1979. Clyde.

I was obsessed with Clyde. He was a stuffed monkey puppet. Clyde was wearable. Clyde was also my first memory of Velcro. Velcro will not make this list but gets a shout out. I could make Clyde talk. I don't remember what he'd say. Clyde smelled like smoke (see 1978). Clyde was the Hobbes to my Calvin. I threw Clyde away in 1996 because a cat named Crybaby Walker peed on him. I should have just put Clyde in the wash. Welp.