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Haha - wanna waste 5 minutes of your life? I thought this was quite good!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Lly_IIjw9 ... re=related

Kirk Bevins wrote:Haha - wanna waste 5 minutes of your life? I thought this was quite good!

As nobody else volunteered - I took up the challenge.

It was dreadful.

I've no idea what narcotics are required for anyone to think "Countdown + Thomas The Tank Engine = WINNER!", but the same guys theme tune remix on a related vid was quite good. Was that the one which featured in a podcast?

Finally! The Countdown promo has been posted onto youtube (well it's been there over a week and I've only just found it)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr2qctpHb ... re=related

Grrr, why do they have to promote Countdown in with all the other shite?! It totally stands out as superior!

Lesley Jeavons wrote:Grrr, why do they have to promote Countdown in with all the other shite?! It totally stands out as superior!

Shite

Come Dine With Me is brilliant

This one's only a waste of 11 seconds rather than 5 minutes, and might not have been spotted as it's tagged with 'Carole' not 'Carol':
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_xnSD2nab1w

Joseph Bolas wrote:

Lesley Jeavons wrote:Grrr, why do they have to promote Countdown in with all the other shite?! It totally stands out as superior!

Shite
Come Dine With Me is brilliant

Shite's a good Scottish word, isn't it, or did Susie never mention that? No, they're not really, but just by comparison.

Lesley Jeavons wrote:Shite's a good Scottish word, isn't it

As in the time Sean Connery said to Billy Connolly: "You really are a shite for shore eyesh"?

Yesh! lol You can get Sean on sat nav (though I haven't heard it), and when your journey ends he says "You have reached your deshtinashion." Fabulous!

Lesley Jeavons wrote:

Joseph Bolas wrote:

Lesley Jeavons wrote:Grrr, why do they have to promote Countdown in with all the other shite?! It totally stands out as superior!

Shite
Come Dine With Me is brilliant

Shite's a good Scottish word, isn't it, or did Susie never mention that? No, they're not really, but just by comparison.

I would say Deal or No Deal is definitely SHITE with a capital 'S'

Not a great remix but worth a listen at least once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXuiZi-t ... re=related

Kirk Bevins wrote:Not a great remix but worth a listen at least once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXuiZi-t ... re=related

What, cos it spends nearly 2 minutes on a screenshot of me?

I've seen most of these already (woohoo!) and I thought the Thomas the Tank Engine one was rather inventive! I have the Countdown remix used in the Kai tribute video ( ) on my iPod. The other remix you posted, the blooper dance remix, is quite good. I just like the fact that it features the clock theme so heavily I found the "I quit" video rather ironic too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJ0ertJ ... annel_page

I'd never seen this one before with Ant and Dec. They're hilariously poor.

Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJ0ertJ ... annel_page

I'd never seen this one before with Ant and Dec. They're hilariously poor.

I like how they obviously set up the Y-I gag and then Ant ruins it by asking for a vowel first.

PS Someone should recap this.

Is this a spoiler?

INGRATE for 7 I thought it was amusing, the Ant and Dec thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXcExikO ... re=channel

Funny funny!

Hannah O wrote:Is this a spoiler?

INGRATE for 7 I thought it was amusing, the Ant and Dec thing.

TREADING and GRADIENT are simple 8s.

Curse you Kirk! I was feeling all smug and then overlooked it all! I'm going to come up with a poor excuse- I wasn't really playing along anyway, I was just watching and happened to notice a 7!

Hannah O wrote:Curse you Kirk! I was feeling all smug and then overlooked it all! I'm going to come up with a poor excuse- I wasn't really playing along anyway, I was just watching and happened to notice a 7!

Sorry. You'd have still beaten your opponent that's all that matters!

Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJ0ertJ ... annel_page

I'd never seen this one before with Ant and Dec. They're hilariously poor.

For a headmistress, Mrs C-J doesn't do much better.

That is true. As for the headmistress, I wonder if she was purposely losing...although she did get the conundrum. Was it some kind of in-joke?

Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXcExikO ... re=channel

Funny funny!

I was in the audience for this! I wore my Countdown T-shirt hoping she'd pick me for the game thing at the end where you can win a holiday, but I didn't manage to attract her attention

Just discovered this, although it's a couple of years old and has clearly (from the comments) already been seen by a number of forumites. I really enjoyed it; unlike a lot of amateur comedy videos, I found the very amateurishness of this one rather endearing (and actually it's deceptively well put together). Whatever became of Tom Rolfe?

Phil Reynolds wrote:Just discovered this, although it's a couple of years old and has clearly (from the comments) already been seen by a number of forumites. I really enjoyed it; unlike a lot of amateur comedy videos, I found the very amateurishness of this one rather endearing (and actually it's deceptively well put together). Whatever became of Tom Rolfe?

Very interesting video. I liked the bit where he posted the letter to just "Des & Carol" - reminded me of when Richard Whiteley said that people used to just send letters addressed to "Dick, Yorkshire" and they always found their way to him
The topless scene was also very gratifying, considering they don't even allow cleavage on the actual show. Liked the power balladesque guitar rift, the physical workouts for what is a very static and cerebral game, and the Scrabble connections. It's a shame the promised sequel never materialized.
Oh, and a quick look on Google shows that Tom Rolfe was more famous in his incarnation as a racehorse.

Derek Hazell wrote:The topless scene was also very gratifying

Well, I thought so, although I wouldn't have expected it to be your cup of cocoa. In point of fact, the inference we are clearly meant to draw from the dream sequence is that he suddenly finds himself in the Countdown studio totally naked. In the interests of giving a truthful performance, and even though his lower regions are hidden behind the desk, I'd like to believe that Tom was sufficiently dedicated to his art to strip off completely to shoot the scene.

That aside, the bit that actually made me laugh out loud was the sound of him slapping his own face when the letter arrived.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQa2GklOgU

A groovy application for Carol's job.

Ah, doesn't it make you appreciate apterous?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgs7ETKB ... -fresh+div

Kirk Bevins wrote:Ah, doesn't it make you appreciate apterous?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgs7ETKB ... -fresh+div

Haha, that was great. I especially liked the numbers rounds (and how whoever made this video didn't think it would be interesting to show us how the number input works).

GLORIOUS as a DC beater in round 2.

Possibly the worst Countdown-based video ever made. The animation is clever, but the soundtrack is awful, the concept underdeveloped, and the video of no relevance to Countdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ4HhvBckcA

Derek Hazell wrote:Possibly the worst Countdown-based video ever made. The animation is clever, but the soundtrack is awful, the concept underdeveloped, and the video of no relevance to Countdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ4HhvBckcA

Hahaha that's awesome.

What on Earth did I just watch?!

Post-apocolyptic

It's like what was happening in Kirk's head a few hours ago, with him as Postie, me as Dipsy and Jeff as Whiteley.

Excellent find!

Derek Hazell wrote:Some white boys with large spectacles and no trousers rapping about Countdown.

Superb. Some great Blockheads-style guitar playing on there too. In fact I'd happily listen to the backing track on its own.

Phil Reynolds wrote: Superb. Some great Blockheads-style guitar playing on there too. In fact I'd happily listen to the backing track on its own.

Oh. I thought it was shit. Alec's is infinitely better.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote: Superb. Some great Blockheads-style guitar playing on there too. In fact I'd happily listen to the backing track on its own.

Oh. I thought it was shit. Alec's is infinitely better.

There's no meaningful way to compare them - they're completely different musical genres. But yes, Alec's version is incredibly good - I have the high-quality version saved on my desktop and play it regularly.

Phil Reynolds wrote: There's no meaningful way to compare them - they're completely different musical genres. But yes, Alec's version is incredibly good - I have the high-quality version saved on my desktop and play it regularly.

OK. I should have added "in my opinion".

I've uploaded Kirk's cameo appearance on yesterday's CD:

Click here

Thought I'd revive this thread for this. Also this. Oh, and this. Although you can just search through the Sesame Street YouTube channel and look for the celebrity guest ones, they're mostly pretty lulz.

Pretty 'funny' Dead Ringers Countdown sketches:

Here and here.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Pretty 'funny' Dead Ringers Countdown sketches:

Here and here.

I thought they were funny without the inverted commas, particularly the first one. Thanks for posting those, Kirk. Of course Jan Ravens who played Carol has actually been on Countdown as the Dictionary Corner guest while Des Lynam was in the seat, so that was very cheeky of her. The second one is nicely topical too now that Countdown really is moving into Big Brother territory!

Not a very good one (imo) this one, but from 6:37 to 8:37 is Countdown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuN9oQxUgyc

Kirk Bevins wrote:Not a very good one (imo) this one, but from 6:37 to 8:37 is Countdown.

You don't do it justice again, Kirk.

That was absolutely abysmal. I don't remember David Brent being either thick or having a Brummie accent . . . and I certainly hope no one associated with Countdown would ever say "haitch".

Ryan Taylor's choice of declarations from his games in Series 61 - video


My other CD uploads, if you're interested:

• • Kirk Bevins, Series 60 Champion, all 11 shows - playlist
  • Kirk Bevins's conundrum solve at the end of Ryan Taylor v Lesley Hines - video
  • Kai Laddiman, Octochamp, video remix - video

EDIT: Corrected Kirk's series.

Alec Rivers wrote:
Ryan Taylor's choice of declarations from his games in Series 61 - video


My other CD uploads, if you're interested:

• • Kirk Bevins, Series 61 Champion, all 11 shows - playlist
  • Kirk Bevins's conundrum solve at the end of Ryan Taylor v Lesley Hines - video
  • Kai Laddiman, Octochamp, video remix - video

Nice one.(PSG nil etc.)
But why was Brian pixelated?

Marc Meakin wrote:Nice one.(PSG nil etc.)

Ta.

Marc Meakin wrote:But why was Brian pixelated?

Ryan and I thought it would be funny. Note his voice is deeper, too.

Alec Rivers wrote: Ryan and I thought it would be funny. Note his voice is deeper, too.

Yeah, at 48 seconds it's so funny. Haha.

I love the fact you have the contestants at the bottom but, more impressive than that (for a technophobe like me) is that they're actually moving.

Edit: Edit to say I was actually the series 60 champion, Alec

Kirk Bevins wrote:I love the fact you have the contestants at the bottom but, more impressive than that (for a technophobe like me) is that they're actually moving.

Cheers. Those clips were taken from Jeff's rounding up at the end of each game. One or two are actually slowed down slightly to fit the duration.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Edit: Edit to say I was actually the series 60 champion, Alec

Sorted. Ta.

'mongrelvids' has uploaded a pretty cool 9 round 'episode' of Countdown :

Part 1
Part 2

Wonder how long it is until someone beats my score of 81.

Quite a lot of similar CD-related stuff on the channel too (not to mention Ian Volante's Mastermind appearance)

Was browsing youtube and came across this past contestant.