Editing Two-up (section)

== Popular culture ==

The protagonist of [[C. J. Dennis]]' 1915 verse novel ''[[The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke]]'' suffers from an addiction to playing two-up.

In the 1921 Australian [[silent film]] ''[[A Girl of the Bush]]'', directed by [[Franklyn Barrett]], a school for two-up is shown in detail, including the way bets are placed and how the coins are tossed from the kip as the boxer squares up the play area and one of the players calls out "fair go"; the scene ends with a police raid. 

In the 1940 film ''[[Forty Thousand Horsemen]]'', the three leads, played by [[Grant Taylor (actor)|Grant Taylor]], [[Chips Rafferty]], and [[Pat Twohill]], are introduced to us playing two-up in a market place.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Van-Dyk|first1=Robyn|title=Forty Thousand Horsemen|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/forty-thousand-horsemen|website=Australian War Memorial|publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]]|accessdate=28 December 2014|date=21 December 2006}}</ref>

The 1951 novel ''[[Come In Spinner]]'' by [[Dymphna Cusack]] and [[Florence James]] takes its name from the call. 

In the 1960 film ''[[Hell Is a City]]'' set in [[Manchester]], [[England]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053900/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |title=Hell Is a City (1960) |website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=November 9, 2020}}</ref> there is a scene in which robbers use stolen money to join in a gang of local men gathered on a hill behind the town to gamble "the toss". A thrower balances two pennies on two outstretched fingers and then tosses them high in the air to see how they land. The thrower wins with double heads and loses with double tails. Other men in the crowd cover his bets (bet against him), with a "boxer" handling the money and keeping track of the bets. Lookout men with binoculars and whistles sat by upper windows of nearby buildings to warn of police arriving.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/W4bRPiumjuo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201110045719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4bRPiumjuo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4bRPiumjuo |title=Hell is a City (1960) - the tossing ring |date=August 2016 |via=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=9 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The 1960 film ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' contains a sequence in which a group of [[Drover (Australian)|Australian drovers]], including [[Robert Mitchum]]'s character, play a game of two-up, with appropriate bets. One of the players calls out "fair go", which translates roughly as "play fair". Appropriately, the action in the game on-screen is rapid and without hesitations or false starts. 

The 1971 film ''[[Wake in Fright]]'' contains scenes where the main protagonist, a schoolteacher named John Grant, staying in a semi fictional mining town based on [[Broken Hill]] for one night, initially makes significant winnings in a game of two-up, before subsequently losing everything again.

In 1978, the Australian group [[Little River Band]] released their fourth album ''[[Sleeper Catcher]]'', which featured the band and others on the cover playing the game. In the liner notes it says:

{{blockquote|Sometimes called "Australia's National Game", two-up is a form of gambling which, though illegal, has long been a favourite pastime. The "Sleeper Catcher", an accepted participant in the game, retrieves bets left on the floor by tardy backers.}}

There is a sequence in the 1987 film ''[[The Shiralee (1987 film)|The Shiralee]]'' starring [[Bryan Brown]] which makes reference to the game.

The Australian rock group [[AC/DC]] has a song called "Two's Up" on their 1988 ''[[Blow Up Your Video]]'' album that references the game.

During the broadcast recording of the 'Tin Symphony' segment of the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games there are two scenes of settlers playing two-up outside a tin home.<ref>{{cite AV media |year=2000 |title=The Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games A Sydney Celebration |medium=DVD |edition=revised |minutes=73.05 |publisher=Warner Vision Australia |id=8573857422 | url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/opening-ceremony-of-the-2000-olympic-games-a-sydney-celebration/oclc/223039052}}</ref>

The Australian-themed 2002 video game ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]]'' features a tutorial area named "Two-Up".

On 17 November 2004, the [[Premier of New South Wales]] remarked in the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]]:

{{blockquote|One of the charities most involved in problem gambling, the [[Wesley Mission|Wesley Community Legal Service]], a body dealing with problem gamblers, has confirmed it has never encountered a problem gambler addicted to two-up. That is an interesting bit of trivia for everyone to take home with them.|Mr [[Bob Carr]]|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/HansArt.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/107191134ab96b90ca256f5e000f299b!OpenDocument |title=Two-up |publisher=New South Wales Parliament |date=17 November 2004}}</ref>}}

In 2009, the television program ''[[Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities]]'' shows men taking part in games of two-up.  In one instance the police enter the establishment in which this is taking place and the contestants run and hide the equipment being used and money being gambled.

In 2014, the television program [[Peaky Blinders (TV series)|''Peaky Blinders'']] depicts a game of two-up, with a car and a horse used for betting.

On 20 February 2015, a game of two-up featured in ''[[The Doctor Blake Mysteries]]'', series 3, episode 2, titled "My Brother's Keeper".