Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 1, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Sergio Mendacious said: I believe it was a Black Forest Cato. Fixed it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 12 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: I posted it when he was originally mentioned in the other thread but this article written by Jon Ronson about the behind the scenes of Deal or No Deal during it's peak in the mid-2000's is an excellent read. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/21/broadcasting.arts The bit in there about making sure contestants spend all their time together to get this forced sense of companionship rings true - I was on an Endemol show last year, and they have all the contestants booked in the same hotel, and after the morning briefing of how things work, you're ostensibly free to go off and do your own thing, but they timetable two or three team meetings a day that you're required to attend, so that actually most people would decide that they'd be better off just staying at the hotel. So either you hide yourselves away in your room swotting up on strategies, or - more likely - you head to the bar, and end up spending the whole time with other contestants. Whenever they book a car to pick you up, they tell you it'll be there about an hour before it actually is, so everyone's standing around waiting together, and you end up having to talk to one another - no one dares leave, because the car could get here any minute, but at least you've got an ice-breaker in "I wonder how long it's going to take this time?". Then, once you're taken to the studio, you're all shoved in the green room together until it's about half an hour until you're due to go on, at which case you're ferried off into separate dressing rooms. In my case, it was all filmed in Holland, too, which gave it an extra layer of weirdness and isolation, and feeling like everything was completely out of our hands. Sadly no Edmonds, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chilly McFreeze Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 Surely just a matter of time before he shoots Clive Anderson then? Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 17 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Please can we have a Phillip Schofield thread? Between his stints on The Cube, This Morning, His Snapchats & We Buy Any Car Adverts (which I find quite weird, also see the website) he must be worth a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 Worth a shout for what? I've not heard of him being particularly weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really Big Shoe Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Until Phil dresses like this with Gordon the Gopher in place of Mr Flibble then he's sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 I think like several other people have said, like several other people have said, have said, that Clive Anderson should watch his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted February 2, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 2, 2018 Schofield may occasionally turn up on This Morning still pissed from the night before but the only glowing glowing orbs following him around are Holly Willoughby's norks, and I don't think it's spiritual what they are sending to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) I don't know if you'd class this as him being mental or just finding a way round something, but there was a story of him owning his own Black Cab complete with a mannequin dressed up to look like his wife so he can drive in the Bus/Taxi lane, which he called an "action against time-theives"Â http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8307304.stm Edited February 3, 2018 by WyattSheepMask Spelling errors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 3, 2018 Brilliant, can't believe I've not heard that before. That's the kind of story this thread needs, not Philip Schofield being normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 3, 2018 6 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said: I don't know if you'd class this as him being mental or just finding a way round something, but there was a story of him owning his own Black Cab complete with a mannequin dressed up to look like his wife so he can drive in the Bus/Taxi lane, which he called an "action against time-theives" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8307304.stm Dave Gorman did a bit about it on an episode of Modern Life Is Good(ish) this past series. I've got a friend who owns a black cab. He says there's a great view from the slightly elevated driver's seat, good fuel economy, plenty of space for passengers, shopping etc and very reasonably priced insurance as long as you demonstrate to the insurer that you've no intention of using it as a taxi. Plus I guess if you've got somebody in the back you can use the bus lanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said: Â Plus I guess if you've got somebody in the back you can use the bus lanes. No you can't, that's the point of the Edmonds story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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