At the time this was made, the maximum prize on any British game show was limited to something which would not change anybodies lifestyle significantly (so at the most about £6000). This is why it was usually something like a car or a dining suite What isn't generally well known is on a show like this, you could actually refuse the star prize after the show and take the value of it for a cash equivalent. In the US, you would have to declare the value of the prize on your income tax return and pay tax on it !!!
I was always under the impression that it was agreed with the contestants before the show that if the final pair were called back then they would have to gamble...
Jim's banter is excellent... also, does it seem very often that when the winners confer on the gamble as the board rotates, they barely say a word to each other?
@@LogoMan7777 throwing for a charity prize . Instead of the star prize . Not ideal but better than just saying goodnight all !! . Thanks for the reply 🙂
The 2nd and 3rd placed pairs always got BFH anyway. It just wasn’t mentioned until the first series where the winning pairs had to gamble their money as well as their prizes.
I would have been gutted about missing out on the star prize. I would have been driving home thinking about how I could have taken a chainsaw to it......lol
I noticed you on that video as well. For all I know there may be others you commented on. Did you GENUINELY listen to all 17 minutes as that story got better and better. You remind of the story about the Guy who saw Phil Jupitus 23 times and thought him the unfunniest person on God's Earth :)
Tru Say Mi Bredrin. Tru Say Man though Johnny Vegas and Steve Goff(?) and Jo Brand run him close. I think it's fair to include Brandy in the Men's section...
Who in the blue he'll wants to try and win a table to then have the ball ache of having to sell it to get some money in the days of no Gumtree and eBay. Imagine trying to shift that in the local Chad.
It got so cheap towards the end that the catchphrases were "keep out of the black and out of the red, you get nothing in this game", and "501 or more with 6 darts", or "look what you never would have won".
meisterly manu those were the phrases that made the show so cheesy and loveable, alhough people probably didn't realize it back then. Its only with the more modern humour and type of comedy these days that it is funny to some of us.
Not totally unreasonable to expect the last pair to gamble £230, I guess if it was in this day and age they would be ordered by the producers to gamble for the sake of entertainment.
@@John-mh1wz and to add, if you earned £230/week that didn't mean you kept £230 because you have to take off tax/petrol/preparing your work clothes/paying a babysitter etc etc etc. This was more like a fortnight's money
Jim Bowen is actually my grandad. One time we were watching bullseye and he tried to stick the bendy bully he gave me up my mum's arse. Not as bright as he used to be.
When the prize came out all the women going ooooooh, to make it sound better, haha, very poor prize, suppose they could have shared the chairs and sawed the table and cabinet in half.
Okay now I have a question so someone help me out here In the story Bowen tells in the video no one (including the bad luck Belfast crew) wanted to take the gamble but Bowen said "we can't transmit that" in his story so he and the producer go chasing after the two men to get them to take it. They win the gamble but because one of them dropped an F Bomb during the ending they couldn't transmit it. I guess my question is if they couldn't transmit that (even before the F Bomb) how did this episode (and another one I saw where no one took the gamble) get transmitted? Someone help me cos i feel like there is something I am genuinely missing
@@jrgboy Joshua's point is that in a routine that Jim does about Builseye (which can be found elsewhere on youtube) Jim appears to be saying that the producers *would not allow* there to be a show where no-one took the gamble, and yet here is the very thing happening even though allegedly it wasn't allowed to happen. Jim tells the story of a show where all three pairs chose not to gamble, and says that the producer basically harangued and bribed the third pair (who had only won about £20) to gamble so that the show could still be used. The fact that one of the pair dropped an f-bomb and made the ending untransmittable anyway doesn't alter the fact that they were being pushed into gambling in order to have a show they could broadcast, and doesn't alter the fact that Jim is stating that they couldn't transmit a show where no-one gambled. My guess as to the answer is perhaps that the show had different producer's in charge at different times, and that one of them had the particular rule that there had to be a gamble, but that other producer's had allowed a 'no gamble' show at other times in the show's run. My other observation is that the f-bomb may have made the originally recorded ending untransmittable, but it surely wouldn't have been too difficult for the production team to re-record the final moments again by restaging them and having the pair sort of act out their winning moment for the sake of a transmitable take, although granted it may not have looked as authentic that way, and the pair in question may have struggled to understand what was being asked of them and not properly complied. It just seems odd to me that one misplaced word was enough for the TV company to just admit defeat and write that show off completely rather than try to find a fix.
A dining table and chairs between 2 people?? Wtf. Are you gonna chuck in a saw as well jim? Who comes up with the ideas for these prizes? Or does someone go round the second hand shops before the show to grab anything that's half price, regardless of whether it is suitable for sharing between 2 people? You gotta love the innocence of the 80's
I don't know for certain but I did see somewhere online that apparently any winners were offered the prize or the money equivalent. In this case that'd be about £10 looking at the state of that shite at the end.
Used to say at the time"Can't beat a bit of bullshit" Also "get two in a bed get kicked in the head" Then watch antiques roadshow & lovejoy after bullseye. Them were the days.(:-)
RIP Jim, you were super, smashing, great.
Thanks for the memories
Fun man
The look on the constestants faces when they saw the prize is priceless. Must have been thinking, Thank fuck we didn't gamble!
A fucking table and a cupboard? Worst prize ever.
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That's even worse than the fashion shopping spree! 😂
Oh I don't know. I'd give it at least a 1 and a half 😂
Always made me laugh when someone from birmingham won a speed boat.
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Haha, they must have thought thank fuck we didn’t win that driftwood
No back up plan!! Lol. 80’s TV! 3rd couple say no - endex!!! 😂
At the time this was made, the maximum prize on any British game show was limited to something which would not change anybodies lifestyle significantly (so at the most about £6000).
This is why it was usually something like a car or a dining suite
What isn't generally well known is on a show like this, you could actually refuse the star prize after the show and take the value of it for a cash equivalent.
In the US, you would have to declare the value of the prize on your income tax return and pay tax on it !!!
I definitely remember watching this episode when it aired. Was always curious about what would happen under this scenario.
Super Smashing Great!😆
I was always under the impression that it was agreed with the contestants before the show that if the final pair were called back then they would have to gamble...
They dodged a bullet there I wouldn't have wanted to win it! This was season 7 episode 3.
series 7
They must have all seen the shit prize
mick duncan the main gamble prize is usually a speedboat and sometimes was a car
That's the worst prize ever on Bullseye
It wasn't the first time that no-one gambled, Jim.
in fact its was the 2nd time its happens the first time was in series 4
Jim's banter is excellent... also, does it seem very often that when the winners confer on the gamble as the board rotates, they barely say a word to each other?
He said its the first time no one went for the star prize on a different episode as well lol
Just watched an old ep on challenge from 1985 and nobody gambled so this was the second time atleast, the previous time it was a caravan
Ah, no big loss.
On the rare occasion nobody did the gamble they should of had Jim and Tony or a couple from the audience throwing for a charity prize.
But if Jim and Tony played and won, who'd get the prize?
@@LogoMan7777 throwing for a charity prize . Instead of the star prize . Not ideal but better than just saying goodnight all !! . Thanks for the reply 🙂
If you look at 3.45 you can see Jim calling them wankers
lol I actually checked
£230 is alot to a pair of Geordies 😂😂😂😂 enough for at least 100 t-shirts for the winter months
Ive always wondered what happened in this situation. Should have made them play out anyway to see if they would have won.
Bet they're all glad they kept the money after seeing the prize.
The 2nd and 3rd placed pairs always got BFH anyway. It just wasn’t mentioned until the first series where the winning pairs had to gamble their money as well as their prizes.
Not even a speedboat !
I would have been gutted about missing out on the star prize.
I would have been driving home thinking about how I could have taken a chainsaw to it......lol
who else is here because of that fucking boring story Bowen was telling on the other video?
simon lloyd guilty as charged
simon lloyd guilty m’lud!!😂😂
I noticed you on that video as well. For all I know there may be others you commented on.
Did you GENUINELY listen to all 17 minutes as that story got better and better.
You remind of the story about the Guy who saw Phil Jupitus 23 times and thought him the unfunniest person on God's Earth :)
Tru Say Mi Bredrin. Tru Say Man though Johnny Vegas and Steve Goff(?) and Jo Brand run him close. I think it's fair to include Brandy in the Men's section...
Yep, you nailed it
Who in the blue he'll wants to try and win a table to then have the ball ache of having to sell it to get some money in the days of no Gumtree and eBay.
Imagine trying to shift that in the local Chad.
I think Jim did mention on one video that winners could have the cash equivalent instead of the prize..
@@jrgboy correct but they were given a lot less than the value
they probably sneaked a peak behind the screen and thought- table and chairs no ta
How would they actually share that if they had won
watse of time i love this
2:48 - A rubbish star prize.
It got so cheap towards the end that the catchphrases were "keep out of the black and out of the red, you get nothing in this game", and "501 or more with 6 darts", or "look what you never would have won".
meisterly manu those were the phrases that made the show so cheesy and loveable, alhough people probably didn't realize it back then. Its only with the more modern humour and type of comedy these days that it is funny to some of us.
Wow, now that is a first for Bullseye no one taking the gamble, I have never seen that happen before.
The first time no one gambled on bullseye was in 1984
A jammed me knacker sack in me spectacle case in disgust. By accident of course.
There was a strict limit on the money that could be spent on prizes at the time. that's why they were pretty poor..
Didn't the first No Gamble of all 3 contestants take place in series 4? Jim was wrong.
LOL Classic stuff ;)
Not totally unreasonable to expect the last pair to gamble £230, I guess if it was in this day and age they would be ordered by the producers to gamble for the sake of entertainment.
Bullseyes would not be on TV today. Instead it would be some reality TV series were some talentless screacher would be crooning somebody else's song.
201081hero 230 was worth a lot more then than now (obviously). It was probably a weeks wage each for the caliber of contestant you had on bully....
@@John-mh1wz and to add, if you earned £230/week that didn't mean you kept £230 because you have to take off tax/petrol/preparing your work clothes/paying a babysitter etc etc etc. This was more like a fortnight's money
You could have won a pile of cheap MDF :-)
Jim Bowen is actually my grandad. One time we were watching bullseye and he tried to stick the bendy bully he gave me up my mum's arse. Not as bright as he used to be.
Van The Man You should be thankful he didn't go for yours.
When the prize came out all the women going ooooooh, to make it sound better, haha, very poor prize, suppose they could have shared the chairs and sawed the table and cabinet in half.
Pile of scrap wood as the star prize. They were right not to bother.
No one wants go for it
Speed boat again was it ...no wonder nobody wanted it 😂😂
1Chalkywhite
Did you at least forward to the end to see? 😂
And someone thumbs your comment up! Wtf
Have a look what it was 😆
doyoulikebeetroot
Kin ell no wonder 😂
Only remember, cars boats holidays and caravans, that was a shit prize
well if they lost the would have no bfh
230 pound.seriously
4th October 1987
Okay now I have a question so someone help me out here
In the story Bowen tells in the video no one (including the bad luck Belfast crew) wanted to take the gamble but Bowen said "we can't transmit that" in his story so he and the producer go chasing after the two men to get them to take it. They win the gamble but because one of them dropped an F Bomb during the ending they couldn't transmit it.
I guess my question is if they couldn't transmit that (even before the F Bomb) how did this episode (and another one I saw where no one took the gamble) get transmitted?
Someone help me cos i feel like there is something I am genuinely missing
He's a comedian. It's a story.
good point !
JIm says the show with the Belfast lads was never shown on TV , so I don't get your question ??
Probably couldn't transmit because of the f word
@@jrgboy Joshua's point is that in a routine that Jim does about Builseye (which can be found elsewhere on youtube) Jim appears to be saying that the producers *would not allow* there to be a show where no-one took the gamble, and yet here is the very thing happening even though allegedly it wasn't allowed to happen. Jim tells the story of a show where all three pairs chose not to gamble, and says that the producer basically harangued and bribed the third pair (who had only won about £20) to gamble so that the show could still be used. The fact that one of the pair dropped an f-bomb and made the ending untransmittable anyway doesn't alter the fact that they were being pushed into gambling in order to have a show they could broadcast, and doesn't alter the fact that Jim is stating that they couldn't transmit a show where no-one gambled.
My guess as to the answer is perhaps that the show had different producer's in charge at different times, and that one of them had the particular rule that there had to be a gamble, but that other producer's had allowed a 'no gamble' show at other times in the show's run. My other observation is that the f-bomb may have made the originally recorded ending untransmittable, but it surely wouldn't have been too difficult for the production team to re-record the final moments again by restaging them and having the pair sort of act out their winning moment for the sake of a transmitable take, although granted it may not have looked as authentic that way, and the pair in question may have struggled to understand what was being asked of them and not properly complied. It just seems odd to me that one misplaced word was enough for the TV company to just admit defeat and write that show off completely rather than try to find a fix.
They all dodged a bullet by not gambling, mind you handy bit of kindle wood if someone would have won.
A dining table and chairs between 2 people?? Wtf. Are you gonna chuck in a saw as well jim? Who comes up with the ideas for these prizes? Or does someone go round the second hand shops before the show to grab anything that's half price, regardless of whether it is suitable for sharing between 2 people? You gotta love the innocence of the 80's
Come on someone has to gamble
Darragh Keena sadly they didn't brah
They will not go for it what happened
lmao ,.....imagine gambling and then winning that shit ....hahah
Why did they have star prizes that couldn’t be split between two people?
vvv vvv ... One could have the table, and the other has the chairs, then every week they swap over. Come on, its not rocket science!
FunkySpunkyJunky Brilliant.
0.41 Ukip rally. God bless 'em!
1988
i don't understand, how can you go onto the show any not gamble......
Who else thinks there was no prizes? Just money?
I don't know for certain but I did see somewhere online that apparently any winners were offered the prize or the money equivalent. In this case that'd be about £10 looking at the state of that shite at the end.
2ND TIME IN A ROW
Used to say at the time"Can't beat a bit of bullshit"
Also "get two in a bed get kicked in the head"
Then watch antiques roadshow & lovejoy after bullseye.
Them were the days.(:-)
💯th comment.
I would gamble.
Have you what title is under?
Meh! It's just boring dining room furniture, nothing special here.
2ND time
Depressing show