The Almost Impossible Gameshow

Revision as of 23:20, 27 April 2020

Host

Voiceover: The Rubberbandits (Dave Chambers and Bob McGlynn)

Broadcast

Initial for ITV2, 1 October 2015 to 11 May 2016 (12 episodes in 2 series)

Synopsis

Contestants are tasked with completing straightforward but difficult challenges, with an inconsequential trophy on offer for those that succeed.

Each player has five challenges to complete and is allowed 50 failures over those five challenges. The challenges are designed to be difficult, almost impossible, such as shake baked goods off one's body in a few seconds. Fail any challenge fifteen times? Move on.

Or put on trousers while on a moving conveyor belt.

Key moments

The theme song, the first line of which is "It's not a gameshow, it's a way of life". You're half right - it's a game show, two words.

The very pleasant pre-sequencer background music used in the series; we heard a number of records from as far back as the 1950s. We just wish the commentators hadn't taken their attitudes towards women from that era though.

Catchphrases

It is very difficult to hear what the referees are saying to the contestant under the commentary. We think this is what they're saying:

"Fail!" - shouted by the anonymous referees after an unsuccessful attempt at a game.
"Game failed" - shouted if a contestant had expended a game's fifteen lives.
"Game over" - shouted if a contestant expands all fifty of their lives.

Web links

British Comedy Guide entry

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 It's not a gameshow it's a way of life,<br/>
 Don't think about your children, forget about your wife<br/>
-You need to kiss the kids twice adjust your dreams<br/>
+You're amusing us by chasing your dreams<br/>
-But dressing up in costume's a bit strange<br/>
+While dressing up in costume's a bit strange<br/>
 It's not impossible<br/>
 The Almost Impossible Gameshow-->