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Green in the US), and the suspect weapons include a dagger (a knife in the US), a lead pipe (lead piping in the US) and a spanner (a wrench in the US). Boddy in the US), one of the suspects is the Reverend Green (Mr. For example, the man who is murdered is called Dr. There are cute differences between the US and UK versions. Cluedo was the original name of the game, introduced in 1949 by the famous British board game manufacturer Waddingtons. Outside of North America, Clue is marketed as “Cluedo”.
The name “pogo” comes from the first two letters in each of the inventors’ family names: Po-hlig and Go-ttschall.Ĭlue is another board game that we knew under a different name growing up in Ireland. What we know today as a pogo stick was invented in Germany by Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall. The Ropers were eventually replaced by landlord Ralph Furley, played by the marvelous Don Knotts. The trio lived in an apartment building owned by characters Stanley and Helen Roper. The American show started its run with three roommates, played by Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers and John Ritter. The show was actually a remake of an equally successful British sitcom called “Man About the House”. The tremendously successful US sitcom “Three’s Company” ran from 1977 to 1984.
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