{"id":15007,"date":"2013-11-30T09:56:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=15007"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:39:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:39:01","slug":"happy-birthday-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/11\/30\/happy-birthday-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Joe!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MysteryDate\"<\/p>\n

This year’s card is a take-off of the game Mystery Date for all you young bucks out there. Milton Bradley debuted the game in 1965. The object was to get ready for a date by collecting various cards to assemble an outfit. When it was time to “open the door” – you really hoped the guy in the tux or the beach date was there instead of the “dud” who was dressed like a slob and hadn’t shaved in a week. Truth be told, I always thought he was kinda cute….\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Stud\"<\/p>\n

Happy birthday Joe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year’s card is a take-off of the game Mystery Date for all you young bucks out there. Milton Bradley debuted the game in 1965. The object was to get ready for a date by collecting various cards to assemble … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,18,4],"tags":[2916,2117,2915,336],"class_list":["post-15007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-drawer-cards","category-news","tag-board-games","tag-joes-birthday","tag-mystery-date","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3U3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42078,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/happy-birthday-joe-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":15007,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday Joe!!!","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"For Joe's card this year, I chose an interpretation of one of my childhood games - Mystery Date. 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