You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

I've set up a poll for the date of the February Toppler. The theme is Mystery Date, so the Toppler will either begin or end on Valentine's Day.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

February? Didn't you hear me tell Debra it was October?

Was mystery date also a board game. Seems like I saw commercials during saturday morning cartoons. Probably interupted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to air a girls commercial. Eewww. Lol

Yay! A week-long toppler again! I'm looking forward :)

Rusalka wrote: "February? Didn't you hear me tell Debra it was October?"

That was yesterday. It's 2016 now according to what i just wrote.

I never participated in a toppler. I'll try hard this time. Finger crossed!

Esther wrote: "That was yesterday. It's 2016 now according to what i just wrote."

lol

Let's do the time warp again!

Travis of NNY wrote: "Was mystery date also a board game. Seems like I saw commercials during saturday morning cartoons. Probably interupted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to air a girls commercial. Eewww. Lol"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsQp...

Rusalka wrote: "February? Didn't you hear me tell Debra it was October?"

Well, we're going back to the 60's, so I see no reason why you can't be stuck in October. Although you might have problems finding teammates now. LOL
Doesn't this mean you still have vacation to look forward to? Or maybe you'll get to have it twice.

I don't think I should have it twice. Lexx went back to work today and I slept in until 1pm. That's unseemly.

Well that commercial was just a bit before my time. Either there was a more modern game or commercial back in the 80's-90's.

Wow is it almost time for another toppler. Time flies

Travis of NNY wrote: "Well that commercial was just a bit before my time. Either there was a more modern game or commercial back in the 80's-90's."

There probably is an updated version of the game - this version was all I found. But the song's the best part :)

I have never heard of the Mystery Date Game, Jmom. I cannot recall ever seeing the commercial either. I may have been a little too young then to care or pay attention at the time of that commercial. I would have been 9 or almost 10 then. My parents had gotten divorced and I had changed schools. It was not a happy time for me. The only use I had for boys was to be allowed to play on their kickball team. I was very tall for my age and towered over most of the boys at school.

Only thing I remember about the muster date game is from a movie..Tim Allen's ex-wife in the movie, The Santa Claus, wanted that game as a child :-)

Interesting, Stephanie. I think I have only watched that film once. I can't recall if we ever saw it at the theater, but maybe. The only part I remember was when he started gaining weight. :0). Good memory!!!

Thanks, Cherie, but I have to admit that I watch the movie every year :) one of my favorites :)

Cherie wrote: "I have never heard of the Mystery Date Game, Jmom. I cannot recall ever seeing the commercial either. I may have been a little too young then to care or pay attention at the time of that commerci..."

I was too young to be interested in it too, but for some reason the song has stayed with me.

Well, this sounds like it is shaping up to be another interesting toppler! I am looking forward to what you have in store for us Jaxnsmom. : )

I laughed at the commercial the part where the guy was a dud. Lol so funny. Has anyone ever played this??

Oh jesus. I just watched that commercial. That's horrifying.

the girls sighing! that's horrifying!

I remember Mila Kunis' charavter Jackie on That 70's show had mystery date lined up for a slumber party activiyy

Those girls look way too young to be considering dating. The commercial is horrifying in the message it was sending to young girls.

Tasha☺ wrote: "I laughed at the commercial the part where the guy was a dud. Lol so funny. Has anyone ever played this??"

Uh, yes **raises hand warily**

I played it a couple of times over at a neighbor-friend's house. I was in 4th grade or so, I think. It was stupid, but we had fun playing it. We didn't take it seriously.

I never saw any commercials for the game - until I watched the one from that link today. We were definitely about the age of the girls in that ad.

We only played it a couple of times because it wasn't that entertaining. We spent a lot more time running around outside, playing massive games of hide and seek with other neighbor kids. Fun times : )

Hey, remember it was the 60's - this was a time when The Women's Liberation Movement was really getting started in tackling a lot of issues. Girls had big-chested Barbie and boys had G.I. Joe. I think the commercial was trying to appeal to young girls dreaming of when they would be old enough to date. The MRS degree was still very popular :)

Dreaming about dating... that pretty much sums up my status thru high school graduation :S

But still, I thought the game was kinda cute. I'd forgotten all about it. A little blast from the past, lol!

i don't mind about date, we played a board game called who's had who full of stars who were known for their sexual conquests

Marie wrote: "i don't mind about date, we played a board game called who's had who full of stars who were known for their sexual conquests"

Lol Oh my!

jaxnsmom wrote: "Hey, remember it was the 60's - this was a time when The Women's Liberation Movement was really getting started in tackling a lot of issues. Girls had big-chested Barbie and boys had G.I. Joe. I t..."

Oh - you do not know how much this made me laugh, Jmom. The summer between my 5th and 6th grade, we went to live with my mother and her new husband. Yeah - I had a big chested barbie doll. She was dressed in her western outfit and I told my sisters that they could not touch her! All I cared about then was mowing lawns (I was too young to babysit) to earn enough money to buy a softball glove. I went door to door draging that darn lawnmower all over the neighbor hood. Most of the time, the women who answered the door were appalled and said NO. They were afraid that I would hurt myself with the lawn mower. They were usually astonished that I could even use it.

ROFL. This commercial was so funny!

Great story, Cherie! :)

Marie - Love that idea!

Cherie - Great story. My Barbie got her nose rubbed off when she fell out of a tree while being kidnapped by outlaws and dragged down the sidewalk :)

jaxnsmom wrote: "My Barbie got her nose rubbed off when she fell out of a tree while being kidnapped by outlaws and dragged down the sidewalk :)"

Wow, those same outlaws visited my backyard "fort" and rode off with my Miss Revlon doll. (view spoiler)[
Well, she was an adventuresome lady. (hide spoiler)]

@Janxsmom @Almeta
LOL!! You are a bunch of very funny people!!

LOL!

LOL! Somehow I think Barbie got the raw end of the deal. At least Miss Revlon kept her nose intact.

But there's something about Miss Revlon that creeps me out :)

jaxnsmom wrote: "But there's something about Miss Revlon that creeps me out :)"

Yeah I think it's her woman's body with a baby doll face. She did have great clothes.

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It's like a child playing dress-up with facial tissue stuffed in her bra.☻

Never seen a Miss Revlon doll before and I have to say I'm pleased. She is scary!

I had a barbie and I tried cutting her hair but I couldn't get it straight so she ended up with a buzz cut. Guess I was never destined to be a hairdresser.

What is Mystery Date? Is it like Blind Date? A TV show or a game?

Ah, I see there are youtube links. I will watch them when I'm not on the bus! But I mean is it a board game like Monopoly where we have to go round the board to do the toppler?

Gail wrote: "Ah, I see there are youtube links. I will watch them when I'm not on the bus! But I mean is it a board game like Monopoly where we have to go round the board to do the toppler?"

We've been discussing the board game.

jaxnsmom has yet to tell what it means for the Toppler.

I have never seen or heard of a Revlon Doll before. That is really cool... in a slightly frightening way. That first picture I couldn't help but think "why is that little girl in lingerie?! Wait, she has an old lady haircut and boobies... so not a little girl? I'm confused." lol

Almeta wrote: "We've been discussing the board game.

jaxnsmom has yet to tell what it means for the Toppler. "

Thanks, Almeta - I was trying to make sense of the discussion, but wasn't sure if it was a board game or a TV show that the toppler was based on. I get the feeling that the Topplers are always supposed to be mysterious at first and we are not supposed to understand them until the rules are posted - but I always want to understand them right away! :-)

Haha - I just watched the commercial. Well, I wasn't quite born yet in the 60s, and I have no idea if that game even came to the UK anyway. I've never heard of it, or any game like it!

I've always felt it quite obvious that these weeks prior to the toppler being revealed that J'mom checks the tgread and upon seeing new comments sits down rubbing her hands together doing her best DrEvil laugh at our speculation and complaining. Mwah ha ha ha. Mwah ha ha ha

Travis of NNY wrote: "I've always felt it quite obvious that these weeks prior to the toppler being revealed that J'mom checks the tgread and upon seeing new comments sits down rubbing her hands together doing her best DrEvil laugh at our speculation and complaining. Mwah ha ha ha. Mwah ha ha ha
..."

Sooo true! ☺

jaxnsmom wrote: "But there's something about Miss Revlon that creeps me out :)"

Sort of has the Toddler in Tiara vibe.