Shooting Stars: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote| ''"I've been on some loony shows in my time, but this one takes the cake."'' <br />

 

Brainchild of British surrealist comedians [[Vic Reeves Big Night Out|Vic Reeves]] and [[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer|Bob Mortimer]], and a loving parody of British celebrity [[Panel Games]]. The questions made little sense, the answers made ''no'' sense, and the top prize could be as much as £120.

However, the most popular section was the "Dove From Above" round in which the guests would call down a shoddily-made prop dove with question topics growing from its body. If the contestants answered the question incorrectly, Vic would pull a face and say "UVAVU"; if they chose a special category he would pull a different face and say "ERANU". This, of course, resulted in [[Memetic Mutation|much imitation]] in schools and workplaces across the UK. Sometimes the topic would signal "George's Song", in which George would take centre stage and sing a song on various topics including potatoes, peanuts, hip-hop and lesbians. Variations on The Dove from Above included The Crow from Below, The Vest from the West, The Beast from the East and George Dawes from the Upper Floors. The Dove was replaced in later series by a succession of "guest stars" (such as the Crow from Below and the Fly from On High), then the Wonderful, ''Wonderful'' Car, a tiny remote-controlled car that fired questions out of its prosthetic arse, and finally Donald Cox the Sweaty Fox, who would make salacious remarks about Ulrika and the celebs. In 2009 the Dove was, at last, brought back -- now sporting overly-tight shoes.

 

{{tropelist}}

* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: Bob liked to call Johnny Vegas "a big bag of bollocks".

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: See [[Chirping Crickets]] below.

* [[Catch Phrase]] "ERANU!", "UVAVU!", "Ulkrika-ka-ka-ka-ka!", etc.

* [[Chirping Crickets]]: Vic usually decides to tell a joke, despite being warned off by Bob. It always bombs; the lonely wind howls, the others look embarrassed or turn their faces away from him. Often, a tumbleweed drifts through the studio.

** On one occasion, Vic has an [[Imagine Spot]] where he lets Bob do the joke and it turns out to be so funny that the whole audience comes down to congratulate him -- so he quickly does it himself instead, and of course it bombs as usual.

** Once Bob asked Ulrika what name she would use if she was a [[Gladiators|Gladiator]], then asked the same question to guest Noddy Holder. Noddy replied "Cup-a-Soup!", which had been the [[Trademark Favourite Food]] of his band Slade when Vic and Bob had mocked them in ''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]''.

** The 2011 series has seen "What's in Angelos' Bag" (a variation on "What's on the end of the stick, Vic?" from ''[[Vic Reeves Big Night Out]]'') as well as the appearance of Vic and Bob's recurring characters the Stotts.

* [[Oop North]]: There is a Geordie flavour to many of the film clips.

* [[Panel Game]]

** As of Series 7, Angelos Epithemiou for George Dawes, due to Matt Lucas' filming commitments.

* [[Running Gag]]: Vic Reeves' jokes about Jack Dee's face. Jack remains deadpan throughout, but ocassionally becomes [[Not So Stoic]].

** There are questions like this every now and again. Recently; "What is the English translation of ''Pardonnez-moi''?"

* [[Zonk]]: In early seasons, the prizes were always a few dozen pounds. More recently, they consist of "this one-pound luncheon voucher!" or similar.