Cult Or No Cult?

InkSlinger67 · 31-03-2010 3:53pm #1

Just watching Deal or No Deal on TV at the moment and am kind of disturbed with what I'm seeing. The "charismatic leader" Noel Edmonds really holds a lot of sway with the audience (which he calls "pilgrims") and contestants alike and I wonder if theres something Jim Jones or David Koresh about it all?

They all have a common goal/belief/enemy (i.e. to "spank" the banker), they are all overly affectionate towards each other plus they all appear to be dimwits which could allow someone with a little intelligence or enough drugs to take advantage.

Do you reckon we could hear of Deal Or No Deal-related mass suicides or sex scandals any time in the near future? My skin is crawling looking at the evil-eyed, bearded midget work the crowd and wouldn't be the least bit shocked to hear of one of the above scandals happening with the people associated with him. What do you think?

Sanjuro · 31-03-2010 3:54pm

Noel Edmonds should have stayed where he found himself for most of the 2000s- obscurity. His programmes are utter shite.

That_Guy · 31-03-2010 3:58pm

It's just a TV show.

Karl Hungus · 31-03-2010 3:59pm

Stupid thread or no stupid thread? :pac:

DarkJager · 31-03-2010 3:59pm

I liked that program of his where they dropped green gooey **** all over the heads of people sitting in boxes, can't remember the name of it. Heard they had to stop doing that cos some guy had an allergic reaction and his head swelled up.

petes · 31-03-2010 3:59pm

Deal.

sron · 31-03-2010 3:59pm

Sanjuro wrote: »

Noel Edmonds should have stayed where he found himself for most of the 2000s- obscurity. His programmes are utter shite.

At least on this one there's little chance of anyone dying.

Unless this cult gets out of hand and someone puts Sarin gas in one of the boxes.

antodeco · 31-03-2010 4:00pm

DarkJager wrote: »

I liked that program of his where they dropped green gooey **** all over the heads of people sitting in boxes, can't remember the name of it. Heard they had to stop doing that cos some guy had an allergic reaction and his head swelled up.

I think its was Noel Edmunds head that happened to!

Collie D · 31-03-2010 4:01pm

antodeco wrote: »

I think its was Noel Edmunds head that happened to!

Yeah, look what it did to his face...nasty rash that

DarkJager · 31-03-2010 4:03pm

antodeco wrote: »

I think its was Noel Edmunds head that happened to!

I think it happened to him as well but it was usually these people from the audience getting dragged out for it. I remember they brought this old woman on stage one time and she was so nervous looking, but they put her in the box anyway and emptied about a gallon of sticky green **** over her head. I couldn't make out her expression after it, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway. I was laughing too hard.

I miss 90's TV

The Recliner · 31-03-2010 4:06pm

Noel edmonds. Cult?

Well that is certainly one way of spelling it

Dont be at yourself · 31-03-2010 4:06pm

DarkJager wrote: »

I liked that program of his where they dropped green gooey **** all over the heads of people sitting in boxes, can't remember the name of it. Heard they had to stop doing that cos some guy had an allergic reaction and his head swelled up.

And thus Mr Blobby was born.

nucking futs · 31-03-2010 4:07pm

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Just watching Deal or No Deal on TV at the moment and am kind of disturbed with what I'm seeing. The "charismatic leader" Noel Edmonds really holds a lot of sway with the audience (which he calls "pilgrims") and contestants alike and I wonder if theres something Jim Jones or David Koresh about it all?

No

They all have a common goal/belief/enemy (i.e. to "spank" the banker),

Yes, it's called "trying to win lots of money"

they are all overly affectionate towards each other

They stay in the same hotel during filming so get to know each other well, nothing wrong with that

plus they all appear to be dimwits which could allow someone with a little intelligence or enough drugs to take advantage.

Only a percentage of them, about the same percentage of people anywhere else

Do you reckon we could hear of Deal Or No Deal-related mass suicides or sex scandals any time in the near future?

No

My skin is crawling looking at the evil-eyed, bearded midget work the crowd and wouldn't be the least bit shocked to hear of one of the above scandals happening with the people associated with him. What do you think?

That you're the kind of person that looks behind them all the time for fear of being stalked by a sadistic killer in the "mean" real world

Rant over

NothingMan · 31-03-2010 4:07pm

I like Deal or no Deal. It's good to laugh at everyone and their "systems". I'd be the most boring contestant. I'd just start with 1 and keep going in numerical order and deal when I have a decent offer and there are more boxes lower than my offer than higher.

AnonoBoy · 31-03-2010 4:07pm

Deal or No Deal was the worst poker show ever I'm glad they changed it.

dr.bollocko · 31-03-2010 4:12pm

Beat the fuck out of that banker!
Give him one for the Irish taxpayer.

El Weirdo · 31-03-2010 4:12pm

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Do you reckon we could hear of Deal Or No Deal-related mass suicides...

I certainly hope so.

The Master · 31-03-2010 5:10pm

The Cult Defo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pECR-MJd3Wg

Wazdakka · 31-03-2010 5:14pm

Dont mess with Noel Edmonds...

He's a madman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X38AptH9s

[Edit] Stoopid Ch4 turning off embedding...

jd007 · 31-03-2010 5:30pm

It's not half as bad as the Irish version!

Hank_Jones · 31-03-2010 5:33pm

It was Noel's House Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgY_U3mKTjk

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

A load of utter shite, but at least it had some sort of fun elements to it.

OutlawPete · 31-03-2010 5:35pm

You could be right, it could be a cult that are trying to BREAK free from the constraints of reality.

Hank_Jones · 31-03-2010 6:08pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

You could be right, it could be a cult that are trying to BREAK free from the constraints of reality.

They all look to Noel Edmunds for information and hug each other every time they open a box.

There's no way that can reality.

Got to be some alternate parallel universe.

OutlawPete · 31-03-2010 6:15pm

Hank_Jones wrote: »

There's no way that can reality.

I meant it was a cult and they were there trying to get away from reality by being there.

parker kent · 31-03-2010 8:33pm

He is a nutjob. His love of the nonsense called cosmic ordering shows that. He has spoken a fair bit of bull over the last few years about that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jan/29/broadcasting.bbc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ordering

neil_18_ · 31-03-2010 8:41pm

I've always thought that the contestants/audience on that show were strange. Its like you have to be a deal or no deal freak to go on it.

My name is URL · 31-03-2010 8:44pm

Noel hasn't been the same ever since he killed that guy

judas101 · 31-03-2010 8:48pm

lousy banker

mike65 · 31-03-2010 9:15pm

Trumps The Master

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhMomocD28

Hank_Jones · 31-03-2010 9:17pm

My name is URL wrote: »

Noel hasn't been the same ever since he killed that guy

Emmm what?

Could you elaborate on that please URL?

Edit: No worries, I gots it.

Death of Michael Lush

On 13 November 1986, self-employed hod carrier Michael Lush was killed during his first rehearsal for another live stunt. The stunt, called "Hang 'em High", involved bungee jumping from an exploding box suspended from a 120ft-high crane. The carabiner clip attaching his bungee rope to the crane sprang loose from its eyebolt during the jump. He died instantly of multiple injuries, and the Breakfast Show was scrapped on 15 November after Edmonds resigned.

Although the inquest recorded a verdict of misadventure, the jury were informed of several failures on the part of the BBC. Graham Games of the Health and Safety Executive stated that the clip could have been opened by the weight of a bag of sugar, and demonstrated that the clip sprang loose 14 times in 20. David Kirke, a bungee specialist from the Dangerous Sports Club, stated that a similar stunt he had been involved with used three ropes, as opposed to the one rope used by the BBC, and shackles in the place of carabiner clips.[7] There was no safety officer on hand, and no supervision or demonstration from a trained stuntman. There was also no way for Lush to contact the ground once he was in the air, and nobody in the air with him in case he changed his mind; the jury heard that he delayed for almost two minutes before finally being instructed to make the jump. Furthermore, despite advice against it, the BBC production team had insisted on the use of an elasticated bungee rope.

The BBC made an ex gratia payment of approximately £120,000 to Lush's family. While the coroner recommended that safety officers be available during any such future stunts, BBC managing director Bill Cotton stated that there would be no future programmes that exposed members of the public to risk.[8] After the inquest, Noel Edmonds was quoted as saying "If I was to continue my career at the BBC I would want to be fully confident about any production team I was provided with."[9] He returned to the BBC's Saturday night lineup two years later, presenting Noel's Saturday Roadshow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late,_Late_Breakfast_Show

OutlawPete · 31-03-2010 9:21pm

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Emmm what?

Could you elaborate on that please URL?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdakKgmYH7I

NothingMan · 31-03-2010 9:22pm

My name is URL wrote: »

Noel hasn't been the same ever since he killed that guy

That's right. Noel Edmunds killed a guy!

dr.bollocko · 31-03-2010 10:13pm

Hehe.
Mr. Splatty.

bonerm · 31-03-2010 10:20pm

It's not a cult. It's more of a media-driven facist uprising he's trying to create. I wouldn't be surprised if Noel has Nick Griffin on his speed-dial.

bonerm · 31-03-2010 10:22pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdakKgmYH7I

"One of our Dinosaurs is missing"?

Well someone at the Beeb certainly had a dark sense of humour

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