Give A Show Projector - Kenner - Early 60's to Mid 70's
Before there was youtube, before there was facebook, there was Kenners Give a Show projector.
This was a battery operated cross between a filmstrip projector (remember those boys and girls), and a slide projector. It came with cellophane slides encased in cardboard. There were about 6 pannels per strip. There were all sorts of different themes, cartoon characters, super hero's, TV shows of the day.
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| Cartoon character version of the Give A Show Projector |
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| A British Version, featuring the original Dr. Who |
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| Star Wars Version Mid 70's |
The idea was to darken the room and give a slide show like the grown ups, using your own give-a-show projector. Later on in the early 1970's Kenner introduced the Easy-Show Movie projector. This had black and white movies on a film loop cartridge (with no sound).
I do remember friends and neighbors having both of these toys.
Here are some commercials
Give a Show Projector Commercial from 1968. Notice the Kenner Goony Bird at the end of the commercial.
Early 70's Easy Show Projector Commercial
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