ABOUT time I got round to this but I had no idea what the new rebooted “The Generation Game” was like because the BBC were not trailing much before it was aired. However, one thing was for sure after they cut the four-show run down to two shows the knives were quickly drawn. It’s no longer a Saturday night show but was aired on a Sunday I was ok with that and the BBC were never going to throw it up against “Saturday Night Live” over on ITV.
There was a lot of negativity before the first show and soon has the opening credits rolled people had already made their mines up. I was following twitter to gauge the response and tweet after tweet was blasting the show with little support at the beginning but it picked up towards the end. There were people just not willing to give it a fair go just comparing it to the past. The most tweeted criticism “Poor Bruce he would be turning in his grave”.
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins still living off their ‘Bake Off’ success were given the show by the BBC who are still in search of a successful vehicle for the duo and this was not to be it. It was crying out for a Bradly Welsh or the like I think he could have carried the show. It was not that Mel and Sue were that bad it was the duo just didn’t work for me.
The judges (Richard Osman and Lorraine Kelly) were not needed they slowed the show down but the rest of the show was to format you would remember if you were of the right age. Johnny Vegas’s pottery masterclass was a revelation and had the wife and I laughing our heads off it was a classic we have seen in many a Generation Game before here they had to make a teapot with little success. Plate spinning is another staple of the show but without the safety glasses previously and just like sausage making with scope for plenty of innuendo, and lewd hilarity.
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It’s always great to see Basil Brush on the BBC he had a cameo on the show.
Actually, with all the doom and gloom I don’t think Brucie and Larry Grayson would be turning in their graves, as they would feel at home watching something familiar but for the waste of time judges. The resurrection recaptures the spirit of the show and watching most of it I felt at home and there was no need to tweak it or mess about with it. At the end of the day I had a feeling nostalgic watching and like I always asked myself was I entertain. And I was.
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