Happy Birthday Jay!
I wish I'd kept in better contact with Jay in the later 2000's after I'd stepped away from Wackys, but I'm really grateful for getting the chance to hang out at Jay's house when we were all in Chicago for the '97 Non-Sports show. How many people get to hang out with the creator of their favorite childhood toy or collectable & check out their private files and collection of memorabilia? That whole trip was so surreal. Steak dinner with Tutalo at a fancy place in town was an experience, too. Wish I could remember what the name of that restaurant was. I seem to remember there were at least 5 collectors there (Me, John, Bill, Shoe, and Tom... plus Jay of course). But I might be forgetting someone. Ernie, were you with us that year? I could probably write a book about that weekend.