Vintage Friday: A Robot Dog from the 1960s!
Posted by Rosepixie on January 29, 2010
This is a commercial for Gaylord the robot dog, a toy from Ideal in the 1960s. It’s rather different from the robot dog toys we have today, isn’t it?
The song is kind of cute, but the dog is less than impressive. Now, I totally believe that a toy that walked by itself like this was cool in the 1960s, but how do taking a step backwards and picking up something that’s placed directly in it’s path count as tricks? And even the song admits that he “walks kind of lazy”. I just have to wonder how long it took for this toy to get boring. I mean, how long can you walk really slowly beside a robot dog or watch a robot dog walk really slowly before you have the urge to do something else? I think I’m with that cat – off to find something else to do!
