Created in Minnesota, ‘Twister’ Lands in Toy Hall of Fame

It's been around for nearly 50 years, and now the classic game, Twister, is heading to the Toy Hall of Fame. But did you know it was created right here in Minnesota?

That's right. Twister was born right here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. BringMeTheNews says its creator was a Minnesota native, named Chuck Foley. "It was a bold move in the mid-1960s when Foley and his collaborators at St. Paul’s Reynolds Guyer House of Design decided that human beings could be game pieces.  But the simplicity of the game made it easy to understand and play," the story said.

The story also noted that Foley first offered the game to 3M, but they turned it down. "Milton Bradley was interested, though, leading the inventors to get a patent for the game. But it took awhile for 'left hand blue' to enter the country’s lexicon," according to the story.

Finally, the story says, sales really took off after Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor played a version of the game on The Tonight Show in 1967, and the rest is history, including its inclusion-- along with the puppet and the Super Soaker-- into the Toy Hall of Fame this year. Who knew? Here's a look at the first Twister commercial, from way back in 1966.