[GoCompareThis]

How could I forget Heads or Tails? Channel 5 must've really been scraping the bottom of a barrel if their idea of a gameshow was based on a coin flip. How did they manage to drag this out for an HOUR?!

[steven1977]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

The fact that Deal Or No Deal generates so much bile, and with it mis-understanding, is really rather amusing in a way. How can so many people not understand that although in the show boxes are opened, that is a tiny aspect of the whole thing and not the point of the show.
The fact that Deal Or No Deal also has so many huge fans, who are devoted to it's simple but brilliant concept speaks volumes in itself.
Any show that can polarise two camps into such opposing passions for it is infact truly one of the greats.
And by the way, I dislike all other quiz and game shows.


Mrs Watermelon please get a sense of humour. I loved your post, for the fabulous way you totally mis-understood it to mean I agreed with you, when the opposite was true.

They really need to get out more. I couldnt believe it when a friend told me about this fansite that records every single game and lists every amount along with a 30 second highlights video.

[Tt88]

Originally Posted by PhilH36

Nothing wrong with the format of 100%,the problem with that was the contestant on a winning streak who kept coming back to the point where eventualy even the most hardened viewer must have been sick of him. However it was the way they eventually got rid of him by changing the rules without warning and saying he had to leave after seventy five shows that annoyed more people. He argued that he should have been allowed to carry on and go at show one hundred (if he got that far). Given that when he left he'd been on for fifteen weeks,would another five have made that much difference? As I recall you only got £100 for winning each show so assuming he got to show one hundred he would've won £10,000 which would have been the perfect point to retire him undefeated with no controversy.

Wasnt that cj from eggheads? After every win the voice over would say would you like to come back again and he would always reply " yes... I will" in the same manner each time!

I agree that the coin flipping thing was pretty bad alongside any gameshow with confusing rules.

[mrsmoose]

This thread is brilliant, kept me laughing and entertained while "Lets get gold" was on in the background

I'm adding one to the mix which hasn't been said yet, and thats, Soap Star Super Chef (Itv obviously), in which 2 people who were in Eastenders 12 years ago are pitted against 2 people from Hollyoaks and they have to cook a meal while answering soap related questions

[Wallasey Saint]

When the National Lottery started there was a game show hosted by Noel Edmonds which was dreadful [Noels House Party, was cancelled for that week for it].

[mrsmoose]

That just reminded me, Totally Saturday with Graham Norton. From what I remember of the trailer and first episode, they would take an audience members' sofa and put it in the middle of Trafalgar Square... not quite sure what the point was...?

[Trmcg5]

1 vs 100 - Watching 1 person trying to knock out so many people bores me to death
Deal or No Deal - Noel is the most boring and tiring host and the contestants are making quick easy money.
Tipping Point - Watched 5 minutes of it and decided that it was rubbish
The Krypton Factor - The many shows of Ben Sheperd (the newer series)

[steven1977]

Originally Posted by Wallasey Saint

When the National Lottery started there was a game show hosted by Noel Edmonds which was dreadful [Noels House Party, was cancelled for that week for it].

Id rather have Noels House party back on tv than the crappy lottery results.

[MrsWatermelon]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

Mrs Watermelon please get a sense of humour. I loved your post, for the fabulous way you totally mis-understood it to mean I agreed with you, when the opposite was true.

Oh dear, it's such a shame to see someone make a fool of themselves in public. I didn't misunderstand - you did. I turned your comment around. If I had thought you were agreeing with me I would have said "I agree" instead of adding the qualifier.

[Big Boy Barry]

Any old show that is brought back with a younger, blander presenter and a more generic set

Examples include Catchphrase without Roy Walker, Blockbusters with Lisa Tarbuck and Going For Gold without Henry Kelly or European competitors.

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Barry

Any old show that is brought back with a younger, blander presenter and a more generic set

Examples include Catchphrase without Roy Walker, Blockbusters with Lisa Tarbuck and Going For Gold without Henry Kelly or European competitors.

And the worst culprit of all, Ben Shepherd with Krypton Factor.

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by steven1977

They really need to get out more. I couldnt believe it when a friend told me about this fansite that records every single game and lists every amount along with a 30 second highlights video.

I agree with you at last! I watch it, enjoy it, remember some games for a long time, but when it's over, it's over. No point analysing every last detail.
People that come with a "system" always raise my eyebrows. There is no more a system to provide a successful outcome than there is a system to provide me with 6 from 49 numbers on Saturday nights.
So although a huge fan, I'm more than capable of being self critical all the same.

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by MrsWatermelon

Oh dear, it's such a shame to see someone make a fool of themselves in public. I didn't misunderstand - you did. I turned your comment around. If I had thought you were agreeing with me I would have said "I agree" instead of adding the qualifier.

Nice try, not convincing.

[David1964]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

The fact that Deal Or No Deal generates so much bile, and with it mis-understanding, is really rather amusing in a way. How can so many people not understand that although in the show boxes are opened, that is a tiny aspect of the whole thing and not the point of the show.
The fact that Deal Or No Deal also has so many huge fans, who are devoted to it's simple but brilliant concept speaks volumes in itself.
Any show that can polarise two camps into such opposing passions for it is infact truly one of the greats.
And by the way, I dislike all other quiz and game shows

I'm not the type of person who believes that if I don't like something, nobody else should.
It we all liked only the same type of music, tv, films, food, books etc. it would be a pretty boring society.

However, the more i think about the tv show Deal Or No deal, the more I realise that I don't consider it to be the 'worst gameshow ever' as the title of this thread asks.
For me, it's one of the most annoying tv programmes I have ever known.
Weakest Link host Ann Robinson started to get on my wick with her constant sarcastic put downs of contestants and that wink at the end of the show.
So I chose not to watch after a while, if it was on in the room however, I didn't bother me.

I have to be honest though, the mere glimpse of D.O.N.D. on the tv screen literally has me running for cover

I think I actually HATE the programme,

Yes some people love it, as others dislike, but.......

'truly one of the greats'??????

Rich Tea, the fact you dislike ALL OTHER quiz and game shows suggests to me that you don't see D.O.N.D. as either, perhaps more of a 'Downton Abbey with a cash bonus'

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by David1964

I'm not the type of person who believes that if I don't like something, nobody else should.
It we all liked only the same type of music, tv, films, food, books etc. it would be a pretty boring society.

However, the more i think about the tv show Deal Or No deal, the more I realise that I don't consider it to be the 'worst gameshow ever' as the title of this thread asks.
For me, it's one of the most annoying tv programmes I have ever known.
Weakest Link host Ann Robinson started to get on my wick with her constant sarcastic put downs of contestants and that wink at the end of the show.
So I chose not to watch after a while, if it was on in the room however, I didn't bother me.

I have to be honest though, the mere glimpse of D.O.N.D. on the tv screen literally has me running for cover

I think I actually HATE the programme,

Yes some people love it, as others dislike, but.......

'truly one of the greats'??????

Rich Tea, the fact you dislike ALL OTHER quiz and game shows suggests to me that you don't see D.O.N.D. as either, perhaps more of a 'Downton Abbey with a cash bonus'

Good post. I could feel the heat of your dislike radiating out. I utterly detested The Weakest Link, and the same way you describe your feelings for DOND are those I could describe for Anne Robinsons nasty show.

In the end though, often the simplest things are the best, and that's Deal. Overblown and complicated game shows with whizzy computer graphics are a poor substitute.
With Deal, it's a simple studio, physical boxes that cannot be manipulated backstage by computer, and a old phone. In those circumstances a lot of effort has to go into things to make a good show, when on the face of it, a few boxes are being opened. It is made by the "people", and wholly dependent on them.
It's why you don't apply, but audition to get on I suppose.

[steven1977]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

I agree with you at last! I watch it, enjoy it, remember some games for a long time, but when it's over, it's over. No point analysing every last detail.
People that come with a "system" always raise my eyebrows. There is no more a system to provide a successful outcome than there is a system to provide me with 6 from 49 numbers on Saturday nights.
So although a huge fan, I'm more than capable of being self critical all the same.

I dont really see how anyone could come up with a strategy. Its a game with random boxes end of.

[Ollie_h19]

Watching repeats of Going for Gold on Challenge, it was a bit shit.

I doubt half of the contestants could even understand the host's accent!

[Ms Katt]

Had to be 321 for me! Slimy Ted Rogers and his creosoted dolly birds, awful end of the pier acts like the Brian Rogers Connection (any relation? ) and those enigma code-like clues. Even Dusty Bin hadn't much appeal.

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by Ollie_h19

Watching repeats of Going for Gold on Challenge, it was a bit shit.

I doubt half of the contestants could even understand the host's accent!

Apparently there is one edition where he actually asks a Dutch contestant "Do you wear clogs?"

[Rich Tea.]

Originally Posted by steven1977

I dont really see how anyone could come up with a strategy. Its a game with random boxes end of.

You have to love a show where they appreciate having a 91 year old lady playing, like today. She was great, infact amazing. They have also had a 97 year old man play, a Chelsea pensioner, and even invited him back to open a box on one of the live shows last autumn when the man was now 100.
To me, this beats the ageist stuff like Million Pound Drop that seems to be made overwhemingly for twenty somethings and you are old if you are 35 on it.

Random boxes yes. A system, no. But having a strategy is different to thinking there is a system. Strategy is needed to help you decide what to do with the cards (boxes) you are dealt in the games, by what you open and when you open it.

[unclekevo]

A really dodgy 90's programme that is often repeated on Challenge, it was presented by Annabel Croft who was awful at presenting it and it was so boring and slow, think it was called something like Interceptor

[goldlistener]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

You have to love a show where they appreciate having a 91 year old lady playing, like today. She was great, infact amazing. They have also had a 97 year old man play, a Chelsea pensioner, and even invited him back to open a box on one of the live shows last autumn when the man was now 100.
To me, this beats the ageist stuff like Million Pound Drop that seems to be made overwhemingly for twenty somethings and you are old if you are 35 on it.

Random boxes yes. A system, no. But having a strategy is different to thinking there is a system. Strategy is needed to help you decide what to do with the cards (boxes) you are dealt in the games, by what you open and when you open it.

I kind of like DOND its one of those programmes I can bare to watch and sometimes get into but sometimes hate (if you get what I mean). As for systems and strategy I cant see how these would work. Does it matter what you open and when you open it. Unlike being dealt a hand of cards you have no idea what you have in front of you just random numbers. You could very well get the £250,000 by opening the boxes in number order! It makes no odds if you leave box 18 until last because your cat died on the 18th or you get rid of box 4 first because you lived at number 4 35 years ago, all of that is irrelevant, Noel knows it but without all that there wouldnt be a game.

[Ashford Steve]

Originally Posted by Rich Tea.

Good post. I could feel the heat of your dislike radiating out. I utterly detested The Weakest Link, and the same way you describe your feelings for DOND are those I could describe for Anne Robinsons nasty show.

In the end though, often the simplest things are the best, and that's Deal. Overblown and complicated game shows with whizzy computer graphics are a poor substitute.
With Deal, it's a simple studio, physical boxes that cannot be manipulated backstage by computer, and a old phone. In those circumstances a lot of effort has to go into things to make a good show, when on the face of it, a few boxes are being opened. It is made by the "people", and wholly dependent on them.
It's why you don't apply, but audition to get on I suppose.

Deal Or No Deal 'contestant's seem to be a sad, easily manipulated bunch of no-hopers. The sick (often incurable yet strangely symptom-free), elderly(sometimes arguably senile), indebted, bereaved, over emotional and desperate. Edmonds seems to lay on the schmaltz more and more, now that the programme has been over-stretched to an hour, shamelessly making people cry for a cheap piece of daytime tv. Catchphrases turn into cliches with over use - recently Edmonds even used the '1st male quater millionaire' dirge when a woman was playing, and after she had taken the money. And the repeated use of the word 'gutted' by the way - whe did education standards int his country become so poor?

[BluesTrainRadio]

I have often wondered with DOND about just opening the boxes either in number order or starting from the left hand side and working across from there. It surely is no less random than having a supposed system?? I would love to have a go at doing it that way!

[goldlistener]

Originally Posted by BluesTrainRadio

I have often wondered with DOND about just opening the boxes either in number order or starting from the left hand side and working across from there. It surely is no less random than having a supposed system?? I would love to have a go at doing it that way!

Agreed, that could arguably be your system, but try telling this to a die hard DOND fan and you will be laughed at! I remember seeing a contestant a few years back who in the first round picked 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 I think they lost £50,000 and Noel poured so much scorn on them that they just started picking randomly. See Noel wants drama, back stories, reasons for picking numbers when you do. If you do it in sequence it would make a very boring hour of TV!