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I miss Pointless and Eggheads

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LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 17:15

Bloody Wimbledon.

No Pointless or Eggheads.

There are still a few people who:

a) pay their licence fee

and

b) aren't obsessed by sport.

Well, okay.
There's me and the nice lady next door who get on very well usually but would go the full Villanelle on each other should the divine Richard Osman...

.....erm, sorry. Drifted off there.
So.... should the divine Richard Osman turn up at the end of the cul-de-sac beckoning us onwards.

Bloody tennis on BBC 1&2.

I miss shouting: "That's not an educated guess. It's a bloody Guess!!" and "You're not 'taking a punt' - it's the most obvious answer ever!" and "Really? So someone has given the very difficult answer you meant to give? So you have to fall back on the bloody bog-standard obvious answer! You're lying and I love it when Richard calls you on it (Xander wouldn't. Too nice).
Slightly Pointless-centric here so competitors on Eggheads: the answer isn't likely to be "straight down the middle". It's random!. Don't go crazy and cheer when your team member gets the first question right. It's the First Question! It's really easy....

My OH says he can't wait for Wimbledon to be over and the quizzes to start again.
He then says, meaningfully, "For different reasons".

Should I LTB?

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Magmatic80 · 05/07/2019 17:19

I’m with you! That’s our ‘getting tea ready and eating it’ tv. ‘My pointless friend’ is our favourite bit Grin

LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 17:20

Gah! Was in the middle of polishing this turd expressing myself beautifully when posting just happened.

Please imagine it reads like lovely literature. Blush

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Whatdoyouknowwhenyouknownowt · 05/07/2019 17:23

I have no idea why the BBC can't get with the times and put it on a red button or one of their many other channels. People can use more than 2 channels nowadays...

Butterchunks · 05/07/2019 17:23

Do you have challenge on your TV? Pointless is on 7pm

LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 17:23

My pointless friend’ is our favourite bit

To our shame, we point at the cat and yell, "Pointless cat!".

It's thrown my whole evening out of kilter.

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Butterchunks · 05/07/2019 17:25

Or if you want to get your Osman fix elsewhere try series 2 of taskmaster on ukplay ( maybe combined with a bit of hey duggee for some Xander?)

LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 17:33

Butterchunks

Angel!
Any Eggheads manques out there?

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flumpybear · 05/07/2019 17:36

I absolutely HATE Wimbledon 😡😡😡 bung it on bbc3 or Sky sports and be done with it!!

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 05/07/2019 17:38

I love the ban on saying "before my time" enforced by Richard and Xander.

I just generally love that, while they are very kind and sweet, they really don't suffer fools gladly.

Jinglejanglefish · 05/07/2019 17:40

I agree, tennis is so boring. I just want normal TV.

LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 18:10

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross

I love the ban on saying "before my time" enforced by Richard and Xander.
Yes! Like 1066 isn't before everybody's
time.

I just generally love that, while they are very kind and sweet, they really don't suffer fools gladly.

Uh huh. And that's why I love it more than Eggheads.
Jeremy Vine: Ah. Yes. I can see why you'd say black is white. But actually, it's not so. Gah! That's why they're eggheads".

But I still love Eggheads. And want to be Lisa.

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WoollyMummoth · 05/07/2019 18:16

Oh pointless and the lovely Richard🥰
I would be delighted if Eggheads stayed off the telly- set of pompous twats😡

electricmoogalo · 05/07/2019 18:22

I love it - tennis 🎾 followed by the darts 🎯 today ❤️ I don’t think I’ve ever watched a whole episode of either pointless or eggheads - roll on August when the footballs ⚽️ back

usernameuser · 05/07/2019 18:34

I would be delighted if Eggheads stayed off the telly- set of pompous twats😡

Pompous cheating twats I'm sure they get the answers beforehand

LaMarschallin · 05/07/2019 19:06

Pompous cheating twats I'm sure they get the answers beforehand

Gosh. Really?

I hope so, because that would explain why I'm not as good as them at knowing the answers.

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Tadpoletofrog · 05/07/2019 19:11

I love Pointless and Eggheads. Pat and Steve are my favourite eggs. I have to admit I find Lisa incredibly annoying, especially when she sings. I tend to mute when she talks, or pause and fast forward.

SwedishEdith · 05/07/2019 19:35

CJ de Mooi is not well is he?

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/eggheads-star-cj-de-mooi-14443479

Proseccoagain · 05/07/2019 22:30

Came back from holiday yesterday, put Eggheads on at 6pm, blasted tennis on yet again and all day, day after day for another week. Puts my evening out completely. 6pm is my sit down with a drink, watch Eggheads while dinner cooks time. What do I do now at 6 o'clock?

salty78 · 05/07/2019 22:43

I miss Antiques Roadtrip. When's that coming back?

Hmmmbop · 05/07/2019 22:46

Me too. I hate tennis.

xsquared · 05/07/2019 23:22

I miss Pointless too and wished we didn't have to wait so long before it's back on again. I've just applied to go on Pointless so fingers crossed that I get through!

Cruddles · 05/07/2019 23:36

Wimbledon sucks but eggheads is worse. Is that stupid old woman still an egghead? "Ooh eerr, I'm just an old dithery dear who doesn't know anything"

Names exact date of Nicaraguan Independence Day

"Oh lucky guess i suppose"

LaMarschallin · 06/07/2019 07:37

xsquared

Oh! If you do, pleeeease tell us about it.

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xsquared · 18/07/2019 11:23

Got an audition coming up. Wish me luck!

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