Mad Libs

The game was invented in the United States, and more than 110 million copies of Mad Libs books have been sold since the series was first published in 1958.

[3] In 1958, the duo released the first book of Mad Libs, which resembled the earlier games[5] of consequences and exquisite corpse.

Four days after an episode introduced "our guest NOUN, Bob Hope", bookstores sold out of Mad Libs books.

[6] Stern and Price next partnered with Larry Sloan, a high school friend who was working as a publicist at the time, to continue publishing Mad Libs.

[7] Mad Libs books are still published by Penguin Random House; however, all references to Price Stern Sloan have been removed from the company's official website.

Stern and Price's original Mad Libs book gives the following sentence as an example:[12] "___________!"exclamationhe said ________adverbas he jumped into his convertible ______nounand drove off with his _________adjectivewife. "___________!"

he said ________ as he jumped into his convertible ______ and drove off with his _________ wife.exclamation {} {} adverb {} {} {} {} {} {} noun {} {} {} {} {} adjective {}After completion, they demonstrate that the sentence might read: The following is a list of most Mad Libs books in alphabetical order:[13] A game show called Mad Libs, with some connections to the game, aired on the Disney Channel in 1998 and 1999.