On April 30, 1952, the first toy commercial aired on TV, featuring Rhode Island’s own Mr. Potato Head. The original potato head was an actual potato. Children would decorate the potato with plastic body parts and accessories- the feet were yet to be added to the bundle. George Lerner, a Brooklyn inventor designed Mr. Potato Head in 1949 and met with the Rhode Island Hassenfeld Brothers company (later Hasbro, Inc.) who bought the rights to Mr. Potato Head for $7,000. They gave Lerner $500 in adva
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Rhode Island Original. . On April 30, 1952, the first toy commercial aired on TV, featuring Rhode Island’s own Mr. Potato Head. The original potato head was an actual potato. Children would decorate the potato with plastic body parts and accessories- the feet were yet to be added to the bundle. George Lerner, a Brooklyn inventor designed Mr ...
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