Allyson's Bubble

There was a Barbie that was discontinued that was one of Chelsea's favorites!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Today.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
So Barbie was the biggest deal to me when I
was a little girl.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
I had her everything. I did not have this.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I have not been given the year when this happened
or when it was discontinued. But Mattel released a pregnant
version of the Barbie doll. Really her name was Midge,
which that could be the reason for discan whatever, and
she had a detachable baby bump with a baby inside.
She was quickly now the reason she was discontinued is

(00:36):
perplexing to me. She was discontinued because people thought she
promoted teen pregnancy.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Barbie is not a teen, She's a woman.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Depending on what year it was, I could see them
discontinuing it because she was a single mom, which is
fine now, but maybe in the sixties it wasn't.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
I don't know. I know Midge a single mom. Do
we know that?

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Then?

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Well, I Ken did not step forward. Guess who had Midge?

Speaker 3 (00:59):
You know, one thousand percent you did not was obsessed
with her because yes you could either she could either
have the baby and you, you know, got to play
mom and baby, or you got to put the baby
back in her belly and dress her in maternity clothes.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
I am so jealousy. Oh my god, you had Midge
one thousand percent. I did so.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Maybe that's why I didn't have Midge because I had
phased out a plane with Barbie.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
I had no idea.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
As Smidge older at that Justice Smidge right, Well.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Are they going to do the Midge movie next? Why not?
They should