Countdown episode 1
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Countdown episode 1
It looks so dated!! I can't beleive that contestant is only 28, and Cathy Hytner does not look comfortable at all doing the letters -- and look at the font!!! and they dont even label the boxes she picks from!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEaaW-mbyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEaaW-mbyk
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Richard's thing about a countdown to a new channel ending and a brand new Countdown beginning reminds me of Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon.
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The font that was used, was called Egyptienne (well this is one of names the font could be called - there's probably other names) and I quite liked it. Also the consonants were in the left box and vowels were in the right box.Brian Whitworth wrote:It looks so dated!! I can't beleive that contestant is only 28, and Cathy Hytner does not look comfortable at all doing the letters -- and look at the font!!! and they dont even label the boxes she picks from!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEaaW-mbyk
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Yeah I noticed that - also what's the point of the woman putting the numebrs up?? she doesn't even speak, Richard says what the numbers are!Joseph Bolas wrote:The font that was used, was called Egyptienne (well this is one of names the font could be called - there's probably other names) and I quite liked it. Also the consonants were in the left box and vowels were in the right box.Brian Whitworth wrote:It looks so dated!! I can't beleive that contestant is only 28, and Cathy Hytner does not look comfortable at all doing the letters -- and look at the font!!! and they dont even label the boxes she picks from!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEaaW-mbyk
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Quite brilliant! I must admit I got 494 and then was positively kicking myself when Carol showed how to do it. The colour scheme of the letters hurt my eyes though!
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Excellent, another contender for "Countdowner who looks most uncannily like a cartoon character":Brian Whitworth wrote:It looks so dated!! I can't beleive that contestant is only 28
Geoff Andrews : Ned Flanders
This clip also puts paid to the oft-repeated myth about Carol being the first woman to appear on Channel 4. Even discounting the women in the audience, that honour actually goes to Mary, Ted Moult's "assistant".
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Either ned flanders, or a young Jim McDonald off coronation street!Phil Reynolds wrote:Excellent, another contender for "Countdowner who looks most uncannily like a cartoon character":Brian Whitworth wrote:It looks so dated!! I can't beleive that contestant is only 28
Geoff Andrews : Ned Flanders
This clip also puts paid to the oft-repeated myth about Carol being the first woman to appear on Channel 4. Even discounting the women in the audience, that honour actually goes to Mary, Ted Moult's "assistant".
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Who would that be, Brian?
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here:Jason Larsen wrote:Who would that be, Brian?
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How did you find that picture, Brian?
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Jason Larsen wrote:How did you find that picture, Brian?
I justy googled "Jim Mcdonald"
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Do you mean Jeff Andrews?
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Why would he Google Jeff Andrews to find a picture of Jim MacDonald?Jason Larsen wrote:Do you mean Jeff Andrews?
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Comparing these 2 events is ludicrous. The moon landing is nowhere near as significantGavin Chipper wrote:Richard's thing about a countdown to a new channel ending and a brand new Countdown beginning reminds me of Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon.
Just ask Richard Brittain.
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I don't even know who Jim MacDonald is, but he does look a lot like Jeff!
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The clues were there...Jason Larsen wrote:I don't even know who Jim MacDonald is, but he does look a lot like Jeff!
or a young Jim McDonald off coronation street!
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He looks even more like !GEOFF!Jason Larsen wrote:I don't even know who Jim MacDonald is, but he does look a lot like Jeff!
Thats the English way of spelling my name.
Coronation Street is a British soap opera that has been running since 1960 without a break.
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No break - even though it's on ITV. At least you can just tune in at any time to see what's going on in "the street".jeff wharton wrote:He looks even more like !GEOFF!Jason Larsen wrote:I don't even know who Jim MacDonald is, but he does look a lot like Jeff!
Thats the English way of spelling my name.
Coronation Street is a British soap opera that has been running since 1960 without a break.
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Thank you for the information, Brian!
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
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It's good to know you share our painJason Larsen wrote:Thank you for the information, Brian!
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
I thought I was good at Countdown until I joined this forum
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AH sorry, I didn't realise you weren't in the UK! lol,Jason Larsen wrote:Thank you for the information, Brian!
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
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I know, it is not as good as it used to be.
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So, the fact that he gives his location as Seattle, Washington wasn't a clue then?Brian Whitworth wrote:AH sorry, I didn't realise you weren't in the UK! lol,Jason Larsen wrote:Thank you for the information, Brian!
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
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Obviously I didnt see that did I!Andy Thomson wrote:So, the fact that he gives his location as Seattle, Washington wasn't a clue then?Brian Whitworth wrote:AH sorry, I didn't realise you weren't in the UK! lol,Jason Larsen wrote:Thank you for the information, Brian!
Jeff, I do know what Coronation Street is. We get CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since we are so close to the Canadian border and it comes on every weeknight at 7:00.
It is followed by US Jeopardy.
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Well, you looked SO British on your pic, my eyes didn't think they even needed to wander south to check out your location.Jason Larsen wrote:Brian...
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Is that pic you Jason? I'd just assumed it was Harry Potter since I first saw it, I don't know why. It probably looks nothing like him (I have less than zero interest in that little cock of a wizard).Brian Whitworth wrote:Well, you looked SO British on your pic, my eyes didn't think they even needed to wander south to check out your location.Jason Larsen wrote:Brian...
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Oh, so you saw Equus too, eh?Matt Morrison wrote:I have less than zero interest in that little cock of a wizard
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Thank you!
Matt, believe it or not, somebody told me I look like Daniel Radcliffe and it was a British boy. He is even younger than Daniel!
Matt, believe it or not, somebody told me I look like Daniel Radcliffe and it was a British boy. He is even younger than Daniel!
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I see, Brian!