The Guacfather

The origin story of a wobbly toy with a peculiar name.

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Show Notes:

• 1:47 - Nickelodeon's Wild & Crazy Kids Gwok Ball on Dailymotion
• 4:26 - Google Books Ngram Viewer results for "guac"
• 4:57 - Maureen Down piece from the New York Times Magazine, May 29, 1994: The Lost Quayle Diaries
• 5:27 - The New York Times, January 22, 1997: Snacks to Fix in Super Bowl Timeouts
• 6:16 - "Guac" used in a 1993 episode of Norther Exposure
• 6:34 - "Guac" used in a 2000 episode of Will & Grace
• 7:46 - Guac Ball on Toy Directory
• 8:12 - Creative Imaginations website, archived August 3, 2008
• 9:25 - Wham-It on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in December 1989 (PDF)
• 12:40 - Wham-It on Amazon, complete with photos of the can
• 16:04 - Lars and the Real Girl, with which this story has - and I cannot stress this enough - nothing in common
• 18:28 - Regina's Guac Ball
• 19:42 - K·B Toys (RIP) on Wikipedia
• 19:54 - Gymboree on Wikipedia
• 24:57 - John asks Reddit: Is "guac" an old surf term?
• 25:32 - Dave Chappelle coins "Zip it up and zip it out"
• 26:32 - "Guac" in the LA Times, April 7, 1989