Prepare for a trip down memory lane as we unpack the 1994 Christmas special of "Big Break". Thrill and laughter await as we, your faithful companions Andrew and Liam transport you back to a time of unforgettable TV moments. Get ready to sing along with the iconic theme song and learn some intriguing trivia about the show. We'll reflect on the laughter and cheekiness that Jim Davidson and Jon Virgo brought to the screen, and how they kept audiences hooked season after season.
Get your cue sticks ready as we move onto a conversation about the classic celebrity snooker tournament, "Pot Black." We'll reminisce about the likes of Steve Davis and Craig Charles, and you might even find yourself rooting for your favourites as we recall the show's memorable moments. And let's not forget the famous pantomime, "Boobs in the Wood." John Parrot's performance and his unexpected lead will definitely have you on the edge of your seats.
Finally, we discuss the contestants, the game rules, and the fluctuating prize money. We'll also lay open our thoughts on Jim Davidson's controversial remarks that stirred the pot. To cap off our nostalgic journey, we'll reveal our next stop - the 1988 Christmas special of the Les Dennis laughter show. So, tune in and join us as we explore the fascinating world of British television. Enjoy the ride!
Prepare for a trip down memory lane as we unpack the 1994 Christmas special of "Big Break". Thrill and laughter await as we, your faithful companions Andrew and Liam transport you back to a time of unforgettable TV moments. Get ready to sing along with the iconic theme song and learn some intriguing trivia about the show. We'll reflect on the laughter and cheekiness that Jim Davidson and Jon Virgo brought to the screen, and how they kept audiences hooked season after season.
Get your cue sticks ready as we move onto a conversation about the classic celebrity snooker tournament, "Pot Black." We'll reminisce about the likes of Steve Davis and Craig Charles, and you might even find yourself rooting for your favourites as we recall the show's memorable moments. And let's not forget the famous pantomime, "Boobs in the Wood." John Parrot's performance and his unexpected lead will definitely have you on the edge of your seats.
Finally, we discuss the contestants, the game rules, and the fluctuating prize money. We'll also lay open our thoughts on Jim Davidson's controversial remarks that stirred the pot. To cap off our nostalgic journey, we'll reveal our next stop - the 1988 Christmas special of the Les Dennis laughter show. So, tune in and join us as we explore the fascinating world of British television. Enjoy the ride!
Living with Maidalee. Living with Maidalee. Living with Maidalee. Living with Maidalee. Living with Maidalee. Hello, this is Living with Maidalee. This is part of our 12 days of Maidalee Christmas specials that we're going to do. It's a nostalgic TV podcast live from Belfast. Now, when I was from Sheffield, I'm Andrew and I'm joined by Lee John from Kage Guju I think that's where he's from. Oh, I was thinking, hello.
Speaker 2:Is that? Am I having a breakdown, doing an introduction?
Speaker 1:Well, we put this one off, aren't we for a while, because this is going to be a big, big break. Watch along, but we've both been ill. We're recording this in November you'll probably hear it a week later or whatever but we're going to have to do it because we're just not getting any better. Are we between us?
Speaker 2:No, seventh week of cold and coughing and spluttering. We're going to try and eliminate all that from the recording, so hopefully you don't have to endure any of that. But yeah, apologies if there are any small coughs in there. But yeah, we need to get something in the bank. Big break is one close to your heart, certainly, so we thought we're just going to do it. Let's just get recording.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let's get recording. And, like I said, I said to you earlier that it's not like we've got a blocked nose, but Michael Barrymore constantly sounded like he had a blocked nose and I don't think anything's ever gone wrong for him in life. Has it Ups and downs? I think Ups and downs, Right, this is big break.
Speaker 2:Ladies and gentlemen, Jim Davidson.
Speaker 1:So this is the big break.
Speaker 2:We're career.
Speaker 1:New tonight Christ exciting times. This is the 1994 Christmas special of big break and it's going to be a watch along again. We fucked up a bit last time, so we've downloaded it, aren't we? So we should be on the same page, Well.
Speaker 2:I struggled a bit and you've. You've found a way doing it. You've sent me the recording. So, yeah, hopefully out there people are more tech savvy than me I can go and download it. I used to be able to do it and I've forgotten how. But yeah, probably legal. It probably shouldn't be telling people to do it actually, but don't do it. But if you do want to do it, there are ways of doing it. Yeah don't do it, record it and have it ready. And when we say press play, press play.
Speaker 1:Right, so say, what should we get ready then? Should we do it on the count of three, when you want to do it on the one or the note?
Speaker 2:What would you on Virgo say? I think it's a three, two, one. Say what we'll say. I'll say where's the whiteboard going and as soon as. I finish, we'll press play.
Speaker 1:Oh, go on then.
Speaker 2:Where's the whiteboard going?
Speaker 1:Here we go.
Speaker 2:Right, obviously, people are helpful. Well, they might be watching on, they might not, but this is just a credit. This is a theme music, isn't it? Good theme tune, though, isn't it?
Speaker 1:Oh yeah catchy, is it, chaz and Dave? No, it is actually. I think I mentioned this before in another episode. It's the snooker song by Mike Bartley, the Wombles, and it's sung by 1980s pop sensation. Captain Sensible from the Damned. It's Captain Sensible who's also used to seeing war has never been so much fun. It's kind of for the.
Speaker 2:Interesting. Father Christmas is now in the studio and he's introducing the legend Jim Davidson, who's dressed as the Mad Hatter.
Speaker 1:He's dressed as the Mad Hatter, the guy who's obviously introduced David, he's like punching air, like he's like scored a goal.
Speaker 2:I tell you what I know he's not everyone's cup of tea and, like again, we stay away from all the political stuff, but as a host he's a great host, isn't?
Speaker 1:he Look at him, he loves it. You think he looks like me, yeah a little bit.
Speaker 2:You and him align more when you were both younger. I think I think you grew slightly apart. I think when you're both younger you look some more similar. But yeah, if I went to a fancy dress party I would just presume you were there as a Mad Hatter if he was there.
Speaker 1:I've worried in the cabin crew. The other cabin crew worst celebrity is that like three, this guy pops up quite a lot, to be fair, davidson, which is probably not a surprise to people, but, as you say, an immaculate host. What bad manners yeah about? Yeah, apparently a rude motherfucker.
Speaker 2:Yeah, can you imagine it? He's quite a Probably quite a bitter man, isn't he? Because he's kind of he had a lot of success and then it seems to have fizzled out. But yeah, I don't know, I don't quite know where to stand on him.
Speaker 1:We're not JV's here JV is here Jon Virgo dressed as a rabbit.
Speaker 2:He looks like he's self fed up to be there, but he's loving it, isn't he? He's loving it.
Speaker 1:Virgo. He absolutely loves it. A little bit of trivia feeling, I think you might know this. Actually Jon Virgo and the pilot wasn't involved. It was actually the first pilot, a big brave one might read Pat and John Parrot and they didn't think it worked. So then they had Jim Davidson and John Parrot for another pilot. They didn't think that worked, so they got JV in.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think it works. I think the chemistry is good. Jv plays the downbeat, sort of downtrodden. Oh, I don't know about that Jim. Jim's always happy, always upbeat. Great, great partnership.
Speaker 1:He dresses a hair in there, it's just, yeah, the hair of, because obviously he's an Alice in Wonderland sort of themed, which you've got nothing to do with Christmas, has it?
Speaker 2:No, absolutely nothing. So why are they dressed as? This then I think probably Jim just wanted to dress like that. Then I know that looks quite happy.
Speaker 1:It looks pretty good. To be fair, jim, do you think it had a work with Parrot and Reed?
Speaker 2:Well, parrot were quite funny bloke on question sport. But yeah, I don't know, I'm not sure I can see why they didn't go for that. Maybe it would have, maybe it's just stuck with it. But I think they got it right.
Speaker 1:I think what we have to do is Is that a host? As he might read oh, pet, I know you don't just say that.
Speaker 2:But would this be Jim Davidson's first host in the role, do you think? Obviously a standup, wouldn't it? Yeah?
Speaker 1:good question, actually that I'm sure he did somewhere else. Jim Davidson, before you can watch another quick look in his career.
Speaker 2:So we've just had Terry Griffiths come out dressed as the. Is it Dormouse, or? A mouse anyway. Have you ever heard of him? No, I've seen a couple of versions of the film and Zoe Ball is here as Alice.
Speaker 1:You can pretty fit Zoe Ball here. Yeah, he had the Jim Davidson show 97, 90, 1982. Then he had Seaside Special hosted with himself and Tony Blackburn, and then he had the elephant round the castle. I don't remember any of these. And then Big Break, then Generation Game just after this.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so he was all right, I didn't know that. But yeah, he's certainly polished house in this era, zoe.
Speaker 1:Ball's here as the Alice character. Alice in Wonderland. Yeah, You're not a fan of yours, Zoe Ball.
Speaker 2:Not really. She does look good in this sort of get up, but yeah, I've never been really that bothered. If I'm honest, I prefer it out what dressed as Alice? Yeah, probably.
Speaker 1:Johnnie.
Speaker 2:I've heard Sarah Cox from the sort of ladette group.
Speaker 1:I always thought Thought you were a cable man.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, yeah, but I don't know if she was quite as mainstream. But, yeah, yeah, you're right. And now Steve Davis. Steve Davis has arrived. Am I in sync with you here?
Speaker 1:I'm not sure what number I'm on 5 minutes and 5, 6.
Speaker 2:You're a little bit from. I can skip ahead. No, it's all right, I'll pause it for a couple of seconds Now.
Speaker 1:I'm on 5.40 now. So you keep it going, I'll pause it. Tell me what you're on 5.50. Right, we're on.
Speaker 2:So yeah, we've got Craig Charles come out. He looks so happy with himself. He thinks this is hilarious that Craig Charles and the dressed as Tweedle Dome and Tweedle D.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and Davis has done the obvious. Which one's Tweedle Dome then, oh, craig Charles, what are you doing to Keech's castle? What are you at this point?
Speaker 2:No Red Dwarf, though I would think.
Speaker 1:Red Dwarf and did it. Robert was around this time Probably. Yeah, maybe slightly after that he's got straight into the food, because they're on like a table. I've seen him. I don't know whatever that was.
Speaker 2:I don't know what it was.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's fucking stuff in it. Now I've seen Steve Davis live DJ him, oh really. Yeah brilliant, genuinely brilliant.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's actually. I've seen him on a few different interviews and he's a really sort of likable charismatic bloke and he got a sick boring bloke.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah because he was not only as boring as Steve Davis. Here comes John Parrot.
Speaker 2:Here comes John Parrot. First is Cheshire Cart Doing more like you're sort of putting his hands up, but like the lion, am I entirely sure who this woman is. No, I don't. I was going to ask you. I was hoping you knew this. I don't know who she is.
Speaker 1:She's obviously slabbering the day. John Paralows Hill he's in a cat suit, I know, but he looks like I don't know, like really sort of. He's like such a scouts or any old parrot Starting to melt, loving it.
Speaker 2:Always loving it. Jim Davidson looks just absolutely delighted to be here doing this and that's it. We've done the introductions. Massive set piece all around a big table for no reason other than that, just to introduce him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, unless they're going to get rid of that it's going to be. Is that the super table underneath?
Speaker 2:I don't know, I'm not sure if I would stand for it being piled up with food on top Red Ought.
Speaker 1:now is the round. Do you remember this at all?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, I think this is just. I don't want to get it right. I'll say what I think it is, but we'll correct them. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think the answer to a question is to build up time, and that would normally be the non-celebrity, the public guy, and then they've just got pot, as many reds as they can, the snooker pot. Terry Griffiths up, first known for being a slow player. Is it Won't help him in this. There's some sort of jokes about Dad. Is it about what his name is?
Speaker 1:I think so. Yeah, Not entirely sure. To be fair, what's the one minute you want now?
Speaker 2:sorry, Liam 50, 51, 52.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we were about right. Yeah, about same.
Speaker 2:He's jumping about mad hatter.
Speaker 1:Is he a modern?
Speaker 2:player. I think he was just known for being like of the old school, really slow and laborious and like never playing attacking shots. Like a lot of safety in there. But I think maybe talking absolute nonsense here. I don't know if he worked with us all of them for a bit. No, really Calling out. More of the thinking side of it, but I might be wrong on that.
Speaker 1:Zoe Ball is doing it for, because it's obviously a charity. You know, I got the money. I think she said cancer research, something like that. So all for a good cause.
Speaker 2:She's doing it for a Saturday night out with Sarah Cox.
Speaker 1:Was she a lad that you were a lad at? Weren't you Ball?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think that would probably around this year, actually, wouldn't it yeah?
Speaker 1:Give us your radio one. Yeah, I think she took her phone.
Speaker 2:No, I'd say just for live and kicking.
Speaker 1:Ah, possibly yeah.
Speaker 2:She's answering, yeah, so she's answering questions now and building up time? Yeah, you. Yeah one word Turkey. Yeah. I think, I think, I know where it's.
Speaker 1:Just turned round to Virgo and just said look at the state of you. For no reason. All right, it's absolutely no reason to say that.
Speaker 2:I once heard someone, a team Virgo, and I don't know if this is true. Maybe I shouldn't be telling this, but I suppose there's no.
Speaker 1:Hang on, you need to tell your Jim Davidson anecdote as well. In Sheffield, what's my Jim Davidson anecdote?
Speaker 2:Didn't you see him or?
Speaker 1:something.
Speaker 2:No, Virgo.
Speaker 1:Oh, virgo sorry.
Speaker 2:It weren't me that saw him.
Speaker 1:I've seen Virgo.
Speaker 2:I've seen Virgo in town in Sheffield before yeah. Tall A mate told me that they saw John Virgo very late out and a night out with a couple of young chicks, one on each arm, staggering towards the taxi lane.
Speaker 1:No surprise is it With Virgs, to be fair.
Speaker 2:Where's the Virgo?
Speaker 1:going On that cabin thing.
Speaker 2:someone said he was absolutely charming John Virgo, yeah well to be fair, it's hearsay it might have just been helping a couple of young girls back to their place. I've got no idea what was going on, but yeah, that's why I heard.
Speaker 1:Terry Griff. What's his name?
Speaker 2:Terry.
Speaker 1:Griffiths. Terry Griffiths is now taken to the table, so she got all the time, didn't?
Speaker 2:she. Yeah, she got every question right.
Speaker 1:Full minute to pot as many reds as he possibly can.
Speaker 2:Decent break. Yeah, a bit of a disappointment if it weren't. There's nothing else on the table, just a white and loads of reds, so just smash them all. Basically, virgo has just sold him. The time starts from the moment you strike the cue ball. I think that was a bit of a mini catchphrase, mini catchphrase yeah, it's supposed to be pretty hard.
Speaker 1:Obviously, terry Griffiths here is dressed as a rabbit isn't it.
Speaker 2:Virgo is walking in slow motion around the table for some reason.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but he's dressed as a rabbit, isn't he as well? Virgo, I think he's a mouse, no, the other guy Door mouse sorry, so it must be pretty difficult to play 40 seconds was a full time, so he's got three.
Speaker 2:He's kind of got to move around the table. There's some cats in the top corner, are they? Oh?
Speaker 1:yeah, I don't know what they are.
Speaker 2:I don't recognise that part Some cats.
Speaker 1:In the top corner, virgo is literally sprinting around the table now.
Speaker 2:He's walking in that way yeah. He's doing alright here, griffiths. He's the best player. Yeah, this is what he goes through there.
Speaker 1:He put a five to Terry Griffiths. Six was up.
Speaker 2:Actually went in, but it went in after the round, yeah.
Speaker 1:Zoe looks happy with that anyway, doesn't she?
Speaker 2:Yeah, we've got nothing to compare it to yet. Zoe, calm down.
Speaker 1:Play number two is Craig Charles. Do you think he's going to do better or worse? Lee, and then Zoe.
Speaker 2:I think Davis will do better anyway.
Speaker 1:For no reason at all. Craig Charles has just slapped it off his head, slaps Steve Davis on back of his head, and his hat fell off. Davis is not concerned at all, though, is he?
Speaker 2:No, he's just been barely noticed. He's gone into impression mode, jim Davidson.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't even know All his impressions at same, though they were like oh, look at me, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2:I see him as a good Frank Spencer.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, Every woman he does. I think he does Barbara Windsor, no matter who it is.
Speaker 2:We say this all the way earlier, talking about Davidson at Christmas. If you've got a seedy pantomime type, I watch one.
Speaker 1:I've watched one yet. Well, I say I've watched one, I flicked through one, I didn't watch it. All Boobs in the woods. Yeah, from the Christmas pantomime babes in the wood, Jim Davis has done a version called Boobs in the wood and I flicked through it and it's like if anyone listening knows who Jim Davidson is, think of what his pantomime will be like, and you don't have to watch it. It's exactly as you imagine.
Speaker 2:It has all the sexist jokes in there that you're imagining.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's all I mean. It's just in New Endo's old time. You know what I mean. It's just pure in New Endo's Steve Davis. We have a beautiful break there. I don't know how much time he's got, I think he's got more.
Speaker 2:Is he a good break? He's not split the red hole. No, he's not, actually. No, what was it to?
Speaker 1:a good break it's actually a shy break there from Steve Davis. I used to think he's there without ginger and H's. He looked like someone had been sick on his head. Steve Davis.
Speaker 2:No one's ever been sick ginger though.
Speaker 1:No, but do you know? Like it was just like a massive ball, weren't it? If anyone like you know, like I used to call me fire head, Like he would just I don't know what he was, he looked like, I don't know, Redhead. He looked like he was doing red, weren't he?
Speaker 2:It's a terrible shot.
Speaker 1:Terrible doing crappy Davis, but he's not through safety shots, isn't he? You're not going to get away with that in this game.
Speaker 2:Quite clever, just played a little opener. You don't want to be moving the cue ball much because you've got to wait for it to stop.
Speaker 1:I can't see him getting as many as Griffiths here. Well, if he gets one more, he's tied.
Speaker 2:That's not a good shot either.
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:Oh, on the buzzer. Is Virgo going to give it him? No, is he?
Speaker 1:going to give it him. Yeah, why don't you give it him Five?
Speaker 2:Another five. Big hook for the Charles Five five, five Virgo.
Speaker 1:Obviously Christmas spirit there, so normally it's a bit of a harsh character, harsh judge, isn't it?
Speaker 2:It was right on the buzzer, yeah. So now we go to celebrity that we don't know it is. Are we going to find out or just not bother?
Speaker 1:I don't know. Just listen to him. See what he says here when it goes over.
Speaker 2:That's a woman the snooker plays John Parrot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's what I mean. Sorry, sorry, yeah, he just said, let's go over to you.
Speaker 2:We didn't actually say Right, sorry, I thought you meant.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was just trying to listen out to see if he said like a name. But he didn't. He just said right over to team three. He's done a Kenny Everett impression there. Terrible Kenny Everett impression. Remember that Kenny Everett sketch we love, where Roger Stewart's arse was getting bigger and bigger and he flies into the air. Fantastic yeah.
Speaker 2:I think they're all. These are some of the easiest questions.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah, that's something like what number do you get if you multiply days in a week by the eggs in the egg that question was actually what normal people who pull a cracker might multiply it by two or whatever.
Speaker 1:What do you get Four. Parat is here now. He's dancing, he's loving it as well. And if Parat is a character in the old Parat, did he ever win it? He don't forget he did.
Speaker 2:He won the World Championship yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean, he's obviously a character I don't. I'm not really into that. I'm no more about it now than I did this era, but I never remember it being up there like Davis and Andre.
Speaker 2:No, no, it's not a player, but no, not, not elite level. I would say I suppose I win a World Championship.
Speaker 1:You have to be good, we're about Willie Thorn. What were you like? Yeah, I like Willie Thorn. The video out there, actually, willie Thorn and Garrett Linnaker, like I don't know what it is, just them two Like you're a bit of like, a bit of Jack the lad.
Speaker 2:weren't I A bit of a boozer?
Speaker 1:You were on a what's he called Er. In fact, it's football. He used to sing at end.
Speaker 2:Er er. Yeah, sorry, my video pause. Then I don't know if. I'm behind you. I'm on 1637 38.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, yeah, I'm on 56. So somebody can get to 56 and I'll er.
Speaker 2:Parrot's running around the table. 4748, 4950. 4556.
Speaker 1:So he's doing well here, parrot, he's already got four.
Speaker 2:He just missed one there. I should have put it yeah should be in the lead here.
Speaker 1:He's got five no he's got six. You got, did he get six? Then I thought he got five.
Speaker 2:I thought there were 10 reds to start with? Obviously not.
Speaker 1:Yeah, five, so they're all on five, then I mean you've got to be a good player to fucking pop whilst dressed as a cartoon.
Speaker 2:I reckon I could get five there. I'm not dressed like that, yeah.
Speaker 1:Any outfit, Every single one of them. I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure it's like raising money for cancer research. Like every single one of them.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, just might as well just give them all money, aren't they?
Speaker 1:The sudden death there? So whoever gets this one wrong, or whatever it is that he's going home, going home empty-handed oh really, one leaves. That's what he says. One leaves. Yeah, davidson's making a little wisecrack there. Who do you want to see go? Liam, probably you, or without now? Yeah, the way the same, but she did. The one one that we don't know is actually got that one wrong, so we're going to lose over all. Or Craig Charles? Yeah, looks like it, davidson. Do you know? Davidson wants a way to stay, don't I? Yeah, he's actually just been a little like, as I said it, he's like looking at the camera and like yeah, like his eyebrows are like.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like his eyebrows are like he's listening. Which film sequel was publicised with the phrase? Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water? Yeah, Zoe's got it Zoe's jumped straight in Craig.
Speaker 1:Charles is going home, just won't crack in the back. I see again. Remember when he got done for that. I don't like Craig Charles. I don't want to slide him off. Maybe this is how you thought it, except to go on first. We were right happy to be here as well, weren't it, Craig Charles?
Speaker 2:Yeah, this video's paused again. It's ridiculous. Ah man, what you on, hold on, hold on. I'll skip ahead to you, he's not doing anything in a minute. Didn't like Craig Charles going 1906. Just read out your seconds live 1907,08,09,10,11,12,13.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we on.
Speaker 2:I'm within about half a second of you.
Speaker 1:This is it. It's not as well as the E-mom one, to be fair, but no, we might have to put that on these watchable ones, because they're hard work, aren't they? Yeah, yeah, well, yeah, we're going to do it to save time, really, but we can probably just save enough time. We might as well just do some clip-less shows as live radio shows, rather than watch them all. We'll see. I'm not giving up, josh, yet Virgo is the only point of Virgo being there.
Speaker 2:Not really. I mean, he's needed in the canning.
Speaker 1:Oh, he's just said it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, virgo's trick shots coming out. I think this is for charity, isn't it? I think he sets them up a shot if they get it right, to get something for charity, is that right?
Speaker 1:I think we've lost because it's Steve Davidson. Pray Charles, isn't it?
Speaker 2:He's really in the roles Steve Davis, he's stood more on.
Speaker 1:Talking of Red Dwarf, one of the people who shared it was Cap.
Speaker 2:Danny Jules Johnson.
Speaker 1:Danny Jules Johnson.
Speaker 2:Is it Jules Johnson?
Speaker 1:Danny Jules. Something isn't it. Yeah, he loved it. I know I probably wouldn't have picked him out as a Danny Jules. Yeah, that's it, good man. So he's done the trick shot.
Speaker 2:He shares a trick shot. It hits a full pack of Reds. One of the Reds and the Y follow each other into the pocket and nothing else moves.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure the trick shot.
Speaker 2:I think the rest of them just glued together, aren't they? I don't know. I don't know why none of the rest of the balls were moved. He was speculating that the Y shouldn't have gone in there.
Speaker 1:Oh really.
Speaker 2:John's playing dumb just saying yeah, it should have.
Speaker 1:Right go down. Well, it's not a bad prize. He's won £150 from there.
Speaker 2:I think, craig.
Speaker 1:Charles has got to do it to win the money. Oh, has Craig Charles got to do this trick? He's got no chance. Surely he's not a professional snooker player.
Speaker 2:No, but he set him up a little trick shot. He's not asking for a 147.
Speaker 1:Could you do this?
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:Fuck off, you're not doing this.
Speaker 2:He's just telling him where to hit the balls oh. Yeah, I told you, they're all stuck together so that's just a fix popped up.
Speaker 1:No, davis is loving this, isn't he?
Speaker 2:He's doing it. He does like a just non-descript camp voice sometimes, doesn't he?
Speaker 1:It's not an impression of anyone in particular, it's just an accent great on footage out there from Jim Davis and we're pretending we're walking down some steps.
Speaker 2:I've not seen that done in about 35 years. Yeah, we're gonna be able to generally walk down some steps where you can crouch down as you go. He's better than that, I know. Whatever you think he's better than that.
Speaker 1:Davidson Virgo, what were you like as a player?
Speaker 2:Again. Yeah good, I don't think elite, just just good to think a good player.
Speaker 1:Yeah, do you know the thing about this game show out of the way. I might have mentioned this before. A court case in 1998 found that Mike Kempen, terry Marbell, who were the creators, actually stole the idea from minicab driver roger mechoff. Birmingham Post reported that he was awarded 100,000 pound in damages and a one third of the share in the Formal. How do you come up with this game is like, if you're not a, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2:Yeah, have we mentioned that before? Yeah, ta ta ta. Taxi driver tell it there more. They can't remember the story.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it's right, proper taxi driver. I've got a right idea for you, mate.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't know how much you can come on.
Speaker 1:I've got a right idea for you.
Speaker 2:You answer questions to get time. Well, I don't know. Do you think you should have any claims at all? You've got to do something with it.
Speaker 1:I mean I could do one now if you want magic. I think this was taken over by a gold program for their presenter by Jim Davidson, which never really took off. But we could do one about penalty shoreline. Peter Krauss would be up for it. He fucking loves everything. So what you say is you get free celebs or whatever and you say I answer these questions. Then Peter Krauss gets five penalties against David Seaman or something you know me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm with you in principle, but yeah, I think we'd have to do more with it than that.
Speaker 1:But presented by Jim Davidson. That's it done.
Speaker 2:I bet, like in a couple of months, that'll turn up now with Davidson presenting it.
Speaker 1:Yes, who do you think will present that sort of show nowadays?
Speaker 2:uh, I don't know why it's got to be like um Well, we go to Danny Dyer too often, but kind of like. Yeah, I think it'll be um worried as you could call it, the, the long and short of it, and Warwick Davis asked questions and then, uh, peter Krauss, krauss, I like that yeah, krauss and Warwick, dave, get this, get this is yeah again.
Speaker 1:I was like imagine the taxi driver going or take what my god idea for a show.
Speaker 2:Well, you could do like um. So yeah, we stick the similar sort of like long and short of it, or tall as short of it, but Warwick Davis takes penalties against Peter Krauss, but the net is double to its normal size and then Krauss takes them against Davis, but the net is halved.
Speaker 1:Ah, that's a great idea. It's kind of scaled proportion, yeah, so questions. It was, so he's presenting it and being gone.
Speaker 2:I'm not. I don't want to present anymore now. I thought let's get Jim Davidson back.
Speaker 1:Just get Davidson back. Yeah, dave Davidson. Yeah, virgo Is Davidson and Les Dennis dream team. Yeah, that would be good. That's here. Nothing's happening here, by the way. We're not.
Speaker 2:There's some little guys come on here. I assume he's famous, but I've got so tired and looks so Old and tired. I'm sure he's a lovely, lovely man.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know who he is, he looks like he didn't know who he is.
Speaker 2:to be fair, he's really confused, doesn't he?
Speaker 1:Davidson likes him. Davidson shook his hand. Uh, so we've only got like what? Just over 10 minutes left.
Speaker 2:I don't know who he was, by the way, I'm not, I'm not sure, I'm off. I've got no idea what, what he was, what he was, but what he was there for, like, is he representing a charity or something or what?
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:It just came out and told and he went.
Speaker 1:Turned into the final. Now it's woman and we don't know when. Parrot versus zowie ball and terry griffus Tales. Zowie ball looked absolute, so the caster uh heads of tails there like he was gonna go first. Zowie ball lost. She looks absolutely like Petrified, not even like margins, like oh my god, I've lost this is so the.
Speaker 2:We'll try and describe it as they go. It's something like Part of red right, shown us a little bit part of red, 10 points. Then you could choose your color Based on its value. It's worth more so green, 30, brown, 40, blue, 50, pink, 60, black, 70. I think there's something to do with questions as well related, but I'm not sure how that works. I don't know if, before they go for a color, that they have to answer the question.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, davidson's got the white ball. Where's the white ball going?
Speaker 2:He's doing a sort of camp thing again without any reason.
Speaker 1:So parrot starts.
Speaker 2:After off the back cushion into the back of the reds. Not a very good break.
Speaker 1:It's funny he shows up because someone in the background, really quiet, went out. Good break. I don't know if it was davidson.
Speaker 2:No, I'm not, if you're supposed to leave a pot, which he was, so now he's had to go into him again, although he's found himself a lovely little plant in there.
Speaker 1:So he knows what he's doing. Parrot mate, I mean, it looked like he was what he's doing.
Speaker 2:She's dressed as a fucking cut nothing on there, so he's just pushed a black near the pocket. She's now got answer question based on that. Yeah, don't me, it's just don't me, I don't know, she is her Dalmatians, dalmatians parrot wants the black ball, but he wants to rest, so he's got to wait for vergo.
Speaker 1:Oh there, you go a bit slow then to get him rest. To be fair, yeah, it's got to go.
Speaker 2:Right, he's a good shot, that one straight down the cushion Left the red he wants to drop on another black, I'm guessing. Ah, that's not good. That's not good from john.
Speaker 1:I wonder how parrot feels that he was supposed to be the vergo of this. Is you think he like holding a resentment?
Speaker 2:Uh, no, because would it be around this time? He went on to do question of sport. I think that that worked very well.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I Really, my colleagues really did that certain what I wrote. We uh bowman and uh hues.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then it were uh, bowman and beefy botham for a bit.
Speaker 1:Oh, beefy botham.
Speaker 2:Yeah, of course it were, yeah and then it were, there may well be some additional transition in there. But then I remember parrot and McCoy's, and then, uh, matt dorson got involved. Oh, who's doing it now? Tuffers did it as well.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:It had the Paws, didn't it? And now it's paddy mcginnis is presented.
Speaker 1:Of course he's paddy mcginnis.
Speaker 2:Times nearly up 250 pound he's got another red. Wow, great shot to finish on the black.
Speaker 1:Yeah, brilliant, absolutely fantastic ending that from harry 330.
Speaker 2:Don't know if that's going on. It seems pretty decent.
Speaker 1:He's the the raffy about it. Davidson's pointing at him.
Speaker 2:So now, it's 94, so this is what 30 years ago. Yeah, so is it roughly double it every 10 years, roughly, is it so yeah?
Speaker 1:it's not actually that much, is it?
Speaker 2:No, it's not that much.
Speaker 1:So now we've got terry griffith, who has to be 330, very, very unruffled, so it all seems like a smart woman, though on there she's got every question right so far. So she might yeah, she's smart, yeah, you're very bulk at that. Saying is bobby ball, as you called him.
Speaker 2:What is he? Johnny ball, is it.
Speaker 1:Johnny ball in it.
Speaker 2:Bobby ball Bobby ball all right, break all right.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm not sure. I just said Terry looks a bit tired, so it all looks petrified.
Speaker 2:Good shot.
Speaker 1:Good start.
Speaker 2:Rolls in the red along the cushion. He's not really got a color, or he's not got a black anyway. No, I don't know why he's played that. That's a ridiculous shot.
Speaker 1:He's playing shy. He's missed the right easy red there. He's leaving Zoe with some right words. Come on, terry, you missed another one.
Speaker 2:Virgo answered the question forward, actually didn't know it. Which interesting snooker player is known as the nugget? I didn't know it, though, to myself, steve Davis, this, um, I don't know. I don't know. Does he know he's playing his balls? He's basically gone over half way, well, pretty much over half way.
Speaker 1:And he's got 10 pounds so far. Bear in mind Paragot 330. He can't put a ball. What's he doing? Is he pissed? You reckon he's known for being slow, but he's not known for being shy. I don't know. He's part of the blight. So he's up to 80 at least, but he's not. But what is he doing?
Speaker 2:Not good enough. I can't add this one to the word Virgo's, setting him up for another blight just to get some extra points for charity.
Speaker 1:I mean, if I were, Paragot here, I'd be saying what you're doing? You've nipped my job and now you're trying to defeat me. So he's got 160 pounds, which was fucking shit and he didn't deserve that. It's only because Virgo cheated for him If. I was not a ball, I'd be having words Back stage. Well played, paragot. Pissed it, absolutely pissed it, paragot. And that woman that we don't know won.
Speaker 2:Davidson goes over and gives a big kiss to the ball Slightly over the top, would you say.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I don't know If we just look at into things because we know Davidson's past. Why the f***, would say that I think he just likes a lady, doesn't he? Yeah, I'm not suggesting inappropriate.
Speaker 2:Just yeah, just, it didn't shock me to see that he lent in for a big kiss then.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think yeah. I wouldn't have been surprised if Virgo tried to ask her for a date. Mind you, should we go out with FatBloislem? Do you want to go out with FatBloislem here, won't you? I don't know, no probably not. Fatbloislem is f***ing in heaven, jim Dutton is f***ing in heaven.
Speaker 2:So Final, Final round. Is it Final round?
Speaker 1:make or break. This is for more money. Obviously, Zovaul's got it all and we're slow man.
Speaker 2:Griffis and they just parry it. Jp's got a break off. Don't know what the aim is. Seems alright, it's not bad. Jon says Virgo, Not bad. So if she gets 5 questions right he can remove 5 balls from the table. And he's got to clear up. So every question gets a ball removed. Looks tricky. So money that they've got so far Do you like?
Speaker 1:every time it shows you what they're going to win and stuff. You get the big break. Bit of the tune, don't you? Ball, ball, ball.
Speaker 2:Alright. So the prize they get is depending on how far he gets. So if he gets up to the blue he gets a grand. Pink is 1200, so black must be 1500.
Speaker 1:You confident for him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, I think they might, because it's Christmas charity one. I think Virgo's big pause might be on there helping him out. We'll see. It's quite ignorant of us to not have found out who this woman is, especially when she's won. Yeah, we'll have a quick look at you. I think it's probably what Virgo would want no Christmas big break 1994.
Speaker 1:She's got 2.
Speaker 2:She's got 3.
Speaker 1:She's got all 5.
Speaker 2:I think she got one wrong, but he said that'll do so. They are trying to help Mal, but that eats into her time, so the questions she took did come from the overall time. Yeah, jp now gets to pick 5 balls to take off the table, so he's going to take out one other question, obviously.
Speaker 1:I'm trying to find out what this woman is, but I can't find Marti Kane.
Speaker 2:She's quite like a posh speaking woman.
Speaker 1:I think it might be Marti Kane. Yeah, marti Kane sadly no longer with us. Wow, she died the year after this 1995, 4th of November, basically a year to the day. Guess where she's from.
Speaker 2:Barnsley.
Speaker 1:Bethel Chapel Town. How do I know this woman there?
Speaker 2:goes a little bit there because he missed his first one. Stop, stop, stop, Just stop it with the cue you are would. Yeah, he did.
Speaker 1:I've heard of. Marti Kane. Anyway, that's what he did.
Speaker 2:He stitched himself up there. He potted a yellow, thinking he'd wiped the yellow out. He potted the yellow after the red, so he had to go and put another yellow. He's messed up there. I think he's still got time. It's going to be tight.
Speaker 1:It's going to be really tight. He's got 30 seconds left just over.
Speaker 2:He's got a green, difficult brown, plays it long. I think I'll tell you what it's a great shot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, beautiful from the parrot.
Speaker 2:This is tricky. Brilliant blue in the middle.
Speaker 1:Yeah, brilliant blue, I think he might do this, he's running around in his way.
Speaker 2:he doesn't need Virgo anymore. Virgo, yeah, Virgo has helped him out of pink.
Speaker 1:Were that going in or?
Speaker 2:I don't know he's done it.
Speaker 1:I don't think he needed assistance then.
Speaker 2:Maybe. Well, he certainly didn't need a big rabbit running about in front of him when he didn't need him to do it, so maybe he was just putting things right in the world. Yeah, he's got a price for charity back then. He's not bad at all 330 plus to 1500, 1830 for charity 1830, yeah. Well done.
Speaker 1:Jake 1800,. David's is delighted. That's it, and that is big, big break. Yeah, Lights down, Lights down. We'll get the theme tune again. And that is another watch along done.
Speaker 2:Shall we go to the end that's your company, because it tells us yeah, it is Mike Kane. Charlie Drake must have been that other guy. I've got no idea.
Speaker 1:Charlie Drake. Let me have a look at Charlie Drake is before we wrap up. Charlie Drake is, I imagine he's no longer with us as well. Now, 2006, though another yeah, he, oh, he's here. His catchphrase were hello, my darlings.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I would never in it.
Speaker 1:No, not really. Yeah, so right. So that's big break Living with me.
Speaker 2:Big break done in the can. Still a few issues with the recording. We'll think about that. We'll think about whether what's on the way forward on a live event, you can at least you always know you're at the same point on a pre-record if it starts to stutter, causes issues. But anyway, that's another one done, a good one, though I enjoyed it. I do like big break. We're going in with a real big hit. Next, though, aren't we?
Speaker 1:Oh, next right, I've never. I've never seen this before. I didn't even know it existed. But as soon as I saw it I thought we've got to do it. We're doing the 1988 Christmas special of the Les Dennis laughter show.
Speaker 2:Yeah it's on YouTube. It's not a watch song. We're going to pre-watch it, so don't worry about messing about with all that sort of stuff. Yeah, if you haven't been. Yeah, like I say, it is on YouTube. We're actually going to go straight into the next recording, but for everybody listening, thanks for sticking with us. You'll hear the next one in a few days and yeah, it's the great Les Dennis.
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