Absolutely this.
Also interesting that when the main talent are sound that seems to have a positive influence on the whole production - Joe Gilgun and the ‘Brassic’ cast/crew are all lovely, he’s up for trainer / clothes chat when on a break
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Popbitch says…
Spelling things out for Anne
anon writes:
“I used to work on The Weakest Link and, while I never added any special garnish to Anne Robinson’s fruit salad personally, I can attest that there was very little difference in her on- and off-camera persona.
“To avoid her having to come into contact with anyone when off-set, production crew had to maintain ‘lockdown’ (yes, we called it that) every time she walked between her dressing room and the studio. Runners would be posted to every doorway with a subtle hand signal (crossed arms across the chest) and contestants would be kept behind closed doors as she made her way, Vader like, through the corridors. Any instance of Joe Public bumping into her would result in a severe reprimand for whatever unlucky crew member happened to be within range.
“The idea of her having not only to interact with Countdown contestants, but also having to be nice to them on camera, is rather hard to imagine. Her hosting what is primarily a word-based game is also amusing as question researchers had to spell out even the most basic words phonetically so she wouldn’t mangle them completely during the rounds.”
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Haha Christ , glad I never had to deal with her , makes cordon look like an
angel
Surely that’s part of the gimmick? Stories like this come out so folk are all, “Oooh, she’s so evil but I love that! Let’s watch some more Weakest Link!”
It’s definitely convincing when you hear about somebody like Andi Peters being a complete prick, because that’s less likely. Not that I’ve heard that about him. And hi if you’re lurking.
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I met him once, lovely bloke.
Was only a brief encounter, I didn’t notice him doimg anything evil.
Cordon was pranked on Ant and Dec, once he realised he’d been secretly filmed all day acting moody and churlish… He was all “Was that you filming this morning? I was in such a mood, I’m never in a mood. I was running late, ect” throwing out excuses fast, as he was unsure what they had on camera.
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They probably had so much cunty gold on film I bet his Agent was demanding to be in the edit room.
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Cilla Black was the best one. I recall that amazing fb page that was just posts from British Airways cabin crew regaling tails of what a cast-iron shit cunt she was.
Our Cilla?!
To the Googles.
post must be six characters long
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Superb.
Just seen those Celine sticker sheets.
Good on Free for taking their money but you’d led me to believe this was a high end fashion house. Those stickers reek of bedroom brand/glue sniffer felt tip doodles. Wtf?
Is it ironic? Clown faces?
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Not me. Celine is pretend high-end.
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I’d love to see a gallery of quiz show prizes over the 80s and 90s. All these cars, boats and kitchen appliances, the most glamorous examples of the time, teased to a nation via revolving illuminated plinths.
After Celine had a creative director change a few years back and they lost the acute accent from the logo they also lost a bunch of their traditional customers. Their output was a little all over the place for a bit. The guy in charge favoured skinny jeans and leather jackets which, as we all know, is a look that’s well and truly done. Sales down, along comes Covid, sales properly down. They’re not hitting targets. Dude, (or holding company), sees what Virgil did with Off White and at LV. See that pointy shoes aren’t cutting it and the kids like ‘skate inspired’ big shoes as put out by other fashion houses. They then start clutching at straws. At least that’s the gist of the conversation I had with my wife over dinner with regard to the appearance of clown face doodle stickers on skate mags. She’s probably right.
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Yeah.
Wonder if they’ll still exist in a year.
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Yeah.
Bukowski said something about only trusting bookshops that have Celine, and then prob beat up a woman.
Haha! Idiot. Bookshops don’t sell clothes.
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