Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon

I would have though "FEATHER-DUSTER" would've got 50 points.

Well of course they're not playing the exact rules of these games. Like last week, you never got to win all of those prizes in the original version of Blockbusters did you ?

It's quite authentic really. It's pretty much as i remember it as a kid. Vernon is good at this gameshow lark isn't he. Blankety Blanks no5.

As for POG i've always preferred him as his alter ego Lilly Savage.

Another error: in Terry Wogan's days, the song to accompany calling the winner out of his/her seat went "Come on a Blankety Blank, Blankety Blank".

Blow blank.

Well if it were me playing, I'd go for Blow TORCH

Another difference from Terry Wogan's days.

In his era, you DOUBLED UP on the head to head.

If already on 50 blanks, double to 100 blanks
If already on 100 blanks, double to 200 blanks
If already on 150 blanks, double to 300 blanks

Then you'd drop the prize you had on the Supermatch and replace it with the "double up" prize, which varied depending on whether you doubled up to 100, 200, or 300 blanks.

Why couldn't it be like the real thing tonight (with better prizes)?

Another great show tonight. Can't wait till The Golden Shot next week.

Notice the endcap - an animated ITV Productions endcap but with a wider bar to incorporate a "Talkback Thames" logo.

Yeah I think thats the first time I've ever seen that version of the endcap.

Looking ahead at the gameshows coming up, who produced Name That Tune originally ?

Thames then Talkback Thames for the Channel 5 cheap and nasty version.

MARKER PEN

It was the only answer it could have been surely..?