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The Tiddlywinks Bibliography is a compendium
of all substantive and obscure citations to the game of tiddlywinks in all available
resources: newspapers, magazines, books, government records,
images, audio, video, websites, etc. In other words, if the game of tiddlywinks was mentioned either briefly
or in detail, it should be in the Tiddlywinks Bibliography.
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| Mar 1958 |
CBS coverage
of Goons match |
|
| ~9 May 1958 |
CBS coverage
of Cambridge-Oxford match |
|
| 1958 |
Philadelphia
coverage of University of Pennsylvania team |
|
| late Jun 1962 |
CBS filming of
Oxford team in London |
|
| 1962 |
Others for
both Oxford and Harvard, including probable New York coverage of Oxford |
|
| 1962 |
To Tell the
Truth game show—Oxford winker |
Notable |
| Dec 1962 |
Harvard, 15
minute demonstration on national TV (Winking World 4 p9) |
|
| 1962 or 1963 |
Tonight
Show talk/variety show—Harvard winker |
Notable |
| 21 Jan 1963 |
I've Got a
Secret game show—Harvard |
Notable |
| 1969 |
Boston
coverage of 1969 Continentals |
|
| 3 Mar 1969 |
Charles
Kuralt—On the Road, CBS Evening News for 5 minutes |
Important; video (NATwA) |
| 12 Mar 1969 |
What's My
Line game show—Mitch Wand |
Notable |
| 13 Apr 1970 |
Tonight
Show talk/variety show—Phil Villar after 1970 Continentals |
Notable |
| 1970 |
Dave
Garroway Show? talk show (in Boston—Moishe & L after 1970 Continentals |
|
| 1971 |
Toronto (of
Continentals?) |
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| ~1972 |
Provo UT on
network television |
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| 1972 or 1973 |
To Tell the
Truth game show—Tim Schiller |
|
| ~13 Apr 1974 |
Toronto news
show; Bill Renke at 1974 Canadian Pairs |
|
| Jan 1976 |
NBC
Grandstand (during football halftime). Larry Kahn's hand, Harvard Lampoon |
|
| 25 Apr 1977 |
WCVB Channel 5
Boston MA (ABC). Good Day Show talk/variety show. 9 AM - 10:30 AM. Charles
Frankston and book author Paul Dickson |
|
| Jul 1977 |
WBZ Channel 4
Boston MA (NBC). 6 O'Clock News Sports segment. Jimmy Myers, sportscaster. Rich Steidle,
Charles Frankston, Rick Tucker, and Joe Sachs. Taped in room 400, MIT Student Center, 5
Jul 1977. |
|
| 3, 5 May 1978 |
Ithaca NY
(according to TV listings in 29 Apr 1978 Ithaca Journal) |
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| Dec 1978 |
Lockwood, 4
New York stations. News spots re exhibition at Morsan's store. Channels 2, 5, 9, and 4 or
11?. |
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| 14 Dec 1978 |
New York
WOR-TV interview of Lockwood filmed |
|
| ? |
Rocky III joke
on local news in Boston. |
|
| 27 Feb 1980 |
[repeated 30
Jul 1980]Real People variety show, NBC-TV (filmed 21 Nov 1979); Dave Lockwood vs.
Harvey Mudd College student in California. Part of the show intro included a teaser;
segment ran from around 8:01 pm to 8:08 EST. Mentioned in various TV listings (see TV
Guide and newspaper listings). |
Notable |
| Jun 1980 |
To Tell the
Truth game show—Dave Lockwood (recorded). |
Notable |
|
Aired 24 Nov
1980 in Boston |
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|
Aired 29 Dec
1980 in New York—10 am WABC |
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Aired Chicago,
San Francisco |
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| 2-3 Aug 1980 |
WPIX-TV, New
York NY news show. Dave Lockwood vs. Larry Kahn. Filmed at MIT Club of New York, 41st St.
Drew Scott, newscaster, Severin Drix, commentator. Video intros at 11:39 pm, 11:52 pm.
Audio intro at 11:57 pm. Actual segment at 12:03 to 12:04 am. |
|
| 1980 |
Games
People Play, NBC-TV. Cambridge University and Oxford might appear (Winking World 36 p2) |
|
| 9 or 10 Feb
1981 |
KFSN Channel
30 Fresno CA (CBS). 3 minute film piece on sports news. Tim Schiller appeared. |
|
| 14 Feb 1981 |
KFSN Channel
30 Fresno CA (CBS). Report after first day of Continentals |
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| 16 Feb 1981 |
KFSN Channel
30 Fresno CA (CBS). Report of final Continentals scores with short film clip. |
|
| Apr 1981 |
Filming of PM/Evening
Magazine news/variety show by WNEP-TV Channel 16 Avoca PA. Filmed in Ithaca NY.
Coverage of Pairs. |
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| 13-14 Feb 1982 |
Filming of PM/Evening
Magazine news/variety show by WBZ-TV (?) Boston. Filmed in MIT Sala. Coverage of
Continentals. |
|
|
Apr or May
1982—6 minute segment broadcast by WBZ-TV (?). |
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| 25 Apr 1982 |
WIXT Channel 9
Syracuse NY, on the 5:30 to 6:00 news. |
|
|
Bud's
Journal on the "Foster-father of North American Tiddlywinks" about Severin
Drix. Hosted by Bud Hechinger, produced by Bob Pierce. |
video in U-matic format (NATwA/Drix) |
| 15 Feb 1984 |
WFSU-TV
Florida State University |
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| 21 Feb 1984 |
WFSU-TV
Florida State University |
|
| 4 Dec 1985 |
WWRC-TV
Channel 4 Washington DC, on the Live at 5 news show, Steve Doocy's segment. Video
intro at 5:51 pm. Segment ran 5:56 pm to 5:59 pm. Re Larry Kahn, world champion. |
video (NATwA) |
| 1 Mar 1986 |
Cable News
Network. Video footage of tiddlywinks. am. |
|
| week of 24 Nov
1986 |
CNN coverage
of English Singles |
|
| 14 Dec 1986 |
WTBS-TV
Channel 17 Atlanta GA, on a Sunday morning magazine show. Coverage of English Singles,
including Jon Mapley |
|
| 25 Mar 1987 |
Good
Morning America news/variety show, ABC-TV, 7 am to 9 am. Appearance of Steve McKee
promoting his book, The Call of the Game. Mentions tiddlywinks |
video in VHS format (NATwA) |
| week of 12 Jan
1987 |
WMAR-TV
Channel 2 Baltimore MD, on the 11 o'clock news. Interview of Kahn. |
video in VHS format (Kahn) |
| 11 Jul 1987 |
WMGM-TV
Channel 40, Wildwood-Atlantic City NJ. Newscenter 40 news, 11:25 pm. Coverage of Ocean
City NJ demonstration. |
|
| late Jul 1988 |
Jeopardy,
syndicated game show. 9½ minutes into show. |
|
|
Regular
Jeopardy, category "Games", $400 answer: "Game in which a player can
achieve squopping with his squidger, the larger disc". No player attempted it. |
|
| 21 Sep 1988 |
WJZ-TV Channel
13, Baltimore MD. On 6 pm news at 6:28 pm (teaser) and after (before 7 pm). Interview of
Jon Mapley. |
video in VHS format (NATwA) |
| 22 Sep 1988 |
WMAR-TV
Channel 2, Baltimore MD. On local nightly news at 12:30 am. Results of World Singles,
showing Larry Kahn. |
|
| 17 Jan 1989 |
CNN Crossfire,
7:34 pm ET. LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown: "That doesn't mean taking
tiddlywinks and basketweaving." |
|
| 4 Dec 1989 |
CBS Magazine
of the Air on American Airlines, eastbound. Coverage of World Pairs on 28 July 1989
between Dave Lockwood & Jim Marlin and Larry Kahn & Charles Relle. |
|
| 20 Jul 1994 |
Jeopardy,
syndicated game show. (Newswink mentioned in answer under the category
"Organizations") |
|
| Oct 1994 |
Cleveland OH.,
around 10:55 pm ET. Coverage of promotional winks event at the Elise Newman Gallery
arranged by Marg Calhoun. |
|
| Nov 1994 |
expected)
Larry Kahn appearance on Newark NJ station’s program. |
|
| 12 Jan 1995 |
CourtTV. Judge
Lance Ito (OJ Simpson Trial): "For all I know they may be playing tiddlywinks." |
transcript |
| 26 Feb 1958 |
Sportsview—probably
BBC |
|
| Mar 1958 |
ITV coverage
of Goons match |
Important |
| 1958 |
Tape recording of Goons match made by David Evans from BBC broadcasts. LP record produced from tape. |
|
| Jun 1958 |
Coverage of
Cambridge-Bristol match |
|
| Jul 1958 |
Television
Wales & West—John Evans of Cambridge |
|
| 1958 |
Other
appearances by John Evans |
|
| ~19 Feb 1961 |
BBC &
Anglia. Oxford vs. Cambridge (Winking World 1 page 3) |
|
| Easter 1961 |
ITV & BBC.
First Prince Philip Silver Wink Competition. Oxford over Cambridge (Winking World 2 page 1) |
|
| 1962-63 |
University
College London on BBC & ITV |
|
| ~2-3 Jan 1964 |
Sixth Northern
Junior Championships (Winking World 5 page 1) |
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| Jan 1964 |
Coverage of
talk about changing the name of the game (Winking World 5 page 8) |
|
| 15 Feb 1965 |
BBC (Scotland)
and Granada. Martin O'Shea, Helen Mathers, Charles McLeod, Iain Brodie. Demo and
interview. (Winking World 8 page 16) |
|
| ~4 Apr 1965 |
BBC (Midland
Region). 1965 Congress. (Winking World 8 page 11) |
|
| ~21 Apr 1965 |
BBC (Welsh
Region). England vs. Wales. Penny Gardner & Pat Bonham. (Winking World 8 pages 3, 11) |
|
| ~Apr-Oct 1965 |
BBC2 panel
game show Pick the WInner. Tony Herbert & Geoff Wilsher |
|
| ~Apr-Oct 1965 |
BBC2 Late
Night Line-Up. Geoff Wilsher |
|
| ~5 Jan 1966 |
BBC &
Granada. Northern Junior Championships (Winking World 9 page 3) |
|
| ~8 Jan 1967 |
First Irish
Tiddlywinks Convention (2 appearances). (Winking World 11 page 7) |
|
| 5 Apr 1968 |
BBC regional.
Charles Relle appearance. (Winking World 13 page 1) |
|
| 28 Mar 1972 |
BBC & ITV
news. Tim Schiller, Franz Christ, and Alan Dean appear live on BBC for $30, and on ITV in
the middle of the 1972 World Team Championship (Winking World 21 page 17) |
|
| late Feb 1973 |
Both TV
channels. Cambridge vs. Oxford at Christ's College. (Winking World 22 page 12) |
|
| 1979 |
Match of
the Day pilot film by Mike Moss. Jon Mapley, Nigel Knowles, and Alan Dean appear.
(Winking World 34 page 2) |
|
| ~14 Oct 1979 |
BBC East.
Interview of Jon Mapley after National Singles. |
|
| 1980 |
ITV interview
with Jon Mapley re World Singles |
|
| 21 Nov 1980 |
BBC Today
(South TV). Lockwood interview. |
|
| 21 Nov 1988 |
(scheduled)
BBC Look East. Coverage of English Singles in Cambridge, filmed 20 Nov 1988. |
|
| 13 Oct 1998 |
ITV, "A Way with Words" |
|
| 24 Oct 1998 |
ITV, "The Moment of Truth" |
|
| 20 Mar 1999 |
BBC News 24 |
|
| 26 Dec 2001 |
BBC 2, "The Weakest Link" with winker Patrick Barrie as a contestant |
|
| 2008 or 2009 |
Rory and Paddy, "Great British Adventure" visited Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club |
|
Coverage of tiddlywinks events and shows including winkers as guests
are listed in the section Television Coverage and Appearances, above.
| early 1960s |
The Dick van
Dyke Show |
|
| ? |
The Avengers |
|
| 13 Jan 1978 |
NBC-TV.
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. "NBC is carrying a tiddlywinks competition"
against the Super Bowl. |
|
| 3 Jan 1979 |
ABC-TV. Eight
is Enough. "Let's go play tiddlywinks." |
|
| 21 Mar 1979 |
CBS-TV. The
Jeffersons. Joke about tiddlywinks tournament. |
|
| ~late Mar 1979 |
Walt Disney.
Donald Duck cartoon. Joke about firemen playing tiddlywinks with spots on dalmation. |
|
| ~17 Sep 1979 |
Family Feud
game show. Mention of word "tiddlywinks". |
|
| ? |
ABC-TV. Happy
Days. Halloween show. Fonz and kids play game in hospital suite. |
|
| 21 Mar 1981 |
Agronsky and
Company. ~7:17pm WDVM-TV Channel 9 Washington DC. Carl Rowan says "... sit down and
play tiddlywinks". |
|
| 14 Aug 1981 |
Benny Hill.
WDCA-TV Channel 20 Washington DC. Benny Hill sings song with "tiddlywinks" and
"tiddle" / "wink". |
|
| 7 Jul 1983 |
M*A*S*H.
WTTG-TV Channel 5 Washington DC. Col. Potter says "Tough tiddlywinks". Show
includes Larry Linville. |
|
| 8 Feb 1984 |
ABC-TV. 20/20
news magazine show. Segment on game Trivial Pursuit. |
|
| 12 May 1991 |
Black Adder.
Episode "Goodbye". WETA-TV Channel 26 (PBS) Washington DC, 10:30 pm. Four
references to tiddlywinks played at Cambridge University. (George: "Myself and the
rest of the fellows leapfrogging down to the Cambridge recruiting office and then playing
tiddlywinks in the queue. We had hammered Oxford's tiddlywinkers only the week before, and
there we were, off to hammer the Boche!") (George: "Gosh, yes, I, I suppose I'm
the only one of the Trinity Tiddlers still alive. ") (George: "I mean, I'm the
last of the tiddlywinking leapfroggers from the Golden Summer of 1914.") |
excerpt |
| 1993 |
Frugal
Gourmet. Jeff Smith, host. ("Played with it ‘like it was a tiddlywink’
" regarding a large container of parmigiana reggiana.) |
transcript |
| 2001 or later |
The Unofficial World Records of Sex (UWROS), produced by Shine Limited, shown on Sky One ("Examples of events include how many tiddlywinks can be stuffed inside a man's foreskin"). |
|
| 1958 |
Today Show
(Monitor Radio). University of Pennsylvania team. |
|
| 1962 |
Oxford
(several appearances). |
|
| ~30-31 Oct
1962 |
WBZ Boston MA.
Harvard—Simmons on the Bob Kennedy Show. |
|
|
Also another
appearance. |
|
| Spring 1970 |
Haverford (PA)
High School radio. |
|
| early 1972 |
Boston |
|
| ~Jan 1974 |
WMEX Boston
MA. Trivia Quiz show of Joe Albioni. Question by Tucker |
|
| ?30 Mar 1978 |
Morgantown WV
station. Lockwood. |
|
| May 1978 |
WOR New York
NY. Lockwood. Rambling with Gambling. |
|
| May 1978 |
West Virginia.
Lockwood. |
|
| May 1978 |
KSD? St. Louis
MO. Lockwood. |
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| 20 Oct 1978 |
Boston MA. Re
potting records in Guinness Book of Records. |
|
| Oct 1978 |
WMAL-AM
Washington DC. Boring Facts show. Re potting records mentioned in Guinness Book of
Records. |
|
| 27 Nov 1978 |
KFAB Omaha NE.
Mike Matt Show. Lockwood. |
|
| 30 Nov 1978 |
WHIO Dayton
OH. Lockwood. |
|
| 13 Dec 1978 |
WRIF Detroit
MI. Lockwood. |
|
| Mar 1979 |
Columbus OH.
Toads team. |
|
| 21 May 1979 |
WGSO New
Orleans LA. Dave Lockwood. |
|
| 1 Jun 1979 |
KPAC Port
Arthur TX. Dave Lockwood. |
|
| Jun 1979 |
Earth News
Syndicate. Recorded interview with Dave Lockwood. |
|
| Apr 1980 |
Ithaca NY.
World Singles. |
|
| 19 Oct 1980 |
WMBR-FM MIT
Cambridge MA. 5pm. Scheduled appearance of Ross Callon |
|
| 26 Dec 1980 |
WRRR Rockford
IL. 10am. Dave Lockwood interview. |
|
| 7 Nov 1981 |
National
Public Radio taping. World Singles at Haverford (PA) College, Dave Lockwood vs. Larry
Kahn. By Debbie Sackner? of WUHY Philadelphia. |
|
| 12 Nov 1981 |
WAMU-FM
Washington DC, 7:31 pm, 7:55 pm. All Things Considered. Broadcast of NPR coverage
of World Singles at Haverford PA. |
audiotape (NATwA) |
| Mar 1984 |
Palm Springs
CA. Stan & Ed Show. Larry Kahn. |
(Kahn may have tape) |
| 12 Mar 1984 |
KVET Austin
TX. Larry Kahn |
|
| ~ May 1984 |
WAMU-FM
Washington DC, 6:42 am, 8:22 am. Broadcast of NPR interview with Larry Kahn. |
audiotape (Kahn) |
| 31 Jan 1986 |
WDVT-AM (900
AM) Philadelphia PA, 8:17 am to 8:23 am. Peter Kilden's Morning Rush. Rick Tucker
interview. |
|
| 4 Feb 1987 |
KIUP/K...
Durango CO, am. Larry Kahn interview. |
audiotape (Kahn) |
| 26 Jun 1994 |
<e> NPR
Weekend Edition, Sunday. "Irish Soccer Fans Fervently Support World Cup Team"
("The Mexicans will play around all day, do tiddlywinks the ball, but, if it doesn't
go in the net, it doesn't count for anything, you know.") |
|
| 7 Jul 1996 |
WTOP-AM
Washington DC. 11:45 am. Jack Eden’s Over the Garden Fence. (Playing
tiddlywinks on lawn after using Merit, indicating how safe it is.) |
|
| Mar 1958 |
BBC. Goons.
Tape exists of match, lunch, and interviews. See Winks Rampant. |
Important |
| Mar 1958 |
BBC. Saturday
Night on the Light. After Goons match. |
|
| 10 Mar 1958 |
BBC Radio. Goon
Show. "Tiddleywinks" or "Tiddleywinks Theft". 24th show of 8th
series, written by Spike Milligan with John Snagge. Script or tape may exist. |
Important |
| ~2-3 Jan 1964 |
Sixth Northern
Junior Championship. Winking World 5 page 1. |
|
| Jan 1964 |
BBC Radio
Newsreel. Discussion with Peter Downes re changing the name of the game. Winking World 5 page 8, Winking World 6
page 11. |
|
| 21 Mar 1964 |
BBC Radio
Newsreel. Silver Wink semifinals at Manchester. Winking World 6 page 1. |
|
| ~4 Apr 1965 |
BBC. Third
International Tiddlywinks Congress. |
|
| ~Apr-Oct 1965 |
BBC. Sports
Session. Guy Consterdine. Winking World 8 page 11. |
|
| ~8 Jan 1967 |
First Irish
Tiddlywinks Convention. Winking World 11 page 7. |
|
| ~4 Apr 1971 |
Radio
Manchester. |
|
| 5 Apr 1971 |
BBC. 7:30am.
Debate of name "Tiddlywinks" vs. "Winks" by Bungy Wells and Phil
Tepper. Tom Heaney of BBC. Winking World 19 page 1. |
|
| 29 Apr 1971 |
Radio 4. Today.
Live coverage of Rosie Wain—Alan Dean match. Dennis Frost and Michael Aspel of BBC.
Winking World 19 page 8. |
audiotape (NATwA) |
| Jan 1972 |
Northern
Junior Championship. Winking World 20 page 2. |
|
| 28 Mar 1972 |
World Team
Championship. Winking World 21 page 17. |
|
| 28 Mar 1972 |
Radio Solent.
1972 World Team Championship. Winking World 21 page 17. |
|
| late Feb 1973 |
Cambridge vs.
Oxford. Winking World 22 page 16. |
|
| 21 Jun 1973 |
World Singles. |
|
| ? |
Historical
discussion mentioned by Paul Dickson in his book, The Mature Person's Guide. |
|
| ~17 Jul 1978 |
Southampton
interview at World Pairs. Keith Seaman & Alan Dean vs. Severin Drix & Larry Kahn. |
audiotape (Kahn) |
| 1979 |
Charles Relle.
Two broadcasts re National Games Day. Winking World 34 page 2. |
|
| 4 Jul 1981 |
Radio
Manchester. Live coverage of Manchester Open. Winking World 38 page 1. |
|
| Dec 1985 |
BBC. Taped
coverage of World Singles at Oxford between Kahn and Dean on 1 Dec 1985. |
audiotape (Kahn) |
| 2 Jan 1997 |
BBC Radio Bristol, Somerset Sound, Wiltshire Sound, Manchester, Cambridge, Five Live, West "NewsWest" regarding the Somerset Invitational |
|
| 8 Jan 1997 |
Liberty 963 radio at 6:45 am regarding Christine Barrie as the first female ETwA Chairman |
|
| 9 Jan 1997 |
Radio 1 Ulster, 9:15 am |
|
| 16 Jan 1997 |
Radio 4, 10:30 am: Christine Barrie interviewed live on Woman's Hour |
|
| 23 Aug 1999 |
BBC (digital) "Backstage" |
|
| Oct 1999 |
BBC Radio Hertfordshire re World Singles 51 |
|
| 22 Oct 1999 |
Q103 FM in the morning: recorded interview with Patrick Barrie re World Singles 51 |
|
There are numerous copyrights for published and unpublished musical
works with "tiddlywinks" or variant in the title, content unknown. See Copyrights.
