George lerner inventor

Potato Head is an American toy produced by Hasbro since It consists of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach; typically ears, eyes, shoes , hat , nose, mustache, pipe — , pants —, —present , headphones —present , glasses , and mouth. Potato Head was invented and manufactured by George Lerner in , but was first distributed by Hasbro in In its original form, Mr.

Potato Head was offered as separate plastic parts with pushpins to be affixed to a real potato or other vegetable. Due to complaints regarding rotting vegetables and new government safety regulations, Hasbro began including a plastic potato body with the toy set in Potato Head in and later supplemented with accessories including a car and boat trailer.

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Additionally, in , The Mr. Potato Head Show aired but was short-lived, with only one season being produced. Potato Head. Hasbro updated the brand in , dropping the honorific in the name and marketing the toy simply as Potato Head , while retaining the individual characters of Mr. In the early s, Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner came up with the idea of inserting small, pronged body and face parts into fruits and vegetables to create a "funny face man".

The exact origin and inspiration for this idea are unknown.

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One theory is that, as a child, Lerner often took potatoes from his mother's garden and, using various other fruits and vegetables as facial features, made dolls for his younger sisters. However, others have speculated that he got the idea from his wife's nephew Aaron Bradley, who was seen placing sticks inside of potatoes in the family garden.

In , Lerner completed a prototype for Funny Face Man.