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Top Gear has kept its dedicated thread going for quite a while over in the car forum. Maybe we need to take the Taskmaster thread to ... uh, DIY?
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For some strange reason i've decided to rewatch kid's cult TV classic gameshow Knightmare from beginning to end. It's still as good as I remember, but christ some of the early teams were thick. No wonder nobody won in the first series.
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May 27, 2021 07:58
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You had to love that the first team to beat Knightmare became minor celebrities for a time. I'm not sure you could get away with having a children's gameshow that is that hard nowadays.
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May 27, 2021 08:04
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Partridge live tickets secured. Jackanackanory!
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May 27, 2021 10:27
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Dell_Zincht posted:For some strange reason i've decided to rewatch kid's cult TV classic gameshow Knightmare from beginning to end. How can you prepare for a game like Knightmare though. In an age where kids shows were running about and jumping into ball pits, sitting around a TV screen and telling a near blind kid where to go must have felt like school. Am surpised the helmet kid didn't take it off every 30 seconds going 'but I cant see the dragon!'. Limmy should do a new version of Knightmare with his Falconhoof character. For adults.
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May 27, 2021 13:49
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Kill Falconhoof.
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May 27, 2021 14:30
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happyhippy posted:How can you prepare for a game like Knightmare though. Eh? This was the late 80s/early 90s, pretty much all of the kids who went on it were D&D nerds or religiously read CYOA books. I certainly was one of the latter. Plus before they started filming all teams were given a copy of "The Adventurer's Code" by the production team, basically a list of bullet points of how best to not die. Taking weapons unless specifically told to was a big no-no, and if there's a choice of doors and no indication which way to go, taking the right-most door would be the safest. At least 70% of the teams ignored this advice.
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May 27, 2021 15:01
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Dell_Zincht posted:Eh? This was the late 80s/early 90s, pretty much all of the kids who went on it were D&D nerds or religiously read CYOA books. I certainly was one of the latter. You mean they were given homework, and then didn't do it. Sounds like school to me. Edit: And I was the same back then with D&D and computers, I still have a really battered copy of The Citadel of Chaos sitting around somewhere here. happyhippy fucked around with this message at 16:12 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 15:51
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happyhippy posted:You mean they were given homework, and then didn't do it. Sounds like school to me. The kids who went on Knightmare were the sort of kids who loved school, though
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May 27, 2021 16:04
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happyhippy posted:How can you prepare for a game like Knightmare though. They actually do Knightmare Live at conventions, Edingburgh festival and stuff - https://www.knightmarelive.com/index.html
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May 27, 2021 16:42
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Excellent https://twitter.com/misssusannahf/status/1397323199772250112?s=21
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May 27, 2021 17:37
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SeanBeansShako posted:Kill Falconhoof. Was there ever anything real that was like Limmy's Adventure Call? Or was it just a weird mashup of Knightmare and those cheap astrology call in shows that used to be on daytime telly?
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May 27, 2021 18:02
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Bogmonster posted:Was there ever anything real that was like Limmy's Adventure Call? Or was it just a weird mashup of Knightmare and those cheap astrology call in shows that used to be on daytime telly? Doubt it. Before late night TV got infested with casino games they would have simple trivia games only. Some prob still do, but when I get to see TV these days its usually still roulette or poker. poo poo that be easily fixed. They were there to make money, from drunks just getting in from the pub and thinking they were smart knowing the capital of France to win £500. And not reading the small print for the avalanche of spam texts you will get for years after.
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May 27, 2021 18:11
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Here's an example of how one works. This dude is in Czech Republic but apparently it cropped up in a ton of European countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVlWch9LzY8
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May 27, 2021 18:15
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Bogmonster posted:Was there ever anything real that was like Limmy's Adventure Call? Or was it just a weird mashup of Knightmare and those cheap astrology call in shows that used to be on daytime telly? The closest I can think of is probably Hugo in that there was some kind of a video game narrative about saving Hugo's family and the viewer communicated with Hugo (I think, it's been ages). But instead of a text adventure, it was just primitive two-button minigames.
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May 27, 2021 18:44
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Also vaguely on subject, remember when SKY Digital had those games you could play on it. I played Battleship a bit.
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May 27, 2021 18:50
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SeanBeansShako posted:Also vaguely on subject, remember when SKY Digital had those games you could play on it. AFAIK they're still there. I used to love the bumblebee one.
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May 27, 2021 19:43
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I think it's hard to deny that Adventure Call would have been an absolute goldmine as a real show, and that we're truly blessed that Limmy had the integrity to give us the hilarious version instead.
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May 27, 2021 20:49
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stev posted:AFAIK they're still there. I used to love the bumblebee one. I look forward to poking around with those things for nostalgia sake.
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May 27, 2021 21:01
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happyhippy posted:Limmy should do a new version of Knightmare with his Falconhoof character. For adults. Limmy attempted to get various forms of a Falconhoof show off the ground following "Limmy's show", and got absolutely no traction. He gave a faintly horrifying description of an 8 hour train journey stewing in anxiety, followed by a late starting and cut short pitch meeting with an exec who blatantly wasn't really paying attention, followed by an 8 hour trip back to Glasgow feeling hollowed out.
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May 27, 2021 21:42
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Dell_Zincht posted:The kids who went on Knightmare were the sort of kids who loved school, though The kids that went on knightmare were the sort of kids that got mercilessly bullied and loving HATED school. I dunno how you can be nerdy/autistic in the UK and have any other sort of experience really! My favourite episode of knightmare is still the one with the kids from Yorkshire where they pronounce soap in a pretty old fashioned way and say it loving loads. It's amazing. I remember being a kid and being shocked at people speaking kinda like me on TV, it was great. I do kinda feel like it's the sort of show that wouldn't get made in the modern TV environment because it's too risky and weird which is a real shame. Taear fucked around with this message at 22:15 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 22:11
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Undead Hippo posted:Limmy attempted to get various forms of a Falconhoof show off the ground following "Limmy's show", and got absolutely no traction. He gave a faintly horrifying description of an 8 hour train journey stewing in anxiety, followed by a late starting and cut short pitch meeting with an exec who blatantly wasn't really paying attention, followed by an 8 hour trip back to Glasgow feeling hollowed out. Now that he's a full-time twitch streamer, he could probably do it on his own terms, if he wanted to. I doubt he wants to, as he's perfectly fine playing video games and doing occasional improv, but it could work great as a charity stream one day.
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May 28, 2021 03:00
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Al Murray trying and failing to explain Paul Chaudry on the Taskmaster podcast is a wondrous thing.
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May 28, 2021 04:14
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Re: Taskmaster discussion: a new thread.
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May 28, 2021 04:37
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Taear posted:The kids that went on knightmare were the sort of kids that got mercilessly bullied and loving HATED school. I dunno how you can be nerdy/autistic in the UK and have any other sort of experience really! We obviously went to very different schools, because nearly every kid in my school wanted to be on Knightmare As a Yorkshireman myself, it was pretty cool to see kids on there talking like me as well. "Tekk the surrrrrrp"
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May 28, 2021 08:38
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Dell_Zincht posted:Fun House. Now there was a show that looked like a whole lot of fun with prizes to be won. A real crazy show where anything goes. The one memory of fun house that has stuck in my head for years is during the final question at the end. They get asked the question "name three pieces on a chess board" to which one of the kids immediately blurts out "Rook, Knight, Castle". This causes the other kid to just glare at the first knowing that he just lost them the star prize.
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May 28, 2021 08:51
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Dell_Zincht posted:We obviously went to very different schools, because nearly every kid in my school wanted to be on Knightmare My dad is a southerner and I somehow ended up with his accent, though, despite growing up in Scarborough. Weirdly.
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May 28, 2021 09:00
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Tsietisin posted:Now there was a show that looked like a whole lot of fun with prizes to be won. A real crazy show where anything goes. As a kid I wanted to drive those go-karts soooooo much. The best "Star Prize" fail were the kids who had to name 3 emergency services. They said Police, Ambulance, and........The AA.
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May 28, 2021 09:17
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I had Jungle Run and Raven growing up which were fun in their own way but it's a shame there wasn't anything with gimmicks as cool as Knightmare. There was also To Me To You which I don't recall anyone ever winning.
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May 28, 2021 09:25
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stev posted:I had Jungle Run and Raven growing up which were fun in their own way but it's a shame there wasn't anything with gimmicks as cool as Knightmare. The thing about Knightmare was it was FAR too ahead of it's time. It was constantly hampered by technology restraints, you can see by Series 8 they'd done all they could do with it, VR wouldn't be commercially feasible for another good few years. To Me To You was a bizarre programme. It seemed like it would be common sense to give The Chuckle Brothers their own gameshow, but often the rules didn't make any sense and the comedy interactions with contestants was a bit awkward. Now Terror Towers, there's a good programme!
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May 28, 2021 09:38
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Undead Hippo posted:Limmy attempted to get various forms of a Falconhoof show off the ground following "Limmy's show", and got absolutely no traction. He gave a faintly horrifying description of an 8 hour train journey stewing in anxiety, followed by a late starting and cut short pitch meeting with an exec who blatantly wasn't really paying attention, followed by an 8 hour trip back to Glasgow feeling hollowed out. From the stories he's told it really does seem like making TV was slowly killing him. There's one he told about getting the news that he was going to make another series and he had a moment of very brief elation followed by complete dread and anxiety at the thought of having to sit there and come up with it. I think the way he saw it was being successful took the joy away from it.
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May 28, 2021 10:02
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Tsietisin posted:Now there was a show that looked like a whole lot of fun with prizes to be won. A real crazy show where anything goes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cd2TLIbhMg
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May 28, 2021 10:16
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Heavy_D posted:One of my fav Adam Buxton bits
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May 28, 2021 10:53
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Heavy_D posted:One of my fav Adam Buxton bits Anyway, credit to him, hes actually sort of followed on from that clip by writing an autobiography which is mostly fictional as well. A friend of mine compared it very favourably to Alan Partridge's book.
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May 28, 2021 11:21
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If we're talking Fun House, did you know that the Funhouse Twins put out an album in Japan? Shampoo were a bigger success in Japan than they were, well, anywhere else and Avex were looking for a similar group. In fact I've just discovered a live video of them doing the their title track on CITV which is weird as the album was Japan only? Anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_-y_miNiQo You can actually buy their album digitally in the UK now https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twin-Thing-ATT/dp/B00L5RQYTS but it's missing 2 Japan exclusive tracks (also you can get the Japanese album for under 100 yen + shipping, huge price difference)
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May 28, 2021 13:19
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ookiimarukochan posted:If we're talking Fun House, did you know that the Funhouse Twins put out an album in Japan? Shampoo were a bigger success in Japan than they were, well, anywhere else and Avex were looking for a similar group. They were also both in Tim Burton's Batman. No, really.
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May 28, 2021 13:34
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Dell_Zincht posted:They were also both in Tim Burton's Batman. I wouldn't take their word for it.
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May 28, 2021 20:12
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I thought they might be the Smilex girls, but no. I have to imagine they might be extras in the Joker parade scene.
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May 28, 2021 20:28
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The_Doctor posted:I thought they might be the Smilex girls, but no. I have to imagine they might be extras in the Joker parade scene. Pretty much all of Batman (1989) was filmed in England so it's not entirely unlikely they were extras.
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my descent into a bitter and repressed husk of a man who spends his weekends writing Strongly Worded Letters can be traced back to not getting to go on Fun House 
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