Forgotten Wham-O Toy: the Limbo Kit

Yes, once there was a dance (or game, or contest) stupider than the macarena: the limbo. An excuse for uptight suburbanites to get loose. And, in 1961, Wham-O made a kit to facilitate doing the limbo. Read about it here.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 01, 2010
Category: Toys | 1960s | Dance

Comments

you need a kit for the limbo?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/01/10 at 11:58 AM

And someday, in the not to distant future, I shall hear my daughter say those dreaded words, "Daddy, how did you an mommy meet?"

Posted by Dumbfounded on 03/01/10 at 12:15 PM

wet nose! :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/01/10 at 03:10 PM

free rum drinks and a deck chair in the shade on the other hand would go well together! at this point it's not the getting down but the getting back up that i'd have trouble with. and yeah, they get in the way more often than you'd think honey. 😊

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/01/10 at 09:23 PM

I'm with you Mook, our skating rink had limbo as well. I was awful at it.

Posted by Nethie on 03/02/10 at 03:27 AM

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