"Pointless Pointless is a British game show. It is produced by Endemol Shine UK for the BBC, hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. Each episode of the quiz features teams of two contestants attempting to find correct but obscure answers to general knowledge questions in order to score as few points as possible, and become eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot. All questions used on the show are factual in nature, and are asked to a panel of 100 individuals in a pre-conducted public survey. Contestants seek to find correct answers that were given by as few"
"Alexander Armstrong Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter and bass baritone singer, best known as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and as host of the BBC TV game show ""Pointless"". Aside from his ""Armstrong and Miller"" sketch show characters, Armstrong's television credits include a leading role in the TV series ""Life Begins"", whilst he also voiced Professor M in ""Tooned"", alien supercomputer Mr Smith in the ""Doctor Who"" spin-off ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" as well as the main show's two part story ""The Stolen Earth"" / ""Journey's"
"Richard Osman Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, comedian and director, best known for being the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ""Pointless"". He also presents the BBC Two quiz shows ""Two Tribes"" and ""Richard Osman's House of Games,"" and is a team captain on the comedy panel shows ""Insert Name Here"" and ""The Fake News Show"". Osman has gained recognition for his appearances on a wide variety of British panel shows. Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK,"
"go to an emergency clinic. Luckily, Stephanie knows someone who can help. Gary Martin is a forty-year-old, five foot six, bald and chubby veterinarian who has never been married. Larry Burlew is a six-foot-tall, 230 pound, soft spoken and very shy butcher. Jeanine Chan is thirty-five and involved with a great guy, unfortunately she continues to run into a problem with men and needs help to fix it. Albert Kloughn is the fifth person. Albert is a bald, Jewish, lawyer who works next to a laundromat, and looks like the Pillsbury dough boy. Albert and Stephanie's sister Valerie have one"
"the screen to enable blind and visually impaired people to use a phone indepdendently. It has been rumoured that ""Daniel"" was dropped as the default Siri British Male voice option once Apple realised that Jon Briggs' voice was actually a well-known voice in the UK, as Apple wanted the voices used to be ""anonymous"" unknowns. However, he is available as an option in Settings, as above. In October 2017, he was a contestant on the celebrity version of the UK quiz show Pointless. Jon Briggs Jon Briggs (born 24 January 1965) is an English television and radio presenter. He is"
"""Whose Line is it Anyway?"", ""Total Wipeout"" and the game show ""24 Hour Quiz"". As a producer of ""Deal or No Deal"", Osman was the one who revealed the identity of The Banker to be the show's producer Glenn Hugill. Osman acted as script editor for BBC One's ""Total Wipeout"" and in 1999, created and wrote the Channel 4 sitcom ""Boyz Unlimited"" with David Walliams and Matt Lucas. In 2005, Osman co-created and co-wrote the animated Channel 4 sitcom ""Bromwell High"". Since 2009, Osman has co-presented the BBC One teatime quiz show ""Pointless"" with host Alexander Armstrong. He created the"
"Equity register already. John Sessions John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a British actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?""; as a panellist on ""QI""; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood. Sessions was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. He has a twin sister, Maggie, and an older brother. Sessions was educated at Bedford Modern School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), and Verulam School, St Albans, followed by"
"episode focused on his obsession with working out due to a fear of aging and dying. Richard G. Rosner Richard G. ""Rick"" Rosner (born May 2, 1960) is an American television writer and reality television personality known for his alleged high intelligence test scores and his unusual career. There are alleged reports that he has achieved some of the highest scores ever recorded on IQ tests designed to measure exceptional intelligence. He has become known for taking part in activities not usually associated with geniuses. Rosner claims that he has worked as a stripper, roller-skating waiter, bouncer, and nude model."
"Chris Cubas Christopher ""Chris"" L Cubas is an American stand-up comedian, podcast host, and actor. Cubas appeared a number of times on comedian Doug Benson's podcast ""Doug Loves Movies"", and eventually joined Benson and The Alamo Drafthouse to launch The Movie Interruption, a live, weekly comedy show in Kansas City, Missouri. Cubas currently lives in Austin, Texas and hosts his own podcast, ""CanceledPod"". Cubas has also done some acting, appearing in ""Days of Delusion"" and ""Austin High"" in 2011. In addition, he starred in the movie: ""Chris Gets Some Money. In March 2015, Cubas won Comedy Central's ""@midnight""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s #PointsMe challenge"
"Big Chill and Latitude and is a regular member of The Cutting Edge - the weekly satirical and topical show at The Comedy Store, London. He has also made numerous appearances on both television and radio. In addition to ""The World Stands Up"" (broadcast in the UK, US and Australia), more recent credits include ""Champagne Comedy"" (Australia) ""Richard & Judy"" (Ch 4), ""Green Wing"" (Ch 4), ""The Blame Game"" (regular panelist - BBC Ulster & Radio Ulster), ""Loose Ends"" (R4), and ""The Sandi Toksvig Show"" (LBC). Alistair Barrie Alistair Barrie is a British actor, writer and stand-up comedian. Barrie has"
"Billy Barty Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti, October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood three feet, nine inches (114 cm), due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature, he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. Barty was born October 25, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, the son of Albert Steven and Ellen Cecial Bertanzetti His paternal grandfather was Italian."
"Billy Barty Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti, October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood three feet, nine inches (114 cm), due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature, he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. Barty was born October 25, 1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, the son of Albert Steven and Ellen Cecial Bertanzetti His paternal grandfather was Italian."
"Lee Ridley (comedian) Lee Ridley (born 31 December 1980) is an English stand-up comedian. Disabled since early life, and unable to speak, he is the first standup comedian in Britain to use a communication aid in his routines, performing them under the stage name of Lost Voice Guy. He rose to prominence in June 2018 after winning the 12th series of ""Britain's Got Talent"". Ridley was originally from Consett, County Durham. At the age of six months he was diagnosed with a neurological form of cerebral palsy, brought about by a brain infection that left him in a coma for"
"Eric the Actor Eric Shaun Lynch (March 11, 1975 – September 20, 2014), better known as Eric the Midget and later Eric the Actor, was a member of ""The Howard Stern Show's"" Wack Pack. Lynch was, at his peak, tall, weighed , and had various health issues. He used a motorized wheelchair for mobility.<ref name='For The Week Of 9/16/2002 to 9/20/2002'></ref> Despite his poor health, he claimed to have outlived every doctor's prediction for his life expectancy. Eric's height was cited at between and , which is within the threshold to be considered to have dwarfism. Because of his short"
"work rather than be famous. So whatever I am doing, be it professionally or working for a cause, I intend to do my best."" RJ Balaji Balaji Patturaj (born 20 June 1985), popularly known as RJ Balaji, is an Indian radio jockey, presenter, comedian and actor based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known as the host of the BIG FM 92.7 show ""Take it Easy"" and its now defunct segment ""Cross Talk"", where he made prank calls to unsuspecting victims. Although mainly a radio jockey, Balaji is also active in other fields; he is known for his association"
"show where he is jokingly known as Armstrong's ""pointless friend"". Having previously worked exclusively in behind-the-camera roles, Osman got the job as co-presenter/assistant when he pitched the idea for the show to a panel of BBC daytime heads, taking the role of the assistant in the demonstration. In October 2013, during a 'record breakers' edition of Pointless, Osman successfully broke a Guinness World Record when he named thirty countries whose capital had been given, in one minute. Osman guest hosted ""Have I Got News for You"" in October 2013. In 2014, Osman began presenting a new BBC Two quiz show"
"Hugh Dennis Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962), known professionally as Hugh Dennis, is an English comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist, best known for being one half of Punt and Dennis with comedy partner Steve Punt, and playing Pete Brockman, the father in the BBC One sitcom ""Outnumbered"". Since 2005, Dennis has been a regular panellist on the BBC Two satirical comedy show ""Mock the Week"". Since October 2014, Dennis has appeared in the sitcom ""Not Going Out"" as Toby. He also starred as the narrator in CBBC's ""The Zoo"". Dennis, the younger of two boys, was"
"last time on the show was never delivered adding more comical value. Usually Billy was quizmaster and clue giver, helping contestants as best as he could get the right answer. He also operated the fruit-machine. Wally set the questions and organised the prizes, he would often try to help Billy with clues to help contestants answer their given question. At the height of its success on BBC Radio Merseyside Billy and Wally were joined by two other regular cast members: Terence and Len. Terence, a flamboyant, camp, openly homosexual man, became one of the first. His role on the show"
"in the Sun"", which also starred Megan Fox and Billy's good friend Ben Easter. In 2002, Billy got his big break playing Kyle in the ABC sitcom ""8 Simple Rules"" alongside John Ritter, Katey Sagal, and Kaley Cuoco. Billy has more recently appeared in ""Headless Horseman"", ""The Strip"" and ""Detention. Billy is 5' 9"" (1.75 m) tall. Billy is a supporter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America as it has affected his family. He has a walk/run in Los Angeles to raise money for the Huntington's Disease Society of America every autumn. He appeared on the TV show ""Street"
"Nicholas Parsons Christopher Nicholas Parsons (born 10 October 1923) is an English radio and television presenter and actor. Still active in his 90s, Parsons' long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as ""the ultimate quiz show host"" because of his ""geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions"". Best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show ""Just a Minute"" in six different decades, Parsons is also famous as the long-term host of ""Sale of the Century"", a"
"Doug Benson Douglas Steven Benson (born July 2, 1962) is an American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host, actor and reality-show judge who has appeared on ""Getting Doug With High"", ""Comedy Central Presents"", ""Best Week Ever, Trailer Park Boys,"" and was a contestant on ""Last Comic Standing"" in the show's fifth season. He currently serves as a judge for the Comedy Central series ""The High Court with Doug Benson"". In 2007, he starred in the film ""Super High Me"", a documentary about marijuana usage. Benson also currently hosts the popular ""Doug Loves Movies"" podcast along with his weekly marijuana video"
"John Sessions John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a British actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?""; as a panellist on ""QI""; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood. Sessions was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. He has a twin sister, Maggie, and an older brother. Sessions was educated at Bedford Modern School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), and Verulam School, St Albans, followed by Bangor University, from"
"Cliff Clavin Clifford C. ""Cliff"" Clavin, Jr. (born 1947 or 1949), is a fictional character on the American television show ""Cheers"" co-created (and played) by John Ratzenberger. A postal worker, he is the bar's know-it-all and was a contestant on the game show ""Jeopardy!"" Cliff was not originally scripted in the series' pilot episode, ""Give Me a Ring Sometime"", but the producers decided to add a know-it-all character and Ratzenberger helped flesh it out. The actor made guest appearances as Cliff on The Tortellis, ""St. Elsewhere"", ""Wings"" and ""Frasier"". The original script for the 1982 pilot, ""Give Me a Ring"
"Carson Kressley Carson Lee Kressley (born November 11, 1969) is an American television personality, actor and designer. He was the fashion expert on the American television program ""Queer Eye"", where he was one of the show's ""Fab Five"". He was also the motivational host of the TV show ""How to Look Good Naked"" and OWN's ""Carson Nation"", as well as a contestant on season 13 of ""Dancing with the Stars"". Since 2015, Kressley has been a judge on ""RuPaul's Drag Race"". Kressley was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in the nearby unincorporated community of Orefield, Pennsylvania. His family raised"
"right-side up, upside-down, sideways, or suspended high above the floor, as seen with several lockers. The main characters are Todd (voiced by Michael Cera in the pilot; Mark Rendall in the series), a transfer student who attends Mrs. Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor and struggles to adapt and conform to Wayside's offbeat academic structure, but is often picked on at school and gets sent home early on the kindergarten bus for doing nothing wrong; Maurecia (Denise Oliver), a tomboy who wears roller skates and has an enormous crush on Todd; Dana (Lisa Ng), Wayside's resident overachiever who obsessively maintains"
"Michu Meszaros Mihaly ""Michu"" Meszaros (Hungarian: Mészáros Mihály; 1939 – June 13, 2016) was a Hungarian actor, circus performer/entertainer, and stuntman, who as an American citizen was best remembered as a performer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and for his role in the NBC sitcom ""ALF"". He was 2'9"" tall. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Meszaros was a television and film actor, and he also appeared opposite pop singer Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial. His last appearance was in 2015's ""Death to Cupid"". For the first season of the ""ALF"" television series, Meszaros donned a costume"
"It to the Middle for Here!"" Stuart was raised in a Jewish family. His father was born in Poland. Jason Stuart Jason Stuart (born Stuart Ted Greif; January 13, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. Born in The Bronx, New York, Stuart was raised in Los Angeles, California. He is openly gay, and is the chair of the Screen Actors Guild National LGBT Actors Committee. Stuart was nominated for a Gay International Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in the independent film ""Coffee Date"". He produced and starred in his own independent film, ""10 Attitudes"". Stuart released a stand-up"
"his best friend from school, who refreshingly treats him as an equal but is not the influence Matt's concerned parents are looking for. In June 2018, Ridley won the 12th series of ""Britain's Got Talent"" after successfully making it through the audition stages, and winning the show by the public vote. Lee Ridley (comedian) Lee Ridley (born 31 December 1980) is an English stand-up comedian. Disabled since early life, and unable to speak, he is the first standup comedian in Britain to use a communication aid in his routines, performing them under the stage name of Lost Voice Guy. He"
"a rickshaw challenge and a celebrity version of ""Pointless"" in which Pudsey assists hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman. Unlike the other BBC charity telethon Comic Relief, Children in Need relies a lot on the BBC regions for input into the telethon night. The BBC English regions all have around 5–8-minute round-ups every hour during the telethon. This does not interrupt the schedule of items shown from BBC Television Centre as the presenters usually hand over to the regions, giving those in the main network studio a short break. However BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland opted out"
"Mr. T Laurence Tureaud (born May 21, 1952), known professionally as Mr. T, is an American actor and retired professional wrestler known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series ""The A-Team"" and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film ""Rocky III"". Mr. T is known for his distinctive hairstyle inspired by warriors of Mandinka nation in West Africa, his gold jewelry, and his tough-guy image. In 2006, he starred in ""I Pity the Fool"", a reality show shown on TV Land; the title of the show comes from the famous catchphrase used by his"
"Irwin Corey ""Professor"" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as The World's Foremost Authority. He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club, the hungry i. Lenny Bruce described Corey as ""one of the most brilliant comedians of all time"". Corey was born on , in Brooklyn, New York. Poverty-stricken after his father deserted the family, his mother was forced to place him and his five siblings in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York, where Corey remained until his early"
"Regan Burns Regan Burns (born June 13, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is known best as being the host of the hidden camera game show Oblivious, also known for various small roles in TV commercials and programs. Burns hosted the game show ""Oblivious"", in which Burns acted as someone or something (an artist or golf instructor, for instance) and asked a contestant a series of five questions in conversation. The contestant wouldn't realize it was a hoax until all questions had been asked. They would then receive money for answering questions. Burns's other work include commentary for"
"a hard time about her typically inspirational and tear-jerking columns and Kerry loves to harass her about missing the 'most important' sports story of the week, which is usually an example of someone in sports behaving badly. Each October, usually close to Halloween, Bill Allred portrays the character of ""Chainsaw Guy"", the guy with the chainsaw and hockey mask at the end of a typical spook alley. Kerry introduces Chainsaw Guy and illuminates the audience as to Chainsaw Guy's credentials as a couple's counselor and sex therapist. Listeners are then invited to call in and ask Chainsaw Guy for advice."