Julian on youtube
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Julian on youtube
Countdowngoofs has now put the special Julian Fell vs Chris Wills on youtube.
Part 1 is here; enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91xsrDJh ... annel_page
Part 1 is here; enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91xsrDJh ... annel_page
- Jon O'Neill
- Ginger Ninja
- Posts: 4554
- Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:45 am
- Location: London, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
Wow! Yay!
-
- Series 59 Champion
- Posts: 574
- Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:26 pm
Re: Julian on youtube
Julian, if you're reading this... PLEASE COME OUT OF RETIREMENT!!!
- Ben Hunter
- Kiloposter
- Posts: 1770
- Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: S Yorks
Re: Julian on youtube
4:57 of part 3: best laugh ever!
-
- Devotee
- Posts: 876
- Joined: Thu May 22, 2008 4:08 pm
- Location: Eastbourne
Re: Julian on youtube
It sounds so scary.Ben Hunter wrote:4:57 of part 3: best laugh ever!
- Matthew Green
- Devotee
- Posts: 716
- Joined: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:28 pm
Re: Julian on youtube
Sorry Kirk but I think this confirms Julian as the true King of Countdown. To get words like that and know their meanings so well without apterous while still at college is just ridiculous.
And just a musing as I'd never seen him before but is Chris Wills a wee bit gay?
And just a musing as I'd never seen him before but is Chris Wills a wee bit gay?
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
- Phil Reynolds
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3329
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:43 pm
- Location: Leamington Spa, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
There's a classic RW moment just before that when Chris declares IMITATES and Richard asks, rather incredulously, "Are there enough Ms for all that?"Ben Hunter wrote:4:57 of part 3: best laugh ever!
- Phil Reynolds
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3329
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:43 pm
- Location: Leamington Spa, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
Oh, puh-lease. She invented it, dear.Matthew Green wrote:is Chris Wills a wee bit gay?
- Michael Wallace
- Racoonteur
- Posts: 5458
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:01 am
- Location: London
Re: Julian on youtube
Totally. Although all his other awesome words aside, is VIRTUOSIC really that obscure?Matthew Green wrote:Sorry Kirk but I think this confirms Julian as the true King of Countdown. To get words like that and know their meanings so well without apterous while still at college is just ridiculous
Re: Julian on youtube
I can say with a large degree of confidence that I had never heard or seen the word prior to that conundrum. Or since.Michael Wallace wrote:Totally. Although all his other awesome words aside, is VIRTUOSIC really that obscure?Matthew Green wrote:Sorry Kirk but I think this confirms Julian as the true King of Countdown. To get words like that and know their meanings so well without apterous while still at college is just ridiculous
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
I agree that it was amazing that Julian knew the definitions. To know the words without Apterous and to just use the handheld machine is amazing too.
To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with words like ALBEDOS and BRESAOLA but some might say Beevers is as he had the highest percentage of max.
To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with words like ALBEDOS and BRESAOLA but some might say Beevers is as he had the highest percentage of max.
- Charlie Reams
- Site Admin
- Posts: 9494
- Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:33 pm
- Location: Cambridge
- Contact:
Re: Julian on youtube
I would say Rory Miller because he is the funniest person ever.Kirk Bevins wrote:I agree that it was amazing that Julian knew the definitions. To know the words without Apterous and to just use the handheld machine is amazing too.
To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with words like ALBEDOS and BRESAOLA but some might say Beevers is as he had the highest percentage of max.
- Michael Wallace
- Racoonteur
- Posts: 5458
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:01 am
- Location: London
Re: Julian on youtube
Does the King of Countdown get a crown?
Re: Julian on youtube
Most blatant fishing post everKirk Bevins wrote:I agree that it was amazing that Julian knew the definitions. To know the words without Apterous and to just use the handheld machine is amazing too.
To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with words like ALBEDOS and BRESAOLA but some might say Beevers is as he had the highest percentage of max.
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
NeverJon Corby wrote:
Most blatant fishing post ever
- Michael Wallace
- Racoonteur
- Posts: 5458
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:01 am
- Location: London
Re: Julian on youtube
omg Jon u r so amazin' can i have ur babbies plz? :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:Jon Corby wrote:Most blatant fishing post ever
Re: Julian on youtube
Yeah, you're welcome to them, the ungrateful little bastards.Michael Wallace wrote:omg Jon u r so amazin' can i have ur babbies plz? :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:Jon Corby wrote:Most blatant fishing post ever
- Jason Larsen
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3902
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Re: Julian on youtube
That's great!
He was a true class act, as always.
He was a true class act, as always.
Re: Julian on youtube
Charlie Reams wrote:I would say Rory Miller because he is the funniest person ever.Kirk Bevins wrote:I agree that it was amazing that Julian knew the definitions. To know the words without Apterous and to just use the handheld machine is amazing too.
To be the true King of Countdown you need to define what that means. Some might say Conor is as it was amazing to see someone so young come up with words like ALBEDOS and BRESAOLA but some might say Beevers is as he had the highest percentage of max.
Yeah, as funny as a fire in an orphanage.......
- Charlie Reams
- Site Admin
- Posts: 9494
- Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:33 pm
- Location: Cambridge
- Contact:
Re: Julian on youtube
No way man, didn't you see that one time where he was all "maybe I should write the letters down" and it was totally hilarious?D Eadie wrote:Yeah, as funny as a fire in an orphanage.......Charlie Reams wrote: I would say Rory Miller because he is the funniest person ever.
- Clive Brooker
- Devotee
- Posts: 505
- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:37 pm
- Location: San Toy
Re: Julian on youtube
Chris or Julian?Jason Larsen wrote:He was a true class act, as always.
Easily the best special ever IMHO. Great credit to both players and played in a perfect spirit.
For anyone who's interested, this particular Youtube gem came from a SVCD which had sat in my loft for over 5 years. Around the time this was broadcast, digital camcorders had become affordable but DVD was still a bit too expensive for distributing finished results. As an alternative to nasty old VHS, I wanted to experiment with SVCD and a Countdown episode with adverts removed happened to be the perfect length. It probably took at least 10 hours to encode on my 500MHz Celeron, but that's how it survived.
I could alternatively have used Mearns/Kearsey, but that was a less happy event and I didn't think I'd ever want to see it again. How could I not have foreseen Youtube? Sorry...
- Jon O'Neill
- Ginger Ninja
- Posts: 4554
- Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:45 am
- Location: London, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
Excellent work. Cheers.Clive Brooker wrote:Chris or Julian?Jason Larsen wrote:He was a true class act, as always.
Easily the best special ever IMHO. Great credit to both players and played in a perfect spirit.
For anyone who's interested, this particular Youtube gem came from a SVCD which had sat in my loft for over 5 years. Around the time this was broadcast, digital camcorders had become affordable but DVD was still a bit too expensive for distributing finished results. As an alternative to nasty old VHS, I wanted to experiment with SVCD and a Countdown episode with adverts removed happened to be the perfect length. It probably took at least 10 hours to encode on my 500MHz Celeron, but that's how it survived.
I could alternatively have used Mearns/Kearsey, but that was a less happy event and I didn't think I'd ever want to see it again. How could I not have foreseen Youtube? Sorry...
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
If you have any more classic games mate, I for one would be so happy to view them. Thanks for posting this one.
- Jason Larsen
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3902
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Re: Julian on youtube
Julian was the class act.
- Clive Brooker
- Devotee
- Posts: 505
- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:37 pm
- Location: San Toy
Re: Julian on youtube
As I'm sure you realised, the point of my little yarn was to illustrate how random is the process by which precious stuff like this gets preserved - rather like the uncoordinated way in which steam locomotives were saved from scrap. Hindsight and all that...Kirk Bevins wrote:If you have any more classic games mate, I for one would be so happy to view them. Thanks for posting this one.
The nearest to classics I have found in recent days are Conor Travers's 2nd and 3rd heat games, featuring an almost young and enthusiastic Des Lynam and, by happy chance, Jan Ravens. These were recorded on a DVD recorder which no longer exists and I'm having trouble finding a machine that will play them smoothly. But I'll be sending them to Countdowngoofs anyway and I'm sure he'll be able to sort them out.
There is one other tantalising possibility - a classic episode I recorded for someone else but didn't keep. If I can retrieve that it will some people will be very happy - but at least one might not be.
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
Don't keep us in suspense - who was involved?Clive Brooker wrote:
There is one other tantalising possibility - a classic episode I recorded for someone else but didn't keep. If I can retrieve that it will some people will be very happy - but at least one might not be.
- Clive Brooker
- Devotee
- Posts: 505
- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:37 pm
- Location: San Toy
Re: Julian on youtube
Shouldn't you be working?
Here's a clue - Nuts.
Here's a clue - Nuts.
Re: Julian on youtube
Pete Cashmore v Dag Griffiths? The special that Damian hated?Clive Brooker wrote:Shouldn't you be working?
Here's a clue - Nuts.
Last edited by Jon Corby on Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:11 am, edited 2 times in total.
- Kirk Bevins
- God
- Posts: 4923
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:18 pm
- Location: York, UK
Re: Julian on youtube
I'm writing reports and it's dire. I need a break every now and then. Why did Damian hate that special?Clive Brooker wrote:Shouldn't you be working?
Here's a clue - Nuts.
- Clive Brooker
- Devotee
- Posts: 505
- Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:37 pm
- Location: San Toy
Re: Julian on youtube
I was going to offer a prize of more cash than Charlie's ever put up, but it was obviously too easy.Jon Corby wrote:Pete Cashmore v Dag Griffiths? The special that Damian hated?Clive Brooker wrote:Shouldn't you be working?
Here's a clue - Nuts.
Re: Julian on youtube
Linked in my original post now. Although he doesn't go into great detail, and I haven't actually seen the episode but remember talking to Pete about it.Kirk Bevins wrote:I'm writing reports and it's dire. I need a break every now and then. Why did Damian hate that special?Clive Brooker wrote:Shouldn't you be working?
Here's a clue - Nuts.
- Thomas Wood
- Rookie
- Posts: 51
- Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:58 pm
- Contact:
Re: Julian on youtube
I'm sure somehow me or someone will manage to get it sorted and uploaded. Any ideas as too when you'll be sending them? Was great to see the last one and can't wait for these other episodes. Don't feel pressured though I'm sure you'll get them done whenever you can.The nearest to classics I have found in recent days are Conor Travers's 2nd and 3rd heat games, featuring an almost young and enthusiastic Des Lynam and, by happy chance, Jan Ravens. These were recorded on a DVD recorder which no longer exists and I'm having trouble finding a machine that will play them smoothly. But I'll be sending them to Countdowngoofs anyway and I'm sure he'll be able to sort them out.
There is one other tantalising possibility - a classic episode I recorded for someone else but didn't keep. If I can retrieve that it will some people will be very happy - but at least one might not be.
Thomas Wood
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
-
- Series 74 Champion
- Posts: 146
- Joined: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:59 pm
Re: Julian on youtube
First time I've seen Julian, you can tell his experience and skill with languages, especially other than english, I enjoyed gerontic, given its Ancient Greek roots, but I'd never see it, or indeed risk it, he's an amazing contestant, especially as he never had apterous
- Thomas Wood
- Rookie
- Posts: 51
- Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:58 pm
- Contact:
Re: Julian on youtube
The first of these episodes is now up for anyone that's interested.
It's from Thursday 24th November 2005 and sees Conor Travers in his 2nd game taking on John Archer
Many thanks for sending these again Clive!
It's from Thursday 24th November 2005 and sees Conor Travers in his 2nd game taking on John Archer
Many thanks for sending these again Clive!
Thomas Wood
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
- Ben Hunter
- Kiloposter
- Posts: 1770
- Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:54 pm
- Location: S Yorks
Re: Julian on youtube
Reminds me how ace Des Lynam was.
- Jason Larsen
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3902
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Re: Julian on youtube
He was my least favorite host, Ben.
- Thomas Wood
- Rookie
- Posts: 51
- Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:58 pm
- Contact:
Re: Julian on youtube
In a strange way I grew to like him throughout his run. I thought he brought his own unique style to the show, as have all the other hosts.Jason Larsen wrote:He was my least favorite host, Ben.
He did have his funny moments:
Thomas Wood
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
http://www.youtube.com/countdowngoofs
-
- Rookie
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:07 pm
Re: Julian on youtube
Des Lynam was a very good host and I think he is quite underrated just because he didn't wear loud ties or talk about his career all the time. I too grew to like him, he had a very dry and witty sense of humour and didn't try and take over the programme. Was infinitely better than Des O'Connor for me.
Last edited by Jacob Sutton on Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Jason Larsen
- Postmaster General
- Posts: 3902
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm
- Location: Seattle, Washington
Re: Julian on youtube
That is very funny, Thomas!