Schlag den Star – 10th August – #bbsdstar

By | August 10, 2013
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Saturday Night, 19:15 UK (20:15 local)
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No picture today as I don’t want to push That Puppet Game Show too far down the page. Anyway tonight is the last Schlag den Star of the series and a member of the public will be going up against the very singer and actor Tom Beck in a series of games for €200,000. Once again there will be commentary of some sort.

Here’s the stream the commentary team will be using to commentate on.

The link to the live (and thanks to technology slightly delayed) commentary will  appear early in the comments. You will also be able to find it by searching for #bbsdstar on Twitter, or following Lewis Murphy.

Show Discussion: That Puppet Game Show

By | August 10, 2013
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tpgsSaturday, 18:45
BBC1

This is slightly unusual because I’ve actually already been to an audience screening and seen two episodes.

If you want to read the full report it’s right here.

Basically it’s entertaining, but the ad-libbing is rather funnier than the behind the scenes scripted stuff and unfortunately the behind-the-scenes scripted stuff is about 40% of the show. If you haven’t decided it’s not for you in the first few minutes you’ll probably stick with it – some of the games are quite clever. I don’t get why they need to point out it’s for charity every few minutes.

I think puppets are a hard sell to a general audience and it has zero lead-in for the first episode. But what it isn’t, and I must stress this, is as bad as Don’t Scare the Hare. Not by a long shot. But I have little doubt that’s the show people are already comparing it to before they’ve even seen it.

The first episode is Jonathan Ross vs Katherine Jenkins and might be a blinder. Let us know your thoughts.

The Chase USA [Placeholder]

By | August 7, 2013
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The Chase US started on GSN yesterday with Brooke Burns and Mark Labbett. We haven’t seen it yet but perhaps you have and if so feel free to discuss it – I’ll update this later when I can give it some proper attention.

Schlag den Star – 3rd August – #bbsdstar

By | August 3, 2013
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sdstarTonight, 19:15 UK (20:15 local)
ProSieben or naughty internet streaming

It’s Saturday night and someone will attempt to beat a German celebrity (tonight Doctor and kickboxer Christine Theiss) over nine games for €150,000, and once again we will be providing a live commentary.

This is  the stream we will be  commentating on.

Here is the commentary link! Follow us, or search for the hashtag #bbsdstar.

Our commentary is likely to be slightly behind the live stream for reasons outside our control. We know, sorry.

Tschüß!