Tipit
(Any game show where I can get to reference "Up Jenkins!" in the entry makes me happy) |
(And I get to talk about Iraqi game shows in entire seriousness as well, this gets better and better) |
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TV adaptation of a traditional pub bluffing game, derived from the Victorian parlour game ''Up Jenkins!'', in which two teams of three face each other across a table and guess in which of the six hands opposite them an item, known as the tipit, is hidden. A clue to the potential appeal of this game may lie in the fact that it's being made by Presentable, the TV poker specialists. We just like saying ''Up Jenkins!''. | TV adaptation of a traditional pub bluffing game, derived from the Victorian parlour game ''Up Jenkins!'', in which two teams of three face each other across a table and guess in which of the six hands opposite them an item, known as the tipit, is hidden. A clue to the potential appeal of this game may lie in the fact that it's being made by Presentable, the TV poker specialists. We just like saying ''Up Jenkins!''. | ||
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+ | A very similar game is also popular in Iraq. This couldn't be the world's first game show format to travel from Iraq to Wales, could it? ''Could it?'' | ||
==Web links== | ==Web links== | ||
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[http://www.s4c.co.uk/tipit/ S4C's ''Tipit'' site] | [http://www.s4c.co.uk/tipit/ S4C's ''Tipit'' site] | ||
- | Honestly, we're not kidding about [http://capemay.com/capemayarchives/victoriangames.html Up Jenkins!] | + | Honestly, we're not kidding about [http://capemay.com/capemayarchives/victoriangames.html Up ''Jenkins!''] |
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+ | [http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2002-11/22/article38.shtml Mhebiss], also transliterated as [http://www.oakgames.com/mahabis.html Mahabis], the Iraqi version of Tipit. | ||
[[Category:Lying]] | [[Category:Lying]] |
Revision as of 15:04, 28 October 2006
Synopsis
TV adaptation of a traditional pub bluffing game, derived from the Victorian parlour game Up Jenkins!, in which two teams of three face each other across a table and guess in which of the six hands opposite them an item, known as the tipit, is hidden. A clue to the potential appeal of this game may lie in the fact that it's being made by Presentable, the TV poker specialists. We just like saying Up Jenkins!.
A very similar game is also popular in Iraq. This couldn't be the world's first game show format to travel from Iraq to Wales, could it? Could it?
Web links
Honestly, we're not kidding about Up Jenkins!
Mhebiss, also transliterated as Mahabis, the Iraqi version of Tipit.