Potato Head was invented and developed by George Lerner. George Lerner would often take potatoes from his mother's garden and, using various fruits and vegetables as facial features, he would make dolls for his younger sisters to play with.

Potato Head. A potato-shaped toy, his patented design allows him to separate his detachable parts from his body by removing them from the holes on his body. He also has a compartment on his lower back to store extra appendages.

Potato Head is also a character in the Disney/Pixar Toy Story franchise, voiced by Don Rickles. He was one of Andy's toys before being given to Bonnie. In Toy Story (1995), Mr. Potato Head is shown to be moody towards Andy's other toys, though he is friends with Hamm the piggy bank (John Ratzenberger).

Copyright Status Potato Head is in the public domain. First I searched the records for Artwork from 1950 to 1953 inclusive for Potato, Lerner, and Hassenfeld and found nothing relevant. (Based on the name, Mr. Potato Head, inventor George Lerner, and Hassenfeld Brothers, the toy's manufacturer, now called Hasbro.)

Kids play with the food they don't want to eat. George Lerner, an inventor who figured that vegetables with a little personality might have a better chance, created a set of silly face parts as bonuses for cereal box promotions.

Potato Head. A potato-shaped toy, his patented design allows him to separate his detachable parts from his body by removing them from the holes on his body. He also has a compartment on his lower back to store extra appendages.

Woody (Tom Hanks), a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy (John Morris), sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) action figure. Even worse, the arrogant Buzz thinks he's a real spaceman on a mission to return to his home planet. When Andy's family moves to a new house, Woody and Buzz must escape the clutches of maladjusted neighbor Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten) and reunite with their boy.Toy Story / Film synopsis

Potato Head is an American toy brand consisting of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach - typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat, nose, pants and mouth.

(mildly pejorative) A foolish person.

As the 1928 version of Mickey Mouse, the one present in Steamboat Willie, will enter public domain, every other subsequent Mickey Mouse film or evolution of the character is still protected by copyright law.

In addition, the USPS currently licenses select companies to produce consumer products using the Mr. Zip trademark.

“Hasbro is making sure all feel welcome in the Potato Head world by officially dropping the Mr. from the Mr. Potato Head brand name and logo to promote gender equality and inclusion,” the company said. The rebranded toy launches this fall.