Gay Bob

Gay Bob

Gay Bob is a doll created in 1977. It was billed as the world's first openly gay doll. Bob was created by former advertising executive Harvey Rosenberg and marketed through his company, Gizmo Development. Gay Bob was bestowed an "Esquire" magazine "Dubious Achievement Award" for 1978. [cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title =It's Ten P.M. Do you know where your Ken doll is?
work =
pages =
language =
publisher =Esquire
date =1978-01-02
url =http://www.meta-gizmo.com/Tri/Ts/esquire.html
accessdate = 2007-12-18]

Bob stands 13 inches tall and came wearing a flannel shirt, tight jeans and cowboy boots. He had one ear pierced. Bob's box was shaped like a closet and included a catalog from which consumers could order additional outfits. Creator Rosenberg described the doll as resembling a cross between Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Bob is anatomically correct. [cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title =It's the Gay Bob doll, out of his own closet
work =
pages =
language =
publisher =Associated Press
date =1978-08-01
url =
accessdate = 2007-12-18]

Gay Bob sparked outrage in at least one reader of Ann Landers, who was inspired to write to decry the doll and predict that it would lead to the acceptance of other "disgusting" dolls like "Priscilla the Prostitute" and "Danny the Dope Pusher." Rosenberg had announced plans for a line of "permissive dolls," [cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title =Doll Lib
work =TIME magazine
pages =
language =
publisher =
date =1978-08-14
url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947000,00.html
accessdate = 2007-12-18] but no drug dealers or prostitutes. Ann incredulously replied that she'd believe such a doll existed when she saw it in the stores, but that she was unlikely to see it in the sort of "respectable" stores she patronized. [cite news
last =Landers
first =Ann
coauthors =
title =Ann Landers Answers
work =
pages =
language =
publisher =Field Newspaper Syndicate
date =1978-12-26
url =
accessdate = 2007-12-18]

References

ee also

* Earring Magic Ken
* Billy doll


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • gay bob — 1. adjective Divergent from the group, by comparison with a homosexual. If youre too gay bob and want to go play with your dolls instead, I guess you dont have to play football with us. Syn: gay, namby pamby 2. noun One who is acting in …   Wiktionary

  • Gay Bob — Bob Gay Robert Bob Gay est un compositeur arrangeur orchestrateur belge, né à Bruxelles le 14 juillet 1928. Au cours de sa carrière il écrit de nombreuses œuvres pour piano, musique de chambre et « hafabra » (harmonie, fanfare,… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bob Davies (Autor) — Bob Davies (* 1951) ist ein christlicher Redner, Autor und Musiker. Er war langjähriger Präsident[1] von Exodus International und Executive Director der Sektion Nordamerika, wo er sich besonders mit der „Überwindung“ von Homosexualität befasst… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bob l'éponge (personnage) — Bob l éponge Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Bob l éponge …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gay pornography — is the representation of sex between men with the primary goal of sexual arousal in its audience. There is also a tradition, and continuing considerable output, of lesbian pornography. However, the term gay pornography is rarely intended to… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Smither — (born August 26, 1944) was the Libertarian Party nominee for the 2006 special election in Texas s 22nd congressional district.BiographyBob Smither is a fifth generation Texan who has lived in Houston, Texas since 1960. Smither and his wife Gay… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob and Rose — is a British television drama, originally screened in six one hour episodes on the ITV network in the UK in the autumn of 2001. It was produced for the network by the independent Red Production Company, and was that company s first prime time… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Basker — (born Solomon Basker on September 30 1918, in East Harlem, New York City, died April 6 2001) was an LGBT rights activist.Bob was a “political activist” and “coalition builder” long before these catch phrases became common in our vernacular.… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Saget — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bob Saget Nombre real Robert Lane Saget Nacimiento 17 de mayo de 1956 (53 años) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Gay bathhouse — Gay bathhouses, also known as gay saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, the baths or the tubs ), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. Not all men who visit such bathhouses consider… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”