Did you know Edit. Trivia Referenced in Melbourne House's text adventure game "Hampstead", where the player started in their home with an episode of the series showing on TV. User reviews 8 Review. Top review. This is one of those 80's programmes which crop up on cheap cable channels and when you watch it you can't believe that this was Saturday evening prime time entertainment and million people would watch it. Basically,the idea was to interpret totally in penetrable cryptic poems which represented a prize, and the contestants would have to reject prizes and hope they got something tidy and not the booby prize of a dustbin, represented by the 'hilarious' character Dusty Bin.
It was called cos three couples would be whittled down to 2 via a quiz for the main part of the programme and then to 1 couple for the climactic choosing of the prize.
The host , Ted Rodgers did this sort of visual 'catchphrase' where he would hold up 3 fingers, then 2, then 1 finger at a speed which dazzled the easily impressed people of the 80's. The weirdest bit was that instead of just bringing out all the clues to the prizes at once, there would be variety segments where various seaside comics, singers, dancers and magicians such as Keith Harris and Orville and The Krankies would do a few minutes of an act, or if the money was a bit tight that week then the in-house dancers 'the Brian Rodgers Connection' would do a turn.
The couples would get to 'reject' the prizes one by one, supposedly by deciphering the clues, but actually by blind guess work. Thered be another little quiz to knock out another couple and the final couple would get the choice out of the last few clues and win either a holiday,car, kitchen suite or a dustbin.
ArmandTanzarian Apr 7, Details Edit. Release date July 29, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. One three, Two. Yorkshire Television YTV. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. By what name was officially released in Canada in English? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Something the judges felt didn't fit or a repetition ended the round prematurely, which would cue in a quick joke from the resident comedians.
Later the quiz changed so that whilst they were always given the example and they had to answer alternately, there were ten proper questions connected by a theme complete the phrase or saying, name these celebrities whose surnames all begin with an F, that sort of thing. The round still ended there and then if a wrong answer was given, but they could at least pass and move on but couldn't come back to it later.
There were ten questions in round one. In round two after a quick performance from an upcoming star, one of which was a pre-fame mulleted Shane Richie , there were fifteen questions worth whatever you earnt in round one.
This was a bit rubbish really, as it didn't lend itself to the shock results that sometimes happened when the leaders from round one mess-up early from previous series. The second round also changed over the years. In the early series, a physical game was played that fitted in with the show's theme. This was the version that made the most sense, but the low budgets at the time made the games extremely naff.
As more money was available in later series, a computer game a simple version of Breakout was used. The two remaining couples were brought various cryptic clues by cabaret acts, including magicians and comedy routines. Also in every show was the obligatory dance routine by the in-house "Brian Rogers Connection", which we presume was not a literal title. After three clues, a tie-breaker question was read out see "Key Moments" and the winning couple went on to receive two more objects to which famously impenetrable cryptic clues were attached.
They had to try to solve the clues in order to keep the star prize invariably a car but eliminate the booby prize, Dusty Bin, a s technological marvel on roller skates powered by four Duracell AA - pick him and all you went home with was a dust bin a brand new one, mind. Why did the show work? It's somewhat of a mystery.
No-one understood the cryptic clues, the jokes were extremely thin especially so in the earliest series , but the prizes were pretty good for their day. But for our money, it's Ted Rogers that really carried the show off. The show may look naff by today's standards, but Rogers was a very affable host, always with a nice word to say about people and even the occasional good ad lib to boot.
Rogers: "This is a composer. German by birth, English by adoption. Best known for an oratorio published in It was called Messiah. You're bound to know his handle. Handel's Water Music Ted's warning the contestants of the consequences of being left with Dusty Bin: "Remember all you win is a brand new dustbin! It was called because it was three things in one - a quiz, a game and a variety show. The technical term for the clue objects that were brought to the table was a McGuffin, so-called because that's the name Alfred Hitchcock used to describe key objects that provided red herrings in his mystery films.
It was built by special effects company Rowley Electronics , who later went on to devise the effects used on Fun House. Popular DJ Janice Long appeared as a contestant with her then-husband Trevor on the very first show in
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