- Invented whiskey-flavored toothpaste in 1954. Other novelty inventions include the first talking toilet seat, the first basketball backboard for a wastebasket, Uncle Fester's Mystery Light Bulb (featured on the "Addams Family" show and which could light up in your hand or mouth), the Jayne Mansfield hot water bottle (which aired on Jack Parr's TV show), "The Thing" coin box featured on the "Addams Family" TV show (14 million sold), and crossword-puzzle toilet tissue.
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