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{{Short description|Toy}} |
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{{Other uses|Paddleball (disambiguation)}} |
{{Other uses|Paddleball (disambiguation)}} |
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[[Image:Paddleball.svg|thumb|A Illustration of paddle and rubber ball attached together with an elastic band.]] |
[[Image:Paddleball.svg|thumb|A Illustration of paddle and rubber ball attached together with an elastic band.]] |
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Created and patented ({{US patent|1529600}}) in the 1920s, the paddle ball was one of the more whimsical products to follow the invention of soft rubber. |
Created and patented ({{US patent|1529600}}) in the 1920s, the paddle ball was one of the more whimsical products to follow the invention of soft rubber. |
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In 1937, the |
In 1937, the Fli-Back Company was founded in [[High Point, North Carolina]] with the paddle-ball as their main product.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fli-Back to North Carolina {{!}} NC Museum of History |url=https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/blog/fli-back-to-nc |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.ncmuseumofhistory.org}}</ref> The paddle [[logo]] depicted a [[cowboy]] playing paddle ball while riding a [[Bucking horse|bucking bronco]]. In that year, the toy was featured in ''[[Newsweek]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jarvis|first1=Michael T.|title=One-Man Swat Team|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/apr/21/magazine/tm-39122|access-date=19 November 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=21 April 2002}}</ref> This first successful mass-marketing of the toy allowed the company to [[Diversification (marketing strategy)|diversify]] into other toys, including the [[yo-yo]] and [[Spinning Tops|spinning tops]]. |
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In the 1950s, [[Duncan Toys Company]] manufactured the "Hi-Li Paddle Ball Toy" that sold millions of units. The paddle reads “Duncan’s Official Hi-Li, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off., Champion No. 99.”<ref>{{cite web|title=Duncan Hi-Li Paddle Ball Toy|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1192020|website=Smithsonian Museum of American History|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> |
In the 1950s, [[Duncan Toys Company]] manufactured the "Hi-Li Paddle Ball Toy" that sold millions of units. The paddle reads “Duncan’s Official Hi-Li, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off., Champion No. 99.”<ref>{{cite web|title=Duncan Hi-Li Paddle Ball Toy|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1192020|website=Smithsonian Museum of American History|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> |
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== In film == |
== In film == |
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Paddle balls have been depicted in several [[motion pictures]]. In an early demonstration of [[3D film|3-D]] effects, the [[carnival barker]] in ''[[House of Wax (1953 film)|House of Wax]]'' is shown doing tricks with a paddle ball to gain the attention of potential customers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hairdisc|title=House of Wax 3D - 1953 - Paddle Ball|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2o71g1|website=Daily Motion|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> In ''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]'', [[Marilyn Monroe]] is depicted provocatively whacking a paddle ball while wearing a polka-dot dress in a saloon in Dayton, |
Paddle balls have been depicted in several [[motion pictures]]. In an early demonstration of [[3D film|3-D]] effects, the [[carnival barker]] in ''[[House of Wax (1953 film)|House of Wax]]'' is shown doing tricks with a paddle ball to gain the attention of potential customers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hairdisc|title=House of Wax 3D - 1953 - Paddle Ball|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2o71g1|website=Daily Motion|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> In ''[[The Misfits (1961 film)|The Misfits]]'', [[Marilyn Monroe]] is depicted provocatively whacking a paddle ball while wearing a polka-dot dress in a saloon in Dayton, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beggs|first1=Scott|title=Marilyn Monroe Plays Paddle Ball With the Vintage Trailer of the Day Read|url=http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/the-misfits-trailer-marilyn-monroe.php|website=Film School Rejects|publisher=Reject Media|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> In ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'', [[Mel Brooks]] (in his cameo as the cross-eyed governor) and [[Harvey Korman]] use a paddle ball to great comedic effect. [[Harvey Korman|Korman's]] character performs tricks with relative ease and hands the paddle to Brooks, who can barely manage one hit. This was a deliberate [[anachronism]], as the paddle ball would not be invented until fifty years after the film was (mostly) set.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blazing Saddles|url=http://www.larsenonfilm.com/blazing-saddles|website=Larsen on Film|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> In the [[Pixar]]/[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animated movie ''[[WALL E]]'', there is a brief scene in a montage where the robot loses control of a paddle ball and is struck repeatedly in the head. The paddle ball ends up in the "Don't Keep" pile.<ref>{{cite book|title=WALL-E: A Robot's Tale|date=26 July 2011|publisher=Disney Electronic Content|isbn=978-1423157687|pages=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYWJK3ADnW4C&q=%E2%80%9CWALL+E%E2%80%9D+paddle+ball&pg=PT8}}</ref> In the [[Paramount Pictures]] film [[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)]], Sonic is seen with a paddleball, making fast hits before ditching the game. In the [[DreamWorks Animation]] film [[Over the Hedge (film)]], RJ uses a paddleball by hitting it a few times, and then making the attached ball to get tied on the ceiling in order to go over Vincent to steal his food. |
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== Records == |
== Records == |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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{{portal|Games}} |
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* [[Bolo bat]] |
* [[Bolo bat]] |
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