I’m not sure I’ll bother applying for these if it’s going to be live anyway, but you can now apply for tickets through Applause Store now.
Dates yet to be confirmed.
Hit Him Baby One More Time
The lovely Buzzerblog are reporting that ABC have ACTUALLY picked up Russian jumped-up parlour game format What? Where? When? and redoing it as The Six, where a team of six people earn money by answering logic based questions (such as “When is a door NOT a door? When it’s being used as a table.”) (I made that one up) sent in by home viewers. The Russian version seems to be set in some sort of shifty underground restaurant which is quite exciting but probably won’t translate to US screens, especially as Vernon Kay is set to host it. Yes I know he’s a smart guy, but really?
Is this going to work on US primetime? The obvious answer is “no of course not.” And yet. And yet and yet and yet… if the questions are interesting enough and they can find a new Ken Jennings it might tap into… something.
Shares in David J Bodycombe have risen at this news that if it’s sold to the US, it could come over here at some point.
In other “oh that’s interesting” news, Norway are bringing back Fort Boyard.
It’s BotherSOP Thursday!
Can you believe it’s Game Seven of the Bother Series of Poker already? Only five more games until I fork over 180 quid’s worth of cash and prizes to the three best overall players. I’m still hoping to win and take the lion’s share of the cash, the ultimate trophy, gold medal and postage costs for myself, yet seven other people will try to deny me. Little do they realise my strong finish.
There’s little point in joining now if you want a serious crack at the league title, but you’re always welcome to come along and have a play. Details are on the BotherSOP page.
Speaking of poker, gameshow celebrity Victoria Coren has just been knocked out of the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, 26th out of 848. You can catch the final 24 battle it out LIVE on the Internet on Pokerstars.tv, if you’re that way inclined from 11am UK time Thursday morning. Maybe Colin Murray will be doing the commentary.
There are only seven days to go to vote in the Gameshow General Election. You only have yourselves to blame if The Answer Lies in The Soil takes the number one spot.
Q: What poker hands does Victoria Coren exclusively play? A: Only Connectors.
Applications for the groundbreaking fourth series of Only Connect are now open, give contestants@presentable.co.uk an email if you’d like to have a go. Closing date is 9th June.
I’ll get round to doing posts of more than one paragraph when I’m less busy.
Iron Chef UK
Right, I’m busy working all afternoon and evening so I won’t get to see this this afternoon. I largely suspect it’s going to lose something in translation (“a slightly ridiculous sense of fun”, probably) but I live in hope.
Allez cuisine! Etc.
Edit: Just got in from work, will watch this before I go to bed and offer some opinion tomorrow.
Edit edit: I confess my knowledge of Iron Chef boils (HAHAHA) down to those episodes Challenge showed several years ago, I’m about ten minutes in so far…
- One word for the future chaps: Steadycam, yeah?
- Olly and Nick are quite good commentators.
- The atmosphere is all wrong, it could do with an audience I think, or at least something to feel a more like a stadium and less of a large TV studio.
- BEEF!
Edit edit edit: Basically the show is a bit underdone in some parts, and a bit overcooked in others. I’ll just let you take that in for a bit.
Board of Not Much Excitement 25th April – 1st May 2010
Hmm.
- The Amazing Race (Sunday, CBS)
- Iron Chef UK (5pm, Monday, C4): Reinterpretation of legendary Japanese cookery show. Can it retain its charm?
- Survivor (Thursday CBS)
- The Bother Series of Poker Game 7 (8pm, next Sunday, Full Tilt, if they set it up in time)