Mr. Potato Head wasn't always the fat, hollow plastic lump with various accessories that we know him as today. When he was first created by Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner in 1949, Mr. Potato Head was made of a real potato, leading to decades of kids jabbing tubers with plastic body parts. Those were the good old days. Watch this vintage toy commercial after the jump.

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Commercial (1960s)

Read more about Mr. Potato Head at Neatorama and mrpotatohead.net.

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