Jul 30 2024 49 mins 6
We're busy behind the scenes here putting together a whole new batch episodes for the upcoming year, so while we do that, have a tasty, bite-sized treat on us - a chance to listen back to our episode all about the world's favorite mini-oven!
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Happy holidays, listeners! We’ve got a delectable episode for you today, featuring a toy that has been a household staple for more than 60 years and is still going strong. In fact, it would be just the thing if you’re looking for some help with holiday baking, as long as you don’t mind your baked goods being on the miniature side…and possibly losing a finger or two in the process…
Daniel teaches Ray and Rob about the Easy-Bake Oven’s origins at the renowned toy company Kenner Products; how New York pretzel vendors played an essential role in providing inspiration for the product; all the different ways the word “cookies” can be pronounced; the battle to make a version of the Easy-Bake that wasn’t explicitly marketed for girls; and how this kitchen toy has influenced everyone from amateur bakers to professional chefs and which, despite its ups and downs, remains one of the most fondly remembered toys of all time.
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TEAM
ARTICLES
“How Easy-Bake Ovens Work” by Nathan Chandler
Easy-Bake Evolution: 50 Years of Cakes, Cookies, and Gender Politics | Collectors Weekly
Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven
“Easy-Bake Oven Gourmet” by David Hoffman
Easy-Bake Oven: Ronald Howes (Toy Stories)
Information about the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007)
Original Easy-Bake Oven Patent
Easy-Bake Oven - The Strong National Museum of Play
New Easy-Bake Oven Recall Following Partial Finger Amputation; Consumers Urged to Return Toy Ovens
Easy-Bake Oven enters Toy Hall of Fame
McKenna Pope’s Change.org Petition
The Untold History of the Easy-Bake Oven
EPISODE CLIPS
Easy-Bake Oven Commercial (1963)
Jim’s Red Book: Easy Bake Oven Commercial
Queasy Bake Cookerator “Mud & Crud Cakes” Commercial (2002)
Easy-Bake Oven Recall Retrofit Kit
Easy Bake Oven for Boys: Girl, 13, Helps Transform Easy-Bake Oven Into Unisex Toy
A Cameo Appearance From the Easy-Bake Oven
Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven Commercial (2011)
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS
“Happy Bee” and “Jingle Bells”
• Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Additional Sound Effects from Final Cut Pro, iLife, and Logic Pro
