This appears to be a thing that’s happening. Only four episodes which is interesting.
Also sounds like they’re modifying the format so it has a bit more of a Price is Right “come on down!” structure. Also star judges in the talent show stylee?
It is probably worth pointing out two things though.
- People saying they’ve been crying out for it doesn’t necessarily mean they will actually watch it, as previous Phamily Phun shows of the last several years will attest.
- I quite like Mel and Sue but frankly it’s a mistake to believe they’re bankers. Outside of Bake Off which is an outlier, and fair enough Insert Name Here is successful enough to warrant additional runs, they’re not exactly blessed with hits either as a double act or on their own.
I think there is plenty to be cautious about but hey! It might be good, knock yourselves out.
Can I be the first to mention ‘Don’t Scare The Hare’?
To be fair, that was before Bake Off was big, and Perkins was only the narrator.
But yeah, for Mel & Sue it really does depend on the format. I think this will work well though.
Hilariously, like Don’t Scare the Hare, Miranda Hart was originally associated with it.
Of course Bake Off won’t pull in numbers as big as they were on BBC One on Channel 4, but I think it was not very smart of Mel & Sue to not move with the format, since they never made a mediocre format work with their personalities. I think they can easily be replaced on Bake Off and if The Generation Game is not a success for them, they lost out on a lot of money. I mean, I see why you could stick with the BBC in such a situation and I really like the two of them, but you are right: their list of failures is quite impressive :/
There has hardly been a big call from the public for the Generation Game to return too – it’s just the go to format the BBC go to they’ve got someone they don’t know what to do with, so surfaces in the press every couple of years.
Would be a huge mistake to add a panel of judges to it, and really don’t think commissioning just 4 episodes is much of a show of faith – could at least stretch it to 6.
The “come on down” structure at least suggests they’ll be using the general public – at just 4 eps it could very easily have been all celeb specials for Comic Relief or something.
Gen Game traditionally had a fair degree of filler in terms of unusual but gentle quizzes as well as its big set-piece performance stunts. If they’re getting rid of the quizzes (why need a panel of judges if they’re not?) then that would make it quite distinctive.
The other distinguishing Gen Game characteristic is that the sense of humour was traditionally quite waspish, implemented with no subtlety whatsoever in the Jim Davidson days, which is something that I don’t see sitting so well with Mel and Sue, whose humour I would characterise as dotty.
It’ll be different. If it’s sufficiently different to put off those few million who do remember it fondly then it’ll probably be blamed on Mel and Sue, quite possibly in the same way as “you can’t have a female Doctor Who”, and the blame will probably be quite unfair.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/23/the-celebrity-big-brother-line-up-has-reportedly-leaked-and-the-list-of-names-is-very-surprising-6799950/
Some of the CBB lineup has reportedly been leaked, and John Leslie of Wheel of Fortune and Survivor UK has been lined up.
Well John Leslie is certainly eye-opening if true – accused of a lot, it looks like not much has stuck scanning through Wikipedia. Sarah Harding I know, the rest I have no idea about. I have reached the age where I don’t know barely anyone on CBB, like someone middle-aged about ten years ago, and I will be using this premise for a 60-minute stand-up set at Edinburgh.
The recent C5 line ups have made Maggot look like Brad Pitt.
Although there are reports that Shaun Williamson’s doing it, although he’s the sort of name where you have to think if he’s done it before or not.
He was in the advert for the second Channel 5 series, which always seemed a bit odd.
Ah, Maggot…himself and Eggsy – the doyens of a thousand clip shows, even though they last “charted” in 2005…qv “Pappys” – a comedy troupe who pop up on everything (at least on Channel 4) despite me NEVER HAVING SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE, DESPITE REGULARLY VISITING COMEDY CLUBS – LIKE JONGLEURS, COMEDY STORE AND ALL KINDS OF INDEPENDENT AND PROVINCIAL ONES, FOR THE LAST TWENTY FUCKING YEARS!!!!!
Sorry, apologies to the Bar regulars – I got a bit carried away there…but you get my drift? It’s a bit like the reputed CBB line up – most of them are people famous for being on reality shows, which take absolute nobodies and show them off on minority channels, to a miniscule minority of the population but because of social fkin media, loads of fifteen year olds invoke a blizzard of self-indulgent tweeting, facebooking, pinteresting and Christ knows what else.
Once upon a time, you became famous – or got well known – by having a talent, and parading it on screen. Nowadays, all you need is a few muscles, a trendy haircut and the willingness to **** someone to secure a magazine deal. In the words of a certain D. Trump….”Sad!”
Feel free to say “fuck” on here. We’re all grown-ups. 😉