Английская Википедия:Chatter Telephone
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The Chatter Telephone is a pull toy for toddlers 12 to 36 months of age.[1] Introduced in 1961 by the Fisher-Price company as the "Talk Back Phone" for infants and children, which was updated to the name Chatter Telephone in 1962, is a roll along pull toy. It has a smiling face, and when the toy is pulled, it makes a chattering sound and the eyes move up and down. The toy has a rotary dial that rings a bell, and was conceived as a way to teach children how to dial a phone.[2]
The original version was made of wood, with a polyethylene receiver and cord.[3] In 2000, Fisher-Price changed the rotary dial for a push-button version with lights in an effort to modernize the toy, but consumers complained and the rotary version returned to the market the following year.[4] The Chatter Telephone was designed by Ernest Thornell,[5] whose daughter Tina would drag around a metal phone while playing. This gave him the idea of adding wheels, which with a bent axle permitted the movement of eyes, adding to the "whimsical" nature, that Herman Fisher desired of all Fisher-Price toys (from phone conversation with Ernie Thornell and recollections of Herm Fisher by John Smith).
From its introduction through the 1970s, the Chatter Telephone was Fisher-Price's best selling product.[6] It has been cited as one of the company's offerings that helped save Fisher Price in the 1990s following a failed attempt to market toys for older children in the late 1980s,[7] and enjoys continuing popularity.[8] It is available both as an authentic reproduction[9] and in a modern form.[10]
In popular culture
- In 1985, Fisher-Price offered to donate a Chatter Telephone, Rock A Stack, and Activity Center to NASA for Senator Jake Garn to play with while on the STS-51-D space shuttle mission. This offer was rejected as NASA felt there was insufficient time to test the toys for safety.[11]
- In the 1999 movie, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Elmo owns a chatter telephone.
- In 2003, the Chatter Telephone was listed as one of the 100 most memorable toys of the 20th century by the Toy Industry Association.[12]
- In 2005, the Chatter Telephone was chosen as one of Dr. Toy's Best Classic Toys.[13]
- Chatter Telephone appears in the 2010 animated film Toy Story 3 as a supporting character, helping Woody save his friends from Lotso, notably warning him about the cymbal-banging monkey, who watches the daycare’s security cameras and alerts Lotso to toys attempting to escape. He is voiced by Teddy Newton and speaks with a film noir style, and a Brooklyn accent.[14]
- The Chatter Telephone influenced an art car created by Howard Davis for his telecommunications company.[15]
- A Chatter Telephone appears on the cover of American rock band Thee Oh Sees' 2011 album Castlemania.
- A Chatter Telephone appears in the 2017 animated film The Boss Baby. He also appears in the sequel The Boss Baby: Family Business.[16]
- A Chatter Telephone prominently appears in the 2022 horror film Skinamarink.
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- ↑ Shared in a phone conversation on 8-31-16 between Eric Smith and Mr. Thornell; he went on to share that the inspiration for the toy came from his daughter.
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