Game Show Hilarious/Fail/Ownage Clips

[Magic]

From the most recent football thread, think there's some TRACTION in this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtr8-VMj0E

:harold:

[SvN]

I loved Golden Balls, especially when someone stole the money. If we're ranking game shows by the amount of seethe they generated, it must be right at the top.

I'm sure everyone has seen this because it gets posted every month on reddit, but it's brilliant


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8

I love that the other guy is so thick he doesn't realise what just happened, and seems to think the guy was just messing around with him or something.

[Disco]

No such thread would be complete without...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUmAGV2Uco

[Pepe]

That woman donned him senseless. :D

[Pepe]

I think it makes more sense to choose steal. No matter what you choose, you have a 50/50 chance on taking some money or not at all. In one instance you either take half or zero, on the other one you take everything or zero. Might as well go for the big one. You also avoid being made to look like an idiot.

[John]

My favourite lol game show moment is from an old episode of the American Family Fortunes. The question is 'during what month of a pregnancy does a woman begin to show?', or words to that effect. The woman answering calls upon her own experience as a pregnant woman and answers 'September', which basically finishes the show then and there because the host is absolutely helpless from laughing at her.

I'll get a clip later when I'm on a computer, assuming someone else hasn't looked up and posted it by then.

[Offshore Toon]

I'm gonna sthay... Mexthico.

[Smiffy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jE5mdq6mM

Always a personal favourite. The documentary was a bit boring but still, what a crafty fuck.

[Pepe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jE5mdq6mM

Always a personal favourite. The documentary was a bit boring but still, what a crafty fuck.

The fuck was that shit?

[Browning]

His Wikipeda page is quite good:

In November 1984, Larson learned about a local radio show promotion promising a $30,000 prize for matching a $1 bill's serial number with a random number read out on the air. Over several days, he withdrew his remaining winnings in $1 bills, examined each dollar, and (upon discovering that he did not have the winning number) re-deposited roughly half of the money. Larson left around $50,000 in his house, which was stolen in a burglary while he was attending a Christmas party. The case still remains unsolved to this day

[Ian]

I'm gonna sthay... Mexthico.

That the chap off Pointless?

I've said in other threads but I'm a big fan of this one too:


https://youtu.be/VvRwRuHwyTU

[Offshore Toon]

That the chap off Pointless?
Aye.

"I'm gonna say Mexico."
"As an answer?"

[Ian]

Aye.

"I'm gonna say Mexico."
"As an answer?"

You know, I mixed up that story with the JR one when telling somebody about it. I thought it was "Jr.... as an answer...."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp57NN1n8Kw

"As an answer?"
"Yes."
"Yes, I see, good."

Hadn't seen the Henrik Larsson one before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4rJxms2ZyQ

There's probably a thread in 'best catch-all footballer as a quiz answer." Hasselbaink or Anelka would probably be up there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This is often overlooked.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDhseeOblZw

[John]

That maths teacher could very easily be related to Hammer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpgxT3fssP8

Spineless wanker.

[John]

If they go on to win under those circumstances the rest of the team should be allowed to cut them out of the pot entirely.

[niko_cee]

I think it makes more sense to choose steal. No matter what you choose, you have a 50/50 chance on taking some money or not at all. In one instance you either take half or zero, on the other one you take everything or zero. Might as well go for the big one. You also avoid being made to look like an idiot.

Isn't this essentially what game theory is?

I never realised Jasper's golden balls had this device in it. Did it predate Shafted?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzZ86GYoxE0

[Clunge]

This is always a good'un.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZna1zkWUF8

[John]

Realised I forgot to look up the video for that one I mentioned upthread.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk

[Disco]

Wait, Killian was a real gameshow host?

[niko_cee]

I'm sure there's a UK Family Fortunes one where the poor answeree just keeps saying 'beans' as an answer, but the internet is drawing a blank on it.

[John]

The related videos for that one has gifted me this gem, which I think might actually be better as a low key stupid answer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oH6yscJbaM

[Lewis]

Wait, Killian was a real gameshow host?

That was the point, just as having Fleetwood Mac leading the resistance made it more realistic.

[GS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp57NN1n8Kw

"As an answer?"
"Yes."
"Yes, I see, good."

It's Armstrong's hesitation after the answer that makes it.

[Disco]

With Jesse Ventura on colour commentary, shit this really does stack up.

[Lewis]

It's not just some action film.

[Clunge]

TURKEY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw

[Ian]

Armstrong would have been right at home on 90s TV. Having seen Philippa Forrester telling some kid on Robot Wars that his dad's a twat I watched some old Gladiators last weekend and saw Ulrika Jonsson mocking some contestant who got beasted by Nightshade. I bet Eunice wouldn't have let Collymore knock her about though.

[Disco]

The best bit of that is at about 20s when you can see his mate absolutely seething.

[SvN]

The best bit of that is at about 20s when you can see his mate absolutely seething.

It really does make the clip.

[Ian]

I'm sure there's a UK Family Fortunes one where the poor answeree just keeps saying 'beans' as an answer, but the internet is drawing a blank on it.

In trying to find that I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2pdM2DLyA8

Also apparently that man is a 'celebrity.'

[Ian]

Slightly different but this is awkward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp05nfvbQq8

And then right at the end the guy gives it "I haven't!" Just let him have one, mate, you've won.

[Ian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byzAc0CecUo

This was from this week's episode. The bit where the crew is openly laughing at him is a bit good.

He still ended up with £125k so fair play to him I guess.

[Yevrah]

The Goldenballs and Millionaire win clips are about as good as gameshows get.

This may have been posted and since died, but:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI

I love how even Carol isn't bright enough to work out what he's doing.

[randomlegend]

When I was about 15 I got the answer on a numbers game that even Carol failed to get. Been living off that high ever since.

[Yevrah]

I always used to get the numbers, then Excel ruined my mental arithmetic. Was always shite at the letters mind. 5 if I was lucky.

[Ian]

Getting answers on Only Connect, that's the good shit.

[SvN]

Likewise, I was really good at mental arithmatic when I was a kid. By the age of about 17 it was completely crap.

[Manc]

Getting answers on Only Connect, that's the good shit.

The double bill of this and University Challenge is an absolute must.

[igor_balis]

Getting answers on Only Connect, that's the good shit.

I'm shit hot, me and my mum would have won as a team on our own this week.

Particularly pleased with the 3 pointer for the flags one.

[Ian]

Oh I'm not very good at all. Missing Vowels is comfortably my best round, the others I often have some of the information needed but don't put it together so it's extra satisfying when I do.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm quite good at the connections one (round 1 I think) but the wall is a total write-off, it breaks my brain.

The missing vowels round also seems a weirdly shit way to finish.

[igor_balis]

I average about 80-100 points for the first round of uni challenge then I'm lucky to get anything once they up the difficulty.

The first round you can do well with a broad, shallow knowledge of stuff, like I do well at classical music / jazz stuff cus it's rarely more obscure than, dunno, Dvorak, miles Davis etc. A long confusing mathematical question, answer is probably 1 or 0. And anything relating to a 19th C author it's probably dickens about 50% of the time. The being a jack of all trades who didn't go to private school catches up with me later.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They still do way too much English literature 1850-1950 on that (though I guess this is what must still be taught at Oxbridge). I switch off for the science questions but do well on anything general knowledgey.

[igor_balis]

They still do way too much English literature 1850-1950 on that (though I guess this is what must still be taught at Oxbridge). I switch off for the science questions but do well on anything general knowledgey.

I'm not too bothered cus I like early 20th century English lit. Waugh and Greene are top lads.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They are but then there's all the rest of it, and poetry. Fuck poetry.

[igor_balis]

Touché

[Pen]

I loved Golden Balls, especially when someone stole the money. If we're ranking game shows by the amount of seethe they generated, it must be right at the top.

I'm sure everyone has seen this because it gets posted every month on reddit, but it's brilliant


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8

I love that the other guy is so thick he doesn't realise what just happened, and seems to think the guy was just messing around with him or something.

Never seen that before, but what a great concept for a final round.

[Ian]

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You know a stupid answer is coming but it proves to be so much better than I expected.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Shephard's face when he says that is great.

[Shindig]

And yet, I don't blame the lad. "Who do I know that's wrote books?" is the only question going through his mind.

[Giggles]

I don’t know if Gordon Brown is thin now but that’s the only answer I could give there.

[Shindig]

I'd have guessed Prescott.

[Ben]

Prescott surely?

[Giggles]

I'd have guessed Prescott.

I wouldn’t have known his party (and he never came to mind) but that’s a better answer. Is Brown even still alive?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd have guessed Prescott too.

I've looked up the answer and I have no idea who he is.

[Shindig]

Ah, it's Tom Watson. Not one for snappy titles, is he?

[Spikey M]

I wouldn’t have known his party (and he never came to mind) but that’s a better answer. Is Brown even still alive?

He was barely alive at the time he was PM, but somehow he is still alive, yes.

[Giggles]

He was barely alive at the time he was PM, but somehow he is still alive, yes.

He only sticks in my head because we also had a big lump finance minister that had to take the brunt of a mess a flash cunt left behind at the time too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've always been partial to this one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fKYiTUK-JQ

[SvN]

:D

That's superb.

[Shindig]

Shepherd's earning his money there by trying to hold back a massive grin.

[Lewis]

1501111585531703297

What has he owned, you ask? Life.

[-james-]

:cool:

[Ian]

He's no Monty Panesar.

[phonics]

I knew 6 of this 8 right answers and I hate drum n bass. Just lived through it. Not that impressive imo.

[-james-]

I knew 6 of this 8 right answers and I hate drum n bass. Just lived through it. Not that impressive imo.

I've been dragged along to countless dnb/jungle nights over the years and didn't know a single one. Brain like a sieve.

[Giggles]

Are the questions always that long winded on it now?

[Shindig]

Aye, although I reckon that started in the Magnusson days to stop contestants cutting him off.

[Baz]

Can you interrupt? Like the first one was Goldie as soon as he started, could he have just said it before he’d finished?

[Ben]

No one ever does so I assume they’re told not to beforehand.

[Lofty]

Also the more niche the subject, the longer the question.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm guessing the questions are written in such a way that if fully read out, each contestant will receive the same number of them.

That series of questions was just words to me, mostly words I was hearing for the first time.

[Baz]

Depending on how niche you can go, I’d set records for the likes of “the 1989 movie Little Monsters” or “Elliott Smith song lyrics.”

Or Premier league footballers squad numbers between 1999 and 2009.

[Dark Soldier]

8/9. Suck a dick. Best genre and era.