{"id":14939,"date":"2024-12-15T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=14939"},"modified":"2024-12-15T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:00:21","slug":"you-bet-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=14939","title":{"rendered":"Do you wanna bet on it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oh, how fun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@misterdocuk\">a new Youtube channel from Mister Doc<\/a> has been uploading some interesting old things in recent weeks but we really hit the jackpot yesterday &#8211; the very first episode of <strong>You Bet!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"665\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leGBo34G4uo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is fair to say that we are not quite in imperial You Bet phase here, and looking back at it it&#8217;s amazingly <em>weird<\/em> for such a big show. Brucie coming down in a lift! The inaugural You Bet rap! The completely out of place chat show element they dropped in favour of another challenge in later series! Well I say out of place, they&#8217;re sort of aping the German show a little bit there I suppose, but it feels out of place in this context. It also doesn&#8217;t have the classic theme that we all know and love, instead the original is by Alan Lisk (who went on to do the theme from <em>Men Behaving Badly<\/em>), but you can certainly hear where the inspiration for Jonathan Sorrell&#8217;s music came from. Also it&#8217;s interesting and pleasing that there&#8217;s no attempt to hide the artifice of television here &#8211; cameras and staff in shot at every opportunity. We&#8217;re not quite in the You Bet Betsie stage, but I forgot they called the award an Oscar, can&#8217;t imagine The Academy were too thrilled with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This went out in February 1988 and I would have been 6, but I do distinctly remember Richard Digance&#8217;s builders vs artist challenge from when it originally went out, it&#8217;s funny the stuff you remember isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, how fun, a new Youtube channel from Mister Doc has been uploading some interesting old things in recent weeks but we really hit the jackpot yesterday &#8211; the very first episode of You Bet! 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