He just received bad press.' " In 1994, Von Braunhut found another licensee, Basic Fun, a Philadelphia-based company that specializes in novelty key chains, to market Sea Monkeys.
It was there that Butler called Jews "the bacillus of the decomposition of our society". While Basic Fun was in the process of severing its contract, Dorfman says he was approached by Educational Insights, which wanted to take over the Sea Monkeys license.
It begins in 1989, with Alan Dorfman, now the president of Basic Fun, working at Larami Ltd. in Philadelphia, selling Super Soaker water guns and dreaming of starting his own business.
Basic Fun began shipping Super Soaker key chains in January 1993, following them the next year with Etch-a-Sketch key chains, made under a license from the Ohio Art Company.
Alan Dorfman, president of Basic Fun, says Von Braunhut assured him that the allegations were false and that the bad press had been generated by an enemy with whom he was involved in a property dispute.
It was only two months ago that she began a crash course on driving a stock car, starting with basic terminology, from her crew chief, Tony Eury Jr. "I learned a lot and I had so much fun in a racecar today," Patrick said.
He's more fun, in a sense".
Fun in an honest way, I mean".
Our heroes pick up the wrong fork, and the basic figure of fun in the American theatre and American movies is the man who puts on airs.
The game is targeted at high schoolers who are looking to learn the basics in a fun way, and according to cofounder George Saines, it's "growing like crazy".
