Xerox, where Mr Tesler spent part of his career, paid tribute to him. "The inventor of cut/copy & paste ... "There's almost a rite of passage - after you've made some money, you don't just ...

Decades before his star role in the 1995 Pixar film, Toy Story, Mr. Potato Head was a business trailblazer. As the first toy to be marketed on television, Mr. Potato Head broke new ground with ads ...

To get a better understanding of this era, check out the vintage ad for Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head above. When Mr. Potato Head hit shelves in 1952, customers were expected to provide their own potato.