Official Slinky Book: Hundreds of Wild & Wacky Uses for the Greatest Toy on Earth [Paperback]

Joey Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1999

From the author of the bestselling Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose...a celebration of all things Slinky!

What explains the Slinky's enduring popularity? Its sheer simplicity? Or the fact that a Slinky has hundreds of practical uses? High school teachers use them to demonstrate the properties of waves. U.S. troops in Vietnam used them as mobile radio antennas by tossing them over three branches. Pecan harvesters have used them in machinery to help collect pecans. Scientists use them to understand the supercoiling of DNA molecules. NASA used them in zero-gravity physics experiments in the Space Shuttle. Or could the Slinky's longevity be attributed to the fact that this versatile spring toy doesn't come with instructions to hamper your creativity?

This delightful guide, which includes fascinating Slinky facts, a tour of Slinky Hollywood, historical perspectives on Slinky and more, will stretch the limits of your imagination...and present hundreds of wild and wacky uses for the only toy ever to walk down a flight of stairs.

* Two different covers, one pink and one blue

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About the Author

Joey Green is the author of twelve books including the bestselling Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose series. His titles have sold in the hundreds of thousands. Joey has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Dateline," "CNN Newsnight," "Good Morning America," "Today," "Rosie O'Donnell," and dozens of other national and regional television and radio shows. In print he has appeared in hundreds of periodicals including the New York Times, People, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.

Product Details

• Paperback: 111 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425171558
• ISBN-13: 978-0425171554
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,005,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joey Green--author of "Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose," "Paint Your House with Powdered Milk," "Wash Your Hair with Whipped Cream," and "Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz"--got Jay Leno to shave with peanut butter on "The Tonight Show," Rosie O'Donnell to mousse her hair with Jell-O on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," and Katie Couric to drop her diamond engagement ring in a glass of Efferdent on "Today." He has been seen polishing furniture with SPAM on "NBC Dateline," cleaning a toilet with Coca-Cola in "The New York Times," and washing his hair with Reddi-wip in "People."

A former contributing editor to "National Lampoon" and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson, Green is the author of more than forty books, including "Sarah Palin's Secret Diary," "Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings," and "The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow." A native of Miami, Florida, and a graduate of Cornell University, he wrote television commercials for Burger King and Walt Disney World and won a Clio Award for a print ad he created for Eastman Kodak. He backpacked around the world for two years on his honeymoon and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Debbie, and their two daughters, Ashley and Julia.

You can visit him at www.joeygreen.com and www.wackyuses.com

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for diehard slinky fans, January 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Official Slinky Book: Hundreds of Wild & Wacky Uses for the Greatest Toy on Earth (Paperback)

As a diehard slinky fan, I liked this book. However, the book is very slight and definitely a novelty. If you're not a true fan, this book is probably a lot less interesting. In either case, there's definitely some fluff in what is already a short book.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book, March 31, 2000

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This review is from: Official Slinky Book: Hundreds of Wild & Wacky Uses for the Greatest Toy on Earth (Paperback)

I had a chance to read this book in a book store, and I was nearly rolling on the floor laughing. Some of the ideas by the author were so bizarre, you couldn't help but laugh.