Wham-O Super Ball Commercial (1960s)

Take a trip back in time with Wham-O's Super Ball commercial from the 1960s!
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[@kentclark6420]

I just remember bouncing one on the street in front of our home, and it went like miles in the sky- never to be seen again. Probably went through somebody's window. So cool!

[@40ounce58]

Way back when I was little in the 1970’s, my father threw a superball on the kitchen floor and it bounced into the living room and broke two lamps. It was awesome! My mother was pissed!

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Hey, at least she got new lamps. Tell me new lamps don't make a woman happy.

[@40ounce58]

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[@headkat2]

The super ball is awesome! I had one as a kid, and now looking for several for my grandkids so they can experience the fun my generation had with a super ball!

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Don't forget the lawn darts. Good luck finding those. Cute Westie, we have a Westie Schnauzer, Winston Churchill, and a spoiled Westie Poodle, Jolie.

[@jean-marccloutier4309]

be wary of imitations, a suberball bounces back at 92 %. had some in the sixties, dont baseball bat them, at the park, you find it lol.

[@hamursh]

I have a ball that bounces like a superball!

[@lawrencegrace9302]

I'd be afraid of imitations nowadays because I believe sometime back in the eighties I bought one that said Super Ball and it was nothing like it.

[@igor5366]

my son is 11 he saw this video and purchased it on ebay AD STILL WORKS

[@assateaguecottage8378]

You were lucky if you could keep your ball for more than 10 minutes before it got lost. It really did bounce high and went all over the place. Perfect product that forced you to constantly replace it.

[@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us]

And of course it was the inspiration for a pro football championship game between the two leagues, NFL and AFL, they wanted a name with bowl, like the college championship games, rose bowl, cotton bowl, etc. One of the organizers saw his grandkid playing with this ball with the crazy bounce, asked what it was, the kid said "super ball", the grandpa had a flash of inspiration...super ball? SUPER BOWL!! And that's why Superbowl is called super bowl, because of super ball.....

[@youtubin222]

these are a classic that kids still enjoy. i put them in my gumball machines and they always sell

[@dwaynewilliams3830]

My Grandfather film the first wham-O tv commercial in 1965 he brought me over 100 different sizes Wham-O super balls there were all over my bedroom floor it drove my Grandmother crazy

[@wham-o3292]

We're liking this comment because we want to say thanks to your grandfather for filming the commercial, not for driving your grandmother crazy.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@wham-o3292 And thank you for noticing!

[@thisismagacountry1318]

I want to thank your grandfather for doing a good job raising you AND driving your grandmother crazy.

[@lawrencegrace9302]

I had mine back in the mid 70s! This was a blast! I don't know whatever happened to it. It might be in the gutter of my childhood home! 😆

[@choclochonclo]

They were kind of dangerous if you got hit by one. But were lots of fun.

[@novegon]

I winged one in my grandma's basement and hit my brother right in the eye. Beautiful shades of plum and purple. LOL. Memories.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

@@novegon Awesome!! LOL!! Back in the early 70's I hit my own self in the eye and saw ⚡LIGHTNING!!⚡😵 Another time it busted my lip and it knocked 2 of my teeth a lil loose, but I didn't tell my mom that it was from the ball cause I was scared she would take it away. 🤣

[@bonniesilva5162]

Lost more of those damn things going from the sidewalk into the FIELD behind my house. The fact that they were DARK GRAY did not HELP. Should've been a day-glo pink or yellow! 😂

[@godlypursuit5134]

When we were kids, there was a rumor going around that Super Ball was made of flubber, that special, magical substance featured in The Absent-Minded Professor movie.

[@RicoIgelciasCH]

I actually had those but in red, the 1969 version, but when i throw it, it bounces faster and faster, until there were 2 man with ski mask and a hat with black uniform grab the ball and go, thats the moment i lose my favorite super ball 😢

[@wiovelli]

Fun fact Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt came up with the name Super Bowl after watching his kids play with these

[@hebneh]

These really were new and different and fun, but addition to what comments have said about these breaking stuff indoors and easily getting lost, they also got easily ripped up if you bounced them on rough surfaces like asphalt. Chunks got torn out readily and then they no longer bounced well.

[@gybx4094]

Wham-O made our favorite toys back then. I had a Wham-O super ball, wheelie bar, and monster magnet. Probably many more, too. We had common sense, so there were no lawsuits.

[@sxualp0t4t09]

The gilbert nuclear science lab suggests otherwise

[@thisismagacountry1318]

@@sxualp0t4t09 Biden's a Potato, too.

[@sxualp0t4t09]

@@thisismagacountry1318 what the fuck? get help? we are talking about bouncy balls.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

@@sxualp0t4t09 Says the genius called sexual potato.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Awesome commercial!

[@modoc852]

I remember getting one for Christmas and silly putty,I also remember a pink powder that you mixed with water and it made a slimy goo kinda like flarp but I can’t remember the name of it.

[@lawrencegrace9302]

The Silly Putty today you can't even copy comic books I was told. They said it had a substance that was made along with and I think they said it was illegal or something another

[@eugenegress5896]

The Teachers would take them away from us, and they Ended up in The School Janitor's Supply Storage Closet. We found Several in a Cardboard Box he had, on the top shelf. WE WOULD TAKE THEM ALL BACK, LOL.... TAKE THAT MRS . TROUT !!!!

[@roachtoasties]

I forgot the things teachers would take away from us elementary school kids. They were no fun. Now, it's a war with smartphones. Every version of a game is a smartphone app, bit it's not as fun bringing the latest fad toy to school.

[@eugenegress5896]

@roachtoasties A more innocent Time back then.

[@rg500delta]

Did anybody keep theirs more than a day? You get outside, the temptation was irresistible to SLAM that thing... and with that crazy direction-changing bouncing... it was gone pretty quickly. I had a few over the years and lost them all in short order.

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I had one of these as a small child...until I broke my parent's picture window with it. I'll just say my Super Ball mysteriously disappeared shortly thereafter, lol.

[@joseignaciomontullhidalgo9338]

lollol maybe is with mine loose ball

[@roachtoasties]

Same in my house. I lost several without even throwing it. I asked my parents what happened to it and they said "I don't know, go play with your sister." It's a gray ball made of hard rubber. If you happen to see it, it's mine.

[@dougplein6075]

My friends and I used to hit them with baseball bats. We never found a fair amount of them.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Yeah, that was fun. We lived in apartments with a high hill in the back leading to an open field and eventually a creek. Lost a lot of balls firing shots off the hill.

[@user-zx1pg6ml5c]

Ralph was good with one of these but lived on a steepish street which caused problems. Also, I didn't take it home with me.

[@btetschner]

Thank you for the video, looks fun.

[@madmaxmcinnes4102]

Remember them well ..... they used to bounce so high and far, you lost them forever most times🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zvxers7]

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[@joseignaciomontullhidalgo9338]

i love that ball

[@joseignaciomontullhidalgo9338]

hi every body, i had one, it was very hard and bounce a lot , 70 years after never i seen again, i remember me and my bro launch hard in a no light room door cloused and... two thooth less my bro 5 surgery points.... great, at the next day me and my bro we was playin in other rooms the result ; tv broke one eye black 3 lamps broke...never i seen again it, my mom always said that she dosent know where the ball was...

[@dariusandrews5148]

Nice commercial I collect whamo super ball original the small ones

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[@jadentrez]

Back in the day when kids actually went outside to play.

[@roachtoasties]

What's the point of throwing it over a house? You'll never find it. 98 cents in 1965 is about $10 in 2024. Lose a bunch of those and you've lost a lot of money.

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[@Do_it_later_studios]

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[@ultrakool]

I had one c. 1966 Try and play racquetball with that at your own peril😆

[@tonic.]

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[@christopherestrada4749]

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[@edenalexandriab9120]

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[@starfystars4011]

This toy got the name of the SUPER BOWL! :)

[@wham-o3292]

Super Bowl got the name from the Wham-O Super Ball! :)

[@kostbelaason]

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[@acidemerald4526]

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[@greg1030]

I know this probably sounds absurd but which was the Whamo-O ad where towards the end there's this very brief clip of someone dressed in Arabian clothing and whose on Camel back, and backed with Arabian music? It's been bugging me forever.

[@zhuyuguo6162]

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[@McFeetus]

is it weird that i found one in my legos? and searched it up?

[@wham-o3292]

Not weird at all. Found other Wham-O products? www.wham-o.com

[@germanirish2]

Superman had`em too..

[@yjantv1672]

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[@novegon]

Uh..60's not 50's. Zectron was invented in 1964.

[@wham-o3292]

Yep. 1965 was the year that the infamous Wham-O Super ball was released.

[@user-zn2sr7dw9v]

Like playtime co

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

Hard to have a 1950's commercial for a product not invented until the mid 60's isn't it?

[@wham-o3292]

You're right! The Wham-O Superball came out in 1965, with 92% resiliency, it was a huge hit with kids and adults alike. We've amended the title and description, thanks again

[@NicolaisCopernicus]

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