When was catchphrase on tv

After each puzzle, that person got a chance at the Bonus Catchphrase. This was covered by nine squares. One was picked at random and removed then they were allowed a guess.

If wrong, they did another puzzle and so on until someone got it. Repeat as required, sprinkle liberally with extra money for each round. After the break, there was always the faster-moving Ready Money Round where there was no bell.

Which was nice. Incidentally, we're told that one of the reasons that the show had a bell was to slow down the rate that money was earnt, the show gave away potentially large cash prizes and back in the day there were limits TV companies had to adhere to in the prizes they gave away.

The person with the most money at the end of the show went forth to the Super Catchphrase. A grid of 25 lettered squares flashed up. Behind each one was a Catchphrase. However, if they did that by going through the 'M' square which they claimed to be the "difficult" one but we personally didn't believe that for a moment they won a lovely holiday in somewhere exotic like Bali!

Spending money. Rather disappointingly, nearly all contestants took the vertical route on the board - sure, it was the most obvious route to take, especially while under pressure, but we would have liked to have seen at least some contestants take the horizontal route or one of the diagonal ones, if only for some variety. Popular show that very rarely had an exciting finish to it - one player nearly always dominated the other.

But it still lasted a zillion series. Oh, and the answer is "dishing the dirt". Someone had the sense to give the show a complete re-vamp for its series. The graphics engine was made sexier and given a new cartoon style. The bonus game was covered by nine shapes as usual, but they weren't necessarily squares. The Ready Money Round was replaced by the Cash Countdown, and the end game was now a Blockbusters -style "get to the other end of the board" thingy, using the same 5x5 letter grid.

Walker was replaced by Nick Weir , who broke his leg during the recording of the first series in true Matthew Kelly Game for a Laugh style - and, on his return, welcomed us all to 'Crutchphrase'. He sometimes gave away too many hints, but his performance was much improved since his debut on Waffle.

This package of changes gave the idea a new lease of life, but we weren't sure about the spot prizes, though. But this relaunch completely bombed with the public, who simply missed Walker, and even a last ditch attempt in to save the show by moving it to daytime with new host Mark Curry, who invented a running joke about not having any catchphrases of his own didn't help.

The 'Catchphrase Countdown' just didn't quite have the same ring to it See also: Family Catchphrase , which started as a one-off special of the main show before spinning off into its own series on a different channel. And there we thought the story would end. Oh, Catchphrase remained popular on the gameshow rerun channel Challenge, and Chris Moyles had the long-running "Carpark Catchphrase" feature on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

But the last thing we expected for spring was a new run of episodes, this time presented by Stephen Mulhern. There are lots of nods towards the classic era, such as the theme tune being a re-working of the original, a neon light set and all of the original buzzers and jingles still being used.

As well as this, there are lots of things to keep the show fresh such as new 3D CGI animations for the catchphrases, a bigger prize and some changes to the rounds. Round 1 begins with a elimination round with three contestants having to guess quickfire catchphrases until two contestants have guessed three catchphrases correctly. The two winning contestants then proceed to the next round, but the third contestant is sent home.

At that point, there was only one thing for the Cuban bandleader with the thick accent to say. It was a prime-time game show that ran five days a week! Most of them involved explosions that would flip vehicles but not kill anybody. Face was the con artist, Murdock was the pilot and B. Hannibal, though, was the mastermind, and he always let us know how much he liked it when a plan came together.

It was crass and rude and featured animated kids doing crazy things. Also, one of them got killed in every episode. When poor Kenny would bite the bullet, somebody, usually Stan, would exclaim this line. Then usually Kyle would follow up with something a little more vulgar. It took a write-in campaign to get another season, to get to syndication and to help spawn one of the biggest sci-fi properties ever. This is the rare catchphrase not said by a specific person. Basically everybody in the bar would shout out when Norm swung by Cheers to take his usual seat.

You may not know the character who said it. It was simply a thing that was exclaimed here and there during the frenetic action of the sketch comedy show. That would be Richard Nixon. Oh, Urkel. With his strange style and nasally voice, he was a broad character on a silly family sitcom.

A chef with a catchphrase? Believe it! Producers at STV, who make the show, have had to undertake a complete reassessment of how the show is made before filming restarts next Monday. There will be no audience and the set has been be changed to ensure contestants are physically distanced.

There will also be changes to the galleries and makeup room, while participants will have to fill in online health declaration forms. The studios and filming areas will be cleaned every day and equipment will be assigned to individual crew members, while contributors and crew will all have their temperatures checked on a daily basis throughout the filming period. Television viewing has boomed during lockdown, although much of the gain was in daytime hours rather than during the crucial peak-time audiences loved by advertisers.

There is now the prospect of a perfect storm for traditional commercial television channels as the collapse of the advertising market reduces the funds available to make programmes, while a shortage of new shows means viewers may stay away.

Other programmes have struggled to get around the filming restrictions.