Get Mucky
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Host
Broadcast
Anglia for Tyne Tees / ITV, 3 May 1986 to 27 August 1988 (as part of Get Fresh)
Synopsis
Get Mucky was the gameshow element in ITV's Saturday morning travelling extravaganza Get Fresh.
Two teams of two kids played. Or rather one person played - the "boffin", whilst the other one - the "fall guy", risked getting gunged if their teammate lost.
Whoever had the highest score after ninety seconds of playing a computer game (Starglider on an Atari ST, or shoot-em-up Xenon on an Amiga) won. Their teammate got to pull the cord releasing a bucket of gunge over their opponent's head. And that's it.
Key moments
As we remember, for some reason the end-of-level boss would drain away their points.
Catchphrases
"You're unlucky... so you're going to get MUCKY!!"
Inventor
Xenon was created by The Bitmap Brothers.
Theme music
Mick Jones of 'Big Audio Dynamite' fame.
Trivia
'Get Fresh' was one of a number of 80s ITV shows where production was shared from week-to-week among the regions - typically the smaller companies outside the so-called Big 5 (see also Harry Secombe's Highway)
Such initiatives were co-ordinated by Tyne Tees from a production office in London (in this case, under the helm of Janet Street-Porter), although 'Get Fresh' also had a number of fixed segments produced by certain companies, hence Anglia providing the game show segment.
