History of the board game Monopoly prices ranging from US$2 to US$25 in 1930s money. After Parker Brothers began to release its first editions of the game, Elizabeth Magie Phillips was profiled in the Washington D.C. "Evening Star" newspaper, which discussed her two editions of "The Landlord's Game". In December 1936, wary of the Mah-Jongg and Ping-Pong fads that had left unsold inventory stuck in Parker Brothers' warehouse, George Parker ordered a stop to "Monopoly" production as sales leveled off. However, during the Christmas season, sales picked up again, and continued a resurgence. In early 1937, as Parker Brothers was preparing to release the board game
Scrabble (game show) Clark Productions and MCA TV called "Double Up" which was not picked up). The latter two returned in 1988, joined by Vicki Lawrence, Jim Lange, Wink Martindale, and Jeff MacGregor. Summers hosted during the 1987 week when Chuck Woolery played segments of the game. A board game based on this version was released by Selchow & Righter as "TV Scrabble" in 1987. It was the only home version which was originally a board game itself until "Trivial Pursuit: Game Show" released by Parker Brothers in 1993 and "Celebrity Name Game" released by "Playmonster" (formerly "Patch") in 2016. All episodes still