The Chase

FloatingVoter · 16-10-2014 12:21am

Saw the US version tonight. Atrocious. It serves no pupose other that reminding you that Bradley Walsh is a gifted host and TV Americans are made of plastic. Even The Beast looked like he wanted to be in a rainy pub garden somewhere on this side of the pond.

Fred Swanson · 16-10-2014 12:57am

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Thargor · 16-10-2014 10:22am

Yep, very disappointing.

lertsnim · 16-10-2014 11:10am

The US host is a pain in the arse

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-10-2014 12:23pm

lertsnim wrote: »

The US host is a pain in the arse

She's very shouty. There was a point the other night where they obviously rerecorded what she said and edited it in and there was a massive difference in her tone of voice.

The contestants in the one I saw were particularly annoying too.

16-10-2014 1:19pm

Bradley Walsh MAKES the Chase, just like Chris Tarrent did with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Thargor · 16-10-2014 1:26pm

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Bradley Walsh MAKES the Chase, just like Chris Tarrent did with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

I was watching the one with Louis Walsh last night and tbh Bradley was starting to annoy me, he was fake laughing at a funny answer, the question was complete the lyric: "Been through the desert on a horse with no..." and one of the answers was legs. He spent about 3 minutes laughing at it and it was very forced and fake, it seems to be happening a lot now since they saw all the Youtube views that fanny answer from a while back got. They shouldn't try to force this stuff its better when he's been natural.

16-10-2014 1:46pm

Thargor wrote: »

I was watching the one with Louis Walsh last night and tbh Bradley was starting to annoy me, he was fake laughing at a funny answer, the question was complete the lyric: "Been through the desert on a horse with no..." and one of the answers was legs. He spent about 3 minutes laughing at it and it was very forced and fake, it seems to be happening a lot now since they saw all the Youtube views that fanny answer from a while back got. They shouldn't try to force this stuff its better when he's been natural.

Agree, but he IS very funny and quickwitted. Love when he gets a smile out of Sean!

MisterAnarchy · 21-10-2014 1:08am

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Saw the US version tonight. Atrocious. It serves no pupose other that reminding you that Bradley Walsh is a gifted host and TV Americans are made of plastic. Even The Beast looked like he wanted to be in a rainy pub garden somewhere on this side of the pond.

I havent seen the US one but I read the Beast saying he prefers the US version as the audience are more invloved and the quality of contestant is better .
Not sure if he was just saying that as it was in a US interview .

Bradley Walsh MAKES the Chase, just like Chris Tarrent did with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Speaking of Who Wants to be a Millionaire ,here is the Beast on it back in 2006
He got a question about his favourite food biscuits .:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehL1MOVKq48

I came across this chase today ,its the best I have ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtHmbZj3x5I

Fred Swanson · 21-10-2014 1:12am

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MaggotBrain · 21-10-2014 1:14am

Greatest quiz on TV in a long long time. Must watch the us version for the craic soon..

Welsh Megaman · 23-10-2014 5:17pm

Bradley is a guest on 'The One Show' tonight...with Richard Osman sitting in for Matt Baker!

Pointless vs. The Chase!

Raven Runner · 25-10-2014 4:19pm

The USA versions host while beautiful is highly annoying and at times unbearably so she needs to switch to decaf

kerry4sam · 25-10-2014 7:56pm

^^^ Thanks for those linkies. Damn he looked oh so nervous in Who wants to be a Millionaire.

flazio · 26-10-2014 11:38am

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Bradley is a guest on 'The One Show' tonight...with Richard Osman sitting in for Matt Baker!

Pointless vs. The Chase!

Wonder if Richard had seen this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwFG_Wg7fhU

Go Harvey Go · 27-10-2014 1:36am

Oh dear...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3XesaE0G18

Skid X · 27-10-2014 1:49am

Oh dear, Bradley should have made up some of his own questions to give them a chance ...

"When one footballer kicks the ball to a team-mate, what is this usually described as?"

"Name a route through a mountain range?"

"Achieving the minimum acceptable grade in an exam is described as?" etc etc

Fair Play to Anne for getting a few wrong on purpose.

Skid X · 27-10-2014 2:06am

Someone on Digital Spy posted a link to this, a summary of the results of every episode to date

http://the-chase.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chase_Results

Fred Swanson · 27-10-2014 2:24am

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Birneybau · 27-10-2014 3:57am

I dip in and out and have never seen the Chaser being beaten. The odds do always seem stacked against the contestants.

Skid X · 27-10-2014 4:05am

Birneybau wrote: »

I dip in and out and have never seen the Chaser being beaten. The odds do always seem stacked against the contestants.

The Wikia page claims the Chasers have a 73.5% win rate (if you add up each of the Chasers totals), or about 3 in 4.

I think that's a decent percentage. It means most weeks will see the Chaser lose at least once.

Birneybau · 27-10-2014 1:26pm

I must have missed those : D

Woodville56 · 27-10-2014 1:49pm

Some of the celebrity contestants get badly shown up - one trick ponies when it comes to general knowledge!
I think some of the questions are deliberately focused to improve the contestants scores ! Enjoyable show though !

Harry Angstrom · 27-10-2014 2:15pm

Woodville56 wrote: »

Some of the celebrity contestants get badly shown up - one trick ponies when it comes to general knowledge!
I think some of the questions are deliberately focused to improve the contestants scores ! Enjoyable show though !

There seems to be a higher percentage of showbiz and entertainment questions for the celebrity version, it seems.

Thargor · 28-10-2014 1:00am

Classic:

Go Harvey Go · 28-10-2014 2:01pm

Uh... did I not attach that video in post #117?

Anyway, here's the Dark Destroyer only just succeeding in reaching an only slightly bigger target:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXTk-sFOD4

Thargor · 28-10-2014 2:14pm

So you did, sorry...

I think the Chase would benefit from some kind of daily accumulating prize pot aswell like on Pointless, I love those. Need to get rid of Shawn Wallace though, he's the weakest link.

Go Harvey Go · 28-10-2014 2:19pm

Thargor wrote: »

I think the Chase would benefit from some kind of daily accumulating prize pot aswell like on Pointless, I love those.

If it had an accumulating prize pot, then what would that mean for the cash builder rounds and the Chasers' lower/higher offers?

Thargor · 28-10-2014 2:31pm

It would just be a bonus cash pot showing us how long its been since a Chaser was beaten, do you not think Pointless and Eggheads and others are a lot more exciting when you the pot accumulates into big money? As I said, you'd have to get rid of the Dark Destroyer for it to work, he drops the ball too easily...

lertsnim · 28-10-2014 3:26pm

Thargor wrote: »

So you did, sorry...

I think the Chase would benefit from some kind of daily accumulating prize pot aswell like on Pointless, I love those. Need to get rid of Shawn Wallace though, he's the weakest link.

Leave the Dark Destroyer as he is.

Snoopy1 · 28-10-2014 4:25pm

The one I've get seen beaten the most is the doctor
I love the governess her comebacks are witty.
Not keen in the big guy can't remember his name
Sometimes I scream at the screen when they mess it up as a group, or when someone takes a minus number

lertsnim · 28-10-2014 5:50pm

Snoopy1 wrote: »

or when someone takes a minus number

Low offer walkers annoy me greatly. You can nearly always tell who it will be too.

Snoopy1 · 28-10-2014 5:54pm

lertsnim wrote: »

Low offer walkers annoy me greatly. You can nearly always tell who it will be too.

I'd hate to have a low offer walker in my team ( that's a great expression), I'd feel like they took money off my total and did no work for it.

Fred Swanson · 28-10-2014 5:55pm

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robbiepower77 · 28-10-2014 5:56pm

great show really fun i think

Dozen Wicked Words · 28-10-2014 5:56pm

They add another step to the final chase. That's about the only positive.

Fred Swanson · 28-10-2014 6:00pm

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28-10-2014 6:26pm

Tried to watch the American Chase last night and gave up. Awful. No buzz at all.

lertsnim · 28-10-2014 6:50pm

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

They add another step to the final chase. That's about the only positive.

Not if they buzz in early and pass which has happened many times.

Go Harvey Go · 28-10-2014 7:43pm

lertsnim wrote: »

Leave the Dark Destroyer as he is.

"At the end of the day, Bradley, it's just another day at the office."

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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And probably a BOOM sound effect for those taking the higher offer... oh, hang on.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Seconded.

Snoopy1 · 28-10-2014 7:53pm

I've never seen a solo player beat them at the end

Go Harvey Go · 28-10-2014 8:08pm

Snoopy1 wrote: »

I've never seen a solo player beat them at the end

Now you have...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnHlvcVv0Cc

kerry4sam · 28-10-2014 8:24pm

Ah bless her for calling out the an answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYBtRaGw8oM

somesoldiers · 29-10-2014 10:38pm

Am just watching a recent Celebrity Chase. Some bird out of Hollyoaks
Venison is the meat of what? Baby horse
It's an ill win that blows nobody any what? Faster
Though she did end up with 6

lertsnim · 30-10-2014 6:20pm

Irish guy on today's show given questions about British palaces and politics. That's the risk you take I guess. He didn't last too long.

Thargor · 30-10-2014 7:16pm

I got them all, mostly from watching Eggheads and the rest for the last few years.

lertsnim · 30-10-2014 8:12pm

I got them myself though the two sitting with me both got one wrong

Degag · 01-11-2014 7:22pm

I'd love to see Kevin from Eggheads on it. Now he'd truly be a "Beast!"

Welsh Megaman · 01-11-2014 8:10pm

Louis Spence on The Chase Celebrity Special...this is going to be brutal!

Welsh Megaman · 01-11-2014 8:22pm

Did quite well on the cash builder!

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