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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, May 3, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Last laugh Tough to stomach the misleading pregnant Judy doll Dave Barry Ujj. My original plan was to write a column about a troubling Issue raised by Ken Clark of Kent wash., concerning the 1964 Shirley Ellis hit song the name game. As you know if you follow world events the rules of the name game require you to treat the first letter of the persons name a like it Wasny to there a a and replace it with the letters a f and m. For example Salman Rushdie a name would be Salman Salman to Batman banana Fanna of Falman fee Fie Moe Malman. What Ken Clark wants to know is what if the persons name is Al eliminating the a you a get a1 a1 to by banana Fanna Fofi be Fie Moe my. Which would be ridiculous. I am hoping that this Issue will be addressed by other leading syndicated commentators such As William William to billiam banana Fanna of Filliam f. Buckley. I however need to Deal with another even More troubling Issue that was just brought to my attention by several Alert readers namely the pregnant Judy doll. This is a doll that is being advertised for $14.98 in various magazines and newspapers. You might have seen the and. It says Quot Judy is having a baby a a there a a picture of Judy a Blue eyed doll with a Perky smile and 11 pounds of Blue Eye Shadow and a Blond Hairdo the size of Iraq. She looks a lot like Barbie except that she obviously has what leading medical authorities refer to As a Bun in the oven. A Judy is More than a toy a the and states. A a she a a natural Way for your children to learn while  i have no problem with using dolls As a teaching device. Most of what i know about the human Anatomy such As that it is medically incorrect to have a foot sticking out from the Middle of your face i Learned As a child from studying or. Potato head. But the pregnant Judy doll has dangerously misleading anatomical characteristics. The Way she works is when its time for her to have the baby you remove the Tummy. That a right her Tummy which is shaped like half a Walnut Shell pops right off. There a a photograph in the and of Judy going through a delivery. A hand has lifted off her Tummy and there a a Perky Little baby inside with its arms and legs folded up neatly like a to tray. Judy her Hairdo still perfect is paying no attention to the fact that a giant hand has removed her Tummy. She a looking into the distance with her Perky smile As if to say a what fun to deliver a baby perhaps this afternoon i shall play Tennis a the reason she can smile is she has another Tummy. Yes. And its a Flat Tummy. You pop it on her and suddenly seconds after delivery Judy has the body of a Dallas cowboys cheerleader. Judy comes with both tummies. The and says you can also buy accessories sold separately including maternity outfits a crib a tub and a a Judy a husband  i have big problems with using a toy like this to teach Young people particularly Young female people about childbirth. I saw my son Robby get born. Well of i did no to actually watch Robby come out. I had mentally divided my wife Beth into two major sectors 1 the head sector and 2 the rest of Beth sector. I was concerned that id pass out if i saw what was happening in sector two plus there were what seems like several Hundred masked medical personnel Down there. So i focused my attention exclusively on sector one Beth a head trying to keep its morale up. A a you re doing great a i would Tell the head patting it in a reassuring manner. A  a the head would say looking like it might attempt to bite me. A yes a i would say. A Fine a meanwhile in the other sector scary things were happening that i cannot describe to you in detail be cause i a quenched my eyes up whenever i looked in that direction. But i can Tell you this much they did not pop Beth a Tummy off like a Walnut Shell and lift Robby out and he was not at All Perky and despite the fact that Beth is a naturally slim person it was some time before her Flat Tummy arrived in the mail. So we need to ask ourselves whether its a Good thing exposing impressionable Young children to the pregnant Judy doll. We done to want to raise a generation of new mothers who have highly unrealistic expectations about childbirth and show up in the delivery room carrying Tennis rackets. I think the government should look into this and that is Why i am urging you to write to president George Herbert Herbert to Berbert banana Fanna of Ferbert fee Fie Moe Herbert Walker Bush As Well As to your congressperson sold separately. The Miami  military life in Europe by Charles Kaufman w2 a per l lev Fri Page 28 a sunday May 3. 1992  
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