Blankety Blank (game show): Difference between revisions

British adaptation of the American [[Game Show]] ''[[Match Game]]''. The show aired on [[The BBC|BBC1]] in all but its last few years, when it [[Channel Hop|Channel Hopped]] to ITV.

 

 

[[Terry Wogan]] hosted the original version from 1979-83, followed by Les Dawson (1984-90) and Paul O'Grady (1997-2002 as his drag queen alter-ego Lily Savage). Vernon Kay hosted a one-off as part of ''Gameshow Marathon'' in 2007, and O'Grady himself did a one-off in 2011 for Comic Relief as part of ''24-Hour Panel People''.

* [[Bonus Round]]: Supermatch, played identically to the American counterpart: an Audience Match round and a Head-to-Head Match. Unlike the American version, however, it wasn't played for cash but for "Blanks", an in-game currency that could be traded for ''[[Sarcasm Mode|fantastic prizes!]]''

* [[Consolation Prize]]: "A ''Blankety Blank'' chequebook and pen!" On the popularity scale, that and Dusty Bin are probably Britain's best answers to [[Wheel of Fortune|the ceramic Dalmatian]].

** [[Game Show Host]]: Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Lily Savage, Vernon Kay, Paul O'Grady.

** [[Studio Audience]]: Laugh, applause, laugh more at the lack of budget!

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Arguably all the hosts, but Wogan and Dawson especially; mainly as the series was produced by [[The BBC]] for most of its run, hosts and panelists regularly mocked the rather cheap prizes on offer.

* [[Freudian Slip]]: When reading a question, Lily said "Gary Lineker was a great footballer...I'll never forget when he tripped over his feces." She then realized her mistake and corrected it to "laces".

* [[Left It In]]: In one episode, a contestant was a taxi driver.

'''Les:''' ... ''(gestures off-screen)'' Out, edit, edit... }}

* [[Spoonerism]]: Dawson always referred to the consolation prize as "A Blankety-Blank chequepen and book!"

 

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