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FWIW, I never thought he was literally trying to choke him. Get leverage on him? Pop his head off?
Maybe they had Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots in his time
For those curious, it came out in 1964. One of the clues that it wasn't made before the 1950s is that it is made of plastic.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_'Em_Sock_'Em_Robots