I was a teenager, and thought myself too old for dolls, but the Donny figure was nice to look at -- bulging in all the right places. So one day I checked, and sure enough, the manufacturers had realized that a certain percentage of kids would be interested in undressing the doll, so they eliminated the G.I. Joe problem -- he was almost all naturalistic. There was even a little bump to ensure that he filled out his pants properly.
Beefcake, gay subtexts, and queer representation in mass media from the 1950s to the present
Aug 20, 2012
Donny Osmond Doll
Speaking of toys, my sister had a Donny Osmond doll, which came out in 1976 as a tie in with his tv show, Donny and Marie (1976-79). There was also his sister Marie, which you could use to do a duet of their theme song, "A Little Bit Country/A Little Bit Rock and Roll," and little brother Jimmy, which wasn't good for much of anything (I don't like Jimmy. He makes homophobic remarks).
I was a teenager, and thought myself too old for dolls, but the Donny figure was nice to look at -- bulging in all the right places. So one day I checked, and sure enough, the manufacturers had realized that a certain percentage of kids would be interested in undressing the doll, so they eliminated the G.I. Joe problem -- he was almost all naturalistic. There was even a little bump to ensure that he filled out his pants properly.
I was a teenager, and thought myself too old for dolls, but the Donny figure was nice to look at -- bulging in all the right places. So one day I checked, and sure enough, the manufacturers had realized that a certain percentage of kids would be interested in undressing the doll, so they eliminated the G.I. Joe problem -- he was almost all naturalistic. There was even a little bump to ensure that he filled out his pants properly.
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I asked my mom for both the Donny and Marie dolls, to hide my fantasy interest in Donny. I remember rubbing the Donny doll's penis bump over the purple pants, which felt like he had hard erection. The shirt was flamboyant, so I kept him shirtless. Marie was never undressed for obvious reasons. M
ReplyDeleteThe naked Donny does have a bump to emulate a bulge, which is rather rare. But in the 1970s every guy bulged, so I guess the toymakers wanted to be realistic.
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