Countdown (game show)/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement: Approximately zero of its viewers know it is actually a British localisation of a French gameshow.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome / Ear Worm: The main theme and 30-second timer.
 * Funny Moments:
 * Many of the times a funny word comes up on the board, or where a contestant declares a "Dirty" word often count. The word "Fart" once showed up on the board, along with "Poo" and then "Poof". It also deserves special mention when the first letters were "ORGA" and Carol began to dread the next few letters.
 * Carol gets a scare!
 * Richard was once GOTCHA'ed for an entire episode, only discovering the joke upon seeing the Conundrum answer . Only a small portion was ever aired, but the full taping (complete with stopdown footage) can be seen here.
 * Memetic Mutation: The Theme Tune embodies this Trope, but also "Two from the top and one from the bottom, please, Carol".
 * Misblamed: Did you see that video / image with the word on the board? Well, that didn't actually happen; it was a photoshopped hoax. Even if that did happen, the second the word  showed up, someone would have come out and changed it.
 * Moment of Awesome: Anytime someone finds a 9-letter word.
 * Replacement Scrappy: Rachel Riley.
 * Tear Jerker: Carol Vorderman's tribute to Richard Whiteley the day after his death.
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Rachel Riley. Des Lynam to a lesser extent; he had a pretty difficult act to follow in Richard Whiteley, but it didn't help that he often came across as somewhat grumpy.
 * An attempt on September 18, 1990 to export the show to America kicked out the Numbers Games and tacked on a $10,000 bonus round. The fact that there was a $25,000 bonus for any nine-letter word
 * Parodied in this skit showing a fictional NBC attempt to "Americanize" the programme. Yes, the "model" is Amy Pond. You're welcome.
 * Dead Ringers also did a (radio) parody of an attempt to Americanise the show, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the host and Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson as the contestants.
 * What the Hell Casting Agency: To say that Nick Hewer was a surprising choice for host would be a spectacular understatement. He hasn't actually taken over at the time of writing, so this could yet turn out to be a stroke of genius.


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