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Title: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: TightEnd on October 14, 2015, 03:18:03 PM To be replaced by the (hideously smug) Sandi Toksvig
which set me thinking best Quiz show hosts/quiz show combinations in your view are? Stephen Fry and QI must be right up there, but who else fits their show so perfectly that it would be odd without them? Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: arbboy on October 14, 2015, 03:19:06 PM Countdown and Richard and Carol (nap)
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: jezza777 on October 14, 2015, 03:23:29 PM Have I got news for you and Angus Deyton ,it just worked
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: DaveShoelace on October 14, 2015, 03:51:23 PM Not so much the host, but as an ensemble, this was a very much underrated show:
(http://www.ukgameshows.com/p/images/4/42/Ttiao_team_new_large.jpg) Mostly because of how incredibly cruel they were to each other. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: RED-DOG on October 14, 2015, 03:55:31 PM Sandi Toksvig. The News Quiz. Radio 4.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: HutchGF on October 14, 2015, 04:57:08 PM I really enjoy the Carr/Locke/Richardson combo on 8/10 Cats and even more so on 8/10 Cats does Countdown.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: mondatoo on October 14, 2015, 05:01:34 PM Do most people agree about Sandi Toksvig being hideously smug ?
I've always thought she come across pretty well. Obv impossible shoes to fill so gl to her. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Marky147 on October 14, 2015, 05:02:13 PM I really enjoy the Carr/Locke/Richardson combo on 8/10 Cats and even more so on 8/10 Cats does Countdown. Yeah, those 3 are very good together. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: atdc21 on October 14, 2015, 05:42:55 PM Vic n Bob on Shooting Stars - proper quiz show. :)
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: AndrewT on October 14, 2015, 06:14:53 PM For quiz show host, Vicky Coren on Only Connect.
Alas, I fear we may have reached Peak Pointless - Armstrong in particular veers a bit too much towards smugness now. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: AndrewT on October 14, 2015, 06:15:41 PM Also, QI has been terrible for several series now - I'd love to know who Alan Davies has photos of to enable him to continue to appear on TV.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: DaveShoelace on October 14, 2015, 06:16:09 PM (http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/57735000/jpg/_57735842_holness_block_rex.jpg)
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: horseplayer on October 14, 2015, 06:23:22 PM QI well due a shuffle been average for a while
Have to agree Countdown. Never been the same in either viewing figures or production since tricky dicky died Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: DaveShoelace on October 14, 2015, 06:26:38 PM QI well due a shuffle been average for a while Have to agree Countdown. Never been the same in either viewing figures or production since tricky dicky died Much better now IMO (http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/79/590x/-518442.jpg) Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: action man on October 14, 2015, 06:32:09 PM used to like bob monkhouse on celebrity squares, very funny and clever
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: DaveShoelace on October 14, 2015, 06:33:42 PM (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6e/f9/19/6ef919ffd0cebcb8cdb6f64ac612d2b3.jpg)
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: booder on October 14, 2015, 06:44:34 PM Mark Lamar on Buzzcocks.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: The Wycher on October 14, 2015, 07:23:32 PM Quite like Sandi (she was very good on news quiz) and only one I could think could take over from Mr Fry.
Lamarr on Buzzcock's was just vicious and therefore hilarious. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Knottikay on October 14, 2015, 08:10:27 PM Quite like Sandi (she was very good on news quiz) and only one I could think could take over from Mr Fry. Lamarr on Buzzcock's was just vicious and therefore hilarious. I think Vicky Coren would of been in with a shout, and dare I say it, easier on the eye? My offering - Jim Bowen on Bullseye. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: MintTrav on October 14, 2015, 08:54:30 PM Got a bit of a quandary now. I like QI very much but I can't stand the sound of that woman's horrible voice. I've never heard her say anything entertaining anyway, but a voice like that should rule you out of broadcasting. There are two things that mean I will only suffer any programme they are on for a limited time until I can't bear it any more, no matter how much I like the show, and they are her voice and Jimmy Carr's laugh, both of which should make them ineligible for appearing on TV or radio.
Agree Coren would have been a good choice. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: horseplayer on October 14, 2015, 09:22:28 PM used to like bob monkhouse on celebrity squares, very funny and clever I heard two different versions tbh. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2vprpDtY0 Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: KarmaDope on October 14, 2015, 10:03:32 PM Les Dennis on Family Fortunes got to be up there.
Jim Bowen on Bullseye a good shout. Same with Bob Holness. However, how have you forgotten Bruce Forsyth on The Price is Right?! Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: KarmaDope on October 14, 2015, 10:04:08 PM Oh, and Richard O'Brien on The Crystal Maze!
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: MintTrav on October 14, 2015, 10:18:40 PM Les Dennis on Family Fortunes got to be up there. Jim Bowen on Bullseye a good shout. Same with Bob Holness. However, how have you forgotten Bruce Forsyth on The Price is Right?! I have. Can't remember him doing that. Leslie Crowther was the definitive host for that show. Same goes for Crackerjack. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: KarmaDope on October 14, 2015, 10:26:29 PM Forsyth did it for longer than Crowther did! Crowther was before my time, but Bruce's Price is Right was on the TV solidly from 1995 - 2001 I think.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: RED-DOG on October 14, 2015, 10:40:51 PM Frank Skinner. Room 101
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: celtic on October 15, 2015, 12:52:15 AM Roy walker on catchphrase
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: arbboy on October 15, 2015, 01:16:13 AM Quite like Sandi (she was very good on news quiz) and only one I could think could take over from Mr Fry. Lamarr on Buzzcock's was just vicious and therefore hilarious. I think Vicky Coren would of been in with a shout, and dare I say it, easier on the eye? My offering - Jim Bowen on Bullseye. Great shout. The 'new' bullseye with the new presenter a few years ago was dire. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Cf on October 15, 2015, 08:52:55 AM Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Doobs on October 15, 2015, 09:03:47 AM Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell both very good on Buzzcocks.
Long since tired of Carol on countdown, Rachel far better, though the 8 out of 10 cats version is the best anyway. Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Omm on October 15, 2015, 09:34:03 AM I used to listen to Sandi on LBC a few years ago and thought she was quite entertaining, not sure about tv though.
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Magic817 on October 15, 2015, 09:44:05 AM Dale winton and supermarket sweep
Title: Re: Farewell then Stephen Fry (from QI) Post by: Knottikay on October 15, 2015, 11:21:46 AM It is good, but it is not quite right. Another one from me.....Nicholas Parsons on Sale of the Century. |