Surely there's a duty of care involved? I mean if you're going to gunge somebody its your responsibility to ensure they're looked after afterwards. I'd probably argue there were spare clothes around at a minimum and a trip home in more than a dressing gown I'd hope.
I also doubt the "truly random" thing as well, because I'd probably say to get set up or even gunged in the way they did is potentially mortifying to some people and could open a massive can of worms. It was probably safer to have Fred nominate Daphne as Fred knows Daphne is up for that sort of stuff.
Didn't the gunge tank overflow with bubbles once? I remember the bubbles loading right to the top of the door and the gunge falling causing them to over flow. As the tank is turning round you can see the persons hand waving amongst the bubbles.
Surely there's a duty of care involved? I mean if you're going to gunge somebody its your responsibility to ensure they're looked after afterwards. I'd probably argue there were spare clothes around at a minimum and a trip home in more than a dressing gown I'd hope.
I also doubt the "truly random" thing as well, because I'd probably say to get set up or even gunged in the way they did is potentially mortifying to some people and could open a massive can of worms. It was probably safer to have Fred nominate Daphne as Fred knows Daphne is up for that sort of stuff.
I do wonder if they'd get away with that sort of thing now (just imagine if they were allergic to something in the gunge!), but then in a more innocent age of TV I wonder if any of these were actually set up. The woman on NTV in the video above where the "hidden" camera moves a suspicious amount at the start - they've banked the entire show really around her, and being able to get her to the Great House in time for the finale. If she ended up being a bit shy and wouldn't get a motorbike it would have been a terrible show.
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Surely there's a duty of care involved? I mean if you're going to gunge somebody its your responsibility to ensure they're looked after afterwards. I'd probably argue there were spare clothes around at a minimum and a trip home in more than a dressing gown I'd hope.
I always wondered how they managed this with celebrities, because let's be honest, gunge ain't gonna come out of a nice suit. Even if they did get their clothes laundered at TVC, what about things like Number Cruncher, with no shower facilities or a change of clothes. Not exactly great for the interior of your car to drive home covered in that crap with no way of cleaning up!
There's absolutely no doubt that celebrity 'gungees' would have had either a clothing allowance or picked something from the wardrobe department beforehand.
There's absolutely no doubt that celebrity 'gungees' would have had either a clothing allowance or picked something from the wardrobe department beforehand.
Bruno Brookes once pointed out, in a handover with Mark Goodier, that his clothing choice was awful because it was from the BBC wardrobe - prior to getting coated in a huge cake from Blobby.
I'm pretty sure the 'gunge' was coloured using non staining diluted food colouring - so would wash out without too much trouble. Also, fact fans, it was kept at room temperature until loading into the release vessel on the set, so was warm when dropped onto the victim, as if it was as cold as it looked, the head and neck of the person under it would automatically tense up, and cause muscle spasems akin to mild whiplash - and, hello injury lawyers.
I'm pretty sure a spare set of clothes was readily available whilst the other set were rushed down to laundry.
Although, this reminds me of the story Chris Tarrant told of his Tiswas days, after finishing the show one Saturday, he was driving home, turned onto Broad Street and saw a couple of that shows occupants from the cage, still dripping wet and hair covered in gunge waiting at the bus stop to get their bus home...
I'm pretty sure the 'gunge' was coloured using non staining diluted food colouring - so would wash out without too much trouble. Also, fact fans, it was kept at room temperature until loading into the release vessel on the set, so was warm when dropped onto the victim, as if it was as cold as it looked, the head and neck of the person under it would automatically tense up, and cause muscle spasems akin to mild whiplash - and, hello injury lawyers.
I'm pretty sure a spare set of clothes was readily available whilst the other set were rushed down to laundry.
Although, this reminds me of the story Chris Tarrant told of his Tiswas days, after finishing the show one Saturday, he was driving home, turned onto Broad Street and saw a couple of that shows occupants from the cage, still dripping wet and hair covered in gunge waiting at the bus stop to get their bus home...
Wow. I'm amazed they were let on the bus! That's why I query the logistics of Number Cruncher. You couldn't expect someone to drive home covered in goo?
Of course I dare say that if somebody really really wants to jump on a bus looking like they've literally walked out of a Tiswas style gunging, that's really up to them. Unless things were really that different in the 1980s where if you were stupid enough to go on Tiswas you're basically asking to go home looking like an accident in the gunge factory afterwards because you know the drill, you've seen the show but don't expect us to bail you out. But of course whether Tarrant's story is reliable is another matter.
Of course after the events of the Late Late Breakfast Show thoughts were bought more towards welfare and duty of care towards participants so it probably went without saying that if you're going to gunge the crap out of somebody, don't just leave them to shiver at a bus stop when you're off air. I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some spare clothing or even clothing that the production team provided before the Number Cruncher to get soaked with.