Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Having had a week off work and been subjected to what passes for daytime TV these days, it got me thinking about what happened to the weekday morning game shows that used to occupy the 9 to 9:30 slots? Â Some of my favourite memories of school holidays were watching the likes of Crosswits, Keynotes, Lucky Ladders, Chain Letters and my favourite, Win Lose or Draw. WLoD was probably my favourite game show ever, with the Bob Mills era narrowly pipping Danny Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 My school was on 50/50. The year before I joined. Was absolutely gutted as I loved that show as a kid. I also went to apply for Total Wipeout, only to find applications were no longer being accepted (probably because every one in the entire country had already applied). Â I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Daytime TV really is woeful, its all make over shows and crap like This Morning and Loose Women. I used to love getting to watch daytime TV when I was off school sick, it was great, starting with Supermarket Sweep in the morning there was a vast feast of quiz shows. The only current quiz show I actually enjoy is Pointless, I flipping love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I remember one my friend said about where the participants would have to decide on who takes what percentage of the money. The shite participants would often stand their ground and end up with more money than the good participants. You had to come to an agreement within a time frame or go home with nothing. It sounded awful, but does anyone know what the gameshow was called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 I loved the kids gameshows when I was little. Funhouse being a highlight. And Finders Keepers. My parents hated Finders Keepers though, after me and my little brother and sister decided to make our own version when we were bored one day. We absolutely trashed the house. I deserved that coma. I'm sure my dad did it out of love. Â Sometimes I think have gameshows really got shitter or am I just turning into one of those 'in my day it was better' twats? But then I see dross like Tipping Point and I know I'm right. They have got shitter. Â Deal Or No Deal is one I just can't stomach. I fucking hate Noel Edmonds. The only redeeming feature about him is he looks like the Million Dollar Man Hasbro. Aside from that, fuck him. They all go on like there's a skill to DOND, when it's all 100% luck. I've seen an old woman on there who opened up the lid to reveal the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 This didn't have percentages, but do you mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 I used to like it when they won prizes and holidays on game shows, that was much more fun than watching someone win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 What was the gameshow with the massive fuck off keyboard? it had a stinger as well or something like that where you lost if you pressed a specific letter, and some dead loud klaxon thing went off, used to shit me up when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 1, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes! This thread is going to remind me of even more brilliant shows i'd completely forgotten about. Â You're on about All Clued Up my friend. Â Â I've killed more hours of my life browsing www.ukgameshows.com than most people spend on Champ Manager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes! That's it, getting the feeling it's going to be a week of watching Challenge after reading this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 No, Golden Balls had some great moments. Â Edit: It was Divided. It sounded shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I remember one my friend said about where the participants would have to decide on who takes what percentage of the money. The shite participants would often stand their ground and end up with more money than the good participants. You had to come to an agreement within a time frame or go home with nothing. It sounded awful, but does anyone know what the gameshow was called? It sounds a little bit like it could be Robert Kilroy-Silk's short lived gameshow Shafted Now that was a truly dreadful show and was rightly cancelled after just four episodes. In fact the only good thing about the show was Silky's unintentionally hilarious hand gestures that he did while saying the show's catchphrase: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicurious Dad Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I loved the kids gameshows when I was little. Funhouse being a highlight. And Finders Keepers. My parents hated Finders Keepers though, after me and my little brother and sister decided to make our own version when we were bored one day. We absolutely trashed the house. I deserved that coma. I'm sure my dad did it out of love. Â Kids gameshows were immense in the late 80s/early 90s. Double Dare was one of my favourites, Peter Simon doesn't deserve his fate now on the ignoble hell that is bidup tv. Also loved The Movie Game with Phillip Schofield (Then the brainy one from Bread) Â Being in Scotland we would often get the 9.25am quiz shows instead of kids TV at the start or end of school holidays (due to ITV/BBC following the English holiday timetable which was often a week earlier/later than us), Chain Letters and Lucky Ladders were ones I remember fondly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nostalgia Nonce Posted July 1, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 My Dad always like 15 to 1 for its no nonsense approach, and a prize that was interesting rather than just a vulgar lump of cash. Â Other than that, we were very much a Blockbusters household. I've never been much of one for daytime TV, even when I worked shifts, but I did like Wipeout. Â I also got immense enjoyment out of watching an old episode of Bob's Full House the other day too. The winner walked away with 12 bottles of wine, an upright portable VCR, a holiday in the Algarve, a bottle of sun tan lotion, and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 1, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 1, 2014 Being in Scotland we would often get the 9.25am quiz shows instead of kids TV at the start or end of school holidays (due to ITV/BBC following the English holiday timetable which was often a week earlier/later than us), Chain Letters and Lucky Ladders were ones I remember fondly. Â Chain Letters was another one which seemed to go through presenters like nobodys business, i've seen Challenge running the Dave Spikey episodes, but it was never better than when presented by Andrew O'Connor. I used to love Andrew O'Connor, he did Talk About as well which was another good'un. He made Chain Letters with his, "Just a second while i check with the judg....NO" gag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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