"embarrassing!""). Over the show's seven episodes, several celebrity guests were featured, one of whom was ""Bullseye"" scorer and darts commentator Tony Green in a cameo, reprising his calming schtick used on the ""Bullseye"" contestants prior to an important round, with the intention this time of getting the insomniac Baddiel to sleep. Other celebrities who appeared on the show included Mariella Frostrup, Robert Smith (of British rock band The Cure, whom Newman had previously parodied on ""The Mary Whitehouse Experience""), Jimmy Hill and Suzi Quatro, all playing themselves. The characters were tepidly received by critics; however, the stand-up comedy was roundly"
"""Bullseye"", which mixed general knowledge questions with darts. The show quickly became a popular feature of ITV's schedules on Sunday early evenings, achieving 15–17 million viewers and at times obtaining higher ratings than prime-time soap operas. It ran for fourteen years. On the back of his fame, he delivered several speeches at the Oxford Union. Bowen was the presenter throughout, along with Tony Green as the darts commentator, and several of the catchphrases he used on the programme became well-known (though he claims he never once said ""Super, smashing, great""). He would warn contestants that if they gambled and lost,"
"Bullseye (1980 U.S. game show) Bullseye is an American game show that aired in syndication from September 29, 1980, to September 24, 1982. Jim Lange was the host, and the program was produced by Jack Barry and Dan Enright. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first season, and Charlie O'Donnell announced for the second season. The series' executive producer was Ron Greenberg. Two contestants, one a returning champion, competed. The game began with the champion stopping three spinning windows, set up in a triangular fashion, by hitting a plunger in front of him/her. The top two windows contained eight"
"In 1982, ""Bullseye"" was moved to Sunday afternoons, and a new co-host, Tony Green, a professional darts referee and commentator, was brought in to keep track of the scores; this helped to achieve around 17 million viewers. Green (who appeared in the first series as a charity thrower) was initially brought in merely to act as a scorekeeper and commentator, but over the years his role grew: by the time the show ended he was essentially the co-host. ""Bullseye"" was moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday afternoons from 1994 to 1995. A 15th series was planned in 1996, but Andrew"
"was ""desperate to kickstart his ailing career"" as the new host of the reboot of ""Bullseye"". However, he later denied that he was fronting the new reboot of ""Bullseye"". The theme music for the show was written by John Patrick, who was Head of music department at ATV and Central. The show was unusual in having two (in fact, three) different closing theme tune arrangements — a rapid, upbeat version (in the style of Spike Jones, complete with comical sound effects) played when the contestants won the Star Prize, and a more bluesy one in a minor key played when"
"Jim Bowen James Brown Whittaker (born Peter Williams; 20 August 1937 – 14 March 2018), known professionally as Jim Bowen, was an English stand-up comedian and television personality. He was the long-time host of the ITV game show ""Bullseye"", which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995. Bowen grew up in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, and went to Accrington Grammar School. In his early adulthood, he became a teacher, and took part in local dramatic groups. He eventually devoted himself to comedy full-time, having been influenced by Ken Dodd, and first appeared"
"Bullseye (2015 U.S. game show) Bullseye is an American game show on Fox hosted by action star Kellan Lutz and comedian Godfrey. The show features contestants who compete in extreme challenges in order to hit or come the closest to the bullseye. The first episode premiered on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 9:00 pm EDT. The first season concluded on July 15, 2015. On August 21, 2016, ""Bullseye"" was cancelled by FOX after one season. In each episode, four women and four men compete in three ""epic challenges"" to hit, collect, or destroy bullseyes for a chance to win $50,000."
"(April 1, 1985 – June 26, 1987) with GSN doing so in more recent years (as recent as November 2007 for a ""Viewers' Choice"" marathon). Bullseye (1980 U.S. game show) Bullseye is an American game show that aired in syndication from September 29, 1980, to September 24, 1982. Jim Lange was the host, and the program was produced by Jack Barry and Dan Enright. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first season, and Charlie O'Donnell announced for the second season. The series' executive producer was Ron Greenberg. Two contestants, one a returning champion, competed. The game began with the"
"Bullseye (U.S. TV program) Bullseye is a news and analysis program that aired on CNBC at 6 pm ET weekdays from December 8, 2003 to March 11, 2005. Hosted by Dylan Ratigan, it covered breaking news stories from business to pop culture and offered guidance on personal finance with the help of CNBC reporter Steve Liesman and his economy charts drawn on ""Easels"". The program had music selected by a CNBC intern called Grecco. One segment on the show was called ""Whine & Cheese"", where Ratigan served wine and cheese to his guests and talked about the news in business"
"were in every show. Eleanor Summerfield only missed two shows; her temporary replacement was Andrée Melly. The only other stand-in player for one show was Graeme Garden. In a typical round, Plomley read out a piece of text prepared by Messiter, and contestants buzzed in if they detected an error. Correctly identifying an error scored one point and supplying a correction was worth a second; if a contestant buzzed in when there was no error, two points were awarded to the opposing team. Occasionally a third point was awarded when a contestant spotted a mistake Messiter had not intended. Mid-way"
"to Studio 31 of CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Later that same year, production of ""Bullseye"" was moved to Television City's Studio 33; the show briefly returned to Studio 31 in early 1982, but returned to Studio 33 for the remainder of its run. On December 7, 1981, the show changed its name to ""Celebrity Bullseye"" and featured celebrity contestants playing for their favorite charities. The celebrities played a best two-out-of-three game. A $500 value was added to the main game, the categories were no longer announced by Lange before the game began and most questions were multiple-choice,"
"segment, ""engaged in an act of verbal hypocrisy."" Participants tried to earn the hosts' tacit or sometimes overt approval through well constructed and presented entries, with the key catch phrase concluding each entry. As in everything else on the show, Terry always deferred to Dan on the callers' statements. Callers who failed to approach the exercise correctly (callers needed to focus on something someone ""said"", not something someone ""did"") or took too much time to arrive at the conclusion were taken off the air and chided for their inability to complete the task, usually with the gunshot sound effect previously"
"co-produced it for part of its run. Collyer did an excellent job keeping the show fast-paced; he spoke quickly and brightly, and was often moving around the stage as much as the contestants. Frequently Collyer would interrupt a stunt to offer helpful advice, or demonstrate a more efficient way to win the game. One of Collyer's trademarks on the show was securing his long-tubed stage microphone in his armpit (particularly while demonstrating the basics of a stunt for his contestants). He also typically wore bow ties, and liked to point out when contestants were ""bow-tie guys"" like himself, though initially,"
"rights to repeat broadcasts as a self-contained programme, to which the BBC declined. Bowen once described ""Bullseye"" as """"the second-best darts-based game-show on television"""". There were no others at the time. The revived series presenter Dave Spikey had appeared as a contestant on the show in the 1980s. In 1989, John Cooper appeared on the show. He was later convicted of multiple burglaries, armed robberies, and, in 2011 following advances in forensic science, two double murders, one rape, and another sexual assault. Footage of his appearance on the show was later used by the prosecution to match him to witness"
"Wood refused since the ITV network centre required new conditions, and he believed it would lose its appeal. After an eleven-year hiatus, ""Bullseye"" was revived for a new series, which was recorded for the digital channel Challenge. It was produced by Granada at Yorkshire Television in the Leeds Studios, and was hosted by Dave Spikey. On screen, the show evolved as follows: The first three series had the players throwing (from the point of view of the viewers and the audience) towards the right for the first round and to the left for all subsequent rounds. From the fourth series,"
"though such figures often occurred when the programme was allocated to a half-hour timeslot; by 2003, the viewing figures declined to an average of around 8 million viewers. Over the course of his time presenting the game show, Tarrant developed a number of notable catchphrases, including ""Is that your final answer?"", ""But we don't want to give you that"" and ""All Vote Now!"" with the latter often used to emphasize his wish to see contestants continue on and win more money and audience allowed to vote the answers in the lifeline used. Since its launch, several individuals made claims over"
"original series. Contestants were required to perform tasks (called ""problems"" by Collyer) within a certain time limit which was counted down on a large 60-second clock. If they succeeded, they were said to have ""beaten the clock""—otherwise, ""the clock beat them"". The show had several sponsors over its run, with the most longstanding being the electronics company Sylvania. Substitute hosts on the original version included Bill Hart (1951), John Reed King (1952), stunt creator Frank Wayne (1953), Bob Kennedy (1954), Win Elliot (1955), and Sonny Fox, who became Collyer's permanent substitute from 1957 to 1960. Collyer was referred to in"
"March 14, 2005. Bullseye (U.S. TV program) Bullseye is a news and analysis program that aired on CNBC at 6 pm ET weekdays from December 8, 2003 to March 11, 2005. Hosted by Dylan Ratigan, it covered breaking news stories from business to pop culture and offered guidance on personal finance with the help of CNBC reporter Steve Liesman and his economy charts drawn on ""Easels"". The program had music selected by a CNBC intern called Grecco. One segment on the show was called ""Whine & Cheese"", where Ratigan served wine and cheese to his guests and talked about the"
"Bullseye (UK game show) Bullseye is a British game show television programme, with a darts theme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981, then by Central from 1982 until 1995, and was hosted by comedian and TV presenter Jim Bowen. The show had an animated mascot named Bully - an anthropomorphic, large, brown bull - who wore a red/white striped shirt and blue trousers. ""Bullseye"" was created and owned by Andrew Wood (with comedian Norman Vaughan), who came up with the idea after research into aspects of game shows with mass appeal. Programme associates on"
"category was later replaced by ""entertainment value"". The highest score any act could attain was thus 120 points. Patti Boulaye was the only act who ever attained the maximum mark, doing so in the programme's final season. Les Dennis received 119 points, with only Tony Hatch giving him less than three perfect '10's'. Arthur Askey was on the same panel and started singing ""Tony is a spoilsport"" when Hatch awarded Dennis 9 as his final score. The series was revived by Central for three series between 1986 and 1988, presented by past winner, Marti Caine. Her catchphrase was bellowed at"
"Carl Kasell Carl Ray Kasell (; April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an American radio personality. He was best known as a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later as the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show ""Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"" until his retirement in 2014. A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Carl Ray Kasell was a student of drama in high school, where one of his mentors was Andy Griffith, then a high school drama instructor. Although Griffith urged Kasell to pursue a career in theatre, Kasell preferred radio. Kasell began practicing"
"Angeles. His death was not announced in the media until October. Bern Bennett Bern Bennett (October 19, 1921 – May 29, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer. For nearly sixty years, beginning in 1944, Bennett was a staff announcer at CBS Radio and television. In the 1940s and 1950s, he was closely associated with Bud Collyer, as announcer on three Collyer-hosted game shows, ""Winner Take All"", ""Beat the Clock"", and ""To Tell the Truth"", all produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Other radio programs for which Bennett was the announcer included ""This Is Broadway"", ""School of the"
"containing climbing, balancing, and cargo nets. The contender with the most points received a half second head start for every 1 point they were in front by. The show was originally presented by Glenn Hicks - executive producer of the first four series - and Ursula Staplefeldt. Following Glenn's departure from the show in 2000, he was replaced by James Lennox when it was resurrected for its penultimate fifth series in 2001. The referees were legendary South African cricketer Cyril Mitchley (1999 - 2000) and international strongman Wayne ""The Boss"" Price (2001). The timekeepers over the show's run were Ingrid"
"announced which players were randomly selected for each event by announcing numbers as they appeared on the screen, commentated during a game and provided score updates after the end of each round. At the beginning of each episode between 2003 and 2005, he revealed embarrassing facts about two of the contestants (such as a recent social faux-pas, etc.), one from each team. In addition, Flynn warned contestants, ""No conferring!"" before the start of a question round with a loud siren where only the selected player may answer (otherwise the siren sounded and the team scored no points). The warning and"
"added twist involved four prizes being referred to as ""phantom prizes"", if the contestant was to mention those, gunge would be hurled at them every time one was recalled. In the Davidson run, if contestants correctly recalled 15 of the 20 prizes in 45 (later 60) seconds, they won the lot plus the star prize, usually a holiday. The show introduced a number of catchphrases, including Bruce Forsyth's ""Didn't he/she/they do well?"", ""Let's meet the eight who are going to generate"" and ""Let's have a look at the old scoreboard"". Later, when the show was revived, Forsyth's assistant was Rosemarie"
"a game, regardless of the outcome, making ""Bullseye"" one of the few Barry & Enright shows to allow losing contestants to keep winnings from the game. Since the champion always spun first, it was possible for him/her to win without giving the challenger an opportunity to play. If this happened, the challenger returned to play again in the next game. As was the case with most Barry & Enright game shows, a contestant won a new car after every fifth victory, and players competed until beaten in the main game. The champion advanced to play the bonus round, referred to"
"the lights were dimmed. ""Miss Pickwick,"" the ""resident sleep therapist"" (Andrea Hutchman), would read the team a series of bizarre facts during the commercial break. In addition to the facts, contestants were also read various suggestions such as ""You're getting so sleepy"" to make staying awake even more difficult. When the show came back from the break, the team's memory was tested on the facts Miss Pickwick had just read to them. The lights were turned on in time with a loud alarm, often accompanied by Icey making a loud noise such as banging trash can lids, running a chainsaw,"
"channel including ""Deal or No Deal"" and ""Pointless"", and include commercial bumpers which feature famous game show sayings such as ""Blockbusters"" ' ""Can I have a P please, Bob?"", ""Bullseye's"" ""You can't beat a bit of Bully"" and ""Robot Wars""' ""3...2...1... Activate!"" alongside the hashtag #ChallengeAccepted. Bumpers framing breaks sometimes also include general knowledge questions or rebuses, referencing shows like ""Blockbusters"" and ""Catchphrase"". Challenge have had various programming blocks, for example, ""Fully Loaded!"", a former morning programming block from around 2007 which consisted of ""Win, Lose or Draw"", ""Wheel of Fortune"", ""Catchphrase"", ""Bullseye"" and ""Family Fortunes"". Although the bulk of"
"Ford, so the catchphrase was amended to ""What's on the board, Miss Ford?"" (originally ""What have they scored, Miss Ford?""). Forsyth always opened the show with ""Good evening Ladies Gentlemen and Children welcome to the Generation Game, it's Nice to see you, to see you ..."" to which the audience would shout ""Nice!"", a catchphrase that Forsyth retained in his later television appearances. Others included ""Good game, good game,"" ""I hope you're playing this at home,"" and ""Give us a twirl,"" which was said to hostess Anthea Redfern to show off her dress. Grayson supplied his own catchphrases, including ""Shut"
"of the show, they would often call each other by their surnames (e.g., ""Jauss,"" ""Gleason"") as guys sitting around a bar might do. Although the show was meant to evoke the banter of a sports bar, the panelists did not drink beer on camera. While Bentley was introduced as the 'moderator' of the program, and usually did introduce the first topic, individual panelists would introduce topics as part of the flow of conversation, and Bentley usually participated in the discussions, offering opinions along with the others. The show offered generational variety: Bentley was born in 1920, Gleason 1922, Jauss 1931"
"member of the cast. He warmed up the audience prior to taping; during taping, he often had on-camera exposure (occasionally bantering with Barker) prior to calling out the contestants' names; he also appeared in many of the shows' Showcases. His exhortations for contestants to ""Come on down!"" became a catchphrase, and a ""Price Is Right"" tradition observed by his successors, Rod Roddy (1986–2003), Rich Fields (2004–2010), and George Gray (2011–present). In 1973, Olson started announcing for a revived ""Match Game,"" another show transplanted from New York to California; the show's ""Get ready to match the stars!"" became a second catchphrase"
"Urzila Carlson, Jesse Griffin, Madeleine Sami, Michele A'Court and Justine Smith. Special guest comedians appear on some episodes. There are usually 5-7 games in each show, with ""What's the Story"" always being the first, and ""Caption That"" usually being last. After the teams guess the story, Corbett confirms the actual story before adding a joke of his own. In early episodes, Corbett also intervened if the joke made was in bad taste, or he became the butt of the joke, yelling ""get out"" and making the contestant pretend to leave. Teams are allocated ""points"" at the end of the round"
"sounded the air horn and won the money for the group. Bearwitch: This time, Karrie was doing the sabotage for Tanya. As Tanya did little to help keep track of time, Karrie pretended to be a bear in order to scare the players into forfeiting the mission by saying ""Clear the dugouts"", and win a free pass. Although the players were more than 2 minutes different from the actual time, they somehow managed to sound the air-horn within one minute of 6:00 AM. The producer thought they cheated, but couldn't find any evidence. Blind, Deaf, and Dumb: Tanya mouthed instructions"