Tried to watch on iPlayer but it kept stopping, but did catch the first ten minutes, agree with others it's no Muppet Show but it's jolly good to see any sort of Jim Henson characters back on our screens, they've been gone too long. Course we've had the 'proper' Muppets revival with the films and another one due out next year so that in itself is a huge bonus.
Will tune in next Saturday.
The quiz section was incredibly lame. Though intentionally silly and irrelevant, it had no dramatic tension. There was nothing at stake. At very least 'gunge' the loser.
On that, I would agree. The trouble with such programmes is that it's two incredibly wealthy celebrities competing for a pitiful fraction of their own personal wealth, to be awarded to a charity not named until they win. Who gives a shit?
At least have the producers hold a close relative hostage over a vat of boiling acid or something.
I support the gunge idea.
Whatever happened to gunging? 
It would certainly make Deal Or No Deal more interesting. Just imagine a random box triggers everyone opening the boxes to get gunged, would change the atmosphere to "We believe in you Bob" to "Don't f**k up Bob!!".
Not a huge fan of Deal or No Deal.
Much prefer Al-Jazeera's "Jihad or no Jihad", where one of the boxes is booby-trapped with half a kilo of C4.
That Puppet Game Show doesn't work. On either level. The puppets aren't funny (the writing is incredibly stilted and the gags are obvious) and the game show element has no jeopardy to it.
That the only defence offered for it is "a bit of light-hearted fun for all the family" pretty much tells you who it's aimed at. Five year olds and the senile.
Quote: AndyGilder @ August 13 2013, 1:24 PM BSTThat the only defence offered for it is "a bit of light-hearted fun for all the family" pretty much tells you who it's aimed at. Five year olds and the senile.
Exactly. And that is not a bad thing.
Unless you're neither five years old or senile. Or both.
Quote: Tim Azure @ August 12 2013, 10:35 PM BSTIt seemed similar to Muppets Tonight in the 90s, some concessions to the English viewer.
I think the Muppets was initially produced in England for the British market.
The Muppet Show was, yes.
This is shit, I much prefer The Muppets.
Quote: Tim Azure @ August 14 2013, 10:45 AM BSTThe Muppets were really a product of the 80s.
The Muppet Show started in September 1976.
Quote: Tim Azure @ August 14 2013, 9:36 PM BSTThat long ago?
As I said we used to watch it before going to the pub when I was young, free and single.
(Waits for the obvious response.)
Quote: Aaron @ August 13 2013, 12:37 PM BSTOn that, I would agree. The trouble with such programmes is that it's two incredibly wealthy celebrities competing for a pitiful fraction of their own personal wealth, to be awarded to a charity not named until they win. Who gives a shit?
At least have the producers hold a close relative hostage over a vat of boiling acid or something.
I think one problem is that BBC game shows usually always give away relatively small amounts of cash as prizes. For example, Pointless and Eggheads give away £1,000 per episode, which rolls over every episode until someone wins. The only BBC programme that gives away a lot of cash is the National Lottery and that isn't BBC money anyway.
I think this is because if the BBC had a prize which was really big, like £100,000 or £250,000, people would be complaining that the BBC was wasting the licence fee on giving away too much cash that could be spent on making programmes.
I'd disagree there. Whilst there is some element of peril with larger amounts of course, the main of it really is in the players' attitude and how much it seems they care about winning. Which they don't. At all.
And I think £10,000 is a heck of a lot of money.
