Hi Larry,
Apparently this one is up for grabs as there were so many products in such
a short time. Being of the age group I was there also! Here's a history link of them: http://www.wham-o.com/history.html
Bill
--- On Tue, 9/14/10, Larry Blanchard <labl@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Larry Blanchard <labl@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Re: Grow a Fish kits
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 12:13 PM
Ray wrote:
>
>
> When this "Grow-a-Fish" idea first came about back in the late '50's,
> a outfit by the name of Whammo Company introduced the thought at a
> pet trade show in New York City. You may remember hearing of the fad
> of "Hula-Hoops" that were the rage back then. These were produced by
> the Whammo Company -- Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. Melin.
To those of us over a certain age, Whammo will always be associated with
slingshots. It was one of their first products, if not the first, thus
the company name.
I've always drooled over some of the more spectacular killifish, but
with my hard alkaline water I reluctantly gave up the idea.
Larry B
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