Critical Content has signed a deal with the toymaker Wham-O to develop and produce unscripted television series behind the company’s products, beginning with the classic Slip ‘N Slide. The first ...

The company sold balls that could bounce over houses, flying discs that looked like UFOs, flexible foam boards for beach acrobatics and a slippery water slide that somehow worked on lawns. But for one ...

NBC’s “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide” just became the ultimate s— show. The upcoming TV competition series, adapted from the classic backyard waterslide by Wham-O, has shut down indefinitely after up to 40 ...

A month after production on NBC’s new competition series “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide” was shut down by a diarrhea outbreak, the $18 million show has been pulled from its planned post-Olympics debut. NBC ...

STAMFORD, Conn., June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Anjar Co. & Becker Associates, the exclusive licensing agency for Wham-O, sign Winning Moves Games USA in a deal to market classic, retro-style Wham-O ...

In an apparent response by the universe to the eternal question “What could go wrong?”, an outbreak of “violent” illness that included “explosive diarrhea” has forced NBC to shut down production of a ...

I don’t know about you, but some of our fondest memories involve running through the sprinklers with the kids on a hot summer’s day. It’s refreshing and oh, so fun. Finding things to do with little ...

It looks like Ultimate Slip 'N Slide is slip slidin' away into temporary limbo. On Friday, The Wrap reported that production on the upcoming NBCUniversal reality series had been indefinitely suspended ...

What would you consider to be a long ride on a slip and slide? Twenty feet? Two hundred feet? That's child's play, according to the folks at the Canaan Valley Resort in Davis, W.Va. On July 1, they ...

ARCADIA, Calif. - Richard Knerr, co-founder of the toy company that popularized the Hula Hoop, Frisbee and other fads that became classics, has died. He was 82. Knerr, who started Wham-O in 1948 with ...

A reality competition series based on classic backyard toy slip and slide is gliding on to NBC. The network has ordered Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide, which will be hosted by Mr. Mayor star and SNL alum ...