Hasbro: Spellbound Game, 1970s

Year Published: 1970s

Creator: Hasbro D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B)

Format: 16mm

Description: Transcription: (ponderous brass music) 0:00 Narrator A retired middleweight, 0:02 down and out on his luck. 0:03 (sinister music) 0:06 While the evil Baron von Kanaka awaits a victim 0:08 for his new game: Spellbound. 0:10 (machinery whirrs) 0:13 (machinery whirrs) 0:16 Baron Play! 0:18 - I don't understand. 0:19 I-I-I'm sitting on a porch, 0:20 and the steps- 0:24 - Play! 0:25 Narrator Spellbound is a spelling game 0:26 that's fun for fast spellers 0:28 and frustrating for slow spellers. 0:30 - C-L-U-B. 0:32 Club. 0:36 Fat. F-A-T. 0:37 No offense, it's just a game. 0:39 Okay, chair. C-H-A-I-R. 0:42 Chair. 0:46 (bell rings) 0:47 Okay, 26. It's your turn, sweetheart. Here you go. 0:49 (comical music) 0:51 (baron hems and haws) 0:53 - Maus! M-A-U-S. 0:57 Und, und... 0:59 Kat! 1:00 K-A-T. 1:01 (bell rings) 1:03 Bum No points, you lose! 1:04 Narrator However, the baron cannot bear to lose! 1:05 - I cannot bear to lose! 1:07 - Oh, I just must've been lucky. 1:11 - No! Skill you have. Luck you do not have. 1:12 (dramatic music) 1:15 (rocket lifts off) 1:21 Spellbound: another Jerry Lewis game from Hasbro. 1:31

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