Stuff

By | March 17, 2011
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Right I’m still ill, I’m using my iPad in bed to comment on things, like a sort of real life version of Denzil Washington’s bed in The Bone Collector but I have FORCED MYSELF out to write a new post for you:

  • Do you remember I went to see some episodes of the brilliant Pointless being filmed last month? Well those two episodes are actually going out today and Friday. At the time of writing Thursday has been and gone, but I advise you all to try and watch Fridays because for many different reasons it’s a bit of a belter. Edit:  IF you want to know exactly how ill I am, I wasn’t at Thursday’s episode at all so God knows why it felt so familiar. Anyway, today’s is good, Monday’s is brilliant – great contestants, packed with incident, and I was laughing hard throughout.
  • 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow has been picked up for a six week run in the US. I said when it first came on over here that it’s a show likely to work better with US pacing and money.
  • Spring Wipeout starts tonight, the show that was hurriedly commissioned for Winter Wipeout‘s massive ratings before American Idol decided it would still do OK without Simon Cowell anyway.
  • Paddy O’ Connell’s been sacked from the BBC3 Eurovision coverage! Travesty.

Board of Excitement 13th – 19th March 2011

By | March 13, 2011
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After not much last week, this week it’s loads and a lot of it Comic Relief related:

  • The Bother Series of Poker Game 5 – I do feel quite ill at the moment, so what better time to come along and clear up? Don’t forget if you’re playing in the US your clocks have gone forward, so you will want to come along at 1600 ET. (8pm, Full Tilt, Sunday) – Discussion page.
  • 24 Hour Panel People – I have no idea if this is going to work in highlight form, especially as it will be condensing 20 different shows into a little over two-and-a-half hours. Also it looks like they’ve added an extra episode because it’s starting tonight. (10pm Sunday and Wednesday, 10:30pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, BBC3)
  • Double Cross – First in a new series of podcasts. The live streaming was fun (hopefully they will be doing it again this week), you can download them on iTunes from here. (Monday)
  • Pointless – New series with Alexander Armstrong and the very tall Richard Osman (4:30pm, Monday, BBC2)
  • Only Connect – Comic Relief celebrity special featuring much the same celebs as the Children in Need one. I predict The Coren will wear a red nose whilst giving the impression she’s slightly displeased about it. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4)
  • Survivor – although I’ve not yet watched this week’s. (Wednesday, CBS)
  • Accumulate – it’s a semi-final! (Friday, RUON)
  • Comic Relief night – Do give generously. (From 7pm, Friday, BBC1)
  • Take Me Out – doesn’t normally get a billing (although I do like it), but I’ve noticed that it’s been increasing its airtime recently – this Saturday the show is going to be 90 minutes long! There is no Secret Fortune because of the rugby. (8:35pm, Saturday, ITV1)

I think that’s it. Meanwhile, whilst I deliberately stay away from political stuff, it would be wrong I think to advertise Red Nose Day and not point out that the British Red Cross are now taking donations over the Japanese disaster.

Kill Jester

By | March 12, 2011
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Sorry, I know it’s two Youtube vids in a row, but I was alerted to this this morning and I think it will be of interest to the Punters. Limmy’s Show is a comedy sketch show on BBC Scotland which I’ve heard good things about, and one of the show’s recurring sketches is something called Adventure Call, a parody of the old late night TV quizzes and old computer adventure games. I think I might check out the show for real:

They Might

By | March 12, 2011
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Right, I’ve not really been following the Eurovision selection process this year but Blue’s I Can, the UK entry, got it’s first showing on Graham Norton last night.

I don’t think it’s completely awful actually, although it’s no Bubblin’, obviously.

Apparently they can’t spot a pattern

By | March 10, 2011
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International versions of Deal or No Deal based on the US model? FAILURE.

International versions of 1 vs 100 based on the US model? FAILURE.

So which not-massively-successful-really version of Endemol’s Million Pound Drop will Eddie McGuire be emulating in Australia? Yes brilliant, I know. At least they’ve had the sense to call it The Million Dollar Drop.