Roger Schlaifer Coca-Cola, Rushton Toys and IBM. In 1978 Schlaifer branded an early jogging-shoe roller-skate as Hot Rollers and licensed the Hot Roller brand for kids’ apparel, skates and fashion accessories which sold at stores such as Bloomingdales, Belk’s and Mervyn’s. Building on the success of his licensing Hot Rollers, in 1981 Schlaifer proposed an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Xavier Roberts’ company, Original Appalachian Artworks, for the rights to "Little People" soft sculpture dolls and Babyland General Hospital. Schlaifer rebranded the "Little People" dolls as Cabbage Patch Kids. In addition to signing up Coleco Industries on August 9, 1982, as its
Dolls and Dolls Dolls and Dolls "Dolls and Dolls" is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of the American television series "Will & Grace". It was written by Kari Lizer and directed by series producer James Burrows. The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the United States on April 24, 2003. Singer Madonna guest starred in "Dolls and Dolls". In the episode, Karen (Megan Mullally) is prompted to meet "real people", and finds a peculiar office worker named Liz (Madonna), and becomes her roommate. Meanwhile, when Will (Eric McCormack) sprains his ankle, he develops a habit of taking