Absolutely extraordinary, apparently.
I will say this though, the set looks superb. But don’t look at the photos section as it gives away who makes it to Saturday’s show, rather.
Meanwhile, thanks to TV wunderkind Tom Scott for pointing me in this direction on Twitter. Do you remember Didn’t They Do Well? Well here’s like a real life version of it!
When Gordon Brown calls the election, the Bother’s Bar/UKGameshows.com Quadrennial Gameshow General Election will be taking place. You’ll be asked for your all-time top ten UK gameshows and hosts.
It can’t be far away, so you might want to start thinking about it.
I’ve turned the comments off for this post (use the one below for other things), this is for informational purposes, not a place for canvassing.
Basically, I’ve spent most of today exploring old episodes of Run For Money on Youtube (of which there are several). I’m really, really hoping this guy who uploaded the full recent episode as linked to yesterday is doing it in some sort of official capacity, because this morning it looks like he’s uploaded some really, really old episodes, which don’t seem to have any missions in them (in fact by the looks of a translated Wikipedia article, it’s the first non-pilot ep here) – just Shibuya, nine runners, four hunters and 50 minutes on the clock. So it’s been interesting watching what’s on offer and seeing the evolution the show has taken since 2004. The early episode is more “pure”, but I think the later episodes with the twists and turns are more entertaining.
So ignore Cha$e, my proposition would be do to this as a monthly thing at various locations in the UK (Alton Towers, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes), get 15 contestants, but also allow anyone who survived the previous Run to Run again and give the show its mythology, £50k top prize (not massive massive, but you might need to pay more than one person and they’ll get to Run again) and I think you’ve got the potential of a great event show, here.
Right, the heat is on, the time is right, it’s time for you, for you to read an old feature I’ve tided up and put up:
Meanwhile, I’ve Daniel to thank for the rest of my evening’s entertainment, a full 90 minute episode of the Japanese show Run For Money, which you may remember was reversioned in the US as Cha$e with Live and Kicking‘s Trey Farley. Here’s Part 1, the rest are down the sides.
And Daniel has written up explanations for the missions here.
You can actually watch the entire episode on Dailymotion if you want (and you didn’t watch when it was linked to some time ago), just search for Xapatan. If your French is better than mine (tres likely), do feel free to fill in the gaps and correct the mistakes.