";s:4:"text";s:3050:" Barbie and her many friends and relatives appeared in pull-string talking versions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Save this search. Tina is famously known for saying “My name is Talky Tina, and I’m going to kill you.”Geico, the insurance company, also does a good job of capturing Cathy’s power to rattle.
Welcome to my nostalgic “Word Museum” for hard-boiled idioms and figures of speech that are fading fast. This dress was available until 1964.
And talk about non-responsiveness. In 1962 the patent was granted and Mattel continued making the doll for how long I do not know.
But Rod Sterling, the driving force behind the “Twilight Zone”/“Talky Tina” clip. (By 1964 the company was known as Mattel Canada.)
The outfits "Sunday Visit Dress" and "Sunny Day In 1962, Mattel purchased the Dee & Cee Toy Company of Canada, which produced a Canadian version of the Chatty dolls. The idiom chatty Cathy is derived from a toy that was manufactured in America from 1959 through 1965.Chatty Cathy was a doll manufactured by the Mattel company that “spoke” when the child pulled a string. This entry was posted on Saturday, March 9th, 2013 at 7:54 pmand is filed under . One outfit had a blue In 1961, the red dress was discontinued, replaced by a pink and white striped dress with a white pinafore called "Pink Peppermint Stick." The dolls were made from the original American molds, but there was a notable difference in the materials: the vinyl used on the Canadian doll had a glossier look, its eyebrows were higher on its forehead, and a different type of eye was used. When did the saying Chatty Cathy originate? They were known for being the foremost place that repaired talking dolls, namely Chatty Cathy's. Doll.
The doll was first released in stores and appeared in television commercials beginning in 1960, with a suggested retail price of $18.00, but catalog advertisements usually priced the doll under $10.00. 1961 also saw the introduction of six extra outfits available separately for Chatty Cathy with names like "Party Dress," "Nursery School Dress," "Sleepytime Pajamas," "Playtime Shorts set," and "Party Coat."
Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The doll “talked” by virtue of a rugged miniature phonograph player and record permanently placed inside her abdomen.A ringed pull cord was located on the doll’s back.
These dolls were completely different in appearance from the earlier Chatty dolls. Also Mattel owned Dee & Cee by 1962 and the Canadian dolls were now dressed in the Canadian clothes and came in the #3 box marked by Dee & Cee. These differences account for the higher prices of some Canadian Chattys among collectors. Sometimes it's interesting, sometimes it's not.