They normally had a speed boat as the star prize (which if it was won went to someone living in a block of flats in Birmingham who had no use for it). Apparently the producer got a special deal on them. Note the slightly off key closing tune reserved for the losers.
Limmy's abject distain towards the contestant's daring to gamble for the star prize reflects the difference between British and American attitudes to greed. You can be sure if this was an American game show, the entire audience would have been a whoopin' and a 'hollerin' for them to go for broke!
The guy calling out the scores also weirdly appeared in the short-lived Ricky Gervais talk show, available on All4 except for the first episode because it featured a certain Jimmy Savile.
I watched one episode of this on TH-cam, and the beginning "meet the contestants and dispense amusing banter" bit lasted 5 minutes before they actually started the game. 5 whole minutes. If you don't think that sounds like a lot, try it. Fucking brutal.
Michael Barrymores Strike it Rich was the pinnacle of this... genuinely used to spend 5 minutes with each pair of contestants individually, before asking them a question each and going back to the first lot and doing the same in round 2
@@sharkdom Yeah, I was thinking of Barrymore being another one when I wrote that. They were different as Barrymore always used to come off as obnoxious, whereas Bowen was just a bit boring. Either way, it was a tough 5 minutes. This shit was prime-time entertainment on a Saturday back then, probably after a bit of Metal Mickey earlier on. Jesus.
Non darts player was smart, hedged his bets by aiming for the left side of the board where there’s a good spread of average numbers and no low ones. Second lad should have done the same.
Why didn't the darter throw at the section that has 12,9,14 and 11 together ? Trying to be billy big bollocks on 20 with 5 and 1 either side and fucked it. He'll take that to the grave (which may have come about when the non darter hit him with a hammer.)
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Love the open Corden tab near the end. He's always got one in the pocket in case he wants to annoy himself and thousands of viewers.
Whats an open Corden tab ?
And are you Phil the Power Taylor.
@@Johnzerozero I wish I was. The open Corden tab refers to Limmy having a tab on his browser open with Corden on it.
🤣
Too much bevvy at the open Corden tab at the bar Blahem?
All the prizes now in a landfill site.
890 quid in todays money was 3 or 4 million. I actually died.
Aye we all heard him, thanks for repeating it for us though, you knob
If your trousers stop just short of touching the shoe, or hang 'like curtains' as Limmy says here, that's called a 'Zero break'. You're welcome.
Biggest bottle job of the century
0:22 excuse me that isn't a trike. I count 4 wheels. I am outraged.
👍 Well spotted .
You can send emails about this stuff to TH-cam until you're blue in the face but they don't do anything.
🤣🤣🤣 he couldn't wait to show them what they didn't win
@06:55 - Wait ..Did nobody notice that Tony said the score was fifty-one when it was actually SIXTY-one ??
Absolute shambles
Only a Tory tries to take the whole lot.
😂😂😂😂 true that
Either I get everything or nobody gets anything.
Vote Tory 2022
@@educateme8455 Tax the fuck out of everybody and waste all the money.
Vote Labour 2022
The socialist tells everybody that prizes are wrong while keeping the trike for his wee boy.
@@thewizardssleeve119 get a life
0:28 limmy since when do you know anything about fashion. We haven't forgotten about the state of those jeans. 👖
They normally had a speed boat as the star prize (which if it was won went to someone living in a block of flats in Birmingham who had no use for it). Apparently the producer got a special deal on them. Note the slightly off key closing tune reserved for the losers.
I had no idea that Bullseye was a political minefield
$890 in 1988 is equivalent to about $2,270.79!
Limmy's abject distain towards the contestant's daring to gamble for the star prize reflects the difference between British and American attitudes to greed. You can be sure if this was an American game show, the entire audience would have been a whoopin' and a 'hollerin' for them to go for broke!
Also not one of those lasses in the audience are still with us. They were on their way out then..
The guy calling out the scores also weirdly appeared in the short-lived Ricky Gervais talk show, available on All4 except for the first episode because it featured a certain Jimmy Savile.
They were like that 🤞 gervais and saville..
@@Deletingthishackedaccount If you have some dirt on ricky gervais I'd be delighted to hear it
3:28, So crazy I was thinking the exact same, planning to keep the baby will have been the biggest decision of my life.
No speedboat? I feel swizzed
It's Numberwang!
Couldn't give that shite away nowadays
limmy needs to do a react to big break please
Yes, that would be good.
the audience aren't disapproving they're incredulous that they would risk losing the prices
I don't exactly know why, but Bullseye is such an oddly fascinating game show. I think it's because it's such a product of its time.
I watched one episode of this on TH-cam, and the beginning "meet the contestants and dispense amusing banter" bit lasted 5 minutes before they actually started the game. 5 whole minutes. If you don't think that sounds like a lot, try it. Fucking brutal.
Michael Barrymores Strike it Rich was the pinnacle of this... genuinely used to spend 5 minutes with each pair of contestants individually, before asking them a question each and going back to the first lot and doing the same in round 2
@@sharkdom Yeah, I was thinking of Barrymore being another one when I wrote that. They were different as Barrymore always used to come off as obnoxious, whereas Bowen was just a bit boring. Either way, it was a tough 5 minutes. This shit was prime-time entertainment on a Saturday back then, probably after a bit of Metal Mickey earlier on. Jesus.
This is fvckin gold
Funny looking battery trike.
Fit birds in the crowd!
£890 in 1988 was about 3 or 4 million 😂😂😂
I'd say the bus journey home was fun
Imagine all the Gen X hipster Ramones-t-shirt-wearing media studies graduates who'd climb over each other to get one of those bully figurines.
It's a crowded cupboard, to be sure.
The pro darts player fucked it up something shocking didn't he?
He went from a god tier darts player to absolute shite. Very strange.
How do they split a kitchen between em?
Microwave oven with leads.
* from Leeds
Why is Thom Yorke Scottish now? Anyway letting you all know.. Benny Harvey RIP. Gone but not forgotten.
Non darts player was smart, hedged his bets by aiming for the left side of the board where there’s a good spread of average numbers and no low ones. Second lad should have done the same.
Always go for 19
He threw 4 darts on the last go, he threw one just before Limmy spoke about the trousers and then threw 3 more darts, it should have been 2
It’s not a tric, it’s got 4 wheels.
Darts is a difficult sport. Treble 12, 11, 14 can be either 51 or 61. No wonder they didn't win the speed boat.
shameful.
shameful.
Why didn't the darter throw at the section that has 12,9,14 and 11 together ? Trying to be billy big bollocks on 20 with 5 and 1 either side and fucked it. He'll take that to the grave (which may have come about when the non darter hit him with a hammer.)
It's a battery QUAD bike. NOT a trike.
6:00 Youve no maid e lot ae fukn pals hiyr man.. funny
Skaughtisch Aksent.
blame the way the show works not the contestants
The modern equivalent of some of that would be shite, but the stuff from the 80’s looked truelly shite!
don't hate the player hate the game, not their fault it's set up like that.
Thats what they aw dae......shameful
1986
This is a fucking disgrace.
Pre thought out fake..
Couldn’t give that shite away nowadays.