I managed to get through on the phone lines and speak to him on swap shop back in the 70's. Saw him at the goodwood revival a couple of weeks ago and he had a rascal white Suit on!
Deal or no Deal is the cringest show I have ever seen, and that is 50% down to him and 50% down to the wet "family" format that they try and get all the guests to take.
If Deal Or No Deal is on, then I do sometimes watch it and get interested. As a format for a game show, it is actually very good.
But agreed that all of the other things they try and do to give it 'personality' can make it cringeworthy. Clapping in unison as a box is being opened....what on earth is that about.
And then a bloody red box is opened. "Oh.....its alright, no that is alright...." No its bloody not! That's not the point of the game!
Deal or no Deal is the cringest show I have ever seen, and that is 50% down to him and 50% down to the wet "family" format that they try and get all the guests to take.
how they try and pass off that picking boxes with random numbers on has a tactic or skill to it, is the worst bit about it.
Deal or no Deal is the cringest show I have ever seen, and that is 50% down to him and 50% down to the wet "family" format that they try and get all the guests to take.
how they try and pass off that picking boxes with random numbers on has a tactic or skill to it, is the worst bit about it.
Yeah exactly... "Simon, don't you dare reveal £250,000 in that box... OH MY GOD SIMON WHAT HAVE YOU DONE"
For some reason, very few things wind me up, but that really winds me up.
He's quite mad. There's a great article by Jon Ronson about him, written after Deal or No Deal took off.
"I wrote to the cosmos that I would like to meet a woman who'll make me laugh and make me happy," Noel tells me. "I wrote that I'd like a relationship that's not too heavy, with an attractive lady, and I'd like her to walk into my life by the end of September 2005. And she did!"
There is a short silence.
"She wasn't the person who sold her story to the Sunday People back in July, was she?" I ask.
He's quite mad. There's a great article by Jon Ronson about him, written after Deal or No Deal took off.
"I wrote to the cosmos that I would like to meet a woman who'll make me laugh and make me happy," Noel tells me. "I wrote that I'd like a relationship that's not too heavy, with an attractive lady, and I'd like her to walk into my life by the end of September 2005. And she did!"
There is a short silence.
"She wasn't the person who sold her story to the Sunday People back in July, was she?" I ask.
Strange bloke but you have to say he is not only a survivor but he is very smart. I mean look how much success he has acheived with a game that is basically guessing whats inside a box!
Just thinking I cant believe he is still going strong all these years after I used to watch him on bloody Swap Shop - an early eBay? - in the early 1980s as a kid.
Good on him for that at least - but whatever happened to Maggie Philbin?
I managed to get through on the phone lines and speak to him on swap shop back in the 70's. Saw him at the goodwood revival a couple of weeks ago and he had a rascal white Suit on!
Strange bloke but you have to say he is not only a survivor but he is very smart. I mean look how much success he has acheived with a game that is basically guessing whats inside a box!
It is the ultimate game show for thickies, hence the success - they can play along at home and then be really proud when their guess matches the box with the big money in.
I liked House Party and Noel has never done me any harm. Jon Ronson on the other hand I have met, and he is a complete knob.
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But agreed that all of the other things they try and do to give it 'personality' can make it cringeworthy. Clapping in unison as a box is being opened....what on earth is that about.
And then a bloody red box is opened. "Oh.....its alright, no that is alright...." No its bloody not! That's not the point of the game!
For some reason, very few things wind me up, but that really winds me up.
Good on him for that at least - but whatever happened to Maggie Philbin?
1.For wearing a white suit
and
2. Just for being Noel Edmunds
I liked House Party and Noel has never done me any harm. Jon Ronson on the other hand I have met, and he is a complete knob.