Square Pegs [SEP] original network
Square Pegs
Square Pegs is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1982–1983 season. The series follows Patty Greene (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Lauren Hutchinson (Amy Linker), two awkward teenage girls desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School.
Overview and setting.
Created by former "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts, the pilot introduces an eclectic group of eight freshmen on their first day at Weemawee High School. The series was much acclaimed by critics at the time for its realistic look at
Old Norse, and "tail" presumably refers to a fox's tail. As in Grettis saga, "rävspelet" (modern Swedish for "the Fox game") is still played with holes and pegs.
There are two fox pegs (the red pegs on the picture) and 20 sheep pegs (the yellow pegs). Like the original game, "tafl", the objective is for the defender (sheep) to reach a certain destination on the board, the square of nine holes marked with red