Etch A Sketch Inventor Dies at Age 86

Donald Deane — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:33:22 +0000

Andre Cassagnes, the man responsible for inventing the venerable Etch A Sketch, a toy that inspired countless children ever since it was introduced in 1960, has died at age 86 in France.

Etch-A-Sketch Responds to Mitt Romney Gaffe

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:00:39 +0000

Last week, Mitt Romney‘s campaign adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, likened his candidate’s plan to retool and change message once he secured the GOP nomination to the classic toy the Etch-A-Sketch. “You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again,” Fehrnstrom said during the now notorious CNN interview.

While changing courses for a general election is pretty standard practice, it’s not something a presidential candidate’s adviser is supposed to brag about. Let alone explain so colorfully, as Fehrnstrom did.

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Etch A Sketch Inventor Dies at Age 86

Etch-A-Sketch Responds to Mitt Romney Gaffe