Mad for It
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Gladiator Wolf once appeared on the show, he didn't get gunged though, instead he picked up and put Pie Boy into the Dungeon of gunge, who was gunged at the end of the show. | Gladiator Wolf once appeared on the show, he didn't get gunged though, instead he picked up and put Pie Boy into the Dungeon of gunge, who was gunged at the end of the show. | ||
Revision as of 00:11, 21 August 2017
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Host
Mike McClean (and Yiolanda Tokkallos from 1998-9 / Danielle Nicholls and Nigel Mitchell from 2000)
Co-hosts
Alex Verrey as "Pie Boy"
Broadcast
Carlton for ITV, 2 September 1998 to 31 March 2000 (39 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
The brothers Gallagher have a lot to answer for. But first, a tirade on the world of the children's gameshow...
Why, oh why, oh why does any children's gameshow these days have to include: (a) Gunge, and (b) Some wacky, ker-ay-zee presenters? Apparently, it would appear today's children are easily pleased and need nothing but humiliation and shallowness. Three exceptions to the rule:
- Knightmare - a brilliant non-patronising adventure gameshow.
- Incredible Games - an affable The Crystal Maze-U-Like set in a tall building (supposedly)
- Get Your Own Back - while, yes, it has gunge and yes, it has a wacky host in the form of Dave Benson Phillips, at least it has some innovative games (apart from the ones that have probably been on It's a Knockout - oh...)
So what was Mad for It's excuse? Because yes, it had mad presenters, Mike McClean, who probably moonlights as Steve Coogan in his spare time, and Youlanda, a Nickelodeon presenter. And yes, it had gunge - all the losers in the show were rounded up and put in the Dungeon of Gunge where they were splattered at the end of the show.
But what of the games? Well, there was:
- Stars Up Their Noses - People get a 30-second slot to show off their particular talent and the winner was chosen by the Bedheads, a group of kids filmed live in their bedroom. Opportunity Knocks it isn't. Winners got vouchers to spend in the popular hardware chain MFI. Do you see what they did there? Another game also involved the Bedheads, usually involving running round the house to do things, followed by a custard pie when they inevitably lost.
- That's My Pet - trying to guess which pet is yours amongst similar looking things. That will be a random guess, then.
- How Far Will You Go? - Three people played horrible games, such as filling up a bucket of horse manure with your hands and finding shower caps and putting it on your head in lard. I'm sure Paul Ross and the Endurance UK team were quaking in their boots with that little lot!
- How Far by Car? - Dull phone-in where people attempted to guess how far it is from the Mad for It studios in Nottingham to wherever the Bedheads were, without going over.
All mixed together with interviews, phone in competitions, live acts from pop bands and "Pie Boy" (Alex Verrey) running about custard pieing random children, in the style of The Phantom Flan Flinger from Tiswas.
If you're a half-hour show which aims to really catch the youth of today, there's no time for wit when you're Mad for It!
Trivia
Gladiator Wolf once appeared on the show, he didn't get gunged though, instead he picked up and put Pie Boy into the Dungeon of gunge, who was gunged at the end of the show.
Over the course of the second series, all of the hosts of CITV were gunged at some point.
Web links
Pictures
Yiolanda and Mike - quite obviously Mad for It.Videos
An episode from the year 2000.
