October 22, 2004
Operation Gets An Upgrade
A few nights ago on Scrubs, cast members played Operation to celebrate the game’s 39th birthday and were challenged by Sam’s new ailment, Brain Freeze.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans voted to pick a new ailment for Cavity Sam, the eternally patient patient from the Milton Bradley game. Brain Freeze, which is represented as an ice cream cone in Cavity Sam’s head, beat out Growling Stomach and Tennis Elbow and has been added to the game.
According to Erick Arneson at About, in 2003, votes were cast both online and by phone for one of three possible new ailments. The final tally was Brain Freeze, 54%; Growling Stomach, 27%; and Tennis Elbow, 19%.
A national Operation Scrubs sweepstakes is underway at NBC’s Scrubs website where fans can enter to win a three-day, two-night trip for four to Los Angeles to visit the set of Scrubs. The prize includes a one-day pass to Universal Studios.
I heard a story that originally, “Operation” was called “Death Valley” because it was themed as
a mule train path going through
Death Valley. I used to work for the
model maker, Sam Cottone. Marvin
re-themed it as it is today.
You’re right Mike. You can read more about the Operation prototype at this post from September 14th of last year.
I added a picture of the patent.
Posted by: at April 12, 2005 07:34 AM