Heh heh, thanks for an excuse to watch that again. That rare thing - a film version of a stage musical that's almost as good as the original.Jordan F wrote:Today's competition is brought to you by this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DD7VIKZnGA
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- Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 23rd 2012 (Series 66 Game 34)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4881
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 23rd 2012 (Series 66 Game
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 11970
Re: Buying faulty crap off eBay - where do you stand?
Haha. I look forward to the launch of 'Amazon Prune'.Ryan Taylor wrote:Is it just me who reads Amazon Prime as Apterous Prime every time I visit this thread?
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:03 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointles Series 6
There are four teams on the current version.Marc Meakin wrote:FWIW I think the original 4 team version of pointless should have been retained
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 22nd 2012 (Series 66 Game 33
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5200
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 22nd 2012 (Series 66 Gam
OK. We'll stick with criticising her for being a talentless fat Tory bigot then.Chris Hare wrote:Strictly Come Dancing was mentioned (by her) once yesterday, and then only in passing, so I don't think that there's much to criticise her for there
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:51 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pintles Series 6
I remember when we were preparing we spotted the potential for mild shenanigans in that regard, but assumed they didn't care enough because it required a reasonable level of effort/smarts to exploit it. It wouldn't have done in our case as our shows were recorded over two days. Had we not suggested...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 21st 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 32
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2147
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 21st 2012 (Series 66 Preli
Anne Widdecombe, from Strictly Come Dancing, is in dictionary corner, to talk about her showing on Strictly Come Dancing, and how she's been able to live her life after Strictly Come Dancing. Oh, and did I mention that she was on Strictly Come Dancing? Good, because there's no way she will. Reminds...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointless Series 6
Did they really usher guests out of the audience before the final? That's mental, they didn't do it back in series 2 (oh exploitable) To be fair, they didn't seem bothered about doing it in series 3 either, until Sue and I were being escorted back to the green room after our first appearance and Su...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:01 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointless Series 6
Five options in the final is interesting - presumably viewers didn't like how the jackpot was won relatively rarely? I'd be surprised if that was the reason - speaking as a viewer, it's generally more exciting when someone wins a big jackpot than when people win a couple of grand every other day. I...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Who is your favourite presenter?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4732
Re: Who is your favourite presenter?
My favourite presenter is Nick Allwright.
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 20th 2012
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4605
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 20th 2012
"The curse", eh?Jon Corby wrote:I'm on next Thursday btw.
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:20 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Masters 2012
- Replies: 88
- Views: 18562
Re: Apterous Masters 2012
You're all expecting me to supply a punchline to this, aren't you?Ian Volante wrote:Ah, a bit of Badcock bashing!
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:44 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Exit List
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2364
Re: The Exit List
I prefer that Matt Knowles who does Perfection.Michael Wallace wrote:Nick Allwright is a perfectly competent presenter
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5803
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 14th (Series 66 Prelim 27)
Not if you use the free one.Graeme Cole wrote:Incidentally, if you search for words on Oxford Dictionaries Online (subscription required after you've made a certain number of searches)
- Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Historical recaps
- Topic: Thursday 23 June 1983 (Series 2, QP8)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2822
Re: Thursday 23 June 1983 (Series 2, QP8)
Wow, I used to know Phil Appleby when he worked in Leamington. Knew he was a Scrabble champ but never realised he'd been on Countdown.Mike Brown wrote:C2: #15 Seed Philip Appleby (1 win, 43 points.)
- Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Mass Noun Plurals
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20218
Re: Mass Noun Plurals
Only just discovered this thread thanks to David Williams' link elsewhere. I'm surprised no one picked up Damian on this comment: I actually like you, don't get me wrong. I could ruffle your hair, buy you a pint and take the piss out of you at great length, of course expecting it all back along the ...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:30 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointles Series 6
Ah well.
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:02 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointless Series 6
Almost didn't see yesterday's episode as I didn't get home till gone 6, but when we settled down to relax in front of the telly about 9pm there was nothing of any interest on so in the end we watched Pointless on catch-up. Imagine our surprise when one of the contestants turned out to be Dan Sheehy,...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:REA - Reading - Saturday of Easter Weekend 2012
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16460
Re: CO:REA - Easter Saturday 2012
Well, aside from the fact that you can't possibly use 'hot' without some level of subjectivity, I'll do my best to summarise: [etc] Amusingly, none of the little thumbnail images that you've spent so much effort creating and then commenting on includes the part of the original image that Corby was ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7939
Re: How Googly are you?
I think I've actually got that video somewhere.Mark Deeks wrote:Maybe I should start shoving it into industrial strength bending equipment.
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointles Series 6
- Replies: 76
- Views: 22894
Re: Pointless Series 6
James, why did you colour those words in white? It made them slightly hard to read.
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:34 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 86848
Re: The Chase
Just want to punch the people who want to 'get home' and go for the middle option which absolutely makes NO MATHEMATICAL SENSE WHATSOEVER. :?: If you go for the higher offer, you run a higher risk of being caught by the Chaser and losing out on a chance to share in the final prize pot. It's not roc...
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:26 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 43201
Re: Pointless Series 6
Series 6 and yet more fiddling around with the format. I would have won the jackpot though with KNOTWORK.
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Whitney Houston
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1627
Whitney Houston
Much hysterical wailing and caterwauling has been heard in our house since the news broke. Well, they will keep playing her records on the radio...
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:46 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How Googly are you?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7939
Re: How Googly are you?
If you Google your name, then how far do you come up as? Searches for your name do not count. I'm probably being thick as usual, but surely Googling your name is searching for your name? Anyway, Googling my name/searching for my name on Google I come up third and fourth. I used to be first, then I ...
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday February 9th 2012 (Series 66 Prelim 24
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2774
Re: Spoilers for Thursday February 9th 2012 (Series 66 Preli
I'll be taking a photo of mine to send you as soon as the tray of ice cubes I've just put in the freezer is ready.Jon Corby wrote:I often find that annoying people become far less annoying if I like their boobs.
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:10 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Puzzle contest!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4052
Re: Puzzle contest!
I would add to the above "...and a fair amount of general knowledge."Andrew Feist wrote:I'm running a puzzle contest over at my blog -- mostly word puzzles with a little bit of logic thrown in.
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6505
Re: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
I'm actually more inclined to think it's just a genuine mistake, and luckily my missus has been fine about it, so no harm done. Or at least she seems to be - it's my birthday in about 5 weeks' time so we'll see how I get on when I try and have sex with her then. Ha you only have sex on your birthda...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:19 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6505
Re: Has anyone else got chlamydia?
How do you know the number you rang was a bona fide clinic?
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The long-awaited music thread!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4660
Re: The long-awaited music thread!
Wow Andy, really nice. I'd be interested to know what instruments/software etc you used to put that together. I recently came across an old cassette recording of the very first practice session I had with my short lived band 'B-Side Overload'. Most of it's just us mucking about, but we did manage to...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:54 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind Specialist Subject
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8635
Re: Mastermind Specialist Subject
I doubt if 'Golf' would be allowed as a specialist subject - without being qualified further it's a tad broad.David Barnard wrote:Golf would be my specialist subject, simple choice since I play twice a week and follow all the main tours
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Charlies 2010 (THE RESULTS)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2421
Re: The Charlies 2010 (THE RESULTS)
Glad no one here was responsible for that apostrophe.
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 43201
Re: Pointless Series 5
I refer you to Ryan's previous response.Matt Morrison wrote:Dream round.
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:41 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 43201
Re: Pointless Series 5
Wow. Today's round 2 is footballers' national teams and, of the 12 names on the two passes, I've heard of precisely one.
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Raccoon Boy on Pointless
- Replies: 100
- Views: 12396
Re: Raccoon Boy on Pointless
Hey Raccoon, I've made you a new trophy to replace the defective one the BBC gave you.
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: London Mayoral Election 2012
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2801
Re: London Mayoral Election 2012
Yes, that may mean something different I fear.Lesley Hines wrote:Corby's got flash plans for the next Co-event though.
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: London Mayoral Election 2012
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2801
Re: London Mayoral Election 2012
It's a Countmob flashdown! (Or something.)Jon O'Neill wrote:Ok, I'll meet you there in 2 hours 15 minutes.
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game 18)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3522
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game
Gavin Chipper wrote:It would certainly be a mischievious act to pronounce it any other way.
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Puzzle contest!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4052
Re: Puzzle contest!
Submitted my solution.
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game 18)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3522
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game
How is it pronounced? Surely there's only one way. There's certainly only one correct way. But an awful lot of people get it wrong. It reads how it looks. Er, no it doesn't. I watched it just to hear it. He pronounces mischief as mischief. He pronounces it "mis-chiff" which is correct, as...
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game 18)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3522
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday February 1st 2012 (Series 66 Game
When I saw the second teaser I was quietly confident that Nick would be one of the few people on TV who can pronounce MISCHIEF correctly, and he didn't let me down. (I even heard someone who claimed to be an English teacher say "mis-cheef" the other day. Why do so many ignorant fuckwits go...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mondegreens
- Replies: 127
- Views: 35664
Re: Mondegreens
I'm not sure how I managed to put up with 37 seconds of it.Matt Morrison wrote:It's 2:41.Phil Reynolds wrote:Well, that's 37 seconds of my life I'll never get back.
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Mondegreens
- Replies: 127
- Views: 35664
Re: Mondegreens
Well, that's 37 seconds of my life I'll never get back.Matt Morrison wrote:Just had SOAD's Darts pop up on shuffle and it reminded me how I thought for quite a while it said "Life threatening lifestyles: a hitman, a nun, florist."
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:REA - Reading - Saturday of Easter Weekend 2012
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16460
Re: CO:REA - Easter Saturday 2012
I'm sure Jesus felt much the same.Karen Pearson wrote:I'm afraid there's no way I can escape family obligations on Easter Weekend
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 results
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3943
Re: COLIN 2012 results
Oh Jono, if only you meant that. :sigh:Jon O'Neill wrote:I tell you what, why don't you just give a list of the photos you want to see next year and we'll all do our best to act them out for you?Phil Reynolds wrote:It was the pictures from the pub afterwards I was actually hoping to see.
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 results
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3943
Re: COLIN 2012 results
Ah, thanks Ben, you're a gent. Although (ungrateful nurk that I am) I'm a bit disappointed that they all seem to be pictures of people playing Countdown. It was the pictures from the pub afterwards I was actually hoping to see.Ben Wilson wrote:As requested
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:50 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN 2012 results
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3943
Re: COLIN 2012 results
Public link please?Ben Wilson wrote:My photos are now up on facebook.
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Interesting video
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5021
Re: Interesting video
And Des's pronunciation of "Junaid" is almost correct!Jon O'Neill wrote:In this order, Carol actually laughs at the right place in the anecdotes!
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 26th January 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 14)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1111
Re: Thursday 26th January 2012 (Series 66, Prelim 14)
Australia are plural, but India is single eh? Who knew.James Robinson wrote:while Australia are having their national day, India is also having its national day too.
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
- Replies: 89
- Views: 18013
Re: Paul Zenon vs Psychic Sally
Love the comment from R2D2.Jon Corby wrote:TV psychic Sally Morgan sues Daily Mail for defamation
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:52 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Royal Statistical Society Christmas Quiz
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14319
Re: Royal Statistical Society Christmas Quiz
Weren't you bothered about finding out who Eugene was?Michael Wallace wrote:Not sure we need them
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:21 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sporcle
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8414
Re: Sporcle
Whoo-hoo, 20/20.Charlie Reams wrote:Well, since my last quiz went down quite well, here's another one. Enjoy!
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown in Lincoln 2012- Saturday 28th January
- Replies: 150
- Views: 49990
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 217
- Views: 65485
Re: Countdown in the news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj3GH5myc3MMatt Morrison wrote:You chosen who you're going with yet Kirk?
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Sporcle
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8414
Re: Sporcle
I don't have one of these new-fangled smartphones, but surely if you can connect to the internet on them, you can just get whatever's there - i.e. all of them. No, because most internet games (or at least most of the ones involving any sort of animation) require a Flash plug-in to work; and Apple r...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Behind the scenes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1480
Re: Behind the scenes
Wow, that shot certainly does resonate with the post 9/11 viewer, and for the time the special effects hold up pretty well.Brian Moore wrote:Watching the trailer for the film, I can't quite work out whether it was a serious or a really good spoof. Though there is one interesting pre-echo of 9/11 in there.
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Behind the scenes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1480
Behind the scenes
Walking home from town just now I stopped to watch the BBC doing some filming for the new series of Upstairs Downstairs , the Eaton Place exteriors for which are filmed in a street just around the corner from our house. In fact, there was no actual filming going on - just a lot of vans and equipment...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge 2011/12
- Replies: 89
- Views: 19787
Re: University Challenge 2011/12
Can't believe no one has yet mentioned the loud belch that was heard right at the end of the foreign riddles round and which somehow escaped the edit. It's at 10'07" on iPlayer if you don't believe me.
Also, how did Moss from The IT Crowd manage to sneak onto the other team?
Also, how did Moss from The IT Crowd manage to sneak onto the other team?
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:06 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Pointless Series 5
- Replies: 216
- Views: 43201
Re: Pointless Series 5
Just watched yesterday's game. Very likeable contestants I thought; Stu (the Shaggy look-a-like, even down to the green T-shirt) was a prime illustration of the principle that someone with average looks can still come over as seriously attractive if they smile a lot. :D The two women in the head-to-...
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:03 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 86848
Re: The Chase
Yeah bad luck boi, but you played well and were entertaining to watch. Please tell me Heather doesn't really fancy Mark though.
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:49 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Chase
- Replies: 153
- Views: 86848
Re: The Chase
Has Mark Labett ever lost a final chase to a single player? I don't think he's about to but you never know...