Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: Mad Libs

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:46:59 +0000

Being a teacher, I’m always loking for ways to make “grammar” fun. One way is to have the students create their own MadLibs using whatever p.o.s. we are working on and then they fill out each others’pages. It makes for some really great and interesting laughs when they are read out loud in class.

By: David

David — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:56:51 +0000

Thanks guys, these are great. Amber, Lindsay, not sure what happened but sometimes the comments get put up out of order… correction noted! Karen is runner up….

Sheldon: love that idea! thanks.

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:23:22 +0000

Um, don’t you mean brava to Lindsay? that ’s two mistakes now. . .

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:34:12 +0000

If you love Mad Libs and have children, here’s a great tip. My father often played Mad Libs with me at night instead of reading the usual bedtime story. It was a great parent-child bonding activity,but it also helped me learn parts of speech. Plus I still have a lot of the completed books as a keepsake.

By: JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:50:54 +0000

RE-OCCURRING “OCCURRED”

By: Max

Max — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:36:10 +0000

MadLibs played a key role in the lives of my wife and me. When we married in 1996, we placed books of MadLibs on every table, so that guests who didn’t know each other would have something to talk about other than “how do you know the bride and groom” or “what do you do for a living.”

The resulting efforts were clever, funny, and, yes, sometimes unrepeatable, but our guests still marvel at our creativity and thoughtfulness in making even the BORING stuff seem like fun.

By: WizardBoy

WizardBoy — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:58:55 +0000

I loved Mad Libs as an adolescent also. This was the 60s! I have a letter in my files from Roger Price telling me he couldn’t use my short story, but to keep writing….

By: Lauren Leach

Lauren Leach — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:54:53 +0000

I loved mad libs as a child! Remembering how fun they were, I introduced them to my friend Jenny (who had never learned about them) and she went MAD for them!

By: Sheldon Siegel

Sheldon Siegel — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:35:12 +0000

A Mad Libs show would be fun! Maybe you could change it around a little and have the players spin wheels, one with nouns listed on it, one for verbs, adjectives, etc., and instead of having them fill in blanks, maybe they would have to make up a short story (3 minute time limit) and they would have to use all the words selected.

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:01:49 +0000

brava to karen!!