Would he have influenced you?

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:59 am

Les Dennis, from Family Fortunes and In the Grid, was Channel 4's first choice to host Deal or No Deal. As we all know, they decided on Noel Edmonds.

If Les had been the host, would you have watched it?

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:06 am

When I was doing GCSE German we were once set homework of making a leaflet for a fictional town. For some reason I decided to make a leaflet entitled "Les Dennis Stadt", which included things like Les Dennis heads for bullet points, adverts for Les Dennis cereal, that sort of thing.

I'm going home this weekend, maybe I'll have a look for it - I remember that I couldn't think of anything to put on one of the pages, so just wrote JA in huge WordArt. My teacher loved it.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:27 am

Jason Larsen wrote:Les Dennis, from Family Fortunes and In the Grid, was Channel 4's first choice to host Deal or No Deal. As we all know, they decided on Noel Edmonds.

If Les had been the host, would you have watched it?

DOND is on after Countdown. So it's only a case of leaving the telly on and you find you're watching it. Contrary, it seems, to popular opinion on this site, I think the British version is a format that draws you in (The US version is appalling and I found the Aussie version to be very lack lustre) and the host mightn't necessarily be the make or break of it. Though Noel Edmonds does, of course, have the draw of the fact that he killed a man.

!!!

(I'm joshing, Jason!)

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:29 am

Michael Wallace wrote:When I was doing GCSE German we were once set homework of making a leaflet for a fictional town. For some reason I decided to make a leaflet entitled "Les Dennis Stadt", which included things like Les Dennis heads for bullet points, adverts for Les Dennis cereal, that sort of thing.

I'm going home this weekend, maybe I'll have a look for it - I remember that I couldn't think of anything to put on one of the pages, so just wrote JA in huge WordArt. My teacher loved it.

Genius. This MUST be published!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:23 am

Was this before or after your love of raccoons?

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:41 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Was this before or after your love of raccoons?

Probably after. Raccoons are awesomes.

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:47 am

Noel Edmonds is the most boring man on television. Only Dermot O'Dreary comes close to taking his crown.
Les Dennis is a one trick pony who just does impressions of a Coronation Street character who left 12 years ago.
So to sum up, no, I would have been no more likely to have watched this awful-looking show had the other guy got the job instead.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:29 am

Derek Hazell wrote:Dermot O'Dreary

Oi. Step outside and say that.

*dribble*

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:43 pm

Very interesting!

Ralph Gillions · Post by **Ralph Gillions** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:06 am

Nobody would influence me.
I don't like the programme.

Martin Smith · Post by **Martin Smith** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:25 am

Anne Robinson would have been the most interesting host. She coudl've treated the contestants as though they were playing a game of skill, rather than a guessing game.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:16 pm

Howie Mandel, from St. Elsewhere and our version of Deal or No Deal, is the same way.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:36 pm

So, er...

Cover:

Inside:

What to do with those pesky extra pages?

Detail, so you can find out why Stadt Les Dennis is great (as well as at least one mistake)

And finally, the comment I got for it

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:47 pm

Best thing I've ever seen!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:49 pm

Wunderbar! Is that correct? I don't speak German. You'll find further praise from me here

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:04 pm

I particularly like the sneaky use of an ALLCAPS font to avoid those pesky capitalisation questions. A*.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:34 pm

Michael, where did that come from?

Here's how I think Anne Robinson would host "Deal or No Deal."

"Martin, you have a 50/50 chance of having the quarter-million in your box. If you go for this, we'll hit you. So, now it's time for me to ask you the question. Deal... or... no deal?"

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:37 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:I particularly like the sneaky use of an ALLCAPS font to avoid those pesky capitalisation questions. A*.

I can't remember if that's intentional or not, although given that I can't remember what half of it means, that's not too surprising.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:37 pm

That was amazing Michael, and totally lived up to expectations.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:44 pm

Where did you get that German mousepad, Michael?

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