The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Iconic Toys | Eddy's World | The New Yorker
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- Eddy Goldfarb, who is ninety-eight, created such classics as the bubble gun, chattering teeth, and Kerplunk! Here’s how he did it.
"Eddy's World" is directed by Lyn Goldfarb
Produced by Lyn Goldfarb, Jannat Gargi, and Daniel Zimbaldi
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If he was born in 1921, then he's going to be 100 years old next year. Just think about that, a person who's 100 years old will still be mentally sharp enough to tinker around in their garage trying to invent new and interesting creations. That's incredible.
It’s so crazy! I think the way to live longer is to think and put puzzles together like his toys!
that’s insane
@@llllllllll9577 it's the opposite : you're life will be shorter, because you'll never be bored at a desk doing a nonsensical job
A hundred year old man would be better at technology than my 60 year old parents
He makers children smile, bringing happiness to others gives one reason to live👌💯❤️
Not gonna lie. I teared up. That's the kind of old age youth I'm trying to achieve.
Yeah, this is the type of stuff that makes 2020 not seem so bad
People look at the old like they're weak, and almost feel sorry for them. But they're really the hardest members of society. They're the ones who made it.
Why hello there
You're make, Jabrils good luck with all your endeavors, Regards! Business Broker Marc Bate😊
@@Mike-739 q
I love that this was produced by his daughter. It seems almost like a love letter to her father, which is just beautiful!
Yeah, that got me! :D
I feel like there is room for a Disney Pixar film based on this guys life. He has been living the dream and continues to do so at the ripe old age of 98, such an inspiration.
Like up part 2 but with him. He's not grumpy though
Maybe a short film?
Very true!
Seems like his life is a Pixar movie, and what a beautiful story.
He is such àn inspiration to be positive and remain active.
I hope I can be as creative and full of life as he is when I'm in my 90s.
100% you wont make it there! So don't worry.
Covid-19 will kill us all
@@bontronblock no cap sadly, BUT HEY WE COULD ALL BE IN A SIMULATION
Hello JJ. I think you will be judging by your content, (and hair) lol 😂
The one and only J.J!!!
99
this man is a legend
Not yet...
yep
Living Legend
He made radars in his 20's and invent extremely complex toys for a living and you are surprised that he can operate a computer. Lol.
@DAEVARAJAN S/O SUGUMARAN Student ok 👍 I’m guessing you didn’t get the joke.
98, exercises, works, uses a computer, socializes.
just wow.
Wow imagine falling in love with a women, marrying her, and she tells you she will completely support you for two year while you follow your dream, and in the end you end up succeeding and are able to support both of you for the rest of your lives. Thats amazing. Not many people these days ever find themselves in such a fairy tale life.
No such women exist anymore in the US, unfortunately.
What about the guys who accept their wives' love and support, then dump her for a newer model when they've become successful?
Men do this for women on the regular
@@melaniekeeling7462 what about women who do the same thing? You have good and bad people on both sides
@@DarrinSK Nobody I've ever known. Most of the men I've seen are too prissy to pick up a hammer. They tell their wife to do it.
98 years old and knows how to handle a computer. Incredible.
99
@@brandonfromkc2815 98 check the description
@@ricardolemus3318 Born In 1921 so 99 unless his birthday is late December this year then he's 98 right now
@@ricardolemus3318 it say's that he's 99 on his wiki
@@ricardolemus3318 no
The older I get the more I realize that the secret to living a long happy life is by keeping your mind engaged.
Jordan B Peterson would suggest its the opposite, and you see it in this video. This man walks a couple of miles a day. He had a treadmill in his living room where he does a short sprint, and he takes the stairs over the elevator. This is what Jordan tells us, being physically active leads to an active mind. Doing mind puzzles alone never kept anyone alive.
@@alexwild4350 I like Jordan too, but both is important. You need to be physically active as well as keeping your mind engaged. As Jordan says, you need to find a purpose in life. And when you have a purpose, the rest is easy.
“Why don’t you face reality?” “Because I know I’m right!”
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He is right , and he knows what optimization is for , healthy mind and body !
@@carzak What if people aren’t fully confident in themselves leading them to going back to facing reality once again
“I annoy people with my optimism “ 😂 A true gentleman full of warmth, decency and grace ... God bless him🥰
Props to his wife for believing he needed a little time to become successful.
I can only imagine what someone would say about that these days
Wholesome
this
Real talk
Yeah some others would've been stupid and left
Oh my God; He's a real life Pixar character...
Don't use the Lord's name in vain
@@awesome346 how is that in vain?
@@Rolling_Coasters lol you missed the whole joke
In my opinion, he makers more children smile then Pixar characters 💯. I take toys🦸♂️🧸⚽ to children in extreme poverty, they ask for his toys😉 but rarely ask for Pixar characters.
He look nothing like Karl Fredrickson lol
I believe this man shall go to ultra-heaven with the likes of Bob Ross and Fred Rogers.
9:36 'and the winner is....me'. It most certainly is Sir! What a great life that's brought so much joy to others.
that was my favourite part!
I hope he watches this video and sees how much people love his story.
You think he might of watched the video? After all its a documentary and its about him.
Most likely, he watched the video😉. There is a documentary on my channel about me👍, I watched it and then uploaded it 💪✌️at first opportunity💯.
@@onetoyatatime6619 💯 oh 😧 wow 😮 you 👈 did? 😵 that's 💥 crazy! 😳
Creating and designing toys for living is a truly blessed profession. It keeps your brain working and never lets you age. This 97 year old man is perhaps still a kid at heart. Great story about a remarkable person!
correct 😊. by the way he's 99 now
@shatoshi331 That's great. He's an inspiration to us all😊
This man has had a major influence on our culture, but I didn’t know his name until today. I have owned toys he designed, and now I know who to thank. Thank you, Eddie.
we must protect him at all costs.. he is tooo precious.
Hopefully, because of his age, I’m a little afraid...
He's done quite good at fending for himself the last 100 years he doesn't need our protection lol
An absolutely beautiful story and video. Loved this.
@ChildofSevilla be loud
@ChildofSevilla why? U jelly?
it was very good
I can imagine job conversion....."Whats your job?" "I have fun bringing happiness to children"....
Got u 1 k likes 👍
He didn't just make toys he made ironically made iconic simplicity pieces that have come to represent American culture
Very well said!!
"i grew up like everyone else grew up: year after year" then he laughs.
What a great person.
I knew Eddie growing up. What a wonderful man. He was my fathers best friend since elementary school. Love to you Eddie!
Garry, thanks so much for sharing this. I will share with Eddy. Thanks. Lyn
@@chattering101 tell him that I didn’t realize how many of the toys that I played with where his ideas he is amazing and his toys where a big part of my childhood
@@JustAPairofLegs I will let him know. Garry, how do I get in touch with you?
I think his kitchen window with all of the whimsical sun powered figures dancing around is a metaphor for his life - and why he is still going at 98.
Believe it 🙋🏾♀️😉
I loved how he says I love solar power.
He is the first human being to be entirely powered by the Sun
why did this make me tear up? lol I agree!
Dude is 98 and still making toys. Truly a legend.
Agreed, anyone who makes things for the joy of others is a legend on their own.
Nice profile pic by the way, glad to see people showing pride
He turned 99 this September, dude is a boss for sure.
Is Santa.
Odin.
"I really.liked the woman in the middle, I liked... Her back." 😆
This man is a legend. Imagine living that long and being so productive since the young age, until the point you experienced every changes and evolution in technology. It's hard to imagine that in the time when he was born, transalantic phone call was not even invented yet. Now he got a smartphone in his pocket with face to face communication available with anyone all over the world, at any time he want.
Not only that, he is actually working with fancy up-to-date tools, machinery, computer, even a 3D printer. So mind-blowing.
transalantic
Timing is everything
It was even more back in the 1800s BEFORE electric was even invented, which means they didn't even have a telegraph, soon as electric came about a whole crapload of inventions no one ever saw before all came out in a very short time- telegraph which became the telephone as it improved, phonographs with ways to record voice and music, cameras to record visuals, motion pictures, electric lights, motors of all kinds, elevators that made skyscrapers possible, electric also made aluminum cheap and easy to make at a time when it was so difficult it was more valuable than platinum! the sewing machine, steam engines, automobiles, typewriters and adding machines! can you imagine how hard it was to design a mechanical adding machine that could add, subtract etc huge numbers? xerox copy machines, computers, cell phones, inkjet printers, all of these inventions are interconnected, most came about in the 1800s in a short span of time and it all goes back to ONE invention- producing electrical power.
One has to wonder what other invention like that will come out that sparks another crapload of side inventions the same way!
He's got a lot of good karma. Maybe he'll see us land on Mars.
Not sure how I got here, but my mood just skyrocketed. Hearing this man’s incredible, uplifting story made my day. Best accidental click I’ve ever made.
Same
same my mood and outlook in life just boosted
Same.
He did say he looks himself up sometimes. I’m sure he’ll keep coming back to this video and probably read these comments too.
Imagine the amount of joy this man has brought to the world. How many childhoods he made bearable... [Virtual Hug]
We need a movie about this guy. He is utterly adorable.
I personally believe it would match well if he were in some Pixar film.
jesus yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
98 years old and probably knows more about computers and 3D printers then most of us here.
Obvious statement is obvious.
Me for sure.
True
@@TheDennys21 I'm dead. Pre-Malone what up!? Lmao
@@requestcontainsinvalidargu185 hey
He's the guy who painted and restored woody in toy story
Love this comment
I love the scene at the end where Mr. Goldfarb is whistling while he works in his garage. What an incredible man!
This man is the Willy Wonka of kids toys.
wilg wona? i is watch
I can personally remember playing that Kerplunk toy as a child.
@@lopwr1212 YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY?!
@@noregrets8922 I watched it lol like last year BTW merry Christmas texting at 12:38 am
I spent hours playing Kerplunk. Imagine all the joy he's brought to the world. Stomper cars are highly collectible today!
Even McDonald's has them 2
A variant of Kerplunk is Tumblin' Monkeys. It's also very fun.
I have fond memories of playing Kerplunk with my late grandfather, thankyou Eddy.
I love that derringer hat, thats just hilarious
If we don't go back into the habit of school shootings, maybe we can have toys like that again.
How noble, to sign up for the navy because he appreciated that his parents were allowed to immigrate to the US? Wow, for someone so young at the time to want to give back like that, it’s no wonder he became so successful with his inventions...someone with his attitude will always persevere and find success.
Today's kids....... DEFUND this and that...
Agree❤
@@errolkim1334 Exactly.
@@errolkim1334 Hey if it reduces the taxes!
Young people these days are no longer taught real values.
Now, they'd rather get more than give back.
Awe. He's such a sweetheart talking about his wife. He truly loved her.
He actually murdered her. He used hundreds of those chatting teeth to do it.
He's now in jail for the rest of his life.
Sad story 😢
@@randyg.7940 it’s not funny.
@Rodrigo Barraza So sad, he used her to get what he wanted than he offed her.
@@randyg.7940 Get off the comment sections you rude douche.
@@alvinsmith3894 you think everyone's rude. Relax already.
Sir, please keep annoying people with your optimism. Optimism has served you well and the world could use more of it. You are, indeed, the winner🙏🥰
@Nicolasa dude chill they have a point I would do the same not gonna lie
@Nicolasa sorry I just love old people- don't you?
@Nicolasa okay well that's your opinion don't call me a weirdo for my opinion.
@@fairy1932wtf 😂
werido
@@myman4512 dude I was being sarcastic I'm not actually gonna do that?
Nearly 100 years old and he's still inventing things and interested in new technology. What a marvelous person!
I'm proud of him for building even during that age. I too am a machinist, building things myself, though not for recognition or fame. But just for the sake of building. It gives me hope when something works, and when I get new ideas.
5: 48 "I really liked one in the middle ..I liked ..her back" lol my mann 😎
LOL
He has good taste
You Sir, have won at life.
I'm a 59 year old former truck driver who's been backpacking the world for 5 years now
and I'm waiting to die.
Then I see this guy.
Are you documenting your travels on you tube? Your adventures must be interesting. Have a good holiday and New Year.
☘️🌝🌲
You are just a youngun..if you feel good life is great. Keep walking. Sounds like a great life you have
Good Luck With That Boss
Pali_Aha sounds like you are living your life to the fullest :) You should feel accomplished!
Thank you for your service both in the military and to the children of our country! What a cool way to make a living.
So this is the man who made the dollar store possible. I love him
What a creative and technical mind with a beautiful soul.The kid inside him is still alive and kept him young. There's something particularly wonderful about a guy with so much intelligence and multiple practical fabricating skills with a background in the armed forces- he could have made cars, he could have made weapons, but he chose to apply his genius to something as pure as toys.
This is a man who everyone should aspire to be...nearly 100, and still working on his passion...
Eddy is a legend of the Toy Industry!
A true toy inventor - I highly recommend the book 'A World Without Reality: Inside Marvin Glass's Toy Vault', which talks about Eddy and Marvin at the start - the first ever commercially successful toy inventors that licensed for royalties!
I was in such a grump mood ... then I found this video! Thank you sir for turning my frown upside down!
This man is adorable. He also has a skin like a 80 year old.
fucks that last part supposed to mean
@@bigtonybruiser I think its supposed to be a compliment because he's 98.
@@bigtonybruiser Most people over 80 don't look at good as him. ^_^ He either got good genes, or he took care of himself...either way, it's a benefit for him.
amnhh yes, his flesh so sillky smooth.. a much appreciated trait among uss, fellow humanoids... yesss
@@bigtonybruiser probably cuz natural no surgery
He’s absolutely adorable, bless his soul.
I do business with Eddy. He is the most humble and caring person you could ever meet. When I first asked what he made, he modestly mentioned 2 or 3 items then I researched and discovered he made many of the toys I grew up with. He’s truly amazing and a joy to be around.
Remember the scene in the movie Christmas Story where the teacher takes the kids fake teeth and she has the drawer full of confiscated stuff and there's a set of chattering teeth in there? A lot of people think that movie took place in the 30's, but according to this, it must have been in the late 40's because they didn't exist yet.
Wow... very interesting
Or perhaps that was an oversight by the props department.
i was always sure they said a christmas story takes place in like, the 50s.
I don’t think such a minute detail would change the time era of such a Hollywood production like that.
I always could tell it was the 40s but that's because my grandmother was always pointing out the furniture in the background telling me "that's vintage 40s!" Excitedly, lol.
This man seems so delightful to be around. "And the winner is........... Me" 🤣
This man found his passion and lives it daily. This is amazing. I pray I find mine and live my life doing what I love and fulfilled!
This is a well-produced, cute, and incredibly inspiring film.
This man is a legend. Why is nobody talking about this?
You literaly just watched a video about him??? Everyone in the comments is talking him???
Apparently they are. ;)
Because nobody yet seemed to have cross posted it to facebook, twitter etc etc
This guy seems like it would be life changing to sit and talk with him for an hour or two. I just hope I can look back in 30 years on 65 years of marriage.
Ja ja ja, almost impossible.
@@mrvn000 What's impossible? The marriage or sitting and talking with him? Talking with him probably is almost impossible, considering I live on the East Coast and he lives (I believe) in California. 65 years of marriage, however, is well within reach considering I already have 35 of those years down.
@@watchyourtimeco1 dang u just killed him bro
He's never gonna retire. What a beautiful and inspirational person. Thanks Lyn and The New Yorker for this piece.
Adolph Eddy Goldfarb is almost 100 now, and still going strong, his sister Bernice is 95. He is now in the 6th year of a new relationship with Greta Honigsfeld who also lives in the retirement community with him.
Hi. Just checking in. Do you know Eddy or Greta?
This story has made this year just a little bit brighter. What a man!
This man is the reason behind a lot of kids' happiness
and todaaaay is Fortnite is the real reason behind a lot of cringy 12 year old and kids' happiness 😟
@@K3ntucky123 lol if it can make them happy
Arunoday - COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF!!!!
What a delightful story of an equally delightful character!
BTW - he just had his 102nd birthday.
One of the rair people that has ideas that can build them, and then sell them. I always have idea but that's as far as they go.
Protect this man.
*5 year old shows up with suit and briefcase*
“I’m a full-time quality control manger and product beta-tester”
... Whippersnappers...
Lol yes
This was more than showing "the man who invented toys and games", this was a life lesson for sure
Reminds me of my dad, he was working on an air fix Mosquito when he died this summer 97 and 9months. Good way to go.
I want to be Eddy when I grow up! My grandma lived to 105 & she was like Eddy. Always curious, optimistic, inventive, resilient & fun!
May the name Eddy Goldfarb be immortalized in the lives of all who believe he deserves it.
...which is everyone with a childhood.
Purpose + optimism + exercise + social connection (+ a bit of luck) = longevity! Beautiful story of a beautiful man. Thank you.
God Bless you, old man. You have led a rich and interesting life. Thank you for your Service in the US Navy, Sir.
I am going to give it my best to be more optimistic starting today.
I thought something simmilar after he explained he was being realistic bc it works for him.
facts
I find this man tremendously inspiring.
This guy is an example of why a person should never truly retire. KEEP CREATING and you'll keep living. Stay active, be social and have some fun. Thanks for the toys and many funny moments, Goldfarb.
Let's just thank this man for making a part of our childhood
He's got to be the most underrated human on Earth. Much love to him❤
I love that hia daughter produced and directed this. Eddy is one amazing man! I hope he remains healthy and happy for the rest of his days
what a inspirational story.i truly believe being an optimist is the key to a long and happy life.
Love his whistle while he works. Perfect ending for this biography.
He has childlike heart, it never grows with age, he may in age but regardless, he's grown looking at the world through the lens of a child and that something many people can't do. People seem to lose that certain magic, its heartwarming to see someone live in such a rare way.
I just want to say "thank you" for making my childhood memorable.
He deserves every happiness.
It's so nice to see the man behind all of those great toys, that I loved so much.
Wow. He's 100 years old now. Congrats on your centennial Eddy!
This man was in the navy and made toys afterwards. That’s a great retirement 👍🎆
I almost expected there to be a thousand balloons of many different colors tied to the roof of his house...
God Bless this Man and his Family . I wish we all had this Humanity , Love and enthusiasm for Life 👍🏿
God bless ya Eddy!
Thanks for all the gags and stories.
Don't ever stop being an optimist. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to maintain your youth!
As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute you sir! ✌🇺🇸
such a wholesome piece
You wait till the ending to throw in there that he has children, I would have loved to known how his kids explored his toys while growing up.
He really seems like a lovely fellow😘
98 and still driving, Forget the driving,
Look at those steady hands!
This guy is inspired, his brain is active, and it's giving him vitality - even at 98. Amazing.
This guy took "get with the times" to heart
The real Santa Claus, how many of us have seen those toys/games under the Christmas tree in the last 60 or more years?
I remember the wind up choppers LOL!!
Wonderful life story. Thank you and congratulations.
I wish we could still buy these, especially that sippy glass.
You can find them on eBay :)
Wow that reminded me so much of my Dad. He would have been 97 today. He had a company called Create Research Co. He gave up the business and was employed as an electrical engineer because he could not support the 7 children on his profits. He died just two years ago. I remember all the pages of drawings and ideas. He kept busy all his life. He said he wanted to be remember for the words. "I tried" At the end of the day that is what we can all say if we are lucky!
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!
He created the "Chatter-teeth" and "Ker Plunk"?? 😳
That’s right