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Eggheads
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:35 pm
by Drpepper
After seeing them win for the 29th time in a row, i was wondering if anyone agreed that it's time someone actually put them in their place, even if it is only to see CJ cry.
Obviously it is probably unfeasible to put a "fruitchat" team together, i think if we managed to get some of the best quizzers around here, we would be able to put up a good fight... better than most people on the show manage to come up with.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:11 pm
by Ernest W. Quality
Yes, but why bother?
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:21 pm
by Cardinal Sin
It is a truly awful quiz show.
I don't give a toss why that posh bint from WWTBAM thinks she might know the answer to some multiple choice question.
It hasn't got the drama of Millionaire, the sheer volume of questions of Weakest Link or the difficulty factor of Mastermind or University Challenge.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:45 pm
by SWP
It hasn't got the drama of Millionaire, the sheer volume of questions of Weakest Link or the difficulty factor of Mastermind or University Challenge.
But it does have the egg-heads who you can love to hate.
Don't you think they're told to ham it up a bit? Make you hate the smarmy eggs, root for the underdogs - that's the hook.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:42 am
by cool
cools theorem. The enjoyment of eggheads is inversely related to the ability to play quiz machines. I expect hyena is an avid viewer never missing a show! Even the presenter is a XXXX choose a suitable four letter word.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:46 am
by Mattb
Seeing as the teams are hand picked, chances are we'd never get in!
I'd do the sport round, seeing as i've got a beyond silly knowledge of sports related stuff. I'd also take out Kev on that round :P Any other takers to get rid of Daphne and Chris? CJ and Judith i don't care about, 'cos they're stupid!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:45 am
by Istenem
who is to say that some people on here aren't also eggheads, my real identity is daphne fowler.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:46 am
by Cardinal Sin
Well if you're such a whizz on sports Matt, why not ask a question in the Phoenix? It's your turn!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:31 pm
by grecian
It's not a bad idea actually - I suspect that Eggheads like teams with a gimmicky or interesting connection, so they might go for "we all use an Internet message board about quiz machines".
The trouble is that the production team are pretty scrupulous about not selecting any really good teams - which is not only rather unfair but also completely ridiculous considering the Eggheads can (IMHO) boast two of the UK's top ten quiz players. In my real-life existence, I'm an occasional player on a very strong quiz league team in London (we won the league this year, finishing above Kevin Ashman's team) - we've applied twice for Eggheads (the second time at the producers' specific invitation!) and never got anywhere near the show. So play down your quiz strength and perform like muppets at the audition, is what I'd say!
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:14 pm
by Nil Satis
grecian wrote:So play down your quiz strength and perform like muppets at the audition, is what I'd say!
Maybe we should put together a team of actual Muppets based on our Fruitchat personas - I'd be Statler
and Waldorf of course!
- Have you ever thought there must be a life after death?
- Every time I leave this theatre.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:17 pm
by Istenem
i will be the count because i love to count ah, ah, ah.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 3:54 pm
by Cardinal Sin
I could be Beaker, just cos I look a bit like him.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:24 pm
by Weyland
I could be Bunsen, sadly for the same reason.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:35 pm
by ZAX
My missus looks a bit like Miss Piggy.
I dont want in the team, just reminded me reading this.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:06 pm
by Mattb
Louis XIV could be kermit, 'cos he's a frog
:P