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Posted: **Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:15 pm**

The superbly named Ann Abel takes on the internet's very own Kirk Bevins in one of the most anticipated games in Countdown history. The following Countdown accolades are up for grabs:

Highest score: 146
Highest score with no nines: 120
Most nines found by one contestant in a single game: 4
Highest debut score*: 124

* denotes achievements from which Ann Abel is exempt.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:40 am**

Ben Hunter wrote:The superbly named Ann Abel

Haha, worst parents ever.

Shamefully I didn't realise Kirk was on tomorrow, so thanks for the reminder.

Viva La Bevolution!

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:47 am**

I'll be watching - Go Kirk!!

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:32 am**

Debbi Flack wrote:I'll be watching - Go Kirk!!

No - Stay Kirk!

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:14 am**

Paul Howe wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:The superbly named Ann Abel
Haha, worst parents ever.

Don't blame the parents - she's married.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:19 am**

I managed to get 804 in the first numbers game by doing:

(7x5+25+7)x(10+2)

Oh, sorry - wrong "Kirk Bevins' debut".

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:58 pm**

Let's have a competition to see who's the most excited. Current leader: me.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:01 pm**

I'm as excited as a very excitable person who's got a special reason to be excited.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:03 pm**

This almost makes me regret saving £140 by not having a TV licence.

Almost.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:11 pm**

Kirk must be 1/5 on to become an octochamp, but just imagine, just IMAGINE the outrage in here if he lost today.
It would almost be worth it to see all your virtual faces. I don't mean that of course. Come on Kirk.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:34 pm**

I'm the mostest excited, as I get the honour / privilege / bad luck of doing the recap.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:10 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:Let's have a competition to see who's the most excited. Current leader: me.

Nah, I'm definitely more excited than you - you watched him film it so you already know what happens.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:28 pm**

IT'S STARTED, OH GOD

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:29 pm**

Ben Hunter wrote:IT'S STARTED, OH GOD

I've almost been happy in my pants.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:29 pm**

I have a thirty sets of clean underwear lined up.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:29 pm**

Perculator? LMAO

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:30 pm**

Rachel's clearly stolen some curtains to make that dress.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:32 pm**

Martin Gardner wrote:Perculator? LMAO

Kirkulator might make more sense.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:34 pm**

Simon Myers wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:Perculator? LMAO
Kirkulator might make more sense.

I think Jeff mispronounced it.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:36 pm**

Martin Gardner wrote:
Simon Myers wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:Perculator? LMAO
Kirkulator might make more sense.
I think Jeff mispronounced it.

The keys are like right next to each other.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:41 pm**

The quality is so high so far, I almost swallowed my ruler.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:46 pm**

Martin Gardner wrote:
Simon Myers wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:Perculator? LMAO
Kirkulator might make more sense.
I think Jeff mispronounced it.

No, Jeff clearly said Kirkulator. You probably misheard it as perculator because you're one of those people who calls a percolator a perculator.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:52 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:I think Jeff mispronounced it.
No, Jeff clearly said Kirkulator. You probably misheard it as perculator because you're one of those people who calls a percolator a perculator.

Or one of those people that calls The Kirkulator 'The Perculator'.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:53 pm**

Spelling RETARD wrong: the ultimate humiliation.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:53 pm**

YATTERED

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:55 pm**

Yeah I know it's with an 'O', I must have misheard, then.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:58 pm**

Kirk's already outscored his previous best score.

Ann hasn't touched him yet this show...

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:59 pm**

2nd numbers alternative - (25 + 10 + 6) x 9.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:00 pm**

I can't remember when I've seen a contestant clearly enjoying themselves so much. And I'd forgotten what a nice voice Kirk has. This game is a pleasure to watch.

(And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:01 pm**

Always thought it ws pronounced KAI-MARE-UH(s) myself.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:08 pm**

ZOMG!

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:08 pm**

F**king awesome. The highest debut score goes like that!

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:09 pm**

Brilliant. My mum just text me:

"Wow kirk is really good! xx"

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:11 pm**

Recors broken so far: 1.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:11 pm**

Martin Gardner wrote:F**king awesome. The highest debut score goes like that!

Hmm. I suppose it's his second show, does this count as the highest debut score? Debatable to say the least.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:11 pm**

Julian who?

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:12 pm**

He missed the max. Rubbish.

Ahem.

Well done Kirk.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:12 pm**

I think Jeff summed up Kirk's performance brilliantly with one word:

"Blimey".

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:12 pm**

I must admit that after seeing it on TV (much more so than when I was sat in the studio with Charlie), how effortless Kirk made it look to glide past the highest opening score.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:14 pm**

Well played Kirk, great debut.

Looks like the steamroller has started.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:18 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote: (And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)

It's very likely, Sid and I were POSL.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:18 pm**

Wow. Just...wow. That was amazing Kirk. I loved how utterly unsurprised Jeff was when you buzzed for the conundrum.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:18 pm**

Martin Gardner wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:F**king awesome. The highest debut score goes like that!
Hmm. I suppose it's his second show, does this count as the highest debut score? Debatable to say the least.

Well it's not his first appearance, so it would class as his second game.

Nonetheless though well done to Kirk (or should it be Kevin

).

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:21 pm**

Fantastic game, Kirk!

IMHO Kirk has beaten the highest debut score record.

I don't watch many games as they're transmitted, but I had to for this one.
Ann was good, and came up with some great equallers, but didn't stand a chance, really.

Roll on tomorrow, and another lamb to the slaughter. Got to sympathise with them, being pitted against the Kirkulator.
Although maybe not. Quite an experience I suppose, to be knocked out by someone that good, unless you thought you were good enough to be an octochamp.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:22 pm**

STUNSAIL is stunning, I was happy with my humble SULTANAS though.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:23 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote: (And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)
It's very likely, Sid and I were POSL.

Sid

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:24 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote: (And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)
It's very likely, Sid and I were POSL.
Sid

The warm-up guy, I think.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:26 pm**

Absolutely brilliant Kirk. Well done on achieving the record debut score. Wish I'd been there to witness it and shake your hand. I'll see if I can get a ticket for the series finals and meet you then. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:28 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote: (And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)
It's very likely, Sid and I were POSL.
Sid

Sid Myers, the other half of Team Kirk. On here he's called Simon, a source of endless confusion. The warm-up guy is Dudley (who is not Danielle's dad.)

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:29 pm**

If anyone's got the final score, I'll put it on the wiki.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:31 pm**

Kirk, I think you saw DOMINIE but for some reason didn't play it?

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:37 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:Sid Myers, the other half of Team Kirk. On here he's called Simon, a source of endless confusion.

I wasn't at all confused until I read that post.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:38 pm**

Charlie Reams wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote: (And was it my imagination or did I hear Charlie laughing at the Kirkulator reference?)
It's very likely, Sid and I were POSL.
Sid Myers, the other half of Team Kirk. On here he's called Simon, a source of endless confusion. The warm-up guy is Dudley (who is not Danielle's dad.)

Thanks for putting me right, Charlie! Dudley does have a loud laugh, so I thought you meant him.
Although I met Dudley when I saw 3 of Neil Zussman's games being recorded, my memory is a bit crap.
He made a joke about the difference in Alex's and my height, which I reckon you have to be over 70 to understand, as I didn't, and pointed us out to Jeff when he came in.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:39 pm**

Jojo Apollo wrote:Kirk, I think you saw DOMINIE but for some reason didn't play it?

Nah, he was thinking of risking the phoney MINIONED^, which really would show off his poor vocabulary. Luckily for him, he didn't.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:44 pm**

Simon Myers wrote:
Jojo Apollo wrote:Kirk, I think you saw DOMINIE but for some reason didn't play it?
Nah, he was thinking of risking the phoney MINIONED^, which really would show off his poor vocabulary. Luckily for him, he didn't.

Ah right, the great man is always at least one step ahead.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:48 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Sid Myers, the other half of Team Kirk. On here he's called Simon, a source of endless confusion.
I wasn't at all confused until I read that post.

<Boring off-topic explanatory information>
Simon is my real name. Sid (Properly SiD - Simon from Derwent [college]) is a darts nickname that has all but supplanted my real name amongst all the people I play darts with, including Kirk. And hence from talking to Kirk, also Charlie.
</Boring off-topic explanatory information>

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:50 pm**

Dr Phil's shirt reminded me of my favourite Tim Vine joke: "So I said to my girlfriend, how do you like my new shirt? It's got cactuses on it. She said, cac-TI. I said, that's as may be, but what do you think of the shirt?"

Actually, I didn't feel Dr P was on form today. Maybe he suffered slightly by comparison with Kirk's scintillating performance, but his usual tales of real life are much funnier than that tired old balloon joke he recycled before the break.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:54 pm**

Simon Myers wrote:<Boring off-topic explanatory information>snipped</Boring off-topic explanatory information>

Ah, right - thanks. Maybe some day we'll get to the bottom of that Mike and Dave business too.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:55 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:Dr Phil's shirt reminded me of my favourite Tim Vine joke: "So I said to my girlfriend, how do you like my new shirt? It's got cactuses on it. She said, cac-TI. I said, that's as may be, but what do you think of the shirt?"

I caught Not Going Out a while back merely as a result of forgetting to change the channel from some previous programme. Since then I've done my best to watch every episode.
Cheesy as fuck, but no one does cheesy as fuck quite as well as Tim Vine and Lee Mack. I'd recommend it to anyone for cheap, reliable laughs.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:57 pm**

Phil Reynolds wrote:Dr Phil's shirt reminded me of my favourite Tim Vine joke: "So I said to my girlfriend, how do you like my new shirt? It's got cactuses on it. She said, cac-TI. I said, that's as may be, but what do you think of the shirt?"

The legend Tim Vine. Bring back Whittle I say. They should get him in dictionary corner, he could easily rattle off a few dozen jokes in his slot.

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