Remembering Mike, The Talking Bike

Thanks to Beth for reminding me of this little diddy.

Beth, yes - I do remember Mike, the Talking Bike. A quick search on google yielded some good memories.

Personally, I could never look at my light green, banana-seated, floral-basket hangin' Schwinn bicycle the same way again.

I wanted to know - HOW COULD I GET ONE OF THESE?!



BTW - If someone from the Fort Wayne Police Department has pictures or more info on what happened to our "Mikes" (the good Schwinns who visited us within the walls of FWCS in the early 70's) - at least a handful of us would like to know :).

This ought to scare the bee-jeebers out of some of you - Windows Media File for Mike The Talking Bike

Mr. Yuk! Fer Real

Alright. I can't help myself. YouTube can be somewhat addictive and here's some more proof of that.

Back story:

Every year in elementary school, we always had a handful of 'guests' come out and visit us for some unique purpose. One group who visited us (was it EMS? was it a group from one of the three hospitals?) went over the importance of staying away from harmful, household-related items.

Remember Mr. Yuk? Goodness. How could you forget him?

He was the poster child for all things POISONous in your household. When this group came to visit, they'd bring along the movie (8 mm film in the canister), along with lots of warnings and merchandise (in the form of green, ugly Mr. Yuk stickers) to boot.

My sister and I would race home that day and label as many things Mr. Yuk as possible. This included foods that we didn't like to eat too.

Our parents really hated those stickers.