#Love it!
You knew I'd have to look it up:

Acey Deucey is a variation of Backgammon. It is a most loved among military men since World War I. Its popularity started during these hard times. The early game strategy of Acey-Deucy is to attempt to set up advanced points as fast as possible, and if possible additionally build up adjacent points as base for a prime.

The footsteps - the escalating jig - the plaster falling - the frenzied creature named Acey Deucey, impatient to be fed - I LOVE IT!

Now I'm thinking of that movie about the WWI soldiers who adopted an orphaned bear, named Winnie, who ended up in a zoo, where A.A. Milne's son found Winnie so endearing, Milne penned the Pooh Bear stories. And his son Robin turned into some kind of celebrity kid (not included in the movie), spoiled by fame and fortune. Why can't I remember those details. All I remember is the old bear in the zoo. And the contrived Hallmark ending, where Winnie's rescuer is ill (maybe dying) and needs to rally around, and of course it's the bear who saves him.

Well, no, I never bring too much of my own baggage to someone else's stories, do I?
LOL