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By Kathleen Hom The Washington Post Dec 21, 2008 Dec 21, 2008Updated Jun 6, 2019 0 ...

You may think the 'Hula Hoop' is a young person's game, but don't tell Joan Anderson that. "I feel like a hundred, ha, ha, ha," laughed Joan at her 100th birthday celebration.

When California toymaker Wham-O introduced the Hula Hoop in 1958, it sold 100 million in the first year, at $1.98 a piece. It became an instant icon, the granddaddy of all fads.