Blog 19 (Jarvis...All by myself)

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With Line you can try your hand at rewriting the first lines of literary classics, movies, and songs and let your friends be the judge. One player reads the title, author and synopsis of a real-life book, movie or song. The other players must then each write and present their best attempt at a first line for the book, movie or song. The first player reads all the entries, including the real first line of the book, movie or song, and then the other players each try to pick out the real one. Players get points for choosing the real first line, getting other players to select their submission, and possibly knowing the real first line (verbatim) before it is revealed…..Now here is the catch.

You have to perform your line or song in the intended way it was written and portrayed. For example: if you were doing something from gone with the wind, you would have to speak in a southern accent, same with the song you would have to sing it in the form in which it was originally sung in, so if you picked the song “Harper Valley PTA“ you have to sing it as if you were a middle aged single mother. Same for books. If you get stuck you can call out “Line” it may be the correct one or it may not be. If you call out “Line you have to try and complete as best you can the dialogue, song, or story. If the judges agree you did a good job, then you get those points.

The games comes with, One card catalog of One Thousand book cards in the categories of Classics, Children's, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance, and Mystery, Sci-Fi, Horror. One card catalog of One-Thousand song cards in the categories of Classical (yes get your high C’s ready) Children’s, Country, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Pop standards, Show tunes, and R&B, answer sheet pads, six pencils, and a One 2-minute glass timer.



I’ve been to the Performing arts Library several times for sheet music, CD’s Movies, I’ve even watched a few Broadway shows there. So I was quit familiar with it before today. One of the best thing about it, is that they have Theatre shows on video that you can watch for free, although some of them you have to get premission from the Lawyer of the Director if he is dead, or the person member if they left the rights to them.

The one thing I don’t like about that Library is that when you try to ask the people who are just seating down behind the desk for help they just tell you can look it up on the computers.