Talkback Dear Diary Commercial 1995
The 90s:
Talkback Dear Diary
Talkback Dear Diary was an electronic diary that was targeted towards young girls. The diary could instantly record and playback your voice. You could say whatever you wanted and it would play back. The voice recognition diary was used to protect a person’s secrets from other people.
There were many different functions including, a daily diary, phone numbers, shopping list, calculator, horoscope, homework, secrets and much more. The diary had a keyboard with a screen above it so you could see what you were typing. It would also repeat back to you what you say to it.
The Talkback Dear Diary was created in response to the Talkboy. The Talkboy was a cassette player and voice recorder. It was made famous as a prop used in the hit movie series, Home Alone in 1992.
The Talkback Dear Diary was one of the first electronic diaries that were sold in the 1990’s. Many imitations were created shortly after. They became such a hit because they were password protected, so the users secrets were safe!
Features
Daily Diary
Special Days
Favorites
Shopping List
Calculator
Memo
Dislikes
Schedules
Wishes
Secrets
Horoscopes
Secret Password
The Magna Doodle could be considered the predecessor to modern tablets. Magna Doodles were one of the most unique and influential 90s toys I’ve come across, primarily because of its training applications in scuba diving which I discovered once I started diving lessons.
Many professional cartoonists and artists who grew up in the 90s started exploring their talents with a Magna Doodle Set.
Magna Doodle’s were immortalized in the 90s mainly thanks to the popular sitcom Friend’s where Joey and Chandler kept scribbling funny messages on one that they kept in their apartment across the seasons.
The Talkback Dear Diary was created in response to the extremely popular Talkboy which was made famous as a prop used in the hit movie series, Home Alone in 1992.
The perfect outlet for angsty teenage girls just waiting to pour their hearts out. The Talkback Dear Diary was the password-protected place to deposit my nonsensical emotional ramblings into, you know, before my journal. I would say of all of the selections on this list, the Talkback Dear Diary is the one that pulls the most at my nostalgic heartstrings.
