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Favourite Retro Gameshow
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06-10-2011 10:00AM#1
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It's got to be Catchphase.
I remember back in college we'd have to home for the noon episode on Challenge Tv. We used to play along (quite competively) with cash on the line, might sound a little sad but it was brilliant craic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvtkNhWhws
You've seen the Snake Charmer incident, haven't you?
Another one I really liked was Big Break.
This was, of course, before I realised that Jim Davidson was a complete d1ck... :rolleyes:0 -
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jupiterjack wrote: »watching the interceptor, used to love this and its still just as good 20 years later..
I think Interceptor is due a revival. With the advances in technology (GPS, cameras etc) i think it would be a big hit now. The original show was great. The Interceptor was a brilliant Villain, and Mikey was a great sidekick
http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Interceptor
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'Going for Gold' with Henry Kelly was my favourite.
I still know the words to the theme music.
The Going for Gold theme was writen by Hans Zimmer, who later won multiple awards for writing film scores for The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight and many more
Here is the rarely heard extended version ...
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grey_so_what wrote: »Does Bullseye count as a gameshow?
Of course it does!
Another great thing about the Prize Board and the Star Prize Gamble was the huge amount of possible results.
It wasn't just that the couple playing the Prize Board would win a few prizes on it and either win the Star Prize as well by hitting 101 or more, or lose the lot by hitting less than 101 - quite often that couple would decide to keep their prizes ("We've had a lovely day, Jim") and let one of the other two couples have a go at the Gamble, and sometimes none of the three would take the Gamble at all:
And speedboats weren't the only Star Prizes on offer - holidays, caravans, furniture and, of course, small British cars (because big and/or foreign ones would have broken the limit on the value of prizes that could be given away) could also be won. In fact, in some series, there were actually two prizes hiding behind Bully - a speedboat if the couple won, and a car/holiday/whatever-besides-a-speedboat if they lost.
As for the Gamble itself, sometimes the non-dart player would only hit about 20 or 30 and the dart player would then save the day, and sometimes the non-dart player would hit about 60 or 70 and the dart player would then choke. It could happen too that both players would do so badly they they would fail even before the sixth and final dart was thrown (i.e. they would have 40 or less before this dart).
And it could happen that the dart player wasn't even needed:
Add in the little things like "Nothing in this game for two in a bed" and "Bus Fare Home", and it all meant that the possible results on the Prize Board and the Gamble were virtually endless. 0 -
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GHG - That post deserves to be repeated - You gave it justice where I dismally failed!........
Fantastic Post!.......:):):)
GSWxxx
ps. I have a lifetime love of darts from that program!...:)Go Harvey Go wrote: »Of course it does!
Another great thing about the Prize Board and the Star Prize Gamble was the huge amount of possible results.
It wasn't just that the couple playing the Prize Board would win a few prizes on it and either win the Star Prize as well by hitting 101 or more, or lose the lot by hitting less than 101 - quite often that couple would decide to keep their prizes ("We've had a lovely day, Jim") and let one of the other two couples have a go at the Gamble, and sometimes none of the three would take the Gamble at all:
And speedboats weren't the only Star Prizes on offer - holidays, caravans, furniture and, of course, small British cars (because big and/or foreign ones would have broken the limit on the value of prizes that could be given away) could also be won. In fact, in some series, there were actually two prizes hiding behind Bully - a speedboat if the couple won, and a car/holiday/whatever-besides-a-speedboat if they lost.
As for the Gamble itself, sometimes the non-dart player would only hit about 20 or 30 and the dart player would then save the day, and sometimes the non-dart player would hit about 60 or 70 and the dart player would then choke. It could happen too that both players would do so badly they they would fail even before the sixth and final dart was thrown (i.e. they would have 40 or less before this dart).
And it could happen that the dart player wasn't even needed:
Add in the little things like "Nothing in this game for two in a bed" and "Bus Fare Home", and it all meant that the possible results on the Prize Board and the Gamble were virtually endless.0 -
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Go Harvey Go wrote: »And speedboats weren't the only Star Prizes on offer - holidays, caravans, furniture and, of course, small British cars (because big and/or foreign ones would have broken the limit on the value of prizes that could be given away) could also be won. In fact, in some series, there were actually two prizes hiding behind Bully - a speedboat if the couple won, and a car/holiday/whatever-besides-a-speedboat if they lost.
Bullseye probably deserves its own thread, but this must have been the worst star prize ever - these lads would have loved a speedboat
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This thread is now nearly four years old, and no-one has mentioned Bob's Full House yet... :eek:
...or, for that matter, Every Second Counts.
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