Shooting Stars - Get ready for the come back (Shooting Stars)

Member Name: linzeelou

Product:	Shooting Stars
Date:	10/07/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Hilarious

Disadvantages: Sometimes so silly you cant understand it

Shooting stars was aired between 1993 and 1997 then again from January to December 2002. A 15th anniversary one off show was also shown on BBC 2 on December 30th 2008. It was confirmed on April 3rd 2009 by Matt Lucas that a new series of the show is in production.

The show was created by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer who also host the show. Although it is a game show, it really makes fun of the normal game show format and is a lot sillier than any other game show i have ever seen. Contestants are rewarded points for correct answers but its not very often any one ever gets them right.

The rounds -
True or False - Its very rare that anyone ever gets any of these questions right, Vic and Bob always seem to make ure the answer is unguessable or its a completely random answer.

e.g. Macaulay Culkin is a child but can you name an adult?
The only answer that was acceptable was Tom Petty.

Film Clip - Contestants are shown a film clip, normally from a tv show and are asked a question that only sometimes relates to the clip.

Impressions - Contestants have to guess what song Vic is singing in a club style. Again, its very hard for anyone to get these questions right because Vic's singing is so bad that no one can understand a word of it.

Dove from above - The dove from above was probably the most popular round. A crappy dove made out of cardboard, that looked like something from Blue Peter came down from the sky after contestants had to 'coo' it down. The dove had different catagories to choose from and questions would be asked with some relevance to the catagory. If the prize question was picked, Vic would say ERANU and the contestant would win a stupid prize. In the past a fartridge was won, which was a mix of a partridge and a fart.

The dove from above round has been changed to many things in the past to other silly thinks like:
- The Crow from below
- The beast from the east
- Fly from upon high

Final Game - The winning team nominates one of its members to do a task which is something silly and crazy. Johnny Vegas has had to see how many hoover attachments he could get on his face.

Famous Catchphrases
- 'We really wanna see those fingers'
- 'Ulrika - ka - ka - ka'
- 'What are the scores George Dawes'

Teams - Ulrika Johnson was the captain of one team and Mark Lamarr of the other although he left after a while. Each team had 2 celebrity guests. Some of the contestants just didnt get the humour and looked out of place and confused a lot of the time.

Johnny Vegas made the most appearences as a contestant next to Ulrika who was a permenant team captain. He was on the show a total of 16 times.

George Dawes (Matt Lucas) kept the scores. He dressed up as a baby in a pink baby grow and played the drums. He's also took part in the final game a couple of times.

This show is so silly its hard not to love it. It hardly ever makes sense which is one of the main things i love about it. A lot of gameshows are way too serious and makes me just want to turn them off. I was really excited when i heard about the 15th anniversary show and im now even more excited now i know theyre going to re make the show. Its one of my favourite of all times and i cant wait for its return. Vic and Bob make fantastic hosts because they dont take anything serious at all. I dont think it would be the same without them.

Summary: One of the all time great quiz shows