#CAN I SELL MY CABBAGE PATCH BIRTH CERTIFICATE SERIES#
HBO is currently working on a series – produced by actor Laura Dern – about the Cabbage Patch riots and how they set the tone for Black Friday violence in later years. Desperate shoppers – primarily parents – were reported waiting in lines for hours before mobbing the stores, fighting in aisles and even trying to storm stockrooms in search of "hidden" dolls.
"All of this for the stupidest damn thing we ever did."ĭuring the holiday season of 1983, Cabbage Patch Dolls were in such rabid demand that hundreds, in some cases even thousands, of people would show up at toy stores hoping to get their hands on one of the squishy, dimpled dolls. All of a sudden Time Magazine was calling, asking for a photograph and we were getting interviewed by DJs in Australia," says Mueller. "We got by far the most media attention on this than anything else we did in our careers. The unexpected reaction to what was believed to be an obvious gag quickly became a national news story. "We thought it was ridiculous enough that no one would actually believe it," says Mueller. Anyone who caught one of the dolls would hold up their credit card for the pilot to photograph and bill them later.Ģ0-30 people showed up that afternoon to hopefully score a doll from the sky. The DJs went on to encourage people to show up at the stadium with a baseball mitt – to catch one of the dolls, of course – and a credit card. It happened after WKTI radio morning-show hosts Gene Mueller and Bob Reitman joked on air that later in the day a pilot – named Jack Daniels no less – would fly a B-29 Bomber over County Stadium (the home of the Brewers before Miller Park) and airdrop 2,000 Cabbage Patch Kids. Thirty-five years ago this month, parents who were desperate to procure a Cabbage Patch Kid doll for their hopeful child found themselves wrapped up in a viral-spiraling prank. Some will do whatever it takes to nab the coveted item – even if it means bum-rushing Best Buy workers or trampling nanas at Targets. We all want to find our special someones the "perfect" holiday gift, but how far we’ll go to get the goods varies from shopper to shopper.
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