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==Adaptations and commemorations== The [[1960s in film|1960]] film ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' recapitulates many of the "one-up" ideas, and extends them to "Woo-manship", meaning the art of manipulative seduction of women. The script was adapted by [[Peter Ustinov]] from Potter's books. The film starred [[Ian Carmichael]] as the innocent in need of Professor Potter's teaching, [[Alastair Sim]] as Potter, [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Dennis Price]] and [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as exemplars of one-upmanship.<ref>''The Times'', 25 April 1959, p. 10</ref><!--A CITATION IS NEEDED FOR THIS ADDITION: and [[Janette Scott]] as the object of Carmichael's and Terry-Thomas's desire.--> ''One-Upmanship'' is a British television series based on Potter's work. It was written and adapted by [[Barry Took]] for the BBC for a Christmas special, initially in 1974. Starring [[Richard Briers]], Peter Jones (who also played a supporting role in ''School for Scoundrels''), and [[Frederick Jaeger]], it was subsequently broadened into three series that were broadcast between 1976 and 1978. Details of the broadcasts can be found on this [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/oneupmanship/ BBC comedy Web site.] Potter's diaries, acquired by the [[University of Texas]] after his death, were a primary source for ''Stephen Potter at the BBC'' (2004) by his second son, Julian Potter, a chronicle of Potter's time in the features department of the BBC in the 1940s. ''Raffles and the Match-Fixing Syndicate'', by Adam Corres, is an extension of Potter's theories, explaining the principles of cricket gamesmanship and the psychology of "thinking the batsman out". In a 1959 article Edmund Wilson wondered why Potter, as an academic himself, did not "exploit the fertile field of one-upmanship among professors, whereupon Wilson proceeded to fill the gap".<ref name=vqr/> In 2007, devotees of Potter created an annual winter golf tournament based on the tactics espoused in the author's book Gamesmanship. "The Potter Cup" is held annually at Fenwick Golf Course in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The Potter Cup is the Oldest Cold Weather Golf Tournament in Continuous Existence in Connecticut.
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