Say it! Play it! by Kenner commercial 1969

[dsayne]

I had one of these. Used it for several years. Had, I think, three cassettes and used them over and over with never a jam. It was a great little toy.

[wdharvey1]

oh, for Christ's sake...can't someone make a comment here without people getting so angry? barmtrail was guilty as charged and a perverted little boy and now feels it necessary to tell me to get a grip...I, on the other hand, was an innocent minded little boy who had one of these things and only thought of it as a dream from back in the day, and have just realized it really exists...Therefore, Barmtrail was a NASTY KID. I didn't mean to make it personal, until he told ME to get a grip...oops!

[wdharvey1]

Just did a google search for this thing...the only one that comes up is HERE! THANK YOU, zimmtube!!!! this excites me SO much!!!

[wdharvey1]

I had one, too! In fact, I actually thought it was some kind of childhod lost memory or something! I KNEW this thing existed! I KNEW it did!!!! THANK YOU for posting THIS Ad! I almost want to CRY!!!! 

[RJS3566]

I had one.

[TRUTHBETOLD10]

Youna nigger... Come on u know this way being played back...

[BMeskunas]

This was my FAVORITE toy when I was a kid! I would love to find one!

[1sababoy]

@BMeskunas Agreed! I loved mine too! I have looked for one to see if they are still any left in toy collections for years now... no luck. :-(

[barmtrail]

Nasty kids used these to record mommmy and daddy or your brother and his girlfriend geting it on....LOL

[wdharvey1]

@barmtrail oh, get over yourself....whatever.....peopl­e like you that want to poison some of the real child-hood memories need to be taken out and shot.

[barmtrail]

@wdharvey1 get over myself??? what does that mean. I was speaking about what kids did in my days with this toy.

Get a grip harvey.

[JRNelsonSr]

I always wondered how these things really worked, because the loop seemed to be a lot longer than the commercials showed. I tried rtecording full songs on these thing and a substantial portion played back, It came with two loops - maybe 30 seconds and fifteen if not longer, but it sure wasn't as quick as you see here.

[wdharvey1]

@JRNelsonSr and you are complaining about it today why?

[JRNelsonSr]

@wdharvey1 I didn't realize it was a complaint so much as a call for someone who understood why it worked the way it did. I'd have asked thirty five years ago if I'd had the Internet to do it. This ain't digital, and making these things happen in analog took a lot of imagination and work. (The fact that the shorter loop jammed the first time I used it - now THAT was something to complain about, but as you point out it doesn't do any good to bring it up now.)

[MattTheSaiyan]

Looks like a fun novelty to me.

[lrd9999]

I never owned a Close N'Play, but I had one of these. Damn near useless as a tape deck, but it made a great toy. Of course, the same could be said of most of the 8 track players they were selling in those days.

[selander62]

I remember this !!! My very first tape recorder!!

[Johnnymacdee]

I had one and recorded the theme song to the movie "Sink the Bismark".

[sboat2010]

do you know if you can still buy these like at vintage stores or something

[yogertlvr]

I cant remember the machine where you use a pencil hooked to a wire, and you would rub the pencil on a paper which you marked, and it would play a sound. you could make music with it. blimey that was ahead of its time. This thing I remember having too. thanks for posting

[normharris]

@yogertlvr I remember exactly what you are talking about. I had one, but I think the wire snapped off the pencil.  Cannot remember what it was called, but it was one of those Kenner electronic toys.

[galaxies352]

I still had mine for 36 years and it still worked until Katrina floated it away...

[wdharvey1]

@galaxies352 I'm so sorry about that....I really am...that is a vintage toy I would never want to part with....I had one as a kid and don't know what happened to it...I had to be less than 5 years old..I'm 45 now...

[coondogtheman1234]

lol this is like a late 60's yak bak but i bet this thing sounds better than devices today

[desertlonghair]

Man, as a 5 year old kid I pestered my parents about this toy and got one for Christmas... a prized item along with my Shake-A-Puddin' figure!

[nanlisa]

I remember having this as a kid too.

[bobneil1963]

Yea! Say It Play It! I thought I was the only one on Earth who remembered this toy. I have great memories of it back around kindergarten time. Thanks for the post.

[wdharvey1]

@bobneil1963 I thought MY memory was a DREAM, a figment of my imagination! Most people remember the close 'n play, but people don't really remember this toy! I LOVED mine!!!

[jsemancik1]

man what a great memory i had one of these and wore it out i had so much fun with it

[rasputin63]

I had one of these in 1969. I'll never forget how it smelled.

[wdharvey1]

@rasputin63 um...exactly how did it smell?

[rasputin63]

@wdharvey1 Like recording tape. Have you ever worked with recording tape? It has a very specific metallic smell.

[becbec820]

Awesome! Brings back some really fun memories! I loved my "Say it Play it" Thanks!