The list of products popularized by Wham-O Inc. is in itself a history of American ingenuity and marketing savvy: the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Super Ball, Slip ’N Slide, Silly String and Hacky Sack, each a ...
The company sold balls that could bounce over houses, flying discs that looked like UFOs, flexible foam boards for beach acrobatics and a slippery water slide that somehow worked on lawns. But for one ...