21. Schaper's game was not the first based upon the insect known as the " cootie ". 22. "Cosi Fan Cootie , " and " A Midsummer Mite's Cream ." 23. Hasbro estimates about 50 million Cootie games have been purchased in the 50-year history of the toy. 24. The game was played by rolling a die and adding parts to your Cootie according to what you rolled. 25. Cootie Williams was a master of combining a plunger mute with the flutter tongue to create a conversational effect.26. Williams left the Kirk band in 1939 and began playing saxophone with Cootie Williams ( no relation ) in 1942. 27. He also played with Count Basie, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, and Bull Moose Jackson in the 1940s. 28. Schaper's game was the first to employ a fully three-dimensional, free-standing plastic cootie . 29. With mainstay comedy faces, " Cootie " could reach a larger audience than other similar cultish work. 30. The "'Shirlen Big Cootie "'is an homebuilt biplane that was designed by Roy Shirlen.
