Andrew Jenks reveals the stranger than fiction yarn surrounding the original “parenthood” of one of the biggest fads | dG1fck5uQmRfTzgwLUU
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00:16 >> Three people were injured on a busy Black Friday.
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00:22 >> I got my dog.
00:24 I got my dog.
00:26 >> It wasn't always like this, but something happened in 1983.
00:31 And we were never going back.
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00:42 >> The intensity of this search for these dogs.
00:45 >> A fully grown woman taking a doll out of a child's hand.
00:48 >> They're trampled everybody.
00:50 >> The way in which people reacted in stores, this was new.
00:54 >> What do we tell our little girl Christmas morning?
00:56 What are we supposed to say?
00:58 You've been good, but Santa ran short?
01:00 >> This is a story about the worst parts of capitalism.
01:03 >> This nice lady created these dolls.
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01:09 >> And then this guy comes along and he steals the idea.
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01:15 >> I don't know whether it's true or not true.
01:17 >> Cabbage Patch Kids are original to Xavier.
01:20 >> I used to think that it was illegal to talk about this when I was little.
01:23 >> Anybody tells you, oh yeah, we knew this was going to happen, you institutionalize them.
01:26 >> I don't think there were any winners.
01:28 The winner was money.
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01:32 >> Is this an advertiser's dream come true or a nightmare?
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01:42 >> I was scared to death.
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