The Chase

Go Harvey Go · 15-03-2014 04:23PM

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Oh and Shaun is usually the worst chaser with the weakest quips.

I think he makes a good quip here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXck8t44BQ

While I think it would be at least a little bit harsh to call any of them the weakest Chaser, it is probably fair to say that Shaun cuts it very fine in the Final Chase more often than the others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0LcgD0aq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOO35KPbC4I

Go Harvey Go · 15-03-2014 04:36PM

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

An incredible Final Chase today - the Beast was set a small target of 14, but only reached it in the dying milliseconds. :eek: :eek:

I make it the third time that the Chaser has reached his or her target with the clock showing zero.

The targets were much bigger in the previous two, however:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL195MsioP4

In fact, I make it the fourth time now.

Turns out it also happened on the 500th episode last month. And the target was even smaller than yesterday's... :eek: :eek:

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

"It's just another day at the office" seems to be Shaun's catchphrase.

Thargor · 15-03-2014 11:29PM

Shaun can be great some days and just as bad as a random they pulled in off the street other times, some of the stuff he misses is often shocking, legal terms a barrister like him should know straight away, soft geography questions etc.

lertsnim · 19-03-2014 03:46PM

Low offer **** really piss me off. I give out to the tv when someone does it.

Go Harvey Go · 21-03-2014 04:41AM

It's very rare that the Chaser is set a single-digit target - but it happened yesterday.

Charlene and Steve did manage to push Shaun back twice, though - including on a Dodie Smith question, when he took a long time before saying "One Thousand and One Dalmatians".

In the end, he had 42 seconds to spare when he caught them. Just another day at the office.

miss-bored · 21-03-2014 05:00AM

I love the chase too

I believe the final chase is much more tough for the contestants as they need to spend time buzzing in to answer questions and also have to wait for Bradley say their first name before answering. The chaser can go ahead and answer all questions without any of that. Surely this consumes a fair amount of time on the clock for the contestants!

Bradley is a great host, very likeable man.

irishmover · 21-03-2014 05:40AM

miss-bored wrote: »

I love the chase too

I believe the final chase is much more tough for the contestants as they need to spend time buzzing in to answer questions and also have to wait for Bradley say their first name before answering. The chaser can go ahead and answer all questions without any of that. Surely this consumes a fair amount of time on the clock for the contestants!

Bradley is a great host, very likeable man.

You're not the only one to notice and it definitely hinders the contestants.

Skid X · 21-03-2014 12:53PM

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

It's very rare that the Chaser is set a single-digit target - but it happened yesterday.

Charlene and Steve did manage to push Shaun back twice, though - including on a Dodie Smith question, when he took a long time before saying "One Thousand and One Dalmatians".

In the end, he had 42 seconds to spare when he caught them. Just another day at the office.

Nine?

Wow, that's a meagre return for two people in two minutes. I suppose it's easy to freeze when you get off to a bad start.

The point about the time lost to buzzers and name checks is a good one. Because of that it might actually be an advantage to get through to the final on your own (unless you have more than one strong contestant)

Here's an example, Larry does brilliantly but he would have had less time if he was carrying a dead weight partner.

lertsnim · 21-03-2014 02:33PM

Skid X wrote: »

Nine?

Wow, that's a meagre return for two people in two minutes. I suppose it's easy to freeze when you get off to a bad start.

There was a lot of apologising done after one contestant would buzz to say pass as the other player was pressing the buzzer to answer. She gave him no chance at all.

Toto Wolfcastle · 21-03-2014 02:38PM

lertsnim wrote: »

There was a lot of apologising done after one contestant would buzz to say pass as the other player was pressing the buzzer to answer. She gave him no chance at all.

She pretty much guessed her way to the final too. She kept giggling and saying 'I can't believe I got that right.'

lertsnim · 21-03-2014 03:15PM

Yeah. I bet he felt sorry that he told her to go for the lower offer too.

Luck of the draw I suppose. Some days you will find yourself on a great team while yesterday can happen too

21-03-2014 05:03PM

She did answer most of the questions in the final round. He just collapsed!

The Princess Bride · 21-03-2014 08:16PM

I like The Chase -it's good to see contestants win occasionally though, otherwise it's all a bit too predictable.

lertsnim · 21-03-2014 08:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

She did answer most of the questions in the final round. He just collapsed!

He knew the answers to questions where she buzzed in almost instantly with pass or a guess. Both of them were poor tbf

mrkiscool2 · 15-06-2014 01:08PM

Don't know why some people are so down on BW. I think he is great, brings the contestants out of their shells and has some great banter. Also, some of the faces and laughs he makes are amazing. I present half an hour of laughing your ass off.

LynnGrace · 15-06-2014 01:33PM

I like the programme, it's entertaining. I like BW too.

colossus-x · 15-06-2014 04:13PM

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Don't know why some people are so down on BW. I think he is great, brings the contestants out of their shells and has some great banter. Also, some of the faces and laughs he makes are amazing. I present half an hour of laughing your ass off.

Yes its a phenomenon whereby when someone is so universally liked that your get a very tiny bunch of vociferous haters. Strange but true. The show is a out and out winner and he's 50% responsible for it. The USA version is poor in comparison.

Welsh Megaman · 02-07-2014 05:11PM

As 'Pointless' is taking a break due to Wimbledon, I've been getting my tea time game show fix with 'The Chase'

In tonight's final chase, Anne's questions were suspiciously easier...'What Is 7 x 7?'

:rolleyes:

50M31 3L535 dream · 03-07-2014 04:30PM

a question there, something about in which profession might you encounter the bends,

fighter pilot, astronaut, or deep sea diver.

i'm nearly sure it could be any of them

brian_t · 31-07-2014 02:21PM

New quiz coming in the Chase's timeslot next Monday.

Not sure if it deserves it's own thread so I'm just sticking it here.

The 21st Question

The 21st Question is a brand new quiz show, a game that revolves around what you know and how well you play your hand. Eleven contestants compete to get onto the power spot and to control the game. Whoever is standing on the power spot when quizmaster Gethin Jones asks the 21st and final question gets the chance to win big and take home all of the money made in the game

Thargor · 31-07-2014 02:31PM

The Chase is gone or on a break?

brian_t · 31-07-2014 02:44PM

Thargor wrote: »

The Chase is gone or on a break?

It's showing in the listings as been on at 12.30pm from Monday 11th August.

But it doesn't say whether they are new or repeats.

colossus-x · 31-07-2014 03:29PM

Well anything is better than the hideous Paul O' Grayyyyyydeee

Harry Angstrom · 31-07-2014 06:37PM

brian_t wrote: »

It's showing in the listings as been on at 12.30pm from Monday 11th August.

But it doesn't say whether they are new or repeats.

If it's being shown at that time, it's probably just repeats.

Thargor · 06-08-2014 10:33AM

brian_t wrote: »

New quiz coming in the Chase's timeslot next Monday.

Not sure if it deserves it's own thread so I'm just sticking it here.

The 21st Question

This is utter boring cack, not a patch on The Chase, its got a critical flaw in that the last 15 minutes are the only interesting bit. the presenter is just a pure generic quiz-show host with no personality whatsoever and there's no interesting characters like the Chasers either. And the questions are brain dead easy to cap it off and there's only 21 of them per ep so they spend too much time dragging them out. 0/10 from me, back to Pointless on BBC I go...

lertsnim · 06-08-2014 10:39AM

It is a horribly boring show. 21 questions in a one hour show is a question every 3 minutes. Good grief.

Back to Pointless for me too until September.

somesoldiers · 06-08-2014 12:10PM

Stuck about 10 mins of 21 questions-too boring, not enough questions

lertsnim · 07-08-2014 04:19PM

Pointless is repeats (again!!). Might read a book until September

Harry Angstrom · 07-08-2014 09:27PM

somesoldiers wrote: »

Stuck about 10 mins of 21 questions-too boring, not enough questions

The prize money is crap as well.

Harry Angstrom · 04-09-2014 04:55PM

Great show this evening. One of the best ever.

The Chase

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