Sweet Talkin’ Ken? Seriously?

When I was a kid, I played with Barbies. Not a lot, or anything, but I did go through my Barbie doll phase. I would make my older brother play with me. When he got a little older, I would make my little brother play with me.

Those were simpler times, though. Times before you could buy a Barbie that had a baby in her stomach, and Barbie wasn't a doctor, and there wasn't a Lady Gaga Barbie.

There was really only one male doll. That was, of course, the ever so handsome Ken. Not that I didn't have other male Barbies (or as my niece calls them, "man Barbies"). I totally had the Jordan Knight New Kids On The Block doll (complete with bright shiny jacket and braided rat tail).

But, I just discovered a new kind of Ken doll. "Sweet Talking Ken". That's right, you can record yourself saying horrible pick up lines ("Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?") or anything else you might want him to say and he'll repeat it back in his own voice. He's marketed on the packaging as being "the Ultimate Boyfriend".

Am I the only one that finds this kind of creepy?