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n. (context British English) A children's card game played with a pack of 44 picture cards that depict a father, mother son and daughter of 11 families mostly having occupational surnames (e.g. Mr Bun the Baker); players have to collect entire families
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Happy Families is a traditional card game, usually with a specially made set of picture cards, featuring illustrations of fictional families of four, most often based on occupation types. The object of the game is to collect complete families. The player whose turn it is asks another player for a specific card from the same family as a card that the player already has. If the asked player has the card, he gives it to the requester and the requester can then ask any player for another card. If the asked player does not have the card, it becomes his turn and he asks another player for a specific card. Play continues in this way until no families are separated among different players. The player with the most cards wins. One of the rules states that a player cannot ask for a certain card to deceive any player if he does not have a card in the set he is asking for. The game can be adapted for use with an ordinary set of playing cards (see Go Fish).
Happy Families is a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which was a BBC series first broadcast in 1985. It recounts the tale of the dysfunctional Fuddle family.
It stars Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy. The plot centred on Guy's attempts to find his four sisters - also played by Saunders - for a family reunion.
Happy Families is the debut album by British new wave synthpop duo Blancmange. Originally released in the UK in September 1982, it reached number 30 on the UK albums chart, aided by the success of the album's third single, " Living on the Ceiling", released the following month and which became Blancmange's breakthrough hit, reaching number 7 in the UK singles chart.
Happy Families is a play written by John Godber in 1991.
It is an autobiographical play set in Northern England and tells the story of a boy called John and his parents Vic and Dot. It tells of the stresses and strains of growing up with his family. It tells of how he grows up through his teenage years and through to when he gets his degree. Other characters within the play include Jack and Liz (John's grandparents), Doris and Edna (John's Aunties) and Rebecca (Edna's Daughter). It is a memory play and the narrative jumps back and forth from when John was about 9 until when he graduates with a degree as a drama teacher. John Godber has described it as "humour with a touch of sadness".
It takes its name from the card game of the same name - Happy Families.
Happy Families is a British children's television series made in the late 1980s based on the Happy Families series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
'Happy Families ' is a series of children's books written by Allan Ahlberg, . Ahlberg worked with a number of illustrators and the books were published by Puffin Books. The series form a transition for children between picture books and chapter books. It is a popular series, having sold in excess of 2.6 million copies since its launch in 1980.
Happy Families is a traditional card game.
Happy Families may also refer to
- Happy Families (books), a series of children's books
- Happy Families (CBBC TV series), a TV series based the on the series of books
- Happy Families (TV series), a British television comedy programme
- Happy Families (play), a play by John Godber
- Happy Families (album), a 1982 album by Blancmange
- Happy Families, a 1990 album by Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp