Monkman totally Monkmans it up for the camera, he's really quite quiet
The highlight of my entire day was when Bobby found out that the warmup guy also did warmups for Love Island and asked him so many questions about Love Island that the guy was weirded out. He kept trying to get back to do his audience bit but Bobby was all "wait! What's Caroline Flack really like? Do you know in advance what they're going to show? Do you get to see everything that doesn't go on TV?" and the guy's all "I just do jokes with the audience..."
― ailsa, Monday, 30 December 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
Big Suze!
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
absolute joke how long these pisstakers are taking without any intervention from the big dog
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
I don't wanna be that guy* but I am so weary of Richard Osman
*I do wanna be that guy
― Kebabs Windsor (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 January 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
Any reason in particular?
It was very interesting to see how little Wadham pissed about with discussions when they weren't in the lead.
― trishyb, Friday, 3 January 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
I dunno he's everywhere lately and a shade smug and possibly melty
― Kebabs Windsor (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 January 2020 23:52 (four years ago) link
the best thing of the decade thing Osman did was long and unnecessary but usually he improves everything he's on.
Christmas only connect specials have been a treat, UC less so, even if the questions were pitched at just about my level. couldn't be bothered with big fat quiz of the decade.
― koogs, Saturday, 4 January 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link
Really enjoyed Richard Coles and one other from his team dishing out defeat to a series of Oxbridge alums (including some political journalists I dislike and Allison Pearson, who must be the stupidest woman ever admitted by Cambridge). Shame the final aired on the day he buried his husband, though.
― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 4 January 2020 07:14 (four years ago) link
I share Suzy's approval of the victory of Leeds University over Wadham College - a dreadful, reprehensible, though effective team.
I was thrilled by COLES and GEE's excellence in overcoming them.
Was Allison Pearson really on this series though? That sounds 'divisive' - I mean she is practically at Katy Hopkins level by now.
Funnily enough Osman posted something during the election about the Con party wanting to privatize the NHS. I have tried to be more positive about him since.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 4 January 2020 09:41 (four years ago) link
Osman is a centrist melt. I love him on Pointless but dislike his presentation style solo - I think he's a great straight man but a bad frontman?
― emil.y, Saturday, 4 January 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
Shame the final aired on the day he buried his husband, though.
Ah damn, this is really sad.
― emil.y, Saturday, 4 January 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
those questions where victoria shakes her head and wonders if anyone managed it, those are the ones i get (they are almost always number sequence questions). crap at most of the others though.
― koogs, Monday, 27 January 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
Trinity is quite tough.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 January 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
I got the Greek letter anagrams so I'm basically retiring now.
Poor Manchester, that was a mauling.
― ailsa, Monday, 27 January 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
was that 'your' Dave on mastermind just then, Ailsa?
― koogs, Monday, 3 February 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
wiping the floor with them
― koogs, Monday, 3 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
less chat lads now pls
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 3 February 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
(likeable bunch tho)
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 3 February 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
stewart is borderline maybe
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 3 February 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
That was Dave off of my Only Connect team on Mastermind, aye.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
Getting all the plaudits despite scoring one less than I did on general knowledge at the same stage two years ago :-)
VCM doesn't get music questions. There's an entire generation of folk who will recognise Carlisle, Dublin and then mentally go "Dundee, Humberside". She did that whole "there's so much to get, that's brilliant, how do you do that" when I recognised the singing career of various EastEnders cast members last year. Whereas I'm all "why *wouldn't* I get that?".
Those missing vowel anagrams were an insane trick to pull at this stage of the competition.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
Yeah I've seen way more esoteric clues on OCand yeah missing vowels is usually *~my time to shine~* but I did poorly :(
― kinder, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
I was screaming MEL GIBSON AND BIG MELONS, but other than that... sheesh.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
To which my partner said,”Is that true, then? Does she have big...”“Darling, Mel Gibson is a man.”“Oh yeah.”
― mike t-diva, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
> Getting all the plaudits despite scoring one less than I did on general knowledge at the same stage two years ago :-)
ha ha. i literally saw just the MM score reveal at the start of my recording of OC and it probably looked more impressive because of the lower scores of the others.
didn't get the smiths question but did get 100:100 without knowing the exact reason why (but they were obviously converging). also: big melons.
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
(the % of % thing is also just square numbers. 98 squared is 9604...)
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link
ha ha, was just reading the Reveal Your Uncool Conservative Beliefs Here thread and the post under the fold, from 2 months ago, was talking about the silk screen that was an answer on UC last night. and the phrase baader meinhof popped into my head. and that was also an answer.
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:37 (four years ago) link
you'll be seeing it everywhere now
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 06:01 (four years ago) link
lol, bobby seagull
also, there is a 0th law of robotics (so 4 in total) from one of the later books - "must not harm humanity" trumps "must not harm a human"
― koogs, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
wow at the commodore 64 question
― koogs, Monday, 10 February 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
this week's lol, u r old question was the culture novels of iain m banks.
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
fuckin state of yerman in his dungarees, delighted they got a thumping tbh
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
Bet that lad didn't sleep that night
― Dunty Reggae party 🎉 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 March 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
brutal
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 2 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
Such a shame for him. Saying that, Jones has been really good, and probably overshadowed by the comedy TV stylings of Brandon and Wang over the piece, so I'm glad her team are through.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
And speaking of brutal: that second connecting wall, oof. Total game changer.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
Today I discovered that both me and Mr kinder have the Eldorado theme tune seared into our brains despite never knowingly watching it
― kinder, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Lol I knew it was a soap theme, can't remember what I thought it was
Made up for by the time excitement of the Elder Scrolls music on UC afterwards
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
confession: I only watch OC now and not UC
― kinder, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
I haven't watched either for ages, kinda got back into them the last month or so
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
shocking lack of sang froid from this lad on Mastermind
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
limmys nephew
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
really or just joshing?
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
soz
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
That's alright, it seemed possible, it's not like I got all excited. Anyway, shame on him
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
From a convo with a friend the other day:
i think it's structured terribly. the walls aren't much fun to play at home because the contestants give you hints before you've had time to think, the whole show often comes down to that last round which really isn't true to the spirit of the main idea, and the longer it's gone on the stupider some of those missing vowels have got
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
the contestants give you hints before you've had time to thinkthat's what the mute button is for.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
Good idea! But, y'know, being arsed
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
none of Oxford can say their own names
but they're good
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
haigh and prance are sheer league of gentlemen
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link