MONOPOLY
Best-selling board game in history, began 1904 as The Landlord's Game, created by Elizabeth Magie, of Brentwood, Md., to illustrate the social injustices of slumlords and corporate monopolies.
Didn't gain much popularity until Great Depression. In the 1930s, Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman in Germantown, Pa., modified the game, renamed it Monopoly and sold 5,000 copies to a Philadelphia department store.
Parker brothers bought the rights in 1935, more than 200 million sets sold in 103 countries in 37 languages.
I imagine one of those original games would be worth quite a bit. Parker Brothers did a great job getting it. We play NTN trivia games and they're always asking questions about it. It has been so long since any of us have played it, we have a hard time remembering the answers.
OPERATION
In 1962, John Spinello, an industrial design student at the University of Illinois, built an electric toy that allowed players to probe holes in a metal box with a metal rod. If a player touched the side of a hole, a loud bell sounded. It evolved into the 1965 game Operation in which players pluck 12 body parts and ailments from a patient. If a side is touched a buzzer goes on and Sam's red nose lights up.
Seen it but don't think I ever played it.
Oops. Buzz!! --Cooter
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