Blog 49: Captain's Log

Does anyone else remember the creepy little things call "Ferbie". I may have spelled it incorrectly, but that is mainly because I never owned one and despised them. I heard stories of them randomly waking up and just talking non-stop while a person was sleeping or at some of the worst possible times. They looked really creepy with their huge eyes and fuzzy little bodies. This was one of the worlds toys that I felt never needed to exist. I understand the need to have something fuzzy for people to love, hold and care for but there were better options such as Tickle Me Elmo, which I would have rather seen than these creepy litte fur balls. They had no educational value and they required no care at all minus putting in new batteries when your little fuzzy chatter box died midsentence. They did not need to be fed which may have given some source of responsibility and I ended up hearing more stories later on about people destroying furbies in various ways then loving them. However, the funny part about them is that they are a million dollar idea much like Snuggy in my eyes. Ideas that are just a “What the hell?” moment every time you see them yet enough people are buying them to stimulate more commercials and the production of more of them. What other ideas do you guys remember that were not impressive but ended up making a lot of money? At least “Skip it” made kids exercise and I could see then fun in it as a child.