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8 Thursday - December 1977
Immaculate Conception - 342nd day - 23 days to come

Call from Phil Orbanes. He wanted to come by today (since snow is predicted for tomorrow) to drop off the frame (not the complete GAME) that he wants me to use as a sample for THE RIGHT WORD. But I have to go downtown. Arranged that I'd go to his house on Sunday about 12:30. He also has the models of the SPECTACULARS, which Andrea Green sent to him. Some are too easy and others impossible and Manny Lefkowitz, Andrea says, is losing interest. We'll go over them and see what we can do to get them to work right.
Phil was at the GAMES office and spoke with Ronnie Shushan (who I don't believe I met). They came up with one idea for an article on "Games That Never Should Have Been." They came up with THE TINY TIM GAME, SHA-EE, and HAPPINESS (the last 2 forced on Ideal and MB by Marvin Glass) and would like about 3 more. Phil thinks that I can find them in my collection and that we can work together on the article. I hesitated over possibly offending P. but he said that they mentioned THE TINY TIME GAME as a flop in their book
90 YEARS OF FUN. There is no hurry since it will be due 3/15/78 and the earliest. Later looked and I don't have a complete HAPPINESS. Only parts from Xerox. I mentioned DIPLOMACY for 2 but Phil said THE RIGHT WORD is much more possible.
To S.P.I. Gave my column to Brad Hessel. He'd like the next one by 1/26/78.