UK’s “Heads or Tails”: Holy Crap; or….
“Heads or Tails? Firstly, the commissioners need to know their arses from their elbows.” Thanks, Greg Scott!
I hope everyone’s having a great Christmas if that’s your sort of thing. In a few hours I’m sure many of you will be just about done with the family happiness and will want something to level you out a bit. Boy are you lucky you checked us out today! We saved a very special treat for you: it’s the new Channel Five show, coming from England, Heads or Tails. It’s so bad it’s funny.
The game is as simple and dumb as you’d expect. Call heads or tails to a coin flip and get some random amount of money you chose in play. Call it again and you get the value in the end game. That’s essentially the entire show. It’s for that special crowd that says, “You know I’m a big fan of Deal or No Deal but the model’s breasts just confuse me!” Watching it you almost think it’s a parody of a primetime game show that somewhere along the line lost its focus and started taking itself seriously. Congratulations, Heads or Tails. With just a week left in the year you have claimed the Holy Crap Award of 2009. The bad thing is I can’t turn away right now. It’s so bad it’s hysterical. There’s a note after the clip…
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I swear this show would seem more correct with a laugh track. To prove it, either on Sunday or Monday we’ll be posting the same clip, or a similar one, with a laugh track added to it, to show you that I really think it is a parody show that went horribly wrong. Video courtesy of Channel Five and Eyeworks.
Channel 5 love to make crap! if this was made in the 90's it would have been hittler's head or tails followed by soft porn….
Channel 5 love to make crap! if this was made in the 90's it would have been hittler's head or tails followed by soft porn….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Contestant: "This is gonna be amazing!!!"…….um…..are you sure you've come to the right show, woman??
And for &%(#'s sake just flip the bloody coin already!!! Greenberg was quicker than that on Duel and that was when he
threw in a commercial!
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Contestant: "This is gonna be amazing!!!"…….um…..are you sure you've come to the right show, woman??
And for &%(#'s sake just flip the bloody coin already!!! Greenberg was quicker than that on Duel and that was when he
threw in a commercial!
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Contestant: "This is gonna be amazing!!!"…….um…..are you sure you've come to the right show, woman??
And for &%(#'s sake just flip the bloody coin already!!! Greenberg was quicker than that on Duel and that was when he
threw in a commercial!
Lock him up in the bunker until we Unan1mously decide to let him out for what he's done to British game shows.
THIS is why I think so many of the "newer" game shows of the 21st Century SUCK!
Lock him up in the bunker until we Unan1mously decide to let him out for what he's done to British game shows.
Lock him up in the bunker until we Unan1mously decide to let him out for what he's done to British game shows.
How did they manage to get one of the Bee Gees into suspended animation?
The host is Justin Lee Collins. And this is an 11-episode series.
"Heads Or Tails?" sounds much closer to a spoof of "you don't need a brain to play!" games than an actual generic one that actually got full-studio audiences in to watch.
The worst part? I couldn't watch past the first two minutes.
The host is Justin Lee Collins. And this is an 11-episode series.
"Heads Or Tails?" sounds much closer to a spoof of "you don't need a brain to play!" games than an actual generic one that actually got full-studio audiences in to watch.
The worst part? I couldn't watch past the first two minutes.
When I was in college, I had an idea for a game show utilizing a "heads or tails" concept. It was nothing like this though.
My idea was called (working title) "Toss of a Coin." It was inspired by the Heatter-Quigley game show of the time ("Gambit" & the original "High Rollers") involving two contestants; one the "Heads" player, the other "Tails." in a straight-up Q&A contest. The first contestant to correctly get a toss-up question, played for a randomly determined ammount of momey ($25 minimum; the maximum value would gradually increase as the game progressed). The player in control could then opt to "toss" their coin, or pass to their opponent. If the coin came up with that player's designation (heads or tails) then, the'd win the money. If the "call" went the other way, the opponent got the money.
(Continued from last post)
Several "rounds" were played' the last question was for "all or nothing." The contestant who answered this question not only had control to "call" or "pass," but the would either steal their opponent's total and, win the game, or vice versa.
An end game was played for prizes. Four prizes of escalating value were in play. A pre-determined "heads or "tails" was assessed to each prize. The contestant simply had to make the right call in order to win a prize. Up to the third prize, if the player made a wrong call, the gmae neded, but they kept whatever they won up to that point. If they won three prizes, then th could stop, or risk losing everything if they missed the final call.
,,,And that's how "…anything can happen with…THE TOSS OF A COIN!"
When I was in college, I had an idea for a game show utilizing a "heads or tails" concept. It was nothing like this though.
My idea was called (working title) "Toss of a Coin." It was inspired by the Heatter-Quigley game show of the time ("Gambit" & the original "High Rollers") involving two contestants; one the "Heads" player, the other "Tails." in a straight-up Q&A contest. The first contestant to correctly get a toss-up question, played for a randomly determined ammount of momey ($25 minimum; the maximum value would gradually increase as the game progressed). The player in control could then opt to "toss" their coin, or pass to their opponent. If the coin came up with that player's designation (heads or tails) then, the'd win the money. If the "call" went the other way, the opponent got the money.
(Continued from last post)
Several "rounds" were played' the last question was for "all or nothing." The contestant who answered this question not only had control to "call" or "pass," but the would either steal their opponent's total and, win the game, or vice versa.
An end game was played for prizes. Four prizes of escalating value were in play. A pre-determined "heads or "tails" was assessed to each prize. The contestant simply had to make the right call in order to win a prize. Up to the third prize, if the player made a wrong call, the gmae neded, but they kept whatever they won up to that point. If they won three prizes, then th could stop, or risk losing everything if they missed the final call.
,,,And that's how "…anything can happen with…THE TOSS OF A COIN!"
And you claim that the British are better than us Alex? Please.
When "How I Met Your Mother" did their Regis Philbin episode a while ago, never did they thought that the mock show would become a reality overseas….
Should've gotten Wink to host it.
Should've gotten Wink to host it.
I predicted this quite some time ago. I agree, I'm honestly not sure if they were kidding or not with this one, though.
They had it right in Quiz Show years ago. Martin Scorcese gets a great speech. I see Friar Simon quoted this on another page of this blog, but it's still amazingly apt:
"But even the quiz shows'll be back. Why fix them? Think about it, will ya? You could do exactly the same thing by just making the questions easier. See, the audience didn't tune in to watch some amazing display of intellectual ability. They just wanted to watch the money."
I predicted this quite some time ago. I agree, I'm honestly not sure if they were kidding or not with this one, though.
They had it right in Quiz Show years ago. Martin Scorcese gets a great speech. I see Friar Simon quoted this on another page of this blog, but it's still amazingly apt:
"But even the quiz shows'll be back. Why fix them? Think about it, will ya? You could do exactly the same thing by just making the questions easier. See, the audience didn't tune in to watch some amazing display of intellectual ability. They just wanted to watch the money."