I agree. I genuinely don't remember him hosting. I don't wanna say he did a full year hee just have done a 6 month contract. Mind you I think I was 9 so this was late night tv for me
Like Adam Curtis, if only he concentrated on the 1991 ITV Franchise auction instead of all that geopolitics stuff. Stuart, I cannot love this channel enough!
If you're of a certain age you may remember Wackaday circa 1989 and Timmy Mallett giving away alleged bits of the Berlin Wall to successful phone-in contestants. Bleh-lin Wall. Everyone at home go "blehhhh".
I wish I could articulate just how up my street this video is but I don’t have the words. Outstanding work again Stuart. I’m weirdly comforted by the pangs of intense nostalgia this evokes and also mildly disturbed by how bizarre and downright shit this programme was. Seemed ok at the time. I think.
Some of my faith in humanity is restored knowing that footage from "You Bet!" is so rare on RUclips because even at the time even people with only four channels to choose from wouldn't bother to record it for posterity.
I will be watching every second of your RUclips channel until it's burned into my soul. A form of self harm. Also you have me scouring the internet for that Fashanu Vs digger episode. Another 'gift' you've left me with. Subscribed.
You know, marrying Bruce's 'Takeover Bid' rap to footage of the LA riots was genius enough, but finding scenes which fitted the context of each line is on another level entirely.
22:28 you say the British version of You Bet only had minor celebrities on it, but personally I think that getting Kevin Spacey on there was pretty bloody impressive! God knows how he had such a good memory of British newspaper headlines!
I was born in 1987 and I can't remember You Bet at all during it's original run. I fondly remember the likes of Blind Date, Beadles About etc. and of course as a Geordie, Tyne Tees Television. My family was very working class, and while we did not get Sky till the 00s, we did have a own brand VCR which might have saved me from the tedium of the the race to the bottom of ITV that started in 1993 that has been accelerating to the black hole ITV is today.
I'm Brazilian, I've never heard of these shows or 90% of the celebrities mentioned, but your humour and wit is so great that I ended up watching (and rewatching) all your videos. Cheers.
That roll call of forgotten TV shows was intoned with the barely-contained contempt of reading out the names of defendants at the Nuremberg trials. And with some justification!
Brucie's Rap... what a strange thing. I had to google it, it's the closing music to Takeover Bid, another classic "Sing the name of the show" tune. Great job on this video, by the way!
I remember the guy who said he could identify a real diamond from a cubic zirconia while blindfolded. I later became an apprentice jeweller and found out what he was feeling for. He failed of course.
don't know about that, but he was a bastard to his wife: "John explained he called his wife Jenny ‘Booby’ ‘after a South American bird that is stupid, incredibly easy to catch and squawks a lot’". after his appearance on wife swap he was roundly condemned for being a misogynist. but, saying that, his marriage lasted 48 years, so... well, something worked. probably him, because he was out the house pretty much every day. he only lasted six years after being sacked from channel 4 for being too old. without his racing he felt lost, so rather than hang on and live out his retirement with his wife, he preferred to die.
Seeing John McCririck always reminds me of Great Uncle Bulgaria from The Wombles. Even when he isn't wearing his trademark deerstalker hat. It must be the mutton chops he sports, that does it.
The only You Bet challenge I can remember is some guy who (successfully) identified a selection of songs purely from a graphic equaliser levels display. I remember a lot of challenges involving JCBs doing un-JCBly things. I think there was a challenge in which a blindfolded martial artist roundhouse kicked wheatabixes off of peoples' heads.
I remember the show with Mike Smith (that there's a clip of near the start of the video) but I was convinced it was called That's Entertainment and not That's Showbusiness. Thankyou for the entertainment and the education.
My mate had a Theory back in the day . He said the BBC and ITV had a deal with the breweries to put shite on Saturday night. So everyone would go to the Pub .
That clip of Blind Date. Thats my mate Jamie lol. He was the first one to ever get chucked off there. And yes he did bang the bird before not going on the holiday. Lol. @1:24
I had a vague recollection that Pat Sharpe was on I'm a Celebrity. So I did a quick search and the first link was a video "Pat Sharp Gets a Face Full of Cockroaches" in which he didn't seem to give much of a shit. Matthew Kelly must have trained him well! :D
I liked watching You Bet. It's better than the junk on nowadays like Ant and Dec's impossible limitless ladder which is rigged with questions that are near impossible to answer as you get across 100,000.
You Bet was a great show. Matthew Kelly made You Bet. It's rumoured the 1987 film The Running Man was the inspiration behind You Bet. But, I don't see the connection. The Running Man was a fictional game show which criminals are relentlessly hunted by hi-tech killers.
"Oh bloody 'ell fuckin' ell that reely 'urts that does" - every episode of Dirty Sanchez. "Firing a nail gun through my bell end, oh bloody 'ell fuckin' ell...". Shows that you can't do Jackass for 50p and 6 litres of cider.
What was it with schools and raps!? Doing project...teacher says...you could do a poster , leaflet, presentation ....or.....a rap! (no...no-one ever chose the rap)
Ps.. I would love a fun house ...art attack....grange hill, brookside! You have so many shows.... You can do this lol. More videos please.. Can't wait for a new one
I've been watching this channel all day and what I love is how even though this guy is mocking the culture from our youth, the comments are full of people ignoring him and fondly reminiscing. It wasn't perfect back then and yes tv was mostly shit but that's why we were never in the house and had the kind of fun kids today will never understand. I even heard this guy call Jim Davidson a gammon at the beginning, Jesus christ mate calm down.
I remember some guy was trying to guess what part of the French Open tennis final by just audio excerpts of the noises, shuffling of feet and crowd noise. Weirdo. Can't remember if he actually did it.
Yeah, the guy who could tell what car it was from the closing of it's door whilst blindfolded. Managed to carefully step over a cable on the floor - just as his head nodded downwards. Me thinks he could see out of that blindfold somewhat. I did like the "can of WW2 corned beef" that was still edible. A huge tin it was. They cut off nearly all of the sides (that looked green !") and the small bet left in the middle was actually edible. About 10 gram out of a 5 Kg. tin !
19:08 I can't believe Melvyn Hayes (third along) even remarried a woman, in 2010. He's 89, and I could have sworn he was the poster boy for queers, long ago. Same for Bob Carolgees eh.
changed? it's fecking woeful now. reality tv everywhere. at least shows back then strived for substance. programmes these day make you strive for a substance.
@@eatmywords The wire, Breaking bad, The boys, Squid games, Better call Sual, How did blind date, Youbet, Beadles about, Noels house party, and the generation game strive for substance?
@@infesticon nah. none of that floats my boat, and wft is that peaky blinders about? anyway, "they strived for substance", particularly with the bbc, shows were supposed to hold some educational value, because it was mandated in broadcasting regulations; which they are loosely clinging onto these days. with something like the generation game, just showing experts and then how a complete amateur works is interesting and somewhat educational, especially for a child. regardless of what we think of these shows today, they nevertheless worked their way into the public consciousness that i don't think shows like breaking bad and whatever with raise much interest 40 years from now. people are still talking about noel's house party and mr blobby today. the generation game lasted for 30 years; although by the last series it was dead on its feet, as a new generation, ironically, were turning to much different forms of entertainment; like reality tv shows.
All your work provides me with a combination of nostalgia and satire. Seeing this from your perspective really does reveal the strange and dark side of telly from this period. All of it for the purposes of entertainment, but getting personalities that would be better off: (a) in prison, (b) cleaning park toilets, (c) in care - to star on TV in front of millions shows that it was out of control.
Not a bad concept actually but, like a lot of these shows, they are over-produced, padded out with wacky and inconsequential links and fillers and side quests with no real pay-off. Another excellent analysis of the naffness of what could be a better show.
Every new video has me feeling like I'm in a fever dream on my death bed.
I know Brucie is a legend, but this is Matthew Kelly's show.
You might as well claim Leslie Crowther was the definitive face of Stars in Their Eyes.
I agree. I genuinely don't remember him hosting. I don't wanna say he did a full year hee just have done a 6 month contract. Mind you I think I was 9 so this was late night tv for me
Bruce is creepy. If he'd lived a bit longer he'd have been in next to Rolph
Like Adam Curtis, if only he concentrated on the 1991 ITV Franchise auction instead of all that geopolitics stuff. Stuart, I cannot love this channel enough!
yeah, i get the adam curtis vibe. but stuart doesn't sound calmly sinister, more calmly sarcastic.
If you're of a certain age you may remember Wackaday circa 1989 and Timmy Mallett giving away alleged bits of the Berlin Wall to successful phone-in contestants. Bleh-lin Wall. Everyone at home go "blehhhh".
I wish I could articulate just how up my street this video is but I don’t have the words. Outstanding work again Stuart. I’m weirdly comforted by the pangs of intense nostalgia this evokes and also mildly disturbed by how bizarre and downright shit this programme was. Seemed ok at the time. I think.
That Barrymore headline edit though. Absolutely amazing!
Some of my faith in humanity is restored knowing that footage from "You Bet!" is so rare on RUclips because even at the time even people with only four channels to choose from wouldn't bother to record it for posterity.
How your channel doesnt have more subs is a bloody mystery. Absolutely essential viewing😊
I will be watching every second of your RUclips channel until it's burned into my soul. A form of self harm. Also you have me scouring the internet for that Fashanu Vs digger episode. Another 'gift' you've left me with.
Subscribed.
You know, marrying Bruce's 'Takeover Bid' rap to footage of the LA riots was genius enough, but finding scenes which fitted the context of each line is on another level entirely.
The bit with the headlines was amazing. I lost it when Barrymore turned up. Great episode.
Your videos are brilliant Stuart - they deserve 100k views.
That music has unlocked so many memories of my childhood watching the television. Great work as ever.
22:28 you say the British version of You Bet only had minor celebrities on it, but personally I think that getting Kevin Spacey on there was pretty bloody impressive! God knows how he had such a good memory of British newspaper headlines!
"Stuff like this actually makes you appreciate how long three minutes is."
You Bet! Was fantastic. I loved the tense music during the challenges.
I was born in 1987 and I can't remember You Bet at all during it's original run. I fondly remember the likes of Blind Date, Beadles About etc. and of course as a Geordie, Tyne Tees Television. My family was very working class, and while we did not get Sky till the 00s, we did have a own brand VCR which might have saved me from the tedium of the the race to the bottom of ITV that started in 1993 that has been accelerating to the black hole ITV is today.
That's because it started in 1988 and you were 1 years old
@@80srenaissance67 I am old enough remember early 90s television lol.
My mum was on You Bet we had a lovely day at shepperton studios.
I bet you did
I'm Brazilian, I've never heard of these shows or 90% of the celebrities mentioned, but your humour and wit is so great that I ended up watching (and rewatching) all your videos. Cheers.
'anime sherlock holmes' had me howling!
As I type this im cleaning a mouth full of coffee off the floor due to laughing so hard at that line
I forgot about Bruces' syrups! These videos are ace! I love Nosferatu as a boy doing the windmills :)
That roll call of forgotten TV shows was intoned with the barely-contained contempt of reading out the names of defendants at the Nuremberg trials. And with some justification!
Thanks, brought back some great memories, not least of "Wetten dass" presented by Paul Nicholas lookalike Thomas Gottschalk.
Brucie's Rap... what a strange thing. I had to google it, it's the closing music to Takeover Bid, another classic "Sing the name of the show" tune. Great job on this video, by the way!
I remember the guy who said he could identify a real diamond from a cubic zirconia while blindfolded.
I later became an apprentice jeweller and found out what he was feeling for. He failed of course.
I can't believe cubic zirconias are a real thing, and not just something stolen by crooks in 1960s cartoons.
Ah, John McCririck. Implied to have been a regular sex tourist in his Guardian obituary. Lovely stuff.
don't know about that, but he was a bastard to his wife: "John explained he called his wife Jenny ‘Booby’ ‘after a South American bird that is stupid, incredibly easy to catch and squawks a lot’". after his appearance on wife swap he was roundly condemned for being a misogynist. but, saying that, his marriage lasted 48 years, so... well, something worked. probably him, because he was out the house pretty much every day. he only lasted six years after being sacked from channel 4 for being too old. without his racing he felt lost, so rather than hang on and live out his retirement with his wife, he preferred to die.
You bet was amazing. Most game and entertainment shows were back then.
They weren't - we just didn't know any better.
Matthew kelly. Human bungle the bear 🤣
17:00 - A proper, genuine “£1,500? That’s a pathetic amount of money!”
Seeing John McCririck always reminds me of Great Uncle Bulgaria from The Wombles. Even when he isn't wearing his trademark deerstalker hat. It must be the mutton chops he sports, that does it.
"Human Bungle the bear" just finished me 😂
I loved after each Bet the theme music would play either ending on a Major note if the Bet was successful or a Minor note if it was failure.
Bullseye did the same sort of thing. Upbeat and (hate the word) zany if successful, more minor keys if unsuccessful.
@Dripfed ooh I'm just remembering it now! Cheers!
Lol I still think of that now when I see someone fail at something lol
Enjoy this channel a lot. Cheers lad. Sound not real. But I like it
Looking back, I think I see why my teachers liked me at school. The You Bet TV show endorsed autism. It was memorisers galore!
Now that windmill kid has grown up, he can afford to take a holiday at any wind-farm in the world. He is definitely having the last laugh.
The only You Bet challenge I can remember is some guy who (successfully) identified a selection of songs purely from a graphic equaliser levels display. I remember a lot of challenges involving JCBs doing un-JCBly things. I think there was a challenge in which a blindfolded martial artist roundhouse kicked wheatabixes off of peoples' heads.
The only problem with blindfold challenges is that most of the time there’s the challenge is finding a way of making sure they really can’t see 😂
There was one where he identified classical records by looking at the vinyl grooves.
The Big John McC in the 70s looks and sounds like Ringo Starr cameoing in the background as a two bit thug in the pub scene in Get Carter.
I was 5 when this started, i would probably look a bit conspicous at a rave ....but they would probs have let me in 😂
Did you foretell Matthew Kelly's appearance in the last series of Inside Number 9?
I remember the show with Mike Smith (that there's a clip of near the start of the video) but I was convinced it was called That's Entertainment and not That's Showbusiness. Thankyou for the entertainment and the education.
@18:14 I remember how naive I was as a kid that I never realised just how camp Matthew Kelly was.
Camp as a row of tents, wasn’t he?
My mate had a Theory back in the day . He said the BBC and ITV had a deal with the breweries to put shite on Saturday night. So everyone would go to the Pub .
That clip of Blind Date. Thats my mate Jamie lol. He was the first one to ever get chucked off there. And yes he did bang the bird before not going on the holiday. Lol. @1:24
Ah, Louise Jameson, reduced to this by the 90s. A fall from Doctor Who, Tenko, Bergerac et al.
18:32 very nearly spat my coffee lol. "coldren full of spunk" hehe.
I had a vague recollection that Pat Sharpe was on I'm a Celebrity. So I did a quick search and the first link was a video "Pat Sharp Gets a Face Full of Cockroaches" in which he didn't seem to give much of a shit.
Matthew Kelly must have trained him well! :D
I know Christy Mullins the road bowler. Didn't expect him to pop up.
"Anime Sherlock Holmes" hahaha
“While caught in the midst of it, the inane weirdness of what we were scoffing down just, slipped on by”
Harrowing stuff
Replaced by human Bungle the bear! 😂
"Gammon king" - ROFL!
You Bet was taylor-made for people on the "spectrum" . Before anyone knew what that was.
You bet was class
I liked watching You Bet. It's better than the junk on nowadays like Ant and Dec's impossible limitless ladder which is rigged with questions that are near impossible to answer as you get across 100,000.
I still remember the first time I realised You Bet was basically the biggest show in Germany for decades.
And in Spain was a mammoth show for more or less a decade.
Darren Day presented the last variation of the show
The plan was to cover one show from each era, but mercifully no full Darren Day episodes have surfaced.
The differences between failure and success music played at the end of the get were iconic
What a classic era
You Bet was a great show. Matthew Kelly made You Bet. It's rumoured the 1987 film The Running Man was the inspiration behind You Bet. But, I don't see the connection. The Running Man was a fictional game show which criminals are relentlessly hunted by hi-tech killers.
Excellent Vlog
The guy the could count the headlines in 3 seconds looked the double of a young Kevin Spacey.
Keep up the great work 👍👍👍
22:44 That barrymore cut had me ROFL..😂
Bruceys rap encapsulates why I took the drugs and party route in the 80's
"Oh bloody 'ell fuckin' ell that reely 'urts that does" - every episode of Dirty Sanchez. "Firing a nail gun through my bell end, oh bloody 'ell fuckin' ell...".
Shows that you can't do Jackass for 50p and 6 litres of cider.
Never heard anyone say Alistair Crowley that way 😂
Was that part about a rolled up copy of the Racing Post something that Rick Mayall said on Bottom? 7:23
The irony of that moment at @17:36 going straight into a Gaza Appeal advert was not lost on me.
Can I request a follow up of Ant and Decs failed American Reboot Wanna Bet when they tried to do a Noel and failed as he had decades earlier?
What was it with schools and raps!? Doing project...teacher says...you could do a poster , leaflet, presentation ....or.....a rap! (no...no-one ever chose the rap)
ratio? they actually used metrics to measure? wow, that's quite impressive. they should go on you bet.
Mate I remember when there was three channels…..
Such an odd uncanny valley feeling with these.
Or like walking through the backrooms liminal spaces in my memories.
Such lowkey disturbing nostalgia.
Ps.. I would love a fun house ...art attack....grange hill, brookside! You have so many shows.... You can do this lol. More videos please.. Can't wait for a new one
I love your content, not you, I don't know you.
I've been watching this channel all day and what I love is how even though this guy is mocking the culture from our youth, the comments are full of people ignoring him and fondly reminiscing. It wasn't perfect back then and yes tv was mostly shit but that's why we were never in the house and had the kind of fun kids today will never understand. I even heard this guy call Jim Davidson a gammon at the beginning, Jesus christ mate calm down.
I was born in 1980 and got online in 1995.
I feel like I've got a superpower.
5:08 lols
Please make a video essay on John McCririck
nah. just watch wife swap, and you'll get everything you need on the guy.
Bruce: "No! I'm sorry but the bet was to shave *everything* ! Good try though!"
I remember some guy was trying to guess what part of the French Open tennis final by just audio excerpts of the noises, shuffling of feet and crowd noise. Weirdo. Can't remember if he actually did it.
22.26, I actually thought it was Kevin Spacey
Yeah, the guy who could tell what car it was from the closing of it's door whilst blindfolded. Managed to carefully step over a cable on the floor - just as his head nodded downwards. Me thinks he could see out of that blindfold somewhat.
I did like the "can of WW2 corned beef" that was still edible. A huge tin it was. They cut off nearly all of the sides (that looked green !") and the small bet left in the middle was actually edible. About 10 gram out of a 5 Kg. tin !
I liked the wrestling one
19:08 I can't believe Melvyn Hayes (third along) even remarried a woman, in 2010. He's 89, and I could have sworn he was the poster boy for queers, long ago. Same for Bob Carolgees eh.
Brucie was God at presenting TV shows and once he left the show it went downhill on a huge scale!
Mathew Kelly was the best host.
Thank christ tv changed, Light entertainment was pretty awful.
changed? it's fecking woeful now. reality tv everywhere. at least shows back then strived for substance. programmes these day make you strive for a substance.
@@eatmywords The wire, Breaking bad, The boys, Squid games, Better call Sual,
How did blind date, Youbet, Beadles about, Noels house party, and the generation game strive for substance?
@@infesticon nah. none of that floats my boat, and wft is that peaky blinders about? anyway, "they strived for substance", particularly with the bbc, shows were supposed to hold some educational value, because it was mandated in broadcasting regulations; which they are loosely clinging onto these days. with something like the generation game, just showing experts and then how a complete amateur works is interesting and somewhat educational, especially for a child. regardless of what we think of these shows today, they nevertheless worked their way into the public consciousness that i don't think shows like breaking bad and whatever with raise much interest 40 years from now. people are still talking about noel's house party and mr blobby today.
the generation game lasted for 30 years; although by the last series it was dead on its feet, as a new generation, ironically, were turning to much different forms of entertainment; like reality tv shows.
@@infesticon apples and oranges. What's Saturday night prime now? A string of vehicles for the ubiquitous Ant and Dec
@@eatmywords You completely misunderstood the Reithian principles there. The three rules were holistic to the BBC as a whole.
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That Road Bowler is OK i spose.....but he's no Pa Flood let me tell you
I must pull you up on the comment around 19.09, that tash is sending my gaydar into overdrive whatever he publicly identifies as.
Is that a young Damien Demento at 13:33?
You're the perfect dude
You got pre and post mixed up. I use to do that many, many moons ago.
Sensational ITYSL reference
Don't forget Jim will fix it!
What’s with all the John McCririck content on my page today?
bruceWRLD
All your work provides me with a combination of nostalgia and satire. Seeing this from your perspective really does reveal the strange and dark side of telly from this period. All of it for the purposes of entertainment, but getting personalities that would be better off: (a) in prison, (b) cleaning park toilets, (c) in care - to star on TV in front of millions shows that it was out of control.
What the fuck was mar Kelly talking about?!!😂😂
Not really sure what your angle is here
Anime Sherlock Holmes
Not a bad concept actually but, like a lot of these shows, they are over-produced, padded out with wacky and inconsequential links and fillers and side quests with no real pay-off. Another excellent analysis of the naffness of what could be a better show.
Matt!
Wait: the guy in the pool was 21 years old?