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*I Love Toys*
I Love Toys
Genre	Documentary
Narrated by	Doug Jeffers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	60 minutes (parts 1-4); 90 minutes (part 5)
Original release
Network	VH1
Release	March 6 –; March 10, 2006
Related
	I Love the '80s; I Love the '70s; I Love the '80s Strikes Back; I Love the '90s; I Love the '90s: Part Deux; I Love the '80s 3-D; I Love the Holidays; I Love the '70s: Volume 2; I Love the New Millennium; Best of I Love the...; I Love the 2000s

I Love Toys is a miniseries on VH1 and the eighth installment of the I Love the... series that premiered on March 6, 2006.^[1] It is a countdown of the 100 greatest toys, chosen partially through public voting on vh1.com and also consideration of "sales, historical significance and longevity," according to VH1.

Each day for 5 days, they would count down from 100 to 1, which is 20 toys per episode. Parts 1-4 were each one hour long, while Part 5 was a special 90-minute edition aired on March 10, 2006. As with the other nostalgia series, the program included commentary by various entertainers, including several who had appeared in most or all of the other shows, such as actor Michael Ian Black, comedian/actress Rachael Harris, Scientologist comedian Evan Wecksell^[2] and writer/satirist Mo Rocca.

Hasbro, Inc., turned the selection of a large number of its toys into a press release promoting the company.^[3]

Commentators

Carlos Alazraqui
Ant
Julissa Bermudez
Michael Ian Black
Chris Booker
Bow Wow Wow
Amanda Bynes
The Click Five
Jeff Cohen
Rachael Leigh Cook
Fred Coury
Sunda Croonquist
Molly Culver
The Donnas (Brett Anderson and Maya Ford)
Bil Dwyer
Hallie Eisenberg
Emme
Greg Fitzsimmons
Jake Fogelnest
Drew Fraser
Doug E. Fresh
Godfrey
Elon Gold
Douglas Goldstein
Genevieve Gorder
Gilbert Gottfried
Pete Gray
Luis Guzman
Rachael Harris
Mark Hoppus
Scott Ian
Wendy Kaufman
Jo Koy
Ben Lee
Rex Lee
Lisa Lisa
Beth Littleford
Joe Lorge
Loni Love
Kathleen Madigan
Mike Marino
Biz Markie
Ricky Martin
Debbie Matenopoulos
Darryl McDaniels
Andy Macdonald
Billy Merritt
Daryl Mitchell
Kel Mitchell
Modern Humorist (Michael Colton and John Aboud)
Billy Morrison
Jason Mraz
Gunnar Nelson
Patrice O'Neal
Mat Plendl
Megyn Price
Rachel Quaintance
Efren Ramirez
Mo Rocca
Tom Root
Darius Rucker
Stuart Scott
Brad Sherwood
Hal Sparks
Joel Stein
French Stewart
Michael Strahan
Erik Per Sullivan
Jeff Sutphen
Misti Traya
Alanna Ubach
Frank Vincent
Evan Wecksell
Lauren Weedman
Billy West
Jill Whelan
Wil Wheaton
Chris Wylde
Ying Yang Twins

Recurring segments

Evel Knievel's Amazing Toy Stunts: Evel Knievel action figure attempts jump over random objects and crashes into them.
Scary Toys: Toys that scare people.
Cobra Commander's Day Off: Hal Sparks, dressed as a life-size version of action figure villain Cobra Commander, spends his time playing mildly annoying practical jokes on others.
Supermarket Surprise!: Small prizes found in corner store gum ball vending machines.
Rank Update: Mo Rocca recaps the toys from each episode.
Grow a...?: Toys that grow when you put them in water.
Big in Japan: Voltron and Hello Kitty present toys popular in Japan, but less so in the United States.
Spoofs of VH1 Shows: VH1 spoofs its own television shows, using toys.
Real Etch a Sketch Masterpieces: Masterpieces that are drawn on an Etch a Sketch.
Lego Extreme Challenge: An artist creates an "I Love Toys" logo, using Lego.
During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by VH1.