Tall Tales — The Deck
Every card from the original 2003 Tall Tales Pocket Edition, plus the unreleased Discovery, Down Home, and Hollywood expansion decks that never made it to print.
The 2003 Pocket Edition
Every card that shipped in the original printed deck.
Tall Tales (40)
Tall Tale #1: In 1987 Adrienne Brown, the wife of singer James…
Tall Tale #100: In 1955 a four foot tall reptilian creature that…
Tall Tale #105: In 1956 the mother of Mike Nesmith, member of…
Tall Tale #106: In 1947 a strange contraption crashed on a ranch…
Tall Tale #109: A 15-mile deep hole known as Mel's Hole is…
Tall Tale #112: Confederate General Robert E. Lee is the only person,…
Tall Tale #117: A video related to the Roswell UFO incident supposedly…
Tall Tale #12: A fire station in Livermore, California has a unique…
Tall Tale #120: In 1997 a discovery in Britain's Loch Ness revealed…
Tall Tale #13: When the inventor of the modern Frisbee, Ed Headrick,…
Tall Tale #18: In 1987 a freshman at the University of Illinois…
Tall Tale #21: Levi's 501 jeans originally had a crotch seam rivet…
Tall Tale #22: In 1967 a large black flying creature with glowing…
Tall Tale #25: Just before the 1996 Republican convention in Miami, Florida,…
Tall Tale #30: Los Alamos, New Mexico was the site of the…
Tall Tale #31: Actor Jimmy Stewart once played a critical role in…
Tall Tale #34: The Burbank Bigfoot was a hoax involving a fake…
Tall Tale #39: In 1994 a stand-up comedian was elected to Denmark's…
Tall Tale #42: Who was the first major U.S. politician to go…
Tall Tale #43: In 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, residents of Hartlepool,…
Tall Tale #46: In the 1981 movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark,"…
Tall Tale #49: The Bermuda Triangle is home to an interesting feature…
Tall Tale #5: During World War II the U.S. military worked on…
Tall Tale #54: In the 1997 British general election, candidates with the…
Tall Tale #57: In 1955 a Wisconsin man presented 900 empty shaving…
Tall Tale #58: What famous media mogul is known to have actively…
Tall Tale #61: In 1939 a wallet sold by Woolworth department stores…
Tall Tale #66: In 2001 a Japanese tourist who was visiting Minnesota…
Tall Tale #69: In the 1970’s the U.S. government is rumored to…
Tall Tale #7: Actress Lucille Ball reportedly had a strange thing happen…
Tall Tale #70: In 1996 a surprising number of dangerous criminals were…
Tall Tale #73: What famous American once said: "The nations of the…
Tall Tale #76: In 1972 G. Gordon Liddy and four other men…
Tall Tale #79: In 1978 the arcade video game "Space Invaders" caused…
Tall Tale #84: Vice President Walter Mondale once intervened in a situation…
Tall Tale #87: In 1934 a photograph was taken of an alleged…
Tall Tale #90: In 18th century English gambling dens, there was an…
Tall Tale #91: In the 1980 movie "The Empire Strikes Back," a…
Tall Tale #94: In 1988 an Iranian man on a flight to…
Tall Tale #99: The downfall of the lost city of Atlantis is…
Toppers (40)
Topper #1: The worst advice you've received
Topper #10: The most embarrassing photograph you've appeared in
Topper #11: The most interesting gift you've given
Topper #12: The worst experience you've had on an airplane
Topper #13: The shortest period of time you've held a job
Topper #14: The best excuse you've used for missing school
Topper #15: The most embarrassing purchase you've made
Topper #16: The biggest lie you've told that was believed
Topper #17: The most powerful person you've seen in real life
Topper #18: The strangest thing that's happened to you involving food
Topper #19: The most devious act you've gotten away with
Topper #2: The strangest thing you've done in front of a…
Topper #20: The worst accident you've had
Topper #21: The most courageous act you've performed
Topper #22: The worst date you've been on
Topper #23: The strangest thing you've thrown out of an automobile…
Topper #24: The most money you've lost gambling
Topper #25: The best advice you've given
Topper #26: The strangest thing you've received in the mail
Topper #27: The most dangerous place you've visited
Topper #28: The best prank you've pulled on a teacher
Topper #29: The most interesting service you've paid for
Topper #3: The most creative place you've hidden something
Topper #30: The strangest thing you've found in a pocket
Topper #31: The worst experience you've had on a boat
Topper #32: The most rewarding volunteer work you've performed
Topper #33: The strangest thing that's fallen on you
Topper #34: The most valuable thing you've lost
Topper #35: The strangest thing you've done in front of a…
Topper #36: The most famous politician you've met personally
Topper #37: The worst mistake you've made with money
Topper #38: The most interesting thing you've done for money
Topper #39: The worst thing you've smelled
Topper #4: The biggest dare you've taken part in
Topper #40: The most dangerous thing you've done in an automobile
Topper #5: The most interesting home remedy you've used
Topper #6: The most famous person you're related to
Topper #7: The most interesting thing you've run over with lawn…
Topper #8: The worst fight you've fought
Topper #9: The meanest pet you've owned
Zingers (40)
Zinger #1: In 1933 footprints reportedly left by a sea serpent…
Zinger #10: Hamburgers and frankfurters are named after cities in Germany
Zinger #102: A cat that falls off the seventh floor of…
Zinger #103: In 1996 Oprah Winfrey threw clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger…
Zinger #108: Wintergreen Life Savers candy will produce a visible spark…
Zinger #111: There are more plastic flamingos in the United States…
Zinger #114: In 1976 the dye used in red M&M's was…
Zinger #115: The 1989 movie "Back to the Future II" correctly…
Zinger #118: The A.D. used in early dates stands for “After…
Zinger #15: The famous Patterson Bigfoot video footage filmed in 1967…
Zinger #16: The formation of the country of Bangladesh was initiated…
Zinger #19: The modern image of Santa Claus comes from images…
Zinger #24: Highway overpasses should not be used as shelter from…
Zinger #27: The U.S. has over 70% of the world's lawyers
Zinger #28: No two snowflakes are alike
Zinger #33: Rice shouldn't be thrown at weddings because it's bad…
Zinger #36: In 1991 Millie the White House dog earned more…
Zinger #37: If you jump in a falling elevator just before…
Zinger #4: President Harry S Truman had no middle name
Zinger #40: Lee Greenwood, writer and performer of the patriotic song…
Zinger #45: You could survive longer on a Cornflakes cereal box…
Zinger #48: Upon returning to the U.S. from the Moon in…
Zinger #51: Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators,…
Zinger #52: Escape artist Harry Houdini died as a result of…
Zinger #55: A major earthquake along the San Andreas fault is…
Zinger #60: The Thanksgiving national holiday celebrated in America was created…
Zinger #63: The headstone at the grave of Mel Blanc, the…
Zinger #64: Touching a poison ivy blister causes it to spread
Zinger #67: During the heydey of the popular Cabbage Patch dolls,…
Zinger #72: Airplane designers test the strength of airplane windshields by…
Zinger #75: Left-handed people have shorter life spans than right-handed people
Zinger #78: Workmen are entombed in Hoover Dam who died while…
Zinger #81: Chocolate is toxic to dogs, and can potentially kill…
Zinger #82: A penny placed on a train track is capable…
Zinger #85: The first couple to be shown in bed together…
Zinger #88: Subliminal advertisements, where images are quickly displayed as a…
Zinger #9: An undercover policeman must answer "yes" to the question…
Zinger #93: You are more likely to be selected for a…
Zinger #96: Actor Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln, the…
Zinger #97: There has never been a foreign invasion of the…
Discovery Edition
A nature-leaning expansion deck — designed but never published.
Tall Tales (5)
Tall Tale (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Forest rangers in Yellowstone National Park use an interesting…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1977 a strange creature was reported in Dover,…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1995 the first reports of a creature known…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Reinhold Messner, the first person to climb Mt. Everest…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Discovery Edition: West central Africa is reportedly home to a large…
Toppers (5)
Topper (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The most dangerous animal you've seen in the wild
Topper (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The most unusual animal you've touched
Topper (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The strangest place you've relieved yourself
Topper (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The strangest thing that's happened to you in a…
Topper (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The strangest thing that's happened to you involving an…
Zingers (25)
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: A visible ring around the moon is often an…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Birds won't sit on their nests if a human…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: DNA evidence of alleged Bigfoot fur has revealed that…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Exposure to a sudden bright light can cause people…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Government regulations detail exactly how fast ketchup must ooze…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Greek philosopher Plato was the first recorded believer in…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: If the entire population of China jumped up at…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1859 Charles Darwin, the champion of human evolution,…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1965 NASA spent $1.5 million developing a pressurized…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1976 a chimpanzee named Oliver with "human" behavior…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1982 a series of massive global earthquakes were…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1989 an asteroid one-fourth of a mile wide…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: In 1997, a chemical compound known as dihydrogen monoxide…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Lobsters let out an audible scream when dropped into…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Muscle turns into fat if not exercised enough
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: No animal, once frozen solid, survives when thawed
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Opening windows to equalize air pressure will save a…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Squeezing the air out of a partially consumed soda…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Switching off a light for only a few minutes…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The bouyant properties of quicksand make it impossible to…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: The custom of naming hurricanes originated with an Australian…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: There are no antelope in North America
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Tornadoes are the number one weather killer in the…
Zinger (unreleased), Discovery Edition: Your right lung takes in more air than your…
Down Home Edition
A folksy expansion deck designed for Cracker Barrel — never made it to print.
Tall Tales (8)
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: A popular but untrue tale involves a motorcycle that…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: A seemingly strange and primitive form of weather forecasting…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: In 1919 over twenty residents of Boston were killed…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: In 1967 the Hiram Walker company began promoting their…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: In 1986 the Silo electronics chain made good on…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: In 1995 a rather unorthodox fund raiser took place…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The "See Rock City" barn ad campaign was started…
Tall Tale (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Why are crescent moons often cut into outhouse doors
Toppers (17)
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The best advice you've received
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The best excuse you've used for not having your…
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The best prank you've pulled on a family member
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The biggest lie you've told that you were caught…
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The furthest you've walked
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The most interesting place where you've been lost
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The most interesting thing you've run over with a…
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The most unusual prize you've won in a contest
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The most valuable thing you've found on the side…
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest party you've attended
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest pet you've owned
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest thing that's happened to you in a…
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest thing you've eaten
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest thing you've found in the trash
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The strangest thing you've sent in the mail
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The worst advice you've given
Topper (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The worst experience you've had on a bus
Zingers (35)
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: A forked stick known as a divining rod can…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: A tooth will dissolve if left in a glass…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: A U.S. Postal Service mail truck has the right…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Apples are more effective than coffee for keeping people…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Blueberry Jelly Belly jelly beans were created especially for…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Brown eggs are more nutritious than white eggs
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Clyde Barrow, of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde gang,…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Eating chocolate causes acne
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: George Washington had wooden teeth
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Going outside with wet hair increases your chances of…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Honey is the only natural food that is made…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: If you toss a penny 1000 times, it will…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: In 1996 a tornado destroyed a Canadian drive-in movie…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: It is possible to hypnotize a chicken by moving…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: It's normal for a baby to run a fever…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Ketchup was originally created in China hundreds of years…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Knuckle cracking will eventually lead to arthritis
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Lemon Joy dishwashing detergent can be used to attract…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Lightning never strikes the same place twice
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Naugahyde, the fabric often used as a cheaper replacement…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: New York is the only U.S. city named exactly…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Over 17 billion toys have been distributed in Cracker…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Potato chips were invented in 1853 when an angered…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: President Grover Cleveland was a draft dodger
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: President Ulysses S. Grant was once issued a speeding…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Prune juice is one of the major ingredients in…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Swimming immediately after eating is likely to cause severe…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The cast of the sitcom "Green Acres" ate the…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The Gilligan character on the television show "Gilligan's Island"…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The MoonPie snack treat was created in response to…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: The U.S. interstate highway system is designed so that…
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: Touching certain kinds of frogs can cause warts
Zinger (unreleased), Down Home Edition: You can determine a rattlesnake's age by counting a…
Hollywood Edition
A movies-and-celebrities expansion deck — never made it to print.
Tall Tales (1)
Toppers (4)
Topper (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The most famous actor you've seen in real life
Topper (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The most significant radio appearance you've had
Topper (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The most significant television appearance you've had
Topper (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The strangest thing that's happened to you in a…
Zingers (28)
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: A 1978 Topps "Star Wars" trading card depicts C-3PO…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Actor Humphrey Bogart was the model for the "Gerber…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Adolph "Harpo" Marx, of the famous Marx Brothers, changed…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Albert Einstein once guest-starred on the television show "Gunsmoke"
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: An actor in the movie "The Wizard of Oz"…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Bert and Ernie on the children's television show "Sesame…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Educational chef Julia Childs once dropped a duck on…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Film director Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Freddy Krueger, the killer in the 1984 horror movie…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Ann in the 1988…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: In 1991 clothing designer Liz Claiborne appeared on "The…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: In 1992 actress Marisa Tomei was accidentally given an…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: In 1992 film director Spike Lee initiated a boycott…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: In the 1997 movie "Titanic" James Cameron, the film's…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: In the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Johnny Carson once gave out his AT&T calling card…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Marilyn Monroe was the model for Tinker Bell in…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Media mogul Ted Turner bought the rights to "The…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Musician Sting got his name because of a yellow-and-black…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Of the six men who played the Three Stooges,…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Radio personality Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: Singer Deborah Harry, of "Blondie" fame, was once abducted…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The actor who played the character Paul on the…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The costume of Sesame Street's Big Bird is made…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The musical group ABBA got their name by taking…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The premise of "Good Will Hunting," the 1997 movie…
Zinger (unreleased), Hollywood Edition: The term "in like Flynn" was coined from actor…
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