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The Generation Game | 50 Years Ago Today
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02-10-2021, 04:25 PM
Fifty years!!!!! And nothing to rival it today.
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02-10-2021, 04:33 PM
JamesWorldNews post_id=44461 time= user_id=1044 Wrote:Fifty years!!!!! And nothing to rival it today. Agreed. If we were visiting family on a Saturday, we'd either make sure we were back at home in time for it, or we'd watch it there before coming home.
02-10-2021, 04:59 PM
BBC 1's line up on a Saturday evening / night was brilliant back in the 1970s, such as
The Pink Panther Basil Brush Doctor Who The Generation Game All Creatures Great and Small A movie - usually a Western Match of the Day Parkinson Something for all the family, and huge audiences. 
02-10-2021, 08:26 PM
Given how long it ran for. I do wonder how many cuddly toys they gave away and if the cuddly toy makers cursed the Beeb in the middle of 2002 when their main client suddenly stopped getting them in and the had a excess of them come 2003
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02-10-2021, 09:14 PM
AaronLancs post_id=44522 time= user_id=846 Wrote:Given how long it ran for. I do wonder how many cuddly toys they gave away and if the cuddly toy makers cursed the Beeb in the middle of 2002 when their main client suddenly stopped getting them in and the had a excess of them come 2003 Cuddly toys were a thing long before Generation Game plonked them on conveyor belts and a thing long after they stopped making the show. Their profile may have been yanked up while Generation Game was on air (like most things once they get on the 'in' show of the time) but they don't really go out of fashion. Anyway they're not expensive to make (the mass manufactured toys anyway), so I dare say they're one of those "pile them high sell them cheap" things.
02-10-2021, 09:34 PM
I'd imagine most funfairs give away (or not) as many cuddly toys per weekend as Generation Game did in a year.
Anyhow, the BBC probably should hurry up and give Bradley Walsh a chance at it. I think their might be an hour next weekend when he isn't on TV.
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03-10-2021, 12:21 PM
Neil Jones post_id=44513 time=1633200646 user_id=961 Wrote: Is that Anthea Redfern?
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03-10-2021, 06:21 PM
Brekkie post_id=44542 time= user_id=976 Wrote:Anyhow, the BBC probably should hurry up and give Bradley Walsh a chance at it.Absolutely ... if Bradey Walsh wasn't already doing the Blankety Blank reboot and The Chase, he would be perfect for The Gen Game.
04-10-2021, 07:33 PM
JamesWorldNews post_id=44612 time= user_id=1044 Wrote:Neil Jones post_id=44513 time=1633200646 user_id=961 Wrote: Give it a twirl, and we'll find out
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