Wham-O
Wham-O Inc. is a toy company in Woodland Hills, California, USA. They are known for marketing many popular toys in the past 50 years, including the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee, the Slip 'N Slide, the Super Ball, the Trac-Ball, Silly String, the Hacky Sack and the Boogie Board.
Corporate history
Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin, two University of Southern California college graduates unhappy with their employment, began the company in 1948 as "WHAM-O Mfg. Co." in the Knerr family garage in South Pasadena. Their first product was the Wham-O slingshot, made of ash wood, which Knerr and Melin would promote by showing off their own skills at demonstrations. The powerful slingshot was used by clubs for competitive target shooting, as well as for small game hunting. The name "Wham-O" was based on the sound of the slingshot's shot hitting the target. When they outgrew the garage they rented a building on S. Marengo Ave in Alhambra, California, in 1955, the company eventually moved its manufacturing plant to neighboring San Gabriel, California.
Podcasts:
Wham-O
ALBUMS
- When I'm Hungry I Eat released: 1995
- Our Salvation Is in Hand released: 1995
When I'm Hungry I Eat
Released 1995- Donut Man
- Food Smut
- Guyana Punch
- Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand
- Gods of Warm Moisture
- Tabasco
- Mom’s Apple Pie
- Brunswick Stew
- Chimp Party
- I’m Chocolate, You’re Oatmeal
- G.B. Vs C.P.
- Sacred Bean Dip Polka
- Steakha S
- Baby All Gone
- Food Pyramid
- Goldfish
- Sunned Creamed Domed
- 40’s Are Food
- Sauce
- Bake My Pie
- Pedigree-Small Crunchy Bits
- Sheepy Nice Horse Meat
- Southern Deep-Fry
- Devil Pie
- Snickers Vs. Nutrageous
- Donut Trailer
- Acres of Clams
- My Achey Breaky Beefheart
- Cocktail Tacos
- Hard-Boiled Eggs
- Snack Basket
Our Salvation Is in Hand
Released 1995- Down to the Floor
- Travelsick
- Sorrow Floats
- [untitled]
- Beginning to See the Red Light Fade
- Teach Us
- Alpha Omega
- [untitled]
- She Never Promised
- 68x8
- New House Basement
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Me and the Weatherman
- The Last Deep Mine
- Radio City
- Spoken For
- Stephen
- The Joy of Spring
- Bacterial Home
- Fucked Up & Free
- Who Needs Me?
- My Own Fiefdom
- Hit the North 3
- Hand Ball
- Waiting for My Wife
- Art Without Precedent or Tradition
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Tuesday
by: You Am ISaw the sun come up again.
Last week's papers and a pack of darts
That got me through 'til ten.
The ten fifteen's five minutes late.
I really should just get out more these days.
Next door is coughing up his lungs.
Two A.M. I'm sure she said
She's gonna get herself a gun.
I blacked out from three to five.
You should hear what's going on outside.
As the morning bread goes hard
On the corner shop they're waiting
Just for rush hour to start.
And I'm wondering why his kids are late
I really should just get out more these days.
Days, and each one shows
there's so much I'll never know
If I don't ever get
If I never get home, home.
And old Ryan's still his rust
And Tuesday comes and goes
Like any late night bus.
I could do a lot more with my time
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