Reports this morning suggesting ITV have picked up The Masked Singer, we look forward to seeing what level of celebrity they manage to get for it (who’s behind the lion mask? it’s Christopher Biggins!).
Also reported, there might be a US version of The Crystal Maze in the works. On the one hand, imagine The Crystal Maze but American. On the other hand, imagine The Crystal Maze but American. Little Lion (of live experience fame) were meant to be expanding into the US, weren’t they?
Quietly quite interesting, news broke yesterday that Ryan Reynolds will be hosting a US version of upcoming format Don’t, where families attempt physical and mental challenges in rooms for money whilst under strict instructions not to do something or risk elimination.
Anyway this sounds like potentially a fun idea. So obviously looking for inspiration for something to “do” a post about I start looking for gameshows that follow the theme. Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush. Don’t Feed the Gondolas. And then I saw Davina McCall holding a question card, so here’s a video of Don’t Try This At Home!
I’m back staring at screens for money tomorrow so Bother’s Bar JUMPS back into (in)action.
In the meantime, it’s the Race Across the World finally tonight and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed it as an entertaining race and as a documentary and we’re glad they’re looking for applicants for a second series (London to Singapore again but with different checkpoints? Or somewhere else?).
So here’s a few minutes of CITV’s World Wise with David “Kid” Jensen who I thought was legitimately the coolest man in the world when I was about five because he a) had a cool accent and b) had a cool moving chair 30 years before Mental Samurai and c) hosted a show that felt TECHNOCOOL.
So I saw a link to this earlier: an entire episode of The Krypton Factor from its first series in 1977. You’ll need to excuse the quality, and it’s broken up into parts, but it’s fascinating, sort of a bit crap but still good. Of note: the rubbish assault course – I believe that was changed to something closer to what we know and love soon after (although the reasoning behind the headstarts is quite interesting), the Personality round as voted for by the public, and Gordon Burns being a hip young gunslinger.
There’s another episode on the guy’s channel as well.
In other news, I’m afraid there will be no episode of Ben Justice’s Top 100 UK Game Shows Of All Time this Friday as he’s not had time, but hopes to resume next week.
And auditions are happening NOW! Go go go!
This will be the show’s first series made by independent production companies and filming in Northern Ireland, but John Humphrys is staying on.
In State of the Bar news, I’m off work this week so posts will likely be sparse this week unless something very exciting comes up although I’ll be around, obviously. There is no Bother’s Bar April Fool joke this year, sorry.
Snoozed, lost.