To wish quiz show hosts

[StabbyCat]

Would just get on with it?

Ok ask the name and occupation of the contestant. That’s all I care to hear thanks.

I don’t care what they’d spend the money on.
I don’t care if they’ve got a funny story about a bucket. It won’t be funny.
I don’t care what their hobbies are.

Just get on with the quiz/game.

I record them then ffwd on the boring bits. I used to like Pointless but the chit chat is getting longer; and I have to hear Alexander Armstrong saying "thank you very much indeed" with the frequency he does I shall scream. To be fair though, i cant think of anything else for him to say

I think it is painfully obvious that every contestant on 1% club has been asked to prepare a funny story about themselves in case they are asked. Lee Mack is presumably told who to chat to next. TBF to him he often does manage to spin it and make the material funnier than it would otherwise be.

Yes!! This used to drive me wild about Eggheads, which was the absolute worst for waffling on (I think because they wanted to make themselves sound clever like the actual Eggheads).
"It can't be A for x reason and it can't be B for y reason so it must be C because blah, blah, blah"
Shut the fuck up, Nigel, and answer the question.

I hate it 😒 I can't concentrate on working out the answer because he won't shut the eff up 😫

I've actually been on Eggheads and they literally want you to do that. When we did the auditions, the people that didn't get through were the ones who just gave an answer and didn't explain it.

On my go on the show, me and Egghead Dave were level pegging after the multiple choice (we got 2 out of 3 right each) and so we went to sudden death. Both of us then answered 3 sudden death questions correct each and then on the 4th one, he got his right and I got mine wrong. So we had 7 questions each in total.

However when it came to airing the show, all they aired was our 3 multiple choice questions, 1 of the sudden death ones we got right each and then the final question each. But they filled the show with what you call the waffle. I just think it is what they want!

This is really interesting! Thank you for explaining. And what a great experience - well done.

Yes. Of course they’re told to have a funny story. And Lee will know what it is and have time to prepare his responses. So why aren’t his responses funnier.

I know, I’m such a banana for not reading the title “Big Fat Comedy Show of the Year” properly.

You may as well replace Bradley Walsh with a robot. He just cannot get off script. Every line is identical , every show. The only ad libs come from the chasers. Well past its sell by date.

He's not funny at all. I record 1% club and get it down to around 20 minutes because I can't stand the wittering

I can’t stand him, mostly because of that clip. It might be that funny if you’re 12 years old, but come on..

I had to stop watching The 1% Club because it was more filler than quiz. And because whenever Lee asks someone what they do for a living ("I'm an accountant") he immediately replies "Are you?" Every freaking time.

Totally agree. It drives me nuts on Pointless, especially during the first round. I don't care about whether Stephen from Slough likes playing the didgeridoo in his boxers on a Tuesday evening. Just get on with the round!

Totally agree. I hate small talk and seeing others doing it is cringe. I care not about the contestants’ lives. Most of the time you can tell the hosts don’t care either.

The 30seconds skip button is perfect for pointless and the small talk before each round!

This has been annoying me too! Seems relatively new, assuming they are being told to explain their reasoning. Most of the time they are just guessing.

This is why University Challenge reigns supreme. No chitchat at all after Amol has welcomed the players and run through the rules. Marvellous.

I don't watch Mastermind, but my Mum does, so I see it sometimes. I see that's been ruined too by having the winner rabbit on for the final minute or too. Not interested! Put in another couple of questions instead.

I'd love to apply for the one percent club but I have zero funny stories to tell.

Just like most of the people who do go on it, then!

Just make up a hilarious quirky thing you want to spend the 100k on. Easy.

YES!!!
And l love the Chase but this annoys me too.

Don’t get me started on Richard and house of games! Love the quiz itself so I do continue to watch but he’s infuriating.
If someone is consistently winning (due to being the best at answering the questions!) then he will start talking about how “we” need to stop them and unfairly disadvantage the winning person by either giving them far less time than the others or randomly handing out extra points or giving clues to the others. Very occasionally contestants call him out on it (Sara pascoe comes to mind) and he really doesn’t like it.
He also is like a little kid putting his hand up at school when no one knows the answer and wants to let everyone know that he knew the answer. I could go on but he’s just so annoying.

I think the complete opposite. I cringe when Lee Mack tries to be funny; it’s awful. I so wish we could fast forward.

It drives me bonkers, I couldn’t give a shiney shit what Dave from Manchester does for a living, how many kids he’s got and what his hobbies are!
But then I hate small talk anyway. I can’t bear the inane Monday morning chit chat at work “hello Anon, how was your weekend, what did you get up to? Bla bla bla….”
I just answer “not much” and never reciprocate the question🤣

Good call. University Challenge is probably the only quiz left that doesn't waste time with inane chit chat.