Countdown - Tuesday 26th August 2008 - Part 3 Of 3 [HD]
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Broadcast on Tuesday 26th August 2008 - Part 3 Of 3 - Des O’Connor & Carol Vorderman host the show in which contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. With Susie Dent and dictionary corner guest Arthur Smith - All copyright remains with Yorkshire Television & ITV Productions - PLEASE COMMENT!
When the host said Alex meeting all those people must've been a massive "task". A little light turned on over Alex's head.
8:09
IT’S LITTLE ALEX HORNE!!!
"Spent lots of honk" That joke didn't come to fruition for like another 10 years.
Indeed, what a legend!
Is this why they don't let him play on the Teams on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown?
Little Alex Horne won!!! Well done that little man!
I dig that he wore that same shirt for one of his stints in Dictionary Corner. And why don't they let him play Catsdown? Because Jon doesn't want to give up being the smart one, probably.
The thing with Catsdown is that they tend to give them easier letters (you can tell from what crops up on it compared to regular Countdown that its made t be easier for the comedians), so it probably wouldn't be that hard for Alex to do very well.
But Jon is also very good at the math and regular Countdown has a lot more word rounds that Catsdown. It's hard to judge based on this episode how good Alex is with him numbers as he didn't get the first numbers round and the second was easy (I can tell because I managed to get it, lol).
But I will also say Jon was on the show when Alex was helping out Rachel and Alex did get a 9-letter word and Jon did a little celebration for Alex, in-lieu of the fact that he'd never managed to get a 9-letter word which was nice. He could have just left it and said nothing but he let Alex have a nice little moment.
The real question everybody wants to know the answer to is: where is Jeremy now?
Whose got dogdy eyes and slithered his way to a Countdown championship? Oh look....ITS LITTLE ALEX HORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNE!
If you haven't read Alex Horne's book about words, you're really missing out on some clever fun. If your local library doesn't have it, it's well worth spending some honk on a used copy!
At the point where Carol says "Oh dear" in the first letters round on this video, the letter she then selects makes a six-letter word on the board: POLITY. So it's not actually as bad as it appears. And there is ultimately a seven-letter word: INEPTLY.
In the numbers round, it's a case of obvious answer is obvious, but alternatives are thin on the ground because there's only one odd number on the board and an odd target number. If you use the odd number for anything other than the final stage of the solution, you must find another odd number somehow. One way to do that is to use the 100 to make 25:
10 x 9 = 90
90 + 8 = 98
98 x 6 = 588
100 / 4 = 25
588 + 25 = 613
Another way is this:
8 / 4 = 2
100 + 2 = 102
102 x 6 = 612
10 - 9 = 1
612 + 1 = 613
Or you can massively undershoot the target like this:
10 x 8 = 80
80 + 4 = 84
84 x 6 = 504
504 + 100 + 9 = 613
But these latter two solutions vividly demonstrate the difficulty in that they use the 9 in the last or next-to-last step.
I'm sorry that this is the only available game with Alex Horne in it. I'd have liked to have seen his other three games.
I applaude u for this great explanation
Yes im aware this comment is years old but nevertheless i feel i must congratulate this person
LITTLE ALEX HOOOORNE!!!
OPENLY
Well done, Alex.
8.24 HONK!!! (IYKYK)
Especially when he follows it up with his ‘little friend’
All the formation is in the task, Carol.
Well done Jeremy for losing all that weight!
Me, because I live in the U.S. but want to watch countdown.
Tuesday 26th August 2008
is there no youtube video for 27th august 08?
Got a 7 on the first game: INEPTLY.
Alex beat me by 11, dammit.
plenty, defeats
Not a bollo performance at all.
Omg #taskmaster
Countdowngoofs last episode! :(
The so called comedian in the corner is so much less funny than the contestant. Awkward
9:26
Who the hell records and watches old countdown.
All the cool kids.
icturner23 ah! Now it’s 9 years later and I’m in my 30s I understand!
Lovely wholesome conversation 👏
@@Orangecatinahoodie Who, me or the O.P.? Why?
@@Orangecatinahoodie It’s still sitting there under the video and notifications work exactly the same for any comment. But why are you commenting on the matter at all? It’s putting a downer on a light-hearted moment.