And now, Mr Potato Head!

[Sunny]

He's been changed to just plain Potato Head. The old concept of a Potato Head family, with Mom, Dad, and kids, is apparently gone. Yikes, where will this end?

 

[Aunt Bea]

It's a smart marketing move you can't buy that kind of publicity.

Remember when we actually used a real potato?

 

[hawkdon]

It's a smart marketing move you can't buy that kind of publicity.

Remember when we actually used a real potato?

Yes we had the REAL POTATOE kit when a kid....use the
potatoe a couple days then mom would cook it !!

 

[RadishRose]

It's still called Mr. Potato Head if you look at the bottom of the box.

 

[rgp]

Political correctness gone mad !

 

[dobielvr]

I wonder whose making these decisions, men or women? Adults?

May be they should be asking the kids who actually play w/them if it's bothering their learning, or how they're relating to their peers. Do the kids really care?

So silly.

 

[Lee]

It was only a matter of time

 

[fmdog44]

Yet we address our presidents as Mr. president." Why? What's the difference between the two?

 

[Sunny]

When we get a female president, I very much doubt that we will be addressing her as Mr. President.

 

[Murrmurr]

I wonder whose making these decisions, men or women? Adults?

May be they should be asking the kids who actually play w/them if it's bothering their learning, or how they're relating to their peers. Do the kids really care?

So silly.

Isn't this more about how they're relating to their potatoes?

 

[jujube]

The original Mr. Potato Head was banned at our house after the second or third potato was discovered under the couch after having languished there for a couple of weeks. Pee-yew! Mom was not happy.

I wonder if there ever was an x-rated Mr. Potato Head that came with ALL the appendages?

 

[jerry old]

Political correct?
" I yam what I am and I know what I yam"


Bluto, the world's gone mad

 

[RadishRose]

Political correct?
" I yam what I am and I know what I yam"


Bluto, the world's gone mad

Mr. Yam Head?

 

[Murrmurr]

Mr. Yam Head?

Oh no. The choices are endless!

 

[RadishRose]

Oh no. The choices are endless!

 

[jerry old]

I yam what i yam is popeye's statement.
he was a cool guy, but his choice in girlfriends is questionable.
he like 'um thin, rail thin

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Remy]

Perhaps I'm looking at it wrong but I find much of this political correctness full of narcissism. 'See how cool, woke, enlightened I AM! ME ME ME!!!!!!!'

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Yet we address our presidents as Mr. president." Why? What's the difference between the two?

None.

 

[jujube]

When we get a female president, I very much doubt that we will be addressing her as Mr. President.

I can remember in typing class in high school, we were informed that "Dear Sirs:" was appropriate as a salutation even if writing to a woman-only firm.

Of course, with the "new casual" in businesses, the proper salutation would probably be "Yo!"

 

[OneEyedDiva]

@Aunt Bea[/USER][/USER] I do remember actually using a real potato until my parents bought the kit.

 

[chic]

I think it's all just an attempt at distracting people by giving them something else to argue about. It clouds the real issues facing us at the present time.

When the temperature goes up, change the name of a street or a sports team, move a portrait, or degender the potato heads, rather than tackling the real problems.

 

[terry123]

My favorite word as usual is STUPID!!

 

[old medic]

When we get a female president, I very much doubt that we will be addressing her as Mr. President

But that will also depend on what it thinks its gender is.....

 

[Sunny]

I think it's all just an attempt at distracting people by giving them something else to argue about. It clouds the real issues facing us at the present time.

When the temperature goes up, change the name of a street or a sports team, move a portrait, or degender the potato heads, rather than tackling the real problems.

Except that changing the gender of a toy is hardly a big enough issue to really deflect attention from the real and very tragic problems afflicting people all over the world. And who would be responsible for creating this distraction? I assume the change was a marketing decision, maybe an attempt by Hasbro to be modern, woke, with it, politically correct, whatever term you want to use. Toys are changing all the time to appeal to a larger number of buyers; Barbie is available in several different races, for instance.

Making Mr. Potato Head gender neutral was probably done for that same reason. I doubt that the Hasbro company has a mission to distract people from the real problems. Some of our politicians might, but this decision was made by a toy manufacturer. They are interested only in selling more toys.

I think the whole thing is pretty funny, which is why I mentioned it, and a lot less serious than the accusations against Dr. Seuss.