Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I remember seeing a John Williams round on it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 No need to explain yourself to me, I just don't like that show as light entertainment. I'd rather watch something daft like Total Wipeout instead, at that time of the night. But we can't and don't watch any airing TV now, as we cancelled the TV licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Glóin the Dark said: I remember seeing a John Williams round on it once. Really??? Just as a single answer or the whole category was about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Probably a category, they get pretty specific sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 It was the final round of the game, and the contestants picked a category called "Oscar-Nominated Johns", or something to that effect. They were given the names of three people from the film business (I can't remember who the other two Johns were), and the task was to name films for which any of the three received an Oscar nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 It'd be amazing to have a JWFan get on there as a contestant and have the category be John Williams scores. Just say Heartbeeps! Guaranteed pointless answer! As I continue to enjoy having nefarious access to iPlayer, I notice that tomorrow night Richard Ayoade is the host of HIGNFY. Always a fun time when he's on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 QI is the best British game show! Seek out the episodes with Stephen Fry. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Just now, Nick1066 said: QI is the best British game show! Seek out the episodes with Stephen Fry. Oh yes, been watching that since randomly discovering it in like 2007, back when it was a LOT harder to track down British shows here. I do actually quite like Sandi Toksvig as the host as well. She had always been one of my favorite panellists in the Fry hosting days too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: QI is the best British game show! Seek out the episodes with Stephen Fry. QI isnt a game show though, its a panel show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I notice that tomorrow night Richard Ayoade is the host of HIGNFY. Always a fun time when he's on there. I remember Ayoade doing a good job before, though I don't watch Have I Got News for You so much these days. In the 1990s it was unmissable. (I also hold it largely responsible for allowing Boris Johnson to cultivate a phony image of himself as a sort of bumbling, likeable scoundrel!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Stefancos said: QI isnt a game show though, its a panel show. Well, yes. I should have put game as "game". But let's not split hairs, what do you say old boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 University Challenge is the only game show I watch consistently. It's a straight twenty-five minutes of questions with no faffing around in between. Who cares if the questions are too hard to answer?! And Only Connect when they put it on on Mondays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 University Challenge is too dry for me. I like Only Connect, though, even if it is hard as crap. Victoria Coren Mitchell is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I caught the first episode of Vanity Fair. Golly, these period costume dramas are so BBC. Foxtel was advertising this show relentlessly, so I felt like I just wanted to check it out. Well Olivia Cooke is cute as a button, so it's worth it for that at least. I suppose you need patience to follow this leisurely stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Egg Heads is another dull one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Glóin the Dark said: University Challenge is the only game show I watch consistently. It's a straight twenty-five minutes of questions with no faffing around in between. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: While I was recovering from my minor surgery this week I binge-watched a fuckload of the BBC game show Pointless. vasectomy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 About time! 22 hours ago, Quintus said: Egg Heads is another dull one! I like Eggheads, because of it's supreme dullness. 23 hours ago, Nick1066 said: Well, yes. I should have put game as "game". But let's not split hairs, what do you say old boy? It's a completely different kind of show than a quiz-show though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: It's a completely different kind of show than a quiz-show though. Is there a host that asks questions? Are there guests that answer them? Are there points? Do they keep score? Is there a winning and losing team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 They're stand-up comedians and other assorted celebs going through a semi-scripted comedy show which is made to resemble a quiz. You wouldn't see Johnny Vegas or Claudia Winkleman on any proper episode of Countdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Of course mate...I'm not arguing that QI is a "typical" quiz show...but it is still a quiz show...just one populated with comedians and other celebs who are more interested in taking the piss than winning. I just think you're splitting hairs (or picking nits, if you prefer)! It's not just celebrities sitting around cracking jokes. That's Jools Holland. For crying out loud, QI's own website calls it a quiz show! Quote Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'. There used to be an American celebrity quiz show I think...Hollywood Squared or something like that. Also a quiz show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: For crying out loud, QI's own website calls it a quiz show! #FakeNews! Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Ash vs Evil Dead. very funny and gore how I like! Full of good memories from the old movie (that I watched when I was way too young!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 On 10/11/2018 at 8:53 PM, Nick1066 said: Yeah, there was some faffing around in that one edition, right enough. The standards do slip from time to time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 "Lemon of Troy" My personal vote for single greatest Simpsons episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 22 Short Films About Springfield is mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Wasn't that the 'Football in the Groin' thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 No, that's from "A Star is Burns" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 ‘Dracula’ Series from the ‘Sherlock’ Team to Launch on BBC and Netflix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hmm, could be good. On 10/13/2018 at 1:57 AM, Bespin said: Ash vs Evil Dead. very funny and gore how I like! Full of good memories from the old movie (that I watched when I was way too young!) It started out a bit "eh?" but very quickly found its groove around the same time I did with it. The final season recently aired and I'm looking to seeing it. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Jay said: ‘Dracula’ Series from the ‘Sherlock’ Team to Launch on BBC and Netflix Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Castle Rock Pretty good, great fall atmosphere, maintains a consistent "mystery box" feeling throughout the entire runtime. The references to other King stories were a bit ham-fisted in a fan-fictiony way though. And it's only ten episodes long, another major positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Finished Season 1 of The Sopranos. Currently on Maniac, which is just bizarrely delightful in a Gilliam sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Curb will return soon! https://www.thewrap.com/curb-your-enthusiasm-season-10-begins-filming-production/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Seinfeld is coasting along very nicely now, season's 5 and 6 are the best it's been as far as I'm concerned. It's an effortless watch full of chuckles and even some hysterical moments dotted about here and there. We finished the race episode the other night, which is surely a classic. Superman music! Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I am really having fun with AHS Apocalypse. Tonight's episode makes delicious fun of 1972's Tales from the Crypt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I watched the first episode. Not bad. Not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,364 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 6:51 PM, Stefancos said: They're stand-up comedians and other assorted celebs going through a semi-scripted comedy show which is made to resemble a quiz. You wouldn't see Johnny Vegas or Claudia Winkleman on any proper episode of Countdown. But you stand a good chance of seeing them on Channel 4 'mash-up' 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 That was my point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 On 10/25/2018 at 12:50 AM, Alexcremers said: I watched the first episode. Not bad. Not bad at all. I concur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Joe and Alex in complete agreement???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 It shocked me too but I was already disappointed with the second episode. It's like the first episode was directed and written by more talented people. I wouldn't be surprised if the last episode is going to be better as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Buffy Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 18 hours ago, Alexcremers said: It shocked me too but I was already disappointed with the second episode. It's like the first episode was directed and written by more talented people. I wouldn't be surprised if the last episode is going to be better as well. The third episode is better. Still waiting to see why people are vomiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: Buffy Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 3 hours ago, JoeinAR said: The third episode is better. It is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Norma's Corpse said: I aprove! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 You tried to gut me, blondie! Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 When her eyes go down, where is she looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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