Fun vs 100

By | December 30, 2010
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Hey you!

Do you like fairly entertainingly written questions hidden inside horiffically broken formats, but done with enough pizazz to convince producers all over the globe that actually that way is the way to do it and then be surprised when it isn’t really all that successful if at all?

Then you’ll just love the fact you appear to able to watch all of GSN’s 1 vs 100 online, without having to resort to hiding behind a proxy if you’re in the UK either. Ta to Alex Buzzerblog for the heads up.

Knock yourself out, just as you’d knock out members of the mob.

Are you game?

By | December 29, 2010
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Did you play a lot of games over Christmas?

One thing I was sent was an episode of Family Game Night, currently airing on family channel The Hub in the US. I think it’s quite neat, and would fit quite well into an ITV or BBC Saturday early evening schedule with a few tweaks.

And you can read about it in my latest feature.

I quite like Todd Newton, and doing a little bit of research bought up a question I would be intrigued if any of my American readers would be able to answer. Newton was meant to be doing a documentary for the Travel Channel last year called Are You Game? where he travels around the world and competes on gameshows with a camera crew in tow. Did the series go out and was it any good? Not much has been written about it anywhere.

Ha ha, it’s… ha ha, haaaaaaaa, it’s the Belgians! The Belgians are coming! HAAAAAAAAAA!

By | December 28, 2010
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Long term fans of Bother’s Bar may remember that back when you could stream John de Mol’s Tien channel live over the internet we championed a show called De Slimste (The Smartest). Hosted by the ever amazing Linda de Mol, this was the Dutch version of a popular Belgian format De Slimste Mens Ter Wereld (The Smartest Person In The World, the joke being that Belgium is meant to be the smartest country so the winner must be the smartest person in the world). It’s basically a sort of general knowledge themed Talkabout with added strategy elements. Despite this it doesn’t take itself too seriously, the Dutch show was played with celebrities.

It’s a neat little quiz which I will be doing a feature on in the next few weeks. But if you can’t wait that long it looks like the Belgians are currently “doing a run” of it right now. I can’t find full episodes or a live stream, but there are clips.

Also: Blokken!

I’m back!

By | December 28, 2010
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Right, the last few days have been a fun stay in a cottage in Arundel, reduced to surfing on a DS. I can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that this is the least fun thing you could ever do.

However, as I’m on the edge of my seat seeing if Little Timmy Halbert won his family quiz or not, I’m hoping to do a feature on Hasbro’s Family Game Night before the new year.

Also, those ratings for Million Dollar Money Drop eh? Basically exactly how I called it, albeit a bit lower to start of with than I was possibly expecting. Can someone please set up some sort of gameshow based spread betting site so I can quit my job? Thanks very much.

Happy Christmas!

By | December 23, 2010
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Right! I’m away for a few days in theory (i.e. will probably be checking in from time to time) so I’d just like to wish all punters (all 14 of you) a happy Christmas.

A quick glance at Iain’s TV Guide suggests the Only Connect final is on Boxing Day on BBC4, and that Bravo finally Get It and put World’s Strongest Man at the correct time of “between Christmas and New Year” rather than in the middle of January.

Have a good one!
Brig x