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Started by Charlie in Chit-Chat

Both Cal and Des have quit Countdown. Wonder who, if anyone will replace them. Should it just end ? They’ve got 15 years worth of repeats !

Posted on Sat, 26 July 2008 at 14:40

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#1

Charlie wrote:

Carol Stupid Keyboard.

Posted on Sat, 26 July 2008 at 14:41

#2

Punkwak (Tijn) wrote:

so!! i am available.. the only thing i’ve got online is a old countdown familiar host downtown.! :)

cheers

Posted on Sat, 26 July 2008 at 21:36

#3

Charlie wrote:

Yet again i have absolutely no idea what you are on about.

Posted on Sat, 26 July 2008 at 22:36

#4

mrs h wrote:

I’ll be Carol Vorderman if we can find a volunteer to be Des. And some really, really stupid contestants.

Posted on Sun, 27 July 2008 at 16:20

#5

Gimme Back My Brainsaw (Mike Hunt) wrote:

Which Des?

Lynam or O Connor?

Posted on Sun, 27 July 2008 at 17:22

#6

Charlie wrote:

Both :p

Posted on Sun, 27 July 2008 at 20:05

#7

Charlie wrote:

How dull is Des Lynam on Sport Mastermind ? He’s had a complete charisma bypass. Has he had an op or bad news recently ?

Posted on Sun, 27 July 2008 at 20:06

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mrs h wrote:

Ok, you two can be the contestants :p

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 06:30

#9

mr self destruct wrote:

I reckon they should use a Richard Whitely hologram

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 19:34

#10

mrs h wrote:

or a hovercraft. Or a hoover. I really don’t care. How many consonants would you like?

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 20:13

#11

Charlie wrote:

They should just pull the plug. Or completely revamp the format. It hasn’t changed an iota in 450 years.

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 20:37

#12

Taunty Dan wrote:

how can you change countdown?! The formats in the title!

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 20:56

#13

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

flip it on its head and called it Countup, the kids will love its fresh new angle. Sure that Carol one has left now anyway. I say get in some sexy ladies and a Mr Whippy machine. i’v said too much, these ideas could be worth big bucks

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 21:19

#14

Charlie wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:

how can you change countdown?! The formats in the title!

Well I obviously wouldnt put you in charge. You’ld just put ” Disagree with Muskeg for no reason and without thinking ” on the whiteboard.

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 at 22:55 in reply to an earlier post

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mrs h wrote:

here you go folks …

http://www.interactiveclock.com/countdown-clock-and-letters-resource.php

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 07:10

#16

deadsetgav wrote:

Get Ant & Dec or Vernon Kay to present, ditch dictionary corner and get some acid-tounged villans to sit in and criticise the contestants…
“Doubleable isn’t a fucking word, this is not good enough!, you’ve not got what it takes to make it as a Countdown champion!” or “You only found a four letter word? - thats poor, I can see a six letter word from here you fucking retard!! Don’t you know anything?”

And rather having the current format of winner-stays-on, they could have a text / phone in vote where the contestant with the biggest sob-story background or personal hardship gets to stay on, and we vote off the contestant that cries the least.

Instead of going away with a countdown board game, sweater and colins oxford english dictionary as a prize, they release a christmas single and travel round the shopping precincts of the north of England performing dance routines.

Instead of Carol doing sums and dodgy finance ads… you could get Kate Thornton to do behind the scenes interviews and general gossip mongering.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 08:53

#17

deadsetgav wrote:

And word and number quizzes are boring. Instead they should fight using those giant Gladiator cotton buds whilst doing a sub par, pub kareoke rendition of Angels by Robbie Williams.

And I want a montage of all the contestants that failed the audition, like some victorian freak show.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 08:58

#18

buffalo-boy wrote:

Apparently it IS going to continue but without Carol it will be crap. *sighs* it’s like neighbours moving to Channel 5… not the same!

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 11:03

#19

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

did they want to cut her pay packet by 90% or something? feck that. Never got into Countdown due to the fact that we didn’t have it on tv over here in the west of Ireland, unless you had the fancy channels of course, posh fecks. From what i have seen of it its shit anyway.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 11:07

#20

buffalo-boy wrote:

yeah, but its shit in that Richard and Judy kind of way…its become an institution just because its lasted so long…not because of the quality of the programme. don’t get me started on Richard and Judy grrrrr.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 11:11

#21

deadsetgav wrote:

Richard Madely is like a cross between Alan Partridge and Prince Phillip… except not as funny.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 11:13

#22

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

If she was really being paid £1m a year then I’m not surprised they wanted her to take a big pay cut. From what I read, they’ve lost about 4m viewers and are having their budget slashed - as most of the budget was just being spent on paying her and Des.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 15:14

#23

Charlie wrote:

How about the audience suggests numbers and letters then count down in unison culminating in that intensely irritating whoop and cheer and out of time clasping that tv audiences can’t NOT do. :-/

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 16:08

#24

Taunty Dan wrote:

Muskeg wrote:

Well I obviously wouldnt put you in charge. You’ld just put ” Disagree with Muskeg for no reason and without thinking ” on the whiteboard.

No i wouldn’t!!!

aaahh…yes, i see…

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 16:15 in reply to an earlier post

#25

mrs h wrote:

deadsetgav wrote:

And I want a montage of all the contestants that failed the audition, like some victorian freak show.

I agree. And it would be way better if rather than watch the whole show we could just pick up the highlights on 8 different channels at any time of day or night and get the results on the national news.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 19:06 in reply to an earlier post

#26

deadsetgav wrote:

Actually - I’m too lazy to watch tv - just pipe it directly into my brain

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 19:51

#27

not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

can someone in the know tell me, does anyone actually ever win anything on countdown? is there a purpose or prize in it?

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 21:17

#28

deadsetgav wrote:

As I touched upon earlier, it used to be the winner gets to stay on, earning kudos from the grannies and Giles Brandreth, whereas the loser is sent packing with a countdown board game and a copy of the oxford english dictionary.

I haven’t watched it in years and years - you probably win an iPhone and a fucking speedboat now.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 21:56

#29

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I think people just do it for the satisfaction. The grand prize is a set of encyclopedias and a teapot or something.

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 21:59

#30

deadsetgav wrote:

I’m sure at one point they threw in a crappy fruit of the loom sweater

Posted on Tue, 29 July 2008 at 22:10

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