Ahh … how to while away those hours of staring vacantly out the window of your parent's station wagon on a  family holiday to Lazy Crab Hotel, Dawesville WA circa 1983. When another game of eye-spy may force you to choke yourself with your own 5 year old fist, perhaps a battery operated game of physical skill that tests players hand-eye co-ordination with a silly jingle is just what the doctor ordered. That's right Operation.

Remember Cavity Sam, your dumpy patient with noticeably  nothing to speak of down below, a bright red light bulb for a nose and a body riddled with ailments to be removed such as a broken heart, spare ribs, butterflies in the stomach, brain freeze (an ice cream cone in the head of course!?), writer’s cramp (a pencil in the forearm) ... feeling familiar?

The aim of the game - remove the tiny ailments with a pair of tweezers avoiding touching the sides of the cavity and setting off a buzzer, turning poor Sam’s nose bright red and losing a turn. Truly, hours of entertainment and still available 49 years on in normal form, travel form and key ring form … We thank you Milton Bradley.