STAN FREBERG HERE...Meanie Dolls? No, Thanks!
Stan Freberg here. Most of the time, a doll is something all sweet and cuddly, right? Wrong. I can only hope my granddaughter Rylee Jean doesn't hear about "Meanie Dolls," but, she will. Be right back. [:60 SPOT BREAK] Freberg again. It had to happen. Once cuddly cloth "beanie dolls" were all the rage, it was only a question of time 'til a mean-spirited version surfaced: "Meanie Dolls." You want a bird hurling with cloth vomit? You want "Hurly, the Pukin' Toucan"! How about a flattened-out cat named "Splat, the Roadkill Cat"? Charming, huh? The company, The Idea Factory, says it has "splatitude." A rep says, "Meanie Dolls aren't disgusting,
they just have an 'edge'." Um-hm. What ever happened to a simple toy like "Lincoln Logs"? They had an "edge", and you just fitted the edges together. For that matter, what ever happened to taste? Stan Freberg here. Copyright©1997, Stan Freberg/Freberg, Ltd. (but not very)
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