According to its Wikipedia page, Mad Libs was invented in
1953 by Leonard Stern and
Roger Price. Stern and Price
co-created the game, but couldn't agree on a name for
their invention. No name was chosen until five years later, when
Stern and Price
were eating eggs Benedict at a restaurant
in New York City. While eating, the two
overheard an
argument at a neighboring table between a talent agent and an actor.
According to Price and Stern, during the overheard
argument, the actor said that
he wanted to "ad-lib" an
upcoming interview. The agent, who clearly disagreed with
the actor's suggestion, retorted that ad-libbing an interview would
be "mad." Stern
and Price used that eavesdropped
conversation to finally create the name "Mad Libs."
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