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This was the first toy that popped into my head in that parking lot. The Big K. Why K? Why not L or P? Well, it came to me as a backwards yellow K. I had to change it in the cartoon to a Big W, since there is now a Big K-Mart, which wasn't around when I made this thing. (K-Mart was... but they weren't BIG K-Mart til way after this puppy was first up on the internet.)
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FAKE HISTORY: First introduced in 1923, this classic pull toy was invented by Walter Krentzmann for his daughter Katie who wanted "...a toy she could call her own." Since then, Playschool has been selling over three million Big K's a year, with only minor changes from the original design. In 1977, Jim Henson started using the toy on the popular television show Sesame Street, and in 1988 the Big K came out with wheels. The classic jingle was coined in 1967 for television commercials and is still used today:
It's yellow, it's large
It's ready to charge
For every boy and girl
Pull it, hug it, let it go
See it's wheels twirl
It will be your best friend
Until playtime ends
Every single day
It's the happiest toy
So sing it with joy
We call it the Big K!
The Big K! The Big K!
Happy happy day!
So to you I implore
Go run to the store
And buy your own Big K!
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