I Love Toys was the eighth in VH1's series of I Love… nostalgia shows. It premiered Monday, March 6, 2006, at 10:00 p.m. EST. It is a countdown of the 100 greatest toys, chosen partially through public voting on vh1.com and also consideration of "sales, historical significance and longevity," according to VH1. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Each day for 5 days, they would count down from 100 to 1, which is 20 toys per episode. Parts 1-4 were each one hour long, while Part 5 was a special 90-minute edition aired at 9:30PM on March 10, 2006. As with the other nostalgia series, the program included commentary by various entertainers, including several who had appeared in most or all of the other shows, such as actor Michael Ian Black, comedian/actress Rachael Harris and writer/satirist Mo Rocca. March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ... Rachael Harris on The Daily Show Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968 in Worthington, Ohio) is an American actress and comedian. ... Mo Rocca on the set of The Daily Show. ...

Recurring segments

• Evil Knievel and Bruce Lee's Amazing Toy Stunts showed an action figure, based on the stunt man, jumping over various objects on his motorcycle.
• Scary Toys
• Cobra Commander's Day Off, in which an actor dressed as a life-size version of the action figure villain spends his time playing mildly annoying practical jokes on others.
• Supermarket Surprise!-small prizes found in corner store gum ball vending machines, such as Super ball and Homies
• Grow a...? Toys that grow when you put them in water.
• Big in Japan - Voltron and Hello Kitty present toys popular in Japan, but less so in the United States, such as Godzilla and Astroboy.
• Spoofs of VH1 shows, using toys.

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The list

1. Hula Hoop
2. Barbie
3. LEGO
4. G.I. Joe
5. Mr. Potato
6. Monopoly
7. Star Wars Figure
8. Yo-Yo
9. Slinky
10. Wiffle Ball & Bat
11. Play Doh
12. Radio Flyer
13. Snoopy Sno Cone Machine
14. Bike
15. Match Box/Hot Wheels
16. Etch-A-Sketch
17. Rock'em Sock'em
18. Scrabble
19. Easy Bake Oven
20. ATARI
21. Nintendo
22. Teddy Bear
23. Nerf
24. Water Guns
25. Lite Brite
26. Lionel Trains
27. Silly Putty
28. Crayola Crayons
29. Cabbage Patch Kids
30. Battleship
31. Twister
32. Shrinky Dinks
33. Ninja Turtles
34. Connect Four
35. Tonka Toys
36. Strawberry Shortcake
37. Mattel Classic Football
38. Pogo Stick
39. Tea Set
40. Big Wheel
41. Transformers
42. Jump Rope
43. See & Say
44. Raggedy Ann
45. Frisbee
46. Hungry Hungry Hippos
47. Evil Knievel
48. Little People
49. Clue
50. Gameboy
51. Lincoln Logs
52. Speak & Spell
53. He-Man
54. View Master
55. Mouse Trap
56. Barrel O' Monkeys
57. Stretch Armstrong
58. Madlibs
59. Simon
60. Tickle Me Elmo
61. Operation
62. Life
63. Rubik's Cube
64. Roller Skates
65. Jig Saw Puzzle
66. Risk
67. Tinker Toys
68. Smurfs
69. Slip & Slide
70. Candy Land
71. Walkie Talkies
72. Color Forms
73. Rainbow Brite
74. Erector Set
75. Weeble Wobbles
76. Balsa
77. Stickers
78. Army Men
79. Trivial Pursuit
80. Baby Alive
81. Wooly Willie
82. Little Golden Books
83. Memory
84. Gumby
85. My Little Pony
86. Ouija Boards
87. Dominos
88. Care Bears
89. BB Guns
90. Model Sets
91. Uno
92. Remote Control Cars
93. Sea Monkeys
94. Laser Tag
95. Chutes & Ladders
96. Pong
97. Spirograph
98. D&D
99. Thumbalina
100. Magic 8 Ball

Trivia

• Hasbro, Inc., turned the selection of a large number of its toys into a press release promoting the company.^[1]

Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is an American toy and game company. ...

External links

• I Love Toys at VH1.com
• I Love Toys at the Internet Movie Database