Just Say What You See!!! (Catchphrase)

Member Name: Revier

Product:	Catchphrase
Date:	11/11/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Entertaining, good fun

Disadvantages: New presenter killed the show

Catchphrase used to be one of my favourite programmes and in the early to mid nineties i used to watch it religiously. It was first aired on january 12th 1986 and was eventually taken off air on december 19 2002.

It ran during a golden age of television when Brucie was presenting the generation game and Jim Davidson (whom i now loathe) was presenting Big Break.

The show saw two contestants trying to be the first to solve a number of famous catchphrases displayed on a screen.

After getting a catchphrase right the contestant then had to push their buzzer to reveal another picture puzzle that was covered in nine squares, obscuring it from the contestant.

Whichever player accrued the most money got through to participate in the super catchphrase.

This was made up of twenty five letters on a screen in a grid, each letter represents a catchphrase, for each letter solved the contestant was awarded fifty pounds. If they managed a straight line that went through the central square they would also win a holiday.

I stopped watching when presenting the show changed hands from Roy Walker to a younger and altogether less competant presenter (i couldnt find his name anywhere).

Part of what i used to love was watching Roy mask his utter contempt for the contestants as they gave ridiculous guesses to easy catchphrases, and the nonsensical 'proverb' at the end of each show, i watched it yesterday and just before the credits rolled up, Roy turned to the camera and said

"Thank god the world is full of fools, But remember, to them, the rest of us will never make it"!!!

I mean what the hell does that mean?!??? Brilliant!!!

Summary: Good old family entertainment