Mornington Crescent.

[flip-flop]

How does this work?

[tonymclark]

They make it up as they go along.

The gag that the whole listening audience is in on, is that it is a comedy fictional game.

As I said above, they make it up as they go along, that is the joke.

[claguey]

I've just been to a recording of the show - funny, very witty, but I still didn't follow Mornington Crescent! I hope I wasn't the only one in the audience who didn't get it...

[vehelpfulguy]

Well Mornington Crescent has been a part of I'm Sorry I Havent A Clue for about 30 years.

The original idea of the show, as it says in the introduction, is an antidote to panel games.

The comedy idea of Mornington Crescent is that is has no rules, they just list a load of london tube stations until the last person says Mornington Crescent (which is a tube train station in London)

They pretend that there are these long complex rules that have been changed and adapted over the decades, and some weeks they play "Johnsons rule 8, no diagonals" or some other such silly rule.

Each team member pretends this rule has confused them and debate its importance and how it will effect that weeks game.

I believe some years ago a joke book of Mornington Crecent history and rules was published.

Web sites

http://www.isihac.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Cresce nt_(game)

http://www.amazonsystems.co.uk/data/morn.htm

http://www.mornington-crescent-rule.fsnet.co.u k/mornington-crescent-rules.htm

[makemesmile]

Someone bought me that book for Christmas a few years ago - made it as clear as mud!

[denisdenis]

Also, see ;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Cresce nt_tube_station

[lady_p_gold]

You are all wrong ..... if you are referring to the double switch rule then of course, some of the games are not correct. However in view of the fact that the Russell transverse hitch move has been discontinued then the moves might give the air of someone making it up, when in fact it is excellent and clever play.