You run in a 5 ft. radius from Mr. Bucket, collect your balls and drop them in his head. Meanwhile, he churns your balls around for awhile and spits them out of his mouth; its up to you to collect them and put them back in. You win when all of your balls stay inside of Mr. Bucket the longest.

Mr. Bucket is a fine creation of Milton Bradley in 1992. The world’s finest, most mature ad execs ran with the following jingle:

The Mr. Bucket Jingle:

I’m Mr. Bucket, toss your balls in my top

I’m Mr. Bucket, out of my mouth they will pop

I’m Mr. Bucket, we’re all gonna run

I’m Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!

I’m Mr. Bucket, balls pop out of my mouth

I’m Mr. Bucket, a ball is what I’m about

I’m Mr. Bucket, we’re all gonna run

I’m Mr. Bucket, buckets of fun!