1961 monster toy commercial Great Garloo



This commercial from 1961 features an especially ugly robot named the Great Garloo. It was designed by Marvin Glass, the genius game designer who made Ants in the Pants, Dynamite Shack, Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, Gnip Gnop, Hands Down, Haunted House, Lite Brite, Odd Ogg, Operation, Mouse Trap, Time Bomb, Tip-It, and Toss Across, among other masterpieces of primary-colored plastic. (Via Endless Parade of Excellence)

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• Robot Commando toy TV commercial

• TV commercials for 1970s Planet of the Apes dolls

• Killer reel of 1970s toy commercials

• Mr. Machine toy robot TV commercial

• Wonderfully bizarre Folger's commercial

• Creepy Crawlers TV commercial

• 1960s TV commercial for V-RROOM! tricycle noise-maker

• Early 70s Levi stop-motion commercial

• Mystery Date game TV commercial