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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Chelsea Thrasher on July 25, 2008, 08:09:27 PM
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First on Wednesday Des quit after 3 years. (http://\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/24/channel4.television1\")
Then today, after having been on the program since it started nearly 26 years ago, Carol decided to leave *as well* (http://\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2460434/Carol-Vorderman-quits-Countdown.html\")
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Wow...that's a shocker. I wonder what they are going to do now, since the both faces of Countdown are going to be gone (Carol and Richard).
It's a real shame. It's a quality program.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'192101\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 07:09 PM\']
First on Wednesday Des quit after 3 years. (http://\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/24/channel4.television1\")
Then today, after having been on the program since it started nearly 26 years ago, Carol decided to leave *as well* (http://\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2460434/Carol-Vorderman-quits-Countdown.html\")
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I think that Channel 4 ought to think about letting Countdown go out on a high note here. I've actually preferred Des O to Richard Whiteley, but I think it's been shaken up enough times in the last few years and there's only so much you can do to the game format to keep it fresh.
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I think they should hire Stacey Hayes.
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[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'192107\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:38 PM\']I think that Channel 4 ought to think about letting Countdown go out on a high note here. I've actually preferred Des O to Richard Whiteley, but I think it's been shaken up enough times in the last few years and there's only so much you can do to the game format to keep it fresh.[/quote]
There certainly are comparisons that could be made to a certain American daytime game show that long since passed over into "landmark" territory. A British friend of mine now living over here tells me that while there is still a cult following for the show, it is typically seen by the general public as a series old people watch.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'192108\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:40 PM\']I think they should hire Stacey Hayes.[/quote]Why? Because she was born in England?
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'192120\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:17 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'192108\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:40 PM\']I think they should hire Stacey Hayes.[/quote]Why? Because she was born in England?[/quote]
No, because she should be sitting on my <BLANK>.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'192120\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 11:17 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'192108\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:40 PM\']I think they should hire Stacey Hayes.[/quote]Why? Because she was born in England?
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Because the game would move faster (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=4851&view=findpost&p=49456\"), of course. ;)
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[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'192238\' date=\'Jul 27 2008, 02:14 PM\']Because the game would move faster (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=4851&view=findpost&p=49456\"), of course. ;)[/quote]I'm now officially upset that I was not actively around years ago. Sure, we've got our abbas and our bobbys, but I sure wish I could've been there for characters like that. =)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7675710.stm (http://\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7675710.stm\")
The search for new Countdown presenters (I love this word) has ended.
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Article on Rachel Riley (http://\"http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1088245/Essex-girl-fresh-Oxford-graduate--22-replaces-Carol-Vorderman-Countdown.html\"), the new Carol.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'202243\' date=\'Nov 23 2008, 07:47 PM\']
Article on Rachel Riley (http://\"http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1088245/Essex-girl-fresh-Oxford-graduate--22-replaces-Carol-Vorderman-Countdown.html\"), the new Carol.
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Very classy-looking. Cynic in me would be expecting a navel-bareing type with spiky or very long hair, which seems to fit most of the 20something "presenters" on British TV.
I also assume that she doesn't affect a cockney/working class accent, which is also something most of the young hosts do (even if they went to Oxford or Cambridge).
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'202288\' date=\'Nov 24 2008, 04:30 PM\']
I also assume that she doesn't affect a cockney/working class accent, which is also something most of the young hosts do (even if they went to Oxford or Cambridge).
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Given that the link describes her as an "Essex girl," don't count on her sounding too posh. (Jamie Oliver comes to mind as an example of an Essex accent.)