What a ratings juggernaut that must have been! My parents' generation (I'm 61) widely played Bridge. I remember seeing Bridge games in the paper every day. Dad tried to teach me, but I never did take to the game. Converserly, I learned Hearts and Clubs almost immediately. Just strikes me funny who far and how fast Bridge has fallen out of the mainstream.

Iv learned loads from these videos..I wish there was a modern version of this cos, it would be very popular.

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No thanking dummy. How rude!

The commentator needs to put it back in his pants.

Hand 2. Such poor bidding systems. 3C forcing is simply a bad system. Yet here, it does block out the unusual NT since 3NT is pretty dangerous, but even so, 3NT is probably the right bid. The announces are clearly not good players because they did not understand that 5C was designed to dissuade slam. Clearly his partner knew this since this fine hand passed 5C. But is 5C the right bifd? In rubber bridge, it might be, though 3 losers in NT or clubs is certainly possible. Hand 3. Strong 2s.....? Yikes.

Hand 1. 4C is awful. In fact, failing to double 1NT is pretty bad. Here is a sane auction. P - P - 1C - 1NT - X - 2D - P - P 3C NS belong in a heart partial, but I see no way to get to that suit. The "old school" 4 card major works great here, but such bidding has a lot of flaws, which is why so few players still play that way.

Stayman was drunk

In the first contract, Why didn't he play the clubs first?? It would be easier and also then they didn't have to lose those points?? Is this how the old ones used to play??

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please post more of these - they’re so good!

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The first hand is amazing. Great defense. Inspired lead.

couldn't believe that they missed game on the first hand. Shows even pros miss bid.

For a bridge player like me, these are great to watch. Rubber Bridge is mostly the luck of cards. Not necessarily great play. This was on TV on those days - no cell phones, no internet atc., must be a great passtime.

The winning play depends on where you place the K and 10 of spades. She just guessed wrong, especially West has passed.

Classy. Everything in that first hand is relevant to current bridge.

It's interesting how things have evolved since the 60s in terms of sexism. The announcer routinely describes how pretty the pretty players are. This has a jarring effect when viewed from today's perspective. You never hear him talk about how handsome the men players are.

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Hmm they changed to Chicago scoring. and are now only playing 3 hands....

Strange line of play on the 3NT hand, why not win the first diamond and return the c9

Surprising number of bidding errors in this match on both teams. Were they drunk?

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I wonder if Mr Ogust is the inventor of the Ogust convention in response to to weak twos

Very retro. They must have said Carol was beautiful 10 times. The culture has changed.

Leventritt played the 'Intra Finesse' many years before Chagas published it in the Bols tip

"Chico needed the money"

Appalling bidding on the KQJ to 8 Clubs ...by everyone....

Mad Marx Brothers bidding. Interesting 900 penalty !

17:50 If the Schenkens knew this was the last hand, and their only chance to win the match was by setting their opponents, then why not double? Then they win the match by putting them down two instead of three.

4 experts and 1 leads out of turn... pathetic

What a great game! Too bad its ageing out in the US, but so am I.

This show featured some excellent bridge players of the time, to be sure. However, one woman I would really have enjoyed watching is Agnes Gordon. She was a frequent partner of Eric Murray, who said of her: "Agnes never came close to touching a wrong card or making a questionable bid. Everyone who played with Agnes marveled at her perfection.".

Are the episodes really in the right order? The intro is different. Also the defending team are not the winners of the previous uploaded episode.

This one is glorious

Wait, is Mary Jane Farell pretty? I wish they would tell me.

Format change on this episode… mid season..

For world class champion players, the bidding on the last deal was atrocious! Any experienced competent partnership would reach 6 spades easily!