The “Magic 8 Ball” – the top-selling Christmas stocking stuffer in 1950, the year I was born… 

The original Magic 8 Ball was created by Albert Carter, the son of a professional psychic. Along with his brother-in-law, Abe Bookman, Carter unsuccessfully marketed several incarnations of the “Syco-Seer” before passing away in 1948. Bookman then redesigned it to look like the one sold today.

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