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Jim Bowen dies age 80

(March 2018)

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Gary McEwan
There was another clip on YT which seems to have disappeared now. It was a few minutes worth of outtakes with all the swearing intact. I wonder if that's still about somewhere.
LL
London Lite Founding member
BA
bilky asko
And here's what went out...

XI
Xilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7PRx8lLDA


And of course, when they tried a second time:

"He's said the same pissing thing again!"
London Lite and DE88 gave kudos
DE
DE88
Jim: (speaking quietly) "Bobby George is throwing for charity tonight. Are you ready, Bobby?"
Bobby: "Pardon, Jim?"
Jim: (still speaking quietly) "Are you ready?"
Bobby: "Eh? Speak up!"
Jim: (to the camera, aloud) "He's pissing deaf!"

Laughing Laughing Laughing
RO
rob Founding member
"In which state of the United States was President Kennedy assassinated... in Texas?"
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SE
Square Eyes Founding member
This has to be the most bizzare ending to a Bullseye episode ever, Jim (and I presume the audience) dancing to a calypso band over the credits after the holiday is won. Very Happy

NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
I always had the impression they never did know how to end a Bullseye episode in a fairly graceful way, in the early years at least. It was always a case of "that's treble 19, that's the star prize!" and less than 30 seconds later it was "bye!" and you were looking at the Central endcap. After the set change in 1985, they started having a reflective moment at the central podium celebrating/commiserating with the contestants before the end credits rolled.

Mind you in fairness to the production, it was an original format, as opposed to an imported format from America where it was pretty much all done for you. Central had to work it all out themselves as they went. Wasn't like Price is Right or Countdown where you had a reference point.
MY
MY83
rob posted:
"In which state of the United States was President Kennedy assassinated... in Texas?"



Well he was in a terrible state.
JA
james-2001
You nicked that from Del Boy!

10 days later

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10 days later

JO
Johnr
Spookily, the sad news that Eric Bristow passed away suddenly from a heart attack aged 60 on Thursday evening.

Wonder if Jim will be up there getting Eric and Alan Evans to have a rematch to decide who actually holds the record for the charity darts throw!

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