This week one of the clues on Only Connect was Pif! Paf! Pof!, which it turns out is a foreign version of Snap! Crackle! and Pop! and not, regrettably, a connection to do with Eurovision entries.
(Note to puritans: mild sexual suggestion)
This is, of course, from Alan Cumming sitcom The High Life.
Yes, it’s our new “concept” post – there’s a load of things on tonight, some more interesting than others, so why not have a chat about them here?
David has suggested that this week’s OC is a “top episode”. But then he’s hardly going to go around suggesting it’s a bit rubbish is he? WE WILL SOON FIND OUT.
I’ve done a review of The Crystal Maze on iPod. It’s currently going for 59p, although it’s gone as low as free in the past, but for those sorts of prices you’re getting good value.
This is the first iPod review where you can click on the pictures and get full-screen versions come up, I’ve been toying with screen-resolutions recently and forgot that I have my screen at home on teeny-tiny res. but with my browser magnified a bit, on older computers and screens it may have been quite difficult to read some of the writing on quiz-based screenshots. So this seemed like a reasonable middle-ground.
Speaking of The Crystal Maze, it’s 2009’s answer to The Crystal Maze The Cube this evening. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
October. OCTOBER, PEOPLE.
So what excites you, punters? Let me know and I’ll add it later, if I remember.
Others wish to add:
Blimey, Mondays are packed, aren’t they? I feel a spin-off of Saturday Night’s Alright for Writing coming on.
…board update.
In honour of German television’s second greatest German (behind Stefan Raab), and because this week hasn’t given much to comment on, I’ve put up some new old features. But first, despite the fact I linked to it a few days ago, Gottschalk’s Haus Party:
Tremendous.
Now, I’ve done three articles and they are:
Enjoy, keep your fingers crossed for a review of the The Crystal Maze iPod game at the weekend.
Alright, what is the connection HERE then, smartarses?
Alright, let’s see how you did. Most of you were wrong, but Barry chimed in after the first clue with:
Bands that have had to change their names.
This would lead to an interesting dilemma, because it’s sort of right but not actually correct, although doubtless when given just one guess on television you’d probably ask for at least a second. That’s where geek comedian Tom Scott comes in:
I reckon (on two clues) that you’re close – but I’d say it’s *things* that have had to change their names.
Which is, basically correct. They are all things that had to change their name to avoid infringement. Westlife were originally known as Westside (and indeed their first single was out as Westside, if I remember correctly) before someone pointed out there was already a Westside, the Gotcha was originally the Gotcha Oscar before the Academy had a quiet word, Starwing on the Super Nintendo (and indeed N64) is known outside Europe as Starfox, because of a game called Starfox released on the Commodore 64 in the eighties, and Pimp That Snack was originally Pimp My Snack before Viacom sent a stern letter. Well done to all involved!
Meanwhile, Channel 5 are doing a magic-based gameshow which appears to be “can you outwit Philip Escoffey?” and it is called Impossible? with a question mark. It sounds like it’s probably going to be that Derren Brown trick with the money in envelopes for an hour.
Incidentally, for the past few weeks I’ve been getting a lot of referals from people searching for ‘Lady Battleaxe’, one of the WARR-iors from Knights and Warriors. Well, I’ve solved the mystery of why that might be, Dot Jones who played Lady Battleaxe is now coach Shannon Beiste in popular television show Glee. A before and after shot may follow this evening.