Arch Stanton Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) When Popmaster was on the radio and a contestant asked for a signed photo, my Dad used to say "who'd want a picture of that ugly c**t, he's got a face for radio." Anyone who's seen the trailer for his forthcoming TV show would find it impossible to disagree. Edited May 24 by Arch Stanton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Aye, rather unfortunate looking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Did anyone see this last night? Not a lot of dough spent on production and the questions ranged in difficulty quite a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: Did anyone see this last night? Not a lot of dough spent on production and the questions ranged in difficulty quite a bit. Caught the second half of it. Been listening to Popmaster quite a bit since Ken Bruce moved to Greatest Hits station on radio so was looking forward to seeing TV version but like you say production level is very cheap but don't mind that as it's trying to score more than the contestants that's the fun part for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 22 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Caught the second half of it. Been listening to Popmaster quite a bit since Ken Bruce moved to Greatest Hits station on radio so was looking forward to seeing TV version but like you say production level is very cheap but don't mind that as it's trying to score more than the contestants that's the fun part for me. It's a decent enough watch once you get past the cringe when he's chatting with the contestants at the start. ("Hi Davie. How are you?". "Not so bad thanks, Ken, not so bad"). The boy who won last night was really good. Scored 36 in the final. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Downloaded first episode last night, thought an hour would be too long but there wasn't much filler, just dozens of questions which is all I'm really after from a quiz show. Getting all 3 of the years questions bang on when all 3 contestants were one year out was a nice smug face moment. Will definitely catch the rest of the series at my own leisure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Been very much enjoying this. One episode had two really strong contestants. Last night had one guy who was OK and four traffic cones. He's going to get slaughtered in the grand final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 27/06/2023 at 08:52, jimbaxters said: Did anyone see this last night? Not a lot of dough spent on production and the questions ranged in difficulty quite a bit. Ken tweeted later in the week that this run was just a pilot, would expect they will spend a few more quid on it if gets a full commission. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Caught up on this now, I did enjoy it, where it suffers is the same as The Hit List that in the buzzer rounds the good contestants are too good and identify songs after half a second which doesn't really make for good TV. Without spoilers I thought the loser in the grand final was quite unlucky, the winner got what seemed a far easier set of questions but might just be what my knowledge is (though the winner acknowledged they didn't know the questions the runner up got wrong either) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 8 hours ago, Fuctifano said: Caught up on this now, I did enjoy it, where it suffers is the same as The Hit List that in the buzzer rounds the good contestants are too good and identify songs after half a second which doesn't really make for good TV. House of Games solves this problem by editing in a 3/4 second gap before the contestants jump in. I really enjoy the Hit List but would be even better if they adopted that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, The Naitch said: House of Games solves this problem by editing in a 3/4 second gap before the contestants jump in. I really enjoy the Hit List but would be even better if they adopted that. I loved pop master and I love the hit list. I love quizzes generally but music quizzes in particular. I totally agree with you they should adopt the house of games strategy to help the viewer enjoyment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 41 minutes ago, The Naitch said: House of Games solves this problem by editing in a 3/4 second gap before the contestants jump in. I really enjoy the Hit List but would be even better if they adopted that. I genuinely never knew that, just thought the majority of celebs that weren't Barry from Eastenders were thick as shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 This is back on More 4, Celeb version. Started on Monday, available on catch up. Enjoyable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 A rare celebrity version of a show that didn't dumb down the questions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 There's a right tinpot feel about the whole show though. I think it might be the quietness about the studio. It was a bit cringey listening to Sally Lindsay try to make jokes about Mista Jam (who?) being too good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 It's an enjoyable show and a good format. The Koresh chap was seriously fast with his answers the other night, impressive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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