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spincube posted:So what was the name of the show where a group of kids had to start at the bottom of a building and solve Crystal Maze-y puzzles on each floor, going up towards the penthouse at the top using the lifts? This would have been a BBC show, mid nineties. Like Finders Keepers, I've never been able to convince anyone else it existed at all. Yeah! I had a sort of weird Max Headcase-type guy as presenter, didn't it? He was scary. I seem to recall one of the games was set on a giant kitchen table, where the kids had to jump into a swimming-pool sized bowl of soup and hunt for giant letters to win a prize. Childrens' TV of the mid-nineties was the best.
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Kin posted:It's weird because for where it is, as far as i understand, it's one of the businest parts of london, so i don't know how it could get so dilapidated. It seemed like some seedy place that you stumble into when you're in central europe somewhere or like some 80's dystopian vision of the future. A bit more smoke and some japanese writing and i might as well have been in Blade Runner. Not been in the ladies lavs in the sports bar I take it then? The distopian future is now. One day I'll walk in there and there will be waves of pidgeons on fire.
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Irisi posted:Yeah! I had a sort of weird Max Headcase-type guy as presenter, didn't it? He was scary. Yes! I remember that soup! I thought it might be Funhouse but I'm not sure. I do remember Funhouse had a go-karting section.
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According to a distant sense memory that was activated by reading the sentence "a giant kitchen table, where the kids had to jump into a swimming-pool sized bowl of soup and hunt for giant letters to win a prize" I have a feeling that show was on ITV. If my idiot mush brain is to be trusted the guy presenting it kind of looked like he was from that band Cartoons. edit: just looked up that Cartoons music video on youtube and pissed myself laughing. Wormophile fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Aug 6, 2011 |
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Aug 6, 2011 14:32
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It was Incredible Games, apparently. It was BBC after all and starred none other than David Walliams in the first series. Seemingly it clashed with Funhouse on CITV, so I must have only seen it once or twice.
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I went on a "Back in my day" quest a few months back. One of the theme tunes I most vividly remembered was Animal Hospital. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWhJuOfWeSs I think it was on weekday evenings or something like that. Rolf Harris = 90s superstar.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soVnzzJatNU&t=2m50s Whoa, David Walliams. And that wiggy music. It's odd how these kinds of shows have evolved from things like The Generation Game to The Crystal Maze. Hard to really say what the current gameshow setting is, though they seem to mostly take the tension and set dressing from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. And though a lot of these shows now have big cash prizes they usually only do one an episode as they crawl along at such an artificially slow pace.
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Aug 6, 2011 15:18
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Needs more Byker Grove, where were you when PJ was blinded? 
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Dr Snofeld posted:It was Incredible Games, apparently. It was BBC after all and starred none other than David Walliams in the first series. Seemingly it clashed with Funhouse on CITV, so I must have only seen it once or twice. Is this the same one with the laser grid and creepy guy who looked like Darth Vader? The kids had to move along the grid lines and if Vader caught them they were lost forever. The only decent kids show in recent years was Raven. That was pretty good, and had a final challenge even more unbeatable than Knightmare.
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Peter Simon who did presented the games bit of live & kicking is a presenter on one of those auction channels now, a bit of my childhood dies every time I see it 
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Rarity posted:Is this the same one with the laser grid and creepy guy who looked like Darth Vader? The kids had to move along the grid lines and if Vader caught them they were lost forever. Oh no way there have been loads of decent kids shows! Sorry I've got no head, Stupid, that sort of prison talent show thing, Young Dracula and Horrible Histories are all shows I would have loved when I was younger.
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Is he still doing bid up/price drop tv? Daytime tv is now filled with Waybaloo and Rastamouse rather than bad teleshopping channels.
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Rarity posted:The only decent kids show in recent years was Raven. That was pretty good, and had a final challenge even more unbeatable than Knightmare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMavwC-Zb0
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I already said it was Incredible Games and it owned.  And yeah, it was the one with the dark knight guy on the green lasery grid.
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FAT WORM OF ERROR posted:Needs more Byker Grove, where were you when PJ was blinded? Me meeht! Ah've bliyndid me meeht! Rolled Cabbage posted:Not been in the ladies lavs in the sports bar I take it then? The distopian future is now. One day I'll walk in there and there will be waves of pidgeons on fire. Oh my god, that bar. It can't be possible for the ladies to be worse than the gents. It just can't. I really need to figure out an alternative source of free public conveniences in that region so I never have to venture into that place again. The bathroom in Saw looked more pleasant and sanitary, even by the end of the film. ChuckDHead fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Aug 6, 2011 |
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spincube posted:Also, didn't Neil Buchanan present some kind of show about the paranormal on ITV? I remember that having really, really weird theme music. Rarity posted:Is this the same one with the laser grid and creepy guy who looked like Darth Vader? The kids had to move along the grid lines and if Vader caught them they were lost forever.
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Does anyone remember a kid's show that ran for an entire summer holiday many, many years ago? It had this character named Reg who wore a sort of plastic hat in the shape of a quiff, and he looked vaguely like a 50s rocker. I may be remembering incorrectly, but I think it also had Mark Speight presenting, and he tended to wear a blue suit and had very, very blonde hair. Also, they showed the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. I seriously hope someone remembers this, I think I may have gone mad otherwise.
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Daktar posted:Does anyone remember a kid's show that ran for an entire summer holiday many, many years ago? It had this character named Reg who wore a sort of plastic hat in the shape of a quiff, and he looked vaguely like a 50s rocker. I may be remembering incorrectly, but I think it also had Mark Speight presenting, and he tended to wear a blue suit and had very, very blonde hair. Also, they showed the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Did it have a spinning red ufo in the titles?
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Trickjaw posted:Did it have a spinning red ufo in the titles? I seem to recall something along those lines. Though you may have just implanted a false memory.
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There is a CBBC kids show at the moment that is a half hour version of The Mole, with a kid having to sabotage a task. After the kids vote for who they think is the mole and their reasoning is often hilarious. Also if the task is a failure the witch like host tells them "You have failed!.... Miserably!!!" It's probably what Goons will go banging on about in this thread in the year 2026.
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It's called Trapped and yeah, it's pretty awesome.
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Daktar posted:I seem to recall something along those lines. Though you may have just implanted a false memory. I have just gone through my LOG dvds for you- at no charge- as I remember the opening showing up on Pauline's telly whilst the Job shop calls her up to work in the burger shop. It says Dog Dinousaur World, which makes no sense and does not ring a bell, and google has feck all on it.
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spincube posted:Also, didn't Neil Buchanan present some kind of show about the paranormal on ITV? I remember that having really, really weird theme music. Yes, he absolutely did! It was called It's a Mystery and was just reenactments of bizarre little mysteries and scary things. I especially remember the titles had a skeleton hand beckoning.
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Mellomeh posted:I remember he co-presented a show called 'It's A Mystery', with memorably spooky theme music. Terrified me as a child. Holy crap I think I love you. I knew something like Virtually Impossible existed, but everyone only suggested Knightmare, but I knew that wasn't it. drat that VR stuff looks dated now. I think they all had some variant of escape-the-creepy-bad-guy, but Incredible Games owns because he teleported them into the laundry.
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Earlier I watched Superheroes of Suburbia that was on 4od. I thought it was quite good, unsure about the whole documentary aspect but it made me laugh a few times. It's about three people around England who dress as heroes and then try to fight crime.
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Daktar posted:Does anyone remember a kid's show that ran for an entire summer holiday many, many years ago? It had this character named Reg who wore a sort of plastic hat in the shape of a quiff, and he looked vaguely like a 50s rocker. I may be remembering incorrectly, but I think it also had Mark Speight presenting, and he tended to wear a blue suit and had very, very blonde hair. Also, they showed the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. That would have been Scratchy and Co. I wasn't really a fan; I only watched because Gail Porter would occasionally appear.
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I've been watching latter-day episodes of Absolutely Fabulous, and I have to ask, why the Hell did they give so much screen time to Mo Gaffney? Is she huge in Britain or something? That goddamn preacher character is so shrill, even on what's already a broad over-the-top show. Did she save Jennifer Saunders from drowning?
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Wormophile posted:that sort of prison talent show thing, That would be The Slammer
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incredible bear posted:There is a CBBC kids show at the moment that is a half hour version of The Mole, with a kid having to sabotage a task. After the kids vote for who they think is the mole and their reasoning is often hilarious. It's not on now, but I quite liked Raven as far as newish kids fantasy-based game shows go. Instead of putting them into a cutting-edge virtual fantasy world like Knightmare did, or making elaborate sets like The Crystal Maze, the BBC just had a guy in a cloak take some kids to run around a forest and jump in a lake a bit. That said, though it's cheap, it's not bad. I used to watch it instead of the news before work.
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I used to love how seriously that show took itself.
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Daktar posted:Does anyone remember a kid's show that ran for an entire summer holiday many, many years ago? It had this character named Reg who wore a sort of plastic hat in the shape of a quiff, and he looked vaguely like a 50s rocker. I may be remembering incorrectly, but I think it also had Mark Speight presenting, and he tended to wear a blue suit and had very, very blonde hair. Also, they showed the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. So no sorry, not a clue what you on about. Head doctor?
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justcola posted:Earlier I watched Superheroes of Suburbia that was on 4od. I thought it was quite good, unsure about the whole documentary aspect but it made me laugh a few times. It's about three people around England who dress as heroes and then try to fight crime. And they're all somewhat mentally ill (no joke). Felt a little bit exploitative to be honest.
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I was always a Citv kid, but the one BBC thing I liked was their Demon Headmaster adaptations.
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Szmitten posted:I was always a Citv kid, but the one BBC thing I liked was their Demon Headmaster adaptations. I used to like Ghost Hunter until it got into weird time travel stories.
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Wot, no Look & Read and the Uncle Jack adaptions?
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Graviton v2 posted:Sorry man im well older than most people on the Forums but that means nothing. I do remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon though. (that was poo poo even when I was that age) I remember it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TijnZsmbGo&feature=related Edit: Doh, just saw that MisterLizard already answered this. Lord Dekks fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Aug 7, 2011 |
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Here is a special celebrity edition of Incredible Games. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYK-1ICTdYk Yes, it features THE DARK KNIGHT'S LAIR!!!!!!!!!!!
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Trin Tragula posted:Here is a special celebrity edition of Incredible Games. That's the 3rd time that link's been posted on this very page.
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justcola posted:Earlier I watched Superheroes of Suburbia that was on 4od. I thought it was quite good, unsure about the whole documentary aspect but it made me laugh a few times. It's about three people around England who dress as heroes and then try to fight crime. Huh, apparently this isn't a mockumentary like I had assumed it was. I knew they had these people in America, since CLiNT had an article interviewing a few of them, but I wasn't aware it had caught on here. I'll have to tune in from now on. Some might call this irresponsible and inevitably tragic vigilantism, but I sort of like to think of it as The Big Society in full effect.
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Lord Dekks posted:I remember it:
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