginning in September 2009 ...
LEGO Extreme Challenge: 1,768 Bricks, 8 Colors and 7 Hours
References
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VH1 original programming
Television shows based on toys
2000s American television miniseries
2006 American television series debuts
2006 American television series endings