Frat-house frolics became a national obsession when Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee — on this day in history, Jan. 23, 1957. "The ...

Emeryville's Wham-O Inc., the maker of the storied Frisbee, Hula Hoop and Hacky Sack, is hot on the trail of two rival toy companies that have allegedly produced knockoffs of its popular flying disc, ...

BRIDGEPORT -- There's a story told in these parts that goes something like this: The Frisbie Pie Co. on Kossuth Street sold its wares baked in steel tins. Students at Yale University used these pie ...

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. - Wham-O is putting a new spin on the Frisbee, the fanciful flying discs that have twirled through parks, hovered above playgrounds and wafted in the ocean air for nearly 50 years.

Chinese investors couldn’t buy a U.S. oil company or the maker of Maytag appliances, but now a Hong Kong group will be able to claim a real American icon: Wham-O Inc., the maker of Frisbee, Hula-Hoop, ...

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 ...

When Richard Knerr, cofounder of Wham-O, died last month at 82, toy lovers of the world rightfully took notice. Together with his childhood friend and business partner, Arthur “Spud” Melin, Knerr was ...

LOS ANGELES — Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and ...

What's in a name? With apologies to Shakespeare: plenty. Would we be talking about Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, if she hadn't changed her name to Lorde? Would 4.4 million pounds of Slimeheads ...

Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and Super Balls ...

Critical Content has signed a deal with the toymaker Wham-O to develop and produce unscripted television series behind the company’s products, beginning with the classic Slip ‘N Slide. The first ...

ICM, which already reps classic gaming company Atari, has signed iconic toy company Wham-O, for representation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer ICM is playing games again. The agency, which already ...