Geek Trivia: Which Party Game Got Off The Ground Thanks To A Tonight Show Appearance?

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Answer: Twister

The now iconic party game Twister got off to a rough start. In 1964 the game’s creators pitched it to the game company Milton Bradley. Mel Taft, then vice president of the company, thought a game where the players were the pieces had enormous potential.

In the 1960s, however, a game where players ended up tangled with each other and with a lot of body contact was seen as too risqué. Sears refused to carry the game in 1965, and Milton Bradley intended to discontinue the product.

Twister’s saving grace came in the form of movie star Eva Gabor. A public relations firm in charge or promoting Twister had arranged for the game to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Carson and Gabor played the game in front of millions, and the next day people were lined up outside of toy stores around the country looking to buy the game and most certainly on the merit of it being rather risqué.

Image courtesy of The Tonight Show.

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