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1970s Chatty Cathy Remake . In the 1970s, Mattel tried to capture that Chatty Cathy magic with a re-release, but it didn’t have the same impact that the previous decade's dolls had.
When Chatty Cathy stopped talking, the easiest way to fix them in the old days was to simply attach the old doll’s head onto a new body. McIntyre, 41, wasn’t a Chatty Cathy fan when he ...
Chatty Cathy-crazed little girl at Christmas By Vivian Mcinerny The Oregonian December 19, 2005 Here is what I want to tell you: that my Christmas memories are rich with roasting chestnuts ...
Here’s something to get Chatty Cathy talking. The latest doll headed for the U.S. market is Bebe Gloton, a breast-feeding toy infant produced by a Spanish company.
The Purple Witch of Bald Eagle Lake: “It was 1962, when I was in third grade, that the first talking doll (to my knowledge at the time) came on the market. “The very first time I saw an ad on ...
Q: While going through my parents' attic, I came across a Chatty Cathy doll. The Mattel toy company made the item. When was the doll manufactured? Who was the voice? H.K., Lawton, Okla. A: After ...
Barbie-maker Mattel introduced Chatty Cathy, it's first talking doll, in 1960. The pull-string doll said phrases like "I love you," and "Tell me a story." But it wasn't the kind of love that made ...
The doll`s owner, Kathy Merlock Jackson, was trying to explain: The doll was Chatty Cathy, one of the first talking dolls, and the dark shape was her voice box. Pull the string, and she speaks one ...
For about a month in 1890, Edison’s team also produced the first talking doll. Generations before Chatty Cathy or Furby or even Chucky were a thing, Edison’s porcelain-faced figures graced the shelves ...