Countdown - probably the only bit worth a re-look

[nachovx]

[mart]

Nice find. I love the additional touch of there being 2 clergyman contestants.

Mart

[Holden MacGroyn]

Fucking class!!!

Surely it can't be for real! Or am I a thick cunt missing the obvious?

Best I ever saw was Wanker.

[Pervert]

Sorry, I refuse to believe that's genuine, given the fuss they made over wanker a few years before.

[mart]

Sorry guys, if you think that was for real you probably still believe in the Tooth Fairy and that TM did HC.
But that doesn't stop it being funny.
Btw, what about the set-up one that was a Gotcha?

Mart

[Pervert]

I recall one year, the dealers and players got together to wind up the commentator, who proved he had no sense of humour at all. All eight competitors ended up going all in on the first hand, having all been dealt incredible hands---and all the sad tosspot with the transatlantic accent behind the microphone could think of was how they were going to be able to make three minutes of play stretch out to a full hour of telly.

Incidentally, the famous "wanker" show on Countdown revealed Mr Whiteley's less humorous side. When one of the competitors said, "You've got a pair of wankers," Richard's eyes hardened and he gave the impression that if a fluffy kitten was passing by, he'd rip its head off and shit down its neck.

[Holden MacGroyn]

I thought it was Whiteley that said "A pair of wankers."

I'm sure it was you know.

[Pervert]

No, it was a Scots contestant--an Aberdonian with an Italian name. Gino something or other. Whiteley was not amused in the slightest.