Imagine how much more pointless per minute we could get if they’d shut the fuck up
A massive improvement.
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Talk about nominative determinism
I can see the rationale, but this edit doesn’t give you long enough to read and debate the answers yourself, which is really the fun part of quiz shows.
The real pointless was the banter we made along the way
Now think about how boring it must be to actually film when the filming is much longer than the final 45 minute episode.
Could do away with the countdown too.
Answer, bosh, result.
In another note the prize is the most stingy thing in game show history.
Still too long
The pointless (pun intended) chat is what grinds my gears about quiz shows. I want to see questions not hear the contestants’ life story.
Now do deal or no deal
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Not a bad ratio compared to the US… If you take all the ads and guff out of a 4 hour superbowl broadcast you’re left with about the same amount of actual play
People are so impatient nowadays
Now remove the dibbity-do suspense machine and see how much is left.
The worst show for dragging things out is Tenable with Warwick Davis. It’s pretty much a single question dragged out over 10. I remember watching an episode where the question was “what does TARDIS and UNIT stand for in Doctor Who?” And they did the whole suspense thing for every single letter. Watching as the person obviously knows what TARDIS stands for and yet they go through each letter as it’s own dramatic thing. Imagine literally 10 mins for a basic what does a word stand for question.
Throw in Warwick doing his usual pointing out and joking about his height whenever he gets the chance on every show for the last decade and it’s just the most dragged out thing ever.
This is why that BBC music quiz show is the best. It’s just song after song, question after question. Half of it is rapid rounds. The Chase is a good example of a normal quiz show, not too long talking, not too many people, not too much suspense, and also 50% rapid rounds.
I don’t even mind the inane babble! Just keep the damn question on the screen! How is it so difficult. We want to play too!
We asked 100 people to name 16 people, here is a 3 seconds glimpse, now here is Pete a Butcher from Manchester pretending to be interesting for 20 seconds.
Yes, but with this condensed version we don’t get to play Alexander Armstrong’s “thank you very much indeed” drinking game
Pointless seriously needs a long rest. They are repeating old episodes frequently; I can remember past contestants, questions and whether or not they win. It would be great if the BBC showed two or three different quizzes a week.
I don’t understand why they have to _cut away_ to the pointless banter. Leave the pictures up! Then once someone manages to name someone despite the terrible budget stock photo they immediately cover the face up ss you can’t see it. Surely if the pictures that crap they’re not being charged by the second?
Maybe a few hard cuts in there
I don’t have 11 minutes to spare, is there a transcript?
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Imagine how much more pointless per minute we could get if they’d shut the fuck up
A massive improvement.
[removed]
Talk about nominative determinism
I can see the rationale, but this edit doesn’t give you long enough to read and debate the answers yourself, which is really the fun part of quiz shows.
The real pointless was the banter we made along the way
Now think about how boring it must be to actually film when the filming is much longer than the final 45 minute episode.
Could do away with the countdown too.
Answer, bosh, result.
In another note the prize is the most stingy thing in game show history.
Still too long
The pointless (pun intended) chat is what grinds my gears about quiz shows. I want to see questions not hear the contestants’ life story.
Now do deal or no deal
[removed]
Not a bad ratio compared to the US… If you take all the ads and guff out of a 4 hour superbowl broadcast you’re left with about the same amount of actual play
People are so impatient nowadays
Now remove the dibbity-do suspense machine and see how much is left.
The worst show for dragging things out is Tenable with Warwick Davis. It’s pretty much a single question dragged out over 10. I remember watching an episode where the question was “what does TARDIS and UNIT stand for in Doctor Who?” And they did the whole suspense thing for every single letter. Watching as the person obviously knows what TARDIS stands for and yet they go through each letter as it’s own dramatic thing. Imagine literally 10 mins for a basic what does a word stand for question.
Throw in Warwick doing his usual pointing out and joking about his height whenever he gets the chance on every show for the last decade and it’s just the most dragged out thing ever.
This is why that BBC music quiz show is the best. It’s just song after song, question after question. Half of it is rapid rounds. The Chase is a good example of a normal quiz show, not too long talking, not too many people, not too much suspense, and also 50% rapid rounds.
I don’t even mind the inane babble! Just keep the damn question on the screen! How is it so difficult. We want to play too!
We asked 100 people to name 16 people, here is a 3 seconds glimpse, now here is Pete a Butcher from Manchester pretending to be interesting for 20 seconds.
Yes, but with this condensed version we don’t get to play Alexander Armstrong’s “thank you very much indeed” drinking game
Pointless seriously needs a long rest. They are repeating old episodes frequently; I can remember past contestants, questions and whether or not they win. It would be great if the BBC showed two or three different quizzes a week.
I don’t understand why they have to _cut away_ to the pointless banter. Leave the pictures up! Then once someone manages to name someone despite the terrible budget stock photo they immediately cover the face up ss you can’t see it. Surely if the pictures that crap they’re not being charged by the second?
Maybe a few hard cuts in there
I don’t have 11 minutes to spare, is there a transcript?