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Twister's history
Did you know the original name of the board game Twister was Pretzel!
If you want more information on Twister, you've come to the right place!
Where did the idea for Twister come from?
Twister is based on a project that inventor Reyn Guyer is working on, which is an advertisement for Johnson shoe polishing company.
Guyer created a polka dot sheet and then thought it would be better like a game.
He tested this with a group of office workers divided into two teams and called the game "Pretzel".
How did Twister come to our toy store?
The Milton Bradley (MB) company took notice of this invention and within a year released it as a new game called Twister and claimed it as their own idea.
Twister was invented by Charles Foley and Neil Rabens in April 1966 and was the first game invented that required people to use their bodies as chess pieces.
When Twister was featured on “The Tonight Show,” where the host, Johnny Carson, climbed past Eva Gabor, who was kneeling in a miniskirt, Milton Bradley (MB) was accused by his opponent of selling a game.
Twister's incredible success.
Over three million copies of Twisters were sold in the first year of release.
Twister is very popular with both children and adults because the game requires both skill and action.
In 1987, a record 4,160 people tied themselves up in the Twister marathon at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Even to this day, it is still popular with college students because they are a nice addition to parties.
The world record for the biggest Twister game took place on April 30, 2007, where more than a hundred people came and two hundred Twister rugs were used.
As more people are lost, the mats are discarded until finally the last five people on a slide.
A game is a bond between two people as they fall down at the same time.
