Saturday, February 18, 2023

Retro Toy Chest: How do you hustle Skittle Pool? (1970)

 After being known as a manufacturer of model products, Aurora ventured into games in 1970 with the Skittle line of sports games. Don Adams (ex-Tennessee Tuxedo, Get Smart) was tapped to star (and some say also direct) commercials such as this one, in which a mild mannered salesman (Adams) takes on Wisconsin Skinny (Robert Middleton).


Unfortunately, the Skittle line, and Aurora, are part of history.

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