Tag: Noel's House Party
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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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Television Today (Then)
Each week in The Stage, there’s a section called Television Today, and it’s always a fascinating read. Especially old ones, available on The British Newspaper Archive. Let’s have a look at the edition from this week, back in 1993. We’ll start with a bit of a cheat, because this article is actually from the theatre…
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Pirates Of The Crinkley Bottom
There’s an interesting credit at the end of Noel’s House Party. It looks like this. It’s interesting partly because Noel had been using this game in previous incarnations of the show, and it’s a borrowed format, but it’s more interesting because of Jay Wolpert. Jay Wolpert is the co-story writer of Pirates Of The Caribbean.…
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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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Noel’s Overseas House Party
Whatever your thoughts about Noel’s House Party, it was a monster hit, and at its height, Noel himself ruled the screen for that hour. It was so well-watched that it’s no wonder the show was sold overseas and re-made in different countries. On RTL4 in the Netherlands, the show was called Monte Carlo. Mr Blobby…
