Game Review: The Name Game
The name game is set to music. Originally by Shirley Ellis in the 1960s, I’m rather partial to the recent remake you should hear by Jessica Lange. Because, well...Jessica Lange. The game promises to make a rhyme out of any name. But it’s pretty lazy in its execution, as you’ll see.
Game play: Say a person’s name. Say it again. Then things get “interesting.” You say “bo” and then say the name a third time, only now you drop the first letter and replace it with a “b”... You know what, let’s just use my name. This is how you play:
“Jason Jason Bo Bason Banana Fana Fo Fason Fee Fye Mo Mason. Jason!”
That’s pretty much it. There is one caveat that mixes things up: When dealing with a name that starts with a “B” an “F” or an “M”, you drop the first letter of that person’s name when it would just sound exactly the same as the person’s name
Example:
“Barry Barry Bo Arry Banana Fana Fo Farry Fee Fye Mo Marry. Barry!”
This game is pretty dumb. I should give it an “Eff Eff Bo Beff” simply for it’s failed claim to be rhyming when it is, in fact, simply making up nonsense words to do so. However, I’m giving it a D+ because it’s a really fun way for kids to sing about their friend Mitch and Chuck. This comes in handy on long road trips when you want to sneak in a curse word while sitting in the back of the car.
GRADE: D+
Jason