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Dale's Supermarket Sweep
John_Adam1
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Who remembers the 1990s ITV gameshow 'Supermarket Sweep' that was hosted by Dale Winton?
It was shown just after GMTV originally, but in the late 90s/early 00s they showed repeats in the early afternoon after The Jerry Springer Show.
It was all a bit of a silly concept and the contestants tended not to be the most intellectually gifted a lot of the time. They struggled to answer some of the questions even when the clues made the answers blatantly obvious (to me at least).
My favourite memory of the show is the man who did the commentary for the 'super sweep'. He had an enthusiasm for the shopping spree like Murray Walker had for calling Formula 1 Grands Prix.
So what do you remember about it and did you think it was worth watching back in the day? I don't suppose anyone here ever took part in it themselves?
It was shown just after GMTV originally, but in the late 90s/early 00s they showed repeats in the early afternoon after The Jerry Springer Show.
It was all a bit of a silly concept and the contestants tended not to be the most intellectually gifted a lot of the time. They struggled to answer some of the questions even when the clues made the answers blatantly obvious (to me at least).
My favourite memory of the show is the man who did the commentary for the 'super sweep'. He had an enthusiasm for the shopping spree like Murray Walker had for calling Formula 1 Grands Prix.
So what do you remember about it and did you think it was worth watching back in the day? I don't suppose anyone here ever took part in it themselves?
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BUT what annoyed me was the way the contestants came onto the show waving their arms and had to clap after each correct answer like performing monkeys. Obviously the clipboard clutcher on the show informed contestants just they're were expected to react. It was rather sickening when you realised these people had been basically ordered how to behave on camera.
A fair point, but I suspect a lot (actually most!) TV is pretty much scripted like this...
I was about to say that! Annoying indeed. I suspect they were told to say that though.
Yeah I used to think that too - I always said, I'd just get a trolley full of alcohol lol.
SS is quite often repeated on Challenge during the weekdays - definitely was one of the best daytime shows ever created and needs to come back (for a third time)
They can only have 3 of the same item.
I have noticed that they do only pick a few things from 1 isle?
And yes I have been watching the repeats on Challenge
Some of Dales outfits 😨
I used to hope that some contestant would rebel and not say "Dale" after every sentence.:D
I realised they'd been told to say it, but didn't get why - it's not like we didn't know who he was!
Bobby Bragg passed away last year sadly:
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2016/10/26/26089/warm-up_king_bobby_bragg_dies#
I didn't know that. That's a shame.:(
For his ego?!
(I Hope he is ok I knew he was unwell but that was a couple of years ago. I didn't know about Bobby Bragg, the show can't return now his commentary during the 'Super Sweep'!)
I knew about the 3 item rule (I even had my own route plannned out
The point is that if the teams' totals were at all close, it just came down to who had been lucky enough to pick the highest value bouncy bonus. You could get a team that had say £200 worth of groceries but only picked the £25 one. The team who had £150 but had picked the £100 bonus would win, just by sheer luck.
But it was a fun show.:)
Exactly, and washing powder and fabric softner (as examples) are different items yet they would never pick up both. Has anyone actually been on the show or knows someone who has? Ask them what the rules were please
Yes the inflatables were funny and there was a £75 one btw.
You make a good point about how the big difference potentially in value of the inflatables made the whole thing a bit unfair really.
There were plenty of other ways to boost the price of the shop though;
Dale's shopping list
Pick 'n Mix (to a specific weight)
Find the tin with the matching team colour circle
and probably a couple of others I can't think of right now... :erm: ??
They had to stack the tins.
Price the tins with those horrid guns.
And the sweets HAD to be 5 different types.
And if they did not pick them up they were penalised. I imagine that amount was deducted from their total bill.
Aha! Someone who can explain what the rules were please, and the reason why people picked up 2 items from an entire aisle before moving on...