Watched yesterdays repeat, which I'd never seen before and couldn't belive AA's ignorance over the use of the term "MacBeth" in theatre. He was right it's traditionally unlucky, them mimed nearly being hit by a falling object. He then remarked about being hit by falling "stage weights"! Stage weights funnily enough are used on the stage, not at height, so you'll never be hit by a falling one! Oxbridge education or not, actors are still some of the thickest people about! Right, got that off my chest!

What was even worse on yesterdays show was the question about newspapers with Daily in the title, they had the Mirror as the 2nd most popular answer even though they haven't actually used that title for about 5 or 6 years, dropping the word Daily to become just The Mirror.

Forgot to update about going on the show. It was good, weirdly an old college tutor of mine was one of the contestants which blew my tiny mind in terms or pure coincidence.. It was episode 302 which still hasn't been aired so I won't spoil it..

However, I was disappointed that the audience isn't the 100 people asked as I had hoped it would be.

I haven't seen it yet so can't confirm but I'm told that otf's own Lucy Waterman is a contestant on today's Pointless.

A colleague of mine was on Pointless a few weeks back. She got to the final and missed out on the jackpot in the most gut-wrenching way imaginable.

I like Pointless, but is it heresy on here to say that I actually think I prefer The Chase?

Squarewheelbike wrote:


Blimey.

(100 quid says you're crew.)

Anyone else catch the "Pointless" a couple of weeks ago (I think) in which the winning couple got "Canadian prime ministers" as their jackpot question topic? The missus reckoned they were possibly the most hilarious (not in a bad "I'm so wacky" way) and likeable TV quiz contestants she'd ever seen.

Evariste Euler Gauss wrote:


I thought they were the polar opposite. I thought they were the least likeable couple I'd ever seen on there.

Alderman Barnes wrote:


Details or I don't believe it.

Did anyone see Richard Osman on Only Connect last night? Man, what a vowels round he pulled out of the bag.

They had to name three books by a particular author (whose name, to my shame, I've forgotten again.) Her dad had read a couple, and they scored something like 2 points and 1 point.

She hadn't read any of his books, but vaguely remembered seeing a title in a bookshop. She wasn't sure, so she deferred to her dad. His answer was wrong, and the one she'd been thinking of turned out to be pointless.

Ah, I remember that one! it was Julian Barnes novels. She wanted to say Arthur and George, and me and the missus also said that one as it was on the bookshelf above the TV when we were watching - but her dad over-ruled her, which I thought was particularly foolish because at least one of the ones he wanted to go for was one of the biggies (Flaubert's Parrot, I think), which is pretty unlikely to be Pointless anyway, even if you're sure it's right. (And of course, Arthur and George was pointless.)

Richard Osman's prowess at the vowels round on Only Connect relied pretty heavily on his knowledge of 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, but it was impressive nonetheless. I did think the questions throughout the show were noticeably easier than those given to the teams in regular weeks, mind you.

Not heresy, although I disagree - but The Chase is a good show. I think I prefer Eggheads, though, if only because Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson are so phenomenally good that they could beat the rest of the Eggheads and all the Chasers put together.

Hofzinser wrote:


This is indeed correct.

My lifelong dream has been to go on Pointless, get to the final, and the category be Simpsons voice actors, and now, thanks to Monday's episode, it can't happen.

What now?

"I probably know more about modern artists out of those categories."
"Name three Turner prize nominees."
"What's the Turner prize?"

For fuck's sake. She thought it was pop stars. Dopey fucker. I've got no sympathy, she said she was a Bon Jovi fan.

I had a quiet chuckle at the lad who thought Bob Dylan was Scottish and had a hit with My Old Man's A Dustman in 1960.

Wyatt Earp wrote:


Technical Stage Manager, and had years of dealing with Oxbridge students in my theatre, how some of them get dressed in the morning amazes me!

Tramp The Dirt Down wrote:


I saw that too, and in the spirit of ISIHAC, I sang MOM'sAD in a Dylan voice to the tune of Blowing In The Wind, it fits!

tratorello wrote:


And how did he do?

Felt for the Boro fan in the final who didn't realise a Boro player had been a Scotland Captain, and was a pointless answer. That said as a life long Boro fan I never thought of McManus, but would've got it with Sandy Jardine!