Mad Libs Live: Verbs, Adverbs and More

About this episode

The episode explores the history of Mad Libs and features a live game session.

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we talk about the history of one of America's simplest, and most-enduring, games: Mad Libs. Then listen to us struggle to find the right words as we play Mad Libs live. How many adverbs will we have to name? This episode was made possible by the following sources: MadLibs.com (History) Episode Topics and Mentions: Mad Libs Boy band culture Trivia games Christmas toys from the 80s Broadway musicals Leonard Stern Roger Price Larry Sloan Bob Hope Steve Allen...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dani, Katie

Topics covered

• Mad Libs
• game history
• word games
• 80s culture
• Broadway musicals

Keywords

• Mad Libs
• adverbs
• verbs
• 80s toys
• trivia games

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