I also learned that Plumpy the Plumpa Troll was replaced by Mama Gingertree, reportedly for unknown reasons. Hasbro (which bought Milton Bradley) had to sue in order to retrieve the domain name from the operators of an adult Web site. It also made me realize that Candy Land serves as a spiritual homeland for many more people than just me, as this image I found on flickr demonstrates.Ī web search revealed that Candy Land was invented in 1940 in San Diego by Elanor Abbott, a woman recovering from Polio. The dedication this artist put into the project was as astounding as the end result.
But I also wondered why the picture was so quilted-looking before I read the caption and saw some lady had meticulously constructed it out of 100,000 tiny beads. I looked at each landmark and remembered my childhood. I thought of the Wizard of Oz movies or Willy Wonka as I let my mind wander back through the Lollipop Woods, the Ice Cream Sea, the Mollases Swamp. The google image result for Candy Land brought up a large map of the Candylandscape circa the 1978 edition. This morning, while proofreading one of the the funnier comics in the newspapers, I had to look up the spellings of old-school board games such as Mousetrap, Chutes & Ladders, and of course, Candy Land.
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