102-year-old toy inventor, Chicago’s Eddy Goldfarb is still creating, starring in documentary

In this scene from the PBS documentary “Eddy’s World,” inventor Eddy Goldfarb demonstrates Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth, one of more than 800 toys, novelties, games and other pop culture novelties he created. (YouTube)

At 102 years old, toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb is still going like freshly wound Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth, one of his more than 800 creations. Goldfarb also dreamed up the Bubble Gun, battery-powered Stomper vehicles and KerPlunk, in which hopeful players hold their breath as they strategically remove sticks without disturbing the marbles above.

“Being active and being creative is my secret, and I think it could apply to a lot of people,” the Toy Industry Hall of Fame inductee says in an interview before singing the praises of his pair of 3D printers. “That’s the most wonderful machine because you start with nothing, and it goes layer by layer by layer and builds something.”