Charles Ray

“There’s something about a toy to a child where the relationship is real, where the kid is playing, and it’s just really amazing.”

Superman

Superman’s middle name is Joseph

Muppets

Jim Henson’s Muppets appeared in skits on Saturday Night Live’s debut season in 1975.

Jim Henson

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”

Garfield

Garfield holds the Guinness World Record for being the most widely syndicated comic strip, appearing in over 2500 newspapers around the globe.

Jim Davis

“Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield’s comic strip…”

Yo-Yo Competition

The first world yo-yo competition was held in 1932 in London, England.

Jamie Lee Curtis

“I wasn’t the kid who lined up her toys, although when it came to Barbies and that little traveling wardrobe with the drawers and the little shoes, my stuff was always on hangers and the shoes were always in pairs. Things had their places.”

Brian Sutton-Smith

“A toy is seen both as a bauble and as an intellectual machine.”

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the leading consumer of fireworks globally and the world’s second-largest buyer of explosives (the U.S. Department of Defense is #1).

Mel Blanc

“We didn’t make pictures for children. We didn’t make pictures for adults. We made them for ourselves.”

Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny was the first cartoon character to ever appear on a stamp.