Talk:Deely bobber

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The '80s figure is supported by, at least as to the UK. My feeling is at least by late 1970s, and very possibly 1967 - '69. --Jerzy•t 02:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I just saw these on kids in an early sound short film (late 20s or very early 30s) on Turner Classic Movies. "Invention" doesn't mean what it used to.99.245.248.91 (talk) 04:11, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

This is possibly the most useless entry I've ever seen. Yeah Wikipedia!

Request for addition (october 25 2007): Why are they called what they're called? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.144.247.252 (talk) 18:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Not at all useless: you ever tried explaining what one of these is to people and have them think you're a bit mental? I have. Now I can point to WP and say "See? SEE? There are other mental people out there too."

In the US, these seem to be called "headboppers" (going by google hits). But I'm way too lazy to update the page for that, and look up how to add in the links and stuff... DewiMorgan (talk) 19:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * These things were popular souvenirs at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. I remember everyone at that time calling them "deely boppers." emw (talk) 03:57, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I graduated from high school in 1954 and remember some of the female students wearing what are referred to here as "Deely Bobbers" - not sure what they were called back in the 1950's but they were exactly the same head gear. Unfortunately I have not been able to come up with a verifiable source but I will keep looking. Easyede (talk) 13:39, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Sources!
I've added the original research template to the main page, as the article is completely unsourced. Finding the etymology would be a start - "Deeley Boppers" suggests they're named after someone, but who and why? Mittfh (talk) 16:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Mel Brooks trivia
I've removed this unsourced addition: "When Mel Brooks attended the premiere of The Fly, being revealed as producer, he handed out deely boppers to the public." The only verification I can find in a quick search is an IMDb page, but IMDb is not a reliable source per discussions here and here. The information is of questionable value to the article, anyway. JamesMLane t c 12:23, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

A popular toy "Deelie Bobbers" of 1968 predates this one
The Parker Brothers construction toy "Deelie Bobbers" was wildly popular in the United States during the Christmas 1968 season. It predates the head gear described in this article, and is probably more culturally significant. Also, I think this article overstates the uniqueness of this "invention" -- can one honestly claim that they were the first to make headgear like this? Certainly the name was injected into USA culture 12 or more years earlier.

I'm working on collecting sources for an article on the Parker Brothers Deelie Bobber (tm) toy. Maybe we should create an article stub for the Parker Brothers toy and route "Deelie Bobbers" to a disambiguation page. Comments?

Gruffbear (talk) 15:43, 20 March 2016 (UTC)