That sound is such a big part of the memory. The game looked goofy enough, but once that motor started ticking and grinding away, it did feel a little more menacing than a kids game probably needed to be.
I had the yellow head version as well & it’s definitely a toy I remember fondly. I’m guessing it was a Christmas gift in either ‘79, ‘80 or ‘81. Thanks for the article!!
I love hearing from other people who had the yellow head version. A Christmas gift around 1979 to 1981 sounds exactly right for when it would have been floating around a lot of houses.
My brother and I played the yellow head Mr Mouth at our cousins house. We never owned it ourselves, instead we had hungry hungry hippos. My cousins were older than my brother and I so we sit in the basement and play all their old games.
That is very close to how I knew it too. Mr. Mouth wasn't mine, but it was one of those games that I looked forward to playing when I went over to my cousins. I wonder if I had games that they enjoyed when they visited? Unfortunately they never got into D&D.
It really is. I probably listen to it more often than I should, and it still gets stuck in my head. So many of these toy commercial songs did their job a little too well.
OMG - we had one of these things here in Oz -that ticking churning mechanism - nightmare fuel.
That sound is such a big part of the memory. The game looked goofy enough, but once that motor started ticking and grinding away, it did feel a little more menacing than a kids game probably needed to be.
I had the yellow head version as well & it’s definitely a toy I remember fondly. I’m guessing it was a Christmas gift in either ‘79, ‘80 or ‘81. Thanks for the article!!
I love hearing from other people who had the yellow head version. A Christmas gift around 1979 to 1981 sounds exactly right for when it would have been floating around a lot of houses.
My brother and I played the yellow head Mr Mouth at our cousins house. We never owned it ourselves, instead we had hungry hungry hippos. My cousins were older than my brother and I so we sit in the basement and play all their old games.
That is very close to how I knew it too. Mr. Mouth wasn't mine, but it was one of those games that I looked forward to playing when I went over to my cousins. I wonder if I had games that they enjoyed when they visited? Unfortunately they never got into D&D.
Always breaking in some way. So annoying.
That original song is an earworm. I still remember it.
It really is. I probably listen to it more often than I should, and it still gets stuck in my head. So many of these toy commercial songs did their job a little too well.
You may not have heard of the American comic actor Joe E. Brown, but his talking cavity could have allowed him to play Mr. Mouth on-screen...
I can totally see it.
I was a huge fan of Ms. Mouth and still am. Only downside is the drive across town.