wooly willy

Baby Boomer Alert:  Happy 58th Birthday to Wooly Willy!
Baby Boomer Alert: Happy 58th Birthday to Wooly Willy!
Baby Boomer Alert: Happy 58th Birthday to Wooly Willy!
Wooly Willy was born in Smethport, Pennsylvania in 1955 by James Reese Herzog. He got the idea when thinking what could be done "for fun" with all of the tiny metal dust made when magnets were shaved.  An artist named Leonard Mackowski first came up with Willy the "now he's bald, now he's not" fellow on the game card...