Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
Just what is going on with the British popular taste?
The next time you take a sicky, be sure to tune in late afternoon on Channel 4. Nestled cosily between Countdown and Richard and Judy you'll find Deal or No Deal, presented by "Mr Crinkley Bottom" himself, Noel Edmunds.
Firstly, I have a shameful declaration to make:
I actually quite like Noel Edmunds.
I know. It's sad. He's kind of like my TV Dad. I grew up with him presenting Saturday Morning Kid's TV, in the form of the seminal Swap Shop. (Bonus question: Swap Shop was better than Tiswas. Discuss.)
Later on he fulfilled the Dad role by being excrutiatingly embarrassing in public. Oh yeah, he also has more than a passing resemblance to my real Dad.
I also quite enjoy Deal or No Deal. It's a guilty little pleasure, the kind of show you know you shouldn't like but you do anyway. It's such a simple little concept: give someone a box with a random amount of money in it, and try to tempt them into selling the box for a guaranteed sum. Basic concept, but thanks to Noel shamelessly hamming it up and building tension it works really well. Plus, he genuinely seems to like the contestants and enjoy what he's doing.
So Noel has successfully begun his rehabilitation into popular culture. The Beard is back.
Meanwhile, in pop-land, another hairy wonder is enjoying a renaissance. Leo Sayer, he of the frizzy locks and 70s hits like "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", is tipped for Number 1 next week with a dance re-mix of "Thunder in My Heart".
Hair is obviously back in fashion!
The next time you take a sicky, be sure to tune in late afternoon on Channel 4. Nestled cosily between Countdown and Richard and Judy you'll find Deal or No Deal, presented by "Mr Crinkley Bottom" himself, Noel Edmunds.
Firstly, I have a shameful declaration to make:
I actually quite like Noel Edmunds.
I know. It's sad. He's kind of like my TV Dad. I grew up with him presenting Saturday Morning Kid's TV, in the form of the seminal Swap Shop. (Bonus question: Swap Shop was better than Tiswas. Discuss.)
Later on he fulfilled the Dad role by being excrutiatingly embarrassing in public. Oh yeah, he also has more than a passing resemblance to my real Dad.
I also quite enjoy Deal or No Deal. It's a guilty little pleasure, the kind of show you know you shouldn't like but you do anyway. It's such a simple little concept: give someone a box with a random amount of money in it, and try to tempt them into selling the box for a guaranteed sum. Basic concept, but thanks to Noel shamelessly hamming it up and building tension it works really well. Plus, he genuinely seems to like the contestants and enjoy what he's doing.
So Noel has successfully begun his rehabilitation into popular culture. The Beard is back.
Meanwhile, in pop-land, another hairy wonder is enjoying a renaissance. Leo Sayer, he of the frizzy locks and 70s hits like "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", is tipped for Number 1 next week with a dance re-mix of "Thunder in My Heart".
Hair is obviously back in fashion!
If you were under the age of about 12 then Swap Shop was indeed better than TISWAS. If you were older or an adult then TISWAS ruled.
I prefered Swap Shop at the time but having watched various repeats of both shows. TISWAS is still funny in an anarchic way and Swap Shop is tame and dull.
Care to reveal who you are, Anon? :-)
I liked Noels House Party...there I said it. It was good family fun and I just think Noel went to far with the format.
I did see OTT. Over the top by name & the TV version of the Sunday Sport.
Good for a naughty 11 year old though.
But back to your point, Daytime TV is possibly one of the reasons why I dont own a TV. There may be the odd nugget in there, but you have to do a lot of prospecting to find it.
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