The original LIttle Professor by Texas Instruments circa 1978. A gift my parents gave to me - I suspect - to get me excited about math. Despite that small fact, I have a lot of warm memories looking at this toy. The fondest was my Grandpa Sam's 90th birthday party where he awed me with his mad math skills. The Professor didn't stand a chance against him - as fast as the equations would come (and the Professor was throwing down on Level 4 challenges like 492 x 12), Gramps kept on cookin' without hesitation or even breaking a sweat. Come to think on it, he had a little amused smirk on his face the whole time he was playing. I gained a whole new level of respect for the man on that visit. And as I age and become increasingly more forgetful, the more I props I have to give the man. He remembered all his grandchildren by name (even if he hadn't seen us for a few years in between), walked only with the aid of a cane, kept a head full of hair, and kicked Little Professor's butt. You so rocked, Grandpa Sam.
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