Talk:Mad Libs

message: Are all the links commercials sources for the books? Wetman 02:55, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: I just now heard on the radio, on National Public Radio, perhaps rebroadcasting a show from some other station... 
...a story about a precursor to Mad Libs, Revelations of my Friends which was an old book with cut-outs and perforated pages, and a place for one to draw a self-portrait.  After filling in words in the cut out holes, the page beneath would be torn out, revealing 'a story about oneself' , ie, a revelation about a friend, as in the title.
I don't know how to reference this as I was half asleep while listening to it, and didn't catch the name of the researcher.  I feel that this is definitely relevant re this article, but not yet ready to be inserted.
I thought I'd add it here on the discuss page for further examination and research.
I was litening to a show called Weekend Edition, about 9:45 - 9:55 am PST 2007 Feb 24, at 89.3 or so on the dial in the San Fernando Valley, if someone can track this down further.
Also it was said that Mad Libs originated in 1955 when the 2 writers were looking for synonyms to use in scripts while writing for The Honeymooners.  
Hope some of this is helpful, and that some other resourceful editor can remove this from the realm of original research. User:Pedant 18:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revelations of my Friends 

message: The French have a smilar game called Cadavre Exquis (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadavre_exquis), which means Exquisite Cadaver. Wikipedia should add a link to the french article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.37.101.206 (talk) 14:33, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to French 

message: I blew people's minds with that one when I was 7. -- 12.116.162.162 (talk) 21:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Verb" is a noun 

message: In 1885, "Peter Coddles Trip to New York" was created.
This game, from what I understand, represents the true origin of 'Mad Libs'.
The game consisted of a story where short phrases were left as blanks. One person read the story out loud, while players drew cards with phrases printed on them. Each player took turns reading their phrases in order until the story was complete.
This was a highly popular game printed many times in many different versions.
In the early 20th century, many other stories were developed using this approach to create games such as "O'reily's Goat", or "Wee Willy's Wedding"
At the point the first 'Mad Lib' book was published, this style of humorous substitution for fun had been played for 70yrs.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.128.19 (talk) 03:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Based on 19th century games 

message: I have no source for it, but I remember these being banned by the (Texas public) school administration when I was growing up. Kids will be kids, and I guess we were a little too creative with our choices of verbs, nouns and adjectives. - Ageekgal (talk) 18:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Banned by schools

message: Would I be justified in zapping the final bit referencing Drawn Together on the grounds of it being a touch unneccessary and definitely rather crude considering this is an article about a kids' game? Or is that not encyclopaedic thinking? (Besides the whole concept of these sections being officially discouraged anyway).
Plus there are plenty other references in pop culture to Mad Libs that wouldn't involve inserting a puerile line about "penising a vagina". Ahem.
If that passes muster (DT isn't the most popular show in the world, to be frank), can I include Dan Shive's recent use of the game to come up with a subject for bonus art on his online comic's website (which does involve a female character having her assets enhanced, but in a far cleaner manner)? Or probably the scores of times it's come up on e.g. Whose Line Is It Anyway and other shows? 193.63.174.11 (talk) 11:37, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural references section - too much? (or at least, not enough?)