Agreed. I spent much of the first episode wondering if I'd want to listen to the second. Hard to describe the game format without using the word "pointless."
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 1:24 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > It just happens that BBC Radio 4 started last week on Tuesday nights in > their 6:30 p.m. comedy/panel/quiz slot a show called "The Birthday Cake > Game," which is a panel show with a similar premise. It's hosted by > Richard Osman, the sidekick to Alexander Armstrong on BBC1 TV's "Pointless" > game show (and host of "Richard Osman's House of Games," which comes on > after "Pointless" goes off at 6 p.m. on BBC2) and is produced by the same > company that produces those TV shows. Of course, this show is dependent on > a panel that's witty or caustic and based on the first episode the show > isn't really there yet. Available in podcast form off of BBC Sounds and > probably the usual podcast feeders that take Beeb podcasts. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 4:15 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As a Canadian, I wish I could hear that kind of content. >> >> Semi-related.... The SiriusXM Hits1 morning Show started The Age Game >> where the hosts try to guess the ages of "famous" people. No hilarity >> ensues. >> >> >> >> On Sun., Sep. 5, 2021, 7:31 p.m. Brad Beam, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >>> Behalf Of *M-D November >>> >>> *>*I don’t mean this to be glib, but I genuinely thought he died years >>> ago. >>> >>> >>> >>> Don’t worry; I’m surprised when certain celebrity obits pop up. (Some >>> Morning Zoo radio show somewhere needs to resurrect *Remote Control*’s >>> “Dead, Alive, or Canadian” category as a faux-educational service.) >>> >>> >>> >>> _ _ >>> >>> |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV >>> >>> |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/007f01d7a2ae%242ab82780%2480287680%24%40suddenlink.net >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/007f01d7a2ae%242ab82780%2480287680%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bo8qtzTJ46bnUxum8jXo4tWFVLEb0byfvaNFFOoZdazyA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Bo8qtzTJ46bnUxum8jXo4tWFVLEb0byfvaNFFOoZdazyA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8sMDG4XDOPs%3DqoBwfF5h-BfoW%2Bc4%3DOqvB%2B5oYYUJnTgQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8sMDG4XDOPs%3DqoBwfF5h-BfoW%2Bc4%3DOqvB%2B5oYYUJnTgQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4ehCuMTxh1OJqpE5XGNfnw09gPFzmG_8ah%2Buc_U9oZ2JA%40mail.gmail.com.
