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What's is the best game show we have/ have had?

  • 07-03-2018 03:41PM
    #1
    greentea is just wrong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭


    Starting this off the back of the "worst game show we have" thread ..

    It's Wednesday, hump day, we don't need negativity.. let's reminisce instead !

    My favorite was definitely Gladiators!! One quality theme tune & I always wanted to do that gauntlet.

    Saturday night tele just hasn't been the same since the golden era of Baywatch followed by Gladiators & then Blind Date with aul Cilla !


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  • #2
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Iiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 1

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    and here's what you could have won. A speedboat.


  • #3
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    That one with Bruce Forsythe where stuff went by on a moving belt: a toaster; a cuddly toy; transistor radio ...


  • #4
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    The correct answer is Numberwang.


  • #5
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    The correct answer is "Murphy’s Micro Quiz-M". Observe:

    http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1009/479266-murphys-micro-quiz-m-1983/


  • #6
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Blackboard Jungle.


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  • #7
    Alicano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Alicano


    diomed wrote: »
    That one with Bruce Forsythe where stuff went by on a moving belt: a toaster; a cuddly toy; transistor radio ...

    generation game?


  • #8
    piplip87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,306 ✭✭✭piplip87


    Pointless


  • #9
    Lorelli!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭Lorelli!


    jimgoose wrote: »
    The correct answer is "Murphy’s Micro Quiz-M". Observe:

    http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1009/479266-murphys-micro-quiz-m-1983/



  • #10
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,237 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Lorelli! wrote: »
    ...

    Bah!! :D


  • #11
    Alicano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Alicano


    For me,
    Home grown : Where in the world. The Lyrics board. Secrets with Gerry Ryan. (not really a game show?)
    UK : Strike it lucky (Barrymore) Blankety Blank. Krypton Factor. Going for Gold (Jesus I loved that!) You Bet. +1 for Gladiators. And original Crystal Maze.. Bullseye was class too. "Settle in now settle down.. Plenty of time now plenty of time"


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  • #12
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    I remember Jim Bowan saying years later that nobody would ever take the Star Prize on Bullseye unless maybe it was an exotic holiday or something.

    Instead the production company would offer them the cash equivalent for the car, speedboat or whatever and the contestants would split the money between them.

    They were using the same bloody speedboat for years.

    He also said if a team gambled and lost their cash it would be given back to them regardless once off air.


  • #13
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    There was a show on ITV for a few years called Golden Balls, which was based off game theory and the classical prisoners dilemma. If ever a TV show displayed how cruel and greedy human beings could be, it was this show. Take a look at the prize b&tch in this video:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtr8-VMj0E


  • #14
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Countdown, followed closely by supermarket sweep.


  • #15
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Big Break was excellent. John Virgo and Jim Davidson made great hosts.


  • #16
    thebull85
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭thebull85


    Blackboard jungle


  • #17
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    QuickSilver

    22/25



  • #18
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Murphy's Micro-quiz-m


  • #19
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Quicksilver obviously - "I'll have a 1p question, Bunny"


  • #20
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Number One, the music quiz with Dave Fanning, Gerry Ryan, Dave Heffernan and then Joe Elliott. A friend of mine appeared on it as one of the guest contestants.


  • #21
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Has to be Where in the World?

    For bonus points, the best on the radio: Larry Gogan's Just a Minute quiz.


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  • #22
    FTA69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    Where in the World


  • #23
    FrKurtFahrt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 899 ✭✭✭FrKurtFahrt


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Quicksilver obviously - "I'll have a 1p question, Bunny"

    Bunny: "Your 1 shilling question is....What sort of fruit is a Mandarin?'

    Contestant: "Is it a fish??"


  • #24
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    The correct answer is Numberwang.

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    But in all seriousness, The Crystal Maze.


  • #25
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    15 to 1 and University Challenge for the quiz purist. Bullseye for the sheer entertainment.


  • #26
    amtc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭amtc


    My dad won Quicksilver. Spent all the money on good carpet for the house. Still in the 1970s...


  • #27
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Cant believe nobody has mentioned Bamboozled. Nothing to touch it in my opinion.
    Anyone for Wicked Wango Card ?


  • #28
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Big Break was excellent. John Virgo and Jim Davidson made great hosts.


    Are you Eddie Charlton?


    I'm liking Only Connect nowadays.

    Childhood favoutlrite was Runaround! Hosted bizarrely by Mike Reid.


  • #29
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Blackboard Jungle.

    Ray Darcy though


  • #30
    facehugger99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,546 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    Blockbusters.

    Can I have a P please Bob?


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  • #31
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Anyone remember RTE's Play the Game?

    A celebrity charades show with IIRC Ronan Collins hosting.

    Also, the music quiz show Number 1 involving Dave Fanning and Joe Elliot from Def Lepard.


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