Tag: Noel Edmonds
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When Giftbusters Invented NTV
Before his House Party, Noel did a Saturday Roadshow. It introduced a number of segments and items that would later be developed and refined in his Crinkley Bottom. The Gotchas, Wait Till I Get You Home, and the gunge tank all appeared on the Roadshow, and so did Giftbusters. This was clearly where the idea…
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Gloria’s Gotcha Back For Noel
After the tragedy that ended The Late Late Breakfast Show, Noel Edmonds returned to Saturday evenings in 1988 with his Saturday Roadshow. This time it wasn’t broadcast live, but it retained many elements of its predecessor, and found the feet of much of what was to become House Party. The first Gotcha Oscar (as they…
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Baldrick On Clown Court
When I was growing up, there seemed to be a line drawn between alternative comedy and mainstream comedy. It was all a bit artibrary, and that line was blurry even from the beginning. Paul Jackson worked on The Young Ones and The Two Ronnies, Girls On Top was on ITV in peak time. But it…
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Noel Meets Shatner (Sans Bassoon)
In another one of those incongruous TV moments through the years, here’s a series of sketches starring William Shatner and Noel Edmonds. They featured in Noel’s New York House Party, which aired, live from New York, on March 15, 1997. This was because TC1 at Television Centre, the usual home of Crinkly Bottom, was being…
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A Dutch Blobby
Let’s be honest, the only reason this post exists is because I am a child and found the title too funny to ignore. Anyway. Noel’s House Party sold to five overseas territories. Here’s the Dutch version, called Monte Carlo, which aired on RTL4. https://twitter.com/chuckthomasuk/status/1297364881793003520?s=20 And here’s a trailer for it. The Belgian version was called…
