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Pointless or The Chase?

114 replies

Timetobegood · 11/11/2019 17:41

Which one do you prefer?

It’s The Chase for me.

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20viona · 11/11/2019 22:09

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll
I know makes you wonder doesn't it! Love your name btw 😂

AppleKatie · 11/11/2019 22:10

It’s tough prefer the format of the chase but I do also like the question style of pointless (although there aren’t anywhere near enough questions per show on pointless...)

EnFinale · 11/11/2019 22:14

The chase is rigged, so... neither

IamMadameX · 11/11/2019 22:15

I prefer Pointless, also like Tenable, Head Hunters (catch up on iplayer first, cause same people on each time unless they win), love the Wall too

TheCunkOfPhilomena · 11/11/2019 22:22

Pointless.

And I can't understand the Armstrong hating - he's brilliant, as is Osman.

Foxyloxy1plus1 · 11/11/2019 22:23

Neither. They’re both dreadful. Can’t stand Xaaander and Richard Psman and there inane banter and not keen on Bradley Walsh.

riotlady · 11/11/2019 22:29

I like both but prefer the Chase as theres more questions and less inane nattering.

PollyFeather · 11/11/2019 22:39

@Dowser the Chase always goes off air for a few months each year. They can't film 365 episodes a year!

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 11/11/2019 22:46

It’s a very close call, but pointless just wins

Squiff70 · 11/11/2019 22:49

The Chase. I love it!

Justmuddlingalong · 11/11/2019 22:54

Any other chase fans try to guess which chaser the contestants will be facing? You do, don't you? 😄

MissLadyM · 11/11/2019 22:59

Alexander Armstrong's rambling and repeating everything is too much for me!

powershowerforanhour · 11/11/2019 23:14

Pointless. I used to watch it with my dad when he had dementia. You can have dementia badly enough to kill your interest in most other telly and still like Pointless it seems. Anything that stops a person with dementia being bored and miserable for half an hour is manna from heaven. I'll always have a soft spot for Pointless.

IndianaMoleWoman · 12/11/2019 06:40

@BeastBeater you have to tell us if you won! I’m guessing from your username that you faced Mark?

windyguff · 12/11/2019 06:47

Pointless

cliffdiver · 12/11/2019 06:50

The Chase.

BertrandRussell · 12/11/2019 06:52

House of Games

EssexGurl · 12/11/2019 08:53

Pointless.

Love Alexander and Richard together especially when they go off on a tangent.

BadLad · 12/11/2019 08:59

Prefer the Chase unless the Chaser is Paul. I don't dislike him. I just find all the other Chasers more fun to watch. Especially Anne.

I like both, though.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 12/11/2019 09:18

The Chase

Emeraldshamrock · 12/11/2019 09:21

The chase.

Nicklebox · 12/11/2019 10:03

@BeastBeater
How brave, i could never go on love the show but would be too scared of being the only one left for the final chase. I'd probably get the lowest score ever.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 12/11/2019 10:26

Pointless is the BEST!

We love it, I had TWO Pointless answers last night, and a sort of Pointless in the final...my random museum for category three was Pointless in category two. :o

I particularly like to predict answers as soon as the question is announced, like this week's Sleb edition had talky songs in the Head To Head, and I had three out before the options were shown.

Also like to try and guess whether Xander will go in for a full clinch, a peck on the cheek or a hearty manly handshake right at the end after the final....Bonus points if the contestant rebuffs his bear hug with a shoulder shake, or makes a grab for him when he has merely proffered a manly handshake :o

I am fifty and THIS is my life now.

KnifeAngel · 12/11/2019 10:27

The Chase definitely. We usually catch the end of Pointless if we turn straight over.

Redshoeblueshoe · 12/11/2019 10:31

The Chase.