Conquering the world

By | November 30, 2015
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Mark Labbett’s off to The Chase Australia to join Anne Hegerty look:

 

We’re hoping he makes a guest appearance on every version in the world, including the non-English ones.

This has irritated me more than it probably should

By | November 25, 2015
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Do you remember those halcyon days in the early 2000s where every show after Weakest Link did behind the scenes contestant interviews regardless if they were worthwhile or not? It turns out we’re just one step away from Catchphrase Extra on ITV2 where Paddy McGuinness chats to Gemma Collins and Andi Peters about the episode just gone out, with a live phone-in.

Nobody cares. STOP IT.

In other news our Russian chums who have fanmade their own very decent versions of 21QW and more recently 5 Minutes to a Fortune have another show they want to show us, rather unexpectedly it’s a version of Never Mind the Buzzcocks:

 

I fear this would feel better with webcams/live action than static pictures, and obviously we won’t get the jokes, but there we are.

Show Discussion: 1000 Heartbeats Series 2

By | November 23, 2015
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Vernon’s back with another thirty episodes of mental agility and heart rate control quiz 1000 Heartbeats.

By the sounds of it it’s been taken apart, the bits cleaned up and put back together again with new games and new music from Paul Farrer And His Hat performed by the Heartbeats Strings Quartet (who you can now book to play at your events). Paul’s putting some of his tunes on his Youtube, so go and have a look.

We enjoyed the first series more than we were expecting to in truth so hopefully the second series will continue going in the right direction. This time it’s in an earlier slot – 3pm rather than 4pm, it’s doing well if it gets around a million (at the very least it aims not to lose too many viewers from Judge Rinder before it) so look out for that.

Brainstorm

By | November 22, 2015
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Thanks to everyone who took part and watched last night’s Game Night, if you want to jump to the hilarious Tipping Point electronic game bits they’re about 23 minutes in and ten minutes from the end. Not great quality I’m afraid because we were low latency, which is a shame in retrospect.

Right, thanks to David Bodycombe for the tip off, here’s the second half of fun BBC science quiz Brainstorm with Kenny Everett and Cleo Roccos from 1988, notable mainly for the final round (the Brain Drain) which we thought was a really good format for a quiz that hasn’t really been done since. Also the prospect of the Scrungeatron terrified me as a seven-year-old, in a way that only Cliffhanger off of The Price Is Right did previously.

 

Finally today the Ring of Fire pilot films at ITV Towers this afternoon – I applied for a ticket but wasn’t successful. Sounds like young upcoming talent Stephen Mulhern is hosting (but that’s unconfirmed), if you go feel free to tell us what it’s like (use a pseudonym if you want).

It’s Bother’s Game Night 2! #bbgn

By | November 21, 2015
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Live from around 9:30!

 

Hurrah! Join us live on Youtube tonight from 9:30pm to whenever (it’s open-ended, a bit like After Dark) as we explore the best of what the Jackbox Party Pack 2 (and some of JPP1) can offer as well as roadtesting what will surely be this Christmas’ must-have item, the Tipping Point electronic game. There will be a group of us broadcasting live from a Google Hangout but because of the nature of the games YOU will be able to have some input as well!

Affect our games and playalong live! All you need to do is keep our livestream up (Youtube link will appear here around 9:30) and then on your second screen of choice go to www.jackbox.tv, put in the room code on the screen, add a name et voila. Please be aware that because of the lag you will need to follow prompts on your phone and watch the results on the screen. As a member of the audience you will get the chance to vote on answers, awarding points to the person who came up with the answer. Play along, you might make the difference!

What will we be playing? On the menu tonight in no particular order: Lie Swatter (true/false quiz, audience participation), Drawful (trying to draw unusual things), Fibbage 2 (fill-in-the-blank lying, audience participation), Quiplash XL (being witty to order, audience participation), Bidiot (strategy and perception) and Bomb Corp (speed logic and shouting). We won’t be able to play Earwax because we can’t stream sound in the Hangout right now regrettably, although we may well try a workaround for future events. PLUS! An exciting fil rouge Tipping Point element that may or may not go well!

I’ve got a decent amount joining me in the Hangout this evening but there may yet be room for more, especially if you’re female (as the panel is looking 100% male so far) – if you’ve got a microphone and a Google account hit me up on here or on Twitter and we’ll see what we can do to make it happen.

If you’re watching along you should also tweet us on #bbgn. Please be prepared for adult themes and language.

If this this goes well we’ll do it again in the New Year.