Right, so in theory The Krypton Factor ’95 is showing on Challenge this evening at 7:30, immediately after the ’93 Grand Final. I’ve certainly not seen a full episode since they originally went out sixteen years ago, so I’m intrigued to find out if time makes it feel less bad or not.
In other news, I’m hoping to do a feature on awesome Japanese show Escape Game Dero! tomorrow. Here’s a show to watch on Youtube – the pit is apparently CGI, by the way.
It sounds like Ultimate Big Brother winner Brian Downling will be hosting the new series of Big Brother on Five and Emma Willis will be hosting BBLB. I think these are very reasonable choices, although it’s a shame Willis hasn’t been given the chance to front the main show.
Jedward are apparently being paid a million quid to do the Celebrity one.
Source: @BBFansC5
Meanwhile, the commentary on C5’s upcoming Silent Library will be provided by Adam Buxton of Adam and Joe fame. The show begins on July 12th at 10pm on 5* (that’s right, not proper Channel 5).
Hey! Do you remember when I said Friend Of The Bar Tom Scott was quite good and should be on telly? Well it’s actually happening! He’s going to be one of Sky One’s Gadget Geeks, a show where people ask them to create something ridiculous and outlandish, and then they make it. I think it might be big, and that’s great because then I can sell my episode of Tom on Treasure Hunt to Before They Were Famous with Angus Deayton and become rich, RICH beyond my wildest dreams of avarice. His website’s got loads of fun things on it.
In other news, I’m hearing through Twitter the host (one of the hosts?) of Kiddy Boyard is… Laura Hamilton from Dancing on Ice. I am unfamiliar with her work, to be honest.
OK, if we could stick to discussion about 101 Ways To Leave a Gameshow US on this post, if you have any misc. discussion put it in the Amateur Adventure Hour post for the moment because I’m not going to get to watch this until late Wednesday and don’t want it spoiled as far as possible.
You can also discuss Summer Wipeout here, if you’d like.
Alright, I’m hoping this might become a new series. As we all know, my favourite gameshow sub-genre is the action-adventure game. Bother’s Bar likes to champion cheap DIY productions. So why not give some time over to amateur adventure shows on Youtube?
If you are or were a young man and at no point you’ve ever put together (or thought about putting together) your own version of The Crystal Maze/Fort Boyard then chances are you are weird. Here are some Doctor Who fans doing their own version:
To be honest, the games aren’t all that good (the one with the harness is undoubtably the best one, the puzzle in the dark second best) but I think it does make quite an imaginative use of set (the treasure room is hysterical, in a good way) and the host amusingly blunt.
We love this sort of thing. If you’ve made your own Maze, version of Knightmare or used your own helicopter to make a Treasure Hunt, then I want to know about it.
In other news, I’ve just been informed that Thomas Gottschalk has retired from Wetten Dass? presumably as a result of the paralysis accident last year. Quoting Boggenstrovia on Twitter, there are going to be three specials for the rest of the year, looking back on the show’s last thirty years.
In a cracking grand finale, Simon Fox wins the Bother Series of Poker 2011 after a tense heads-up battle with Matt Clemson. overtaking both myself and last year’s winner Andrew Smith for the title. Simon wins the trophy, the gold medal and a £46 bonus. Runner-up Andrew Smith claims silver and £27.60, and me, despite leading the league all the way through shoved with Jacks only to find Simon’s Queens, and finishes in third place with the bronze medal and £18.40, which I will spend on kebabs most probably. Matt Clemson finishes outside the podium, David J Bodycombe off of the telly deserves a mention for a fantastic late run.
The final league tables can be found here.
Thanks very much to all of you who played along this year, it’s been a thrill ride of a six-months, to be capped in a fortnight’s time with HORSE Hilarity which anyone reading is invited to. Details to follow.