Skip-It was the toy that kids could away with using in gym class. After stepping your ankle into the Skip-It loop, you had to hop over the plastic jump rope-like contraption as it spun around and ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9_kz3a3yPA&feature=endscreen&NR=1 Another classic from the 1990 s, which were as much a hey-day for toy advertisements as they were ...

Television commercials from the 1980s and 1990s weren’t just advertising breaks – they were miniature cultural phenomena that shaped our memories and influenced popular culture. These brief snippets ...

Ouija boards are often viewed as occult tools for contacting the dead, but their origins aren’t so sinister. A novelty company patented the spiritualist parlor trick in the late 19th century, and ...