It’s a slow news day so here’s some fun for the evening, about ten o’ clock on Twitter I’ll be playing a game called The Conveyor Belt of Death. It is a very simple quiz a bit like a game they play on Schlag den Raab on occasion – a category is given followed by ten answers. Seven belong to the category, three do not. Ignore the first reject, you need to reply to me with the item number of the second thing that does not fit the category – the third item is a back-up in case nobody correctly gets the second one. You only get one buzz so think carefully. The first player to do so in the first two rounds wins a berthing into the grand final third category, a tense head to head play off requiring knowledge and nerve where the winner (if there is one) stands to win The Running Man on DVD. BIG PRIZES. I’ll put the questions here in a comment after the game.
Board of Excitement 27th March – 2nd April 2011
Well I hate BST already, let’s see what’s on this week:
- The Bother Series of Poker Game 6 – likely to have fewer people than normal this evening so feel free to join in if you fancy a game. Here’s the post game discussion page. (8pm BST/3pm Eastern, Sunday, Full Tilt)
- Double Cross – Had a fun time watching this get made live on Thursday night, will be intrigued to hear the final edit. It may be a bit messy. (Monday, iTunes)
- The Million Dollar Drop – It’s not doing that brilliantly, who could have predicted? (Monday and Thursday, Channel Nine in Australia)
- Accumulate – it’s the grand final! I think! (Friday, RU:ON)
- Schlag den Raab – it’s been a little while since the last one. Hopefully Stefan Raab won’t break his hand this week as he defends half a million Euro. (7:15 BST/8:15 CET+1, Saturday, ProSieben and hopefully naughty internet streaming).
- Live Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Mother’s Day Special – The first of six live episodes this year after the relative success of the Christmas one. Features David Walliams and his mum, Olly Murs and his mum and Patsy Palmer and son. The home viewer game where you can win half of what the celebs win for their charities also makes a return. (8:25pm, Saturday, ITV1)
And The Cube series three begins next Sunday, but it’s not leading into anything so it’s hard to see it topping 4.5m really.
It’s an exciting comedy panel show round-up!
There are never-ending variations of the comedy panel game show, here are three upcoming ones you can go and see if you want to:
Name: Us vs Them
Description: Jack Dee hosts a quiz to see which team of celebrities knows more about the week’s news.
Apparent Unique Selling Point: It’s got two teams in it.
Filming dates: Looks like a pilot is being filmed in 25th March… hey, that’s today!
Name: David Walliams’ Wall of Fame
Description: David Walliams hosts a quiz to see which team of celebrities knows more about the week’s celebrity news.
Apparent Unique Selling Point: It’s got a video wall.
Filming dates: Wednesday 30th March.
Name: Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask
Description: Celebrities are given random topics and have to make up and ask questions to other celebrities on those topics whilst Dave Lamb off of Come Dine With Me checks facts.
Apparent Unique Selling Point: It’s Mental – The Music Quiz for 2011! With Jane Austen-esque uncomfortable silences.
Filming dates: 6th April
Big Ask would be our pick I think, even if it is called something rubbish like Big Ask, as a proper Would I Lie To You?-esque battle of wits.
In other news! Don’t forget it’s BotherSOP Sunday this Sunday. The clocks will have gone forward, but you should still find it begins at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) – and many of the regulars can’t make it this week so it’s likely to be shorter (and easier to win) than normal.
Minute to Bin It
As promised some FABULOUS NEW CONTENT as I give the Minute to Win It app a going over. Amazing.
Meanwhile Endemol Joe asks an intriguing and worthwhile question: was anyone at the Sing If You Can pilot this evening, and was it any good?
Rubbish Facebook Apps of Our Time
I’ve just tried out the new Facebook Who Wants to be a Millionaire US app.
On the face of it it plays a fairly decent game, a sort of multiplayer version of the US show’s rules, you can get questions wrong but everyone who gets it right gets the value multiplied by everyone who doesn’t. You can use your “jumps” as free right answers, and the fastest player to give the correct answer gets some bonus cash.
The first game I was playing I was leading the field by quite some way at the end of round one (what can I say? I’m just brilliant). Unfortunately for whatever reason round two didn’t bother to start. So I reloaded it and the game wouldn’t start at all. What a load of rubbish. You can try and play three times per day for free if you’re that way inclined.
On the other hand, you could just browse Uitzending Gemist and watch loads of Dutch telly. Wie is De Mol for the win!
Board of Excitement 20th-27th March 2010
After last week’s brief excitement, not a massive amount to get excited about this coming week really:
- Deal or No Deal – has been moved to 4pm today because of world events in Libya, this won’t be in your listings magazines (4pm, Sunday, C4)
- The Million Dollar Drop – Eddie Mcguire calls the US show what it should have been called in the first place, but in Australian. (8:30pm, Nine, Australia)
- Double Cross – Haven’t had a chance to listen to the episode one edit yet, but Episode two comes along on Monday. (on iTunes, Monday)
- Accumulate – I’m so far behind with this (sorry peeps) but my reckoning it’s the grand final this week? Edit: Second semi-final as it turns out. (Friday, RU:ON TV)
- So You Think You Can Dance? – although I can’t say I’m that excited really. Ant and Dec’s Push the Button increased to almost 6m without Let’s Dance to compete with, so it will be intereststing to see if it keeps its audience with Cat and Nasty Nigel in opposition. Secret Fortune returns after it’s one week rugby break an hour later. (7:10pm, Saturday, BBC1)
- The Bother Series of Poker: Game 6 – I’ve not set this up yet, expect details midweek. (Sunday, Full Tilt)
Also expect a review of the new Minute to Win It app that’s just come out sometime during the week. Does it fall into the same traps as The Cube? (Sneak preview: yes.)
Also! Our very good friends at UKGameshows.com now have a new twitter account that alerts viewers to new articles. It’s run by Auntie Sabrina, although she looks a bit like Robert Robinson these days if the picture is anything to go by. Anyway it’s a great idea so well worth a follow IGNORE THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN, follow the OFFICIAL official account instead.