We surveyed 100 people and asked them have they ever been surveyed for the TV show Family Fortunes. The top one answer is up there. Yes, the Top answer is No.
Have you ever met a person who has actually participated in one of these Family Fortunes surveys? My guess is, no. The TV show has been running in the UK on and off since 1980 and in the US as Family Feud since 1976.
Who and where are all these people answering the surveys during this large period? Must be tens of thousands of them. Maybe they're kept on some secret island somewhere. Judging by some of the answers given, some have quite clearly gone utterly mad.
Or maybe it's just the contestants who are mad.
Er yes, it's definitely the contestants, my mistake.
Just had to add a further comment to the previously posted Blog after watching the X Factor results show this Sunday. It's got to a point now where nothing really surprises me anymore. The Y Factor is alive and kicking and doing very well for itself thank you. Why? Why? Why? Best not to reason with it.
John and Edward are most probably... no... most definitely the shows worst ever finalists, but they went through as expected. They are with out a doubt, the most talked about act and the reason why a great percentage of the public watch each week. But do they have the X Factor? Are they the most likely to go on and become long-term recording artists? Why am I even asking myself these questions? The answer is staring me in the face in big bright capital letters. They read, No!
Ok, while it is pretty amusing seeing this kind of act progress each week, it becomes rather shambolic when the best act ends up in the bottom two sing off. It doesn't seem that Danyl Johnson is very popular with the voting public, slightly less popular than Gordon Brown in fact. That's not very popular.
Danyl managed to work his way through this week at the expense of Girl band, Miss Frank. This would have been a major wake up call. John & Edward are more popular than the previous bookies favourite to win the whole show.
It happens every year with these TV Talent shows. One act is so awful to such an infinite level, that they progress much much further than any sane world would normally allow. But... we don't live in a sane world do we? The proof is there for all to see.
Previous World-Class terrible acts that have featured on the X Factor have included Chico and the Cheeky Girls, but twins John & Edward, this year, have taken the art to a whole new level. When it come to the genre of awful performances, they are surely Galactic if not Universal Class.
But... they are entertaining. This is the Y Factor and they have it in huge great big spades. Each week I cross my fingers they will be voted through, just to see the car wreck they will perform the following week.
If they win the whole competition, Simon Cowell will surely break down in a flood of tears. Good Luck to John and Edward! I probably won't be buying any of your albums though.
So... now that Jonathan Ross has been suspended for 3 months for things I don't really want to go into, what is replacing his big ratings winning show in the BBC schedule?
Well... not much really. The BBC seem content with just putting a film on each week until everything blows over. Last week it was Speed which has been on about fifty times already and this week, it is Armageddon.
The BBC have really shot themselves in the foot with this one. For all his faults, Ross attracted the viewing public in their many thousands, could get the best celebrity guests and delivered an entertaining show. Now it's gone for a while and replaced with mediocrity. One waits for other possible films in the weeks to come and fears the likes of Cocoon, Honey I shrunk the Kid and Teenwolf being shown on what should be prime weekly viewing.
I think I, and many others, will be watching a different TV station for a while until the BBC are back on track. It's the 4 Poofs and a Piano, I feel sorry for.
Expect the standard of Celebrity guests on other shows to suddenly increase as they desperately find other outlets to plug their various projects.
Currently in the UK if you own a Television, you must also pay for a TV Licence otherwise you could risk a fine.
A colour TV Licence costs £139.50. A black and white TV Licence costs £47.00. Not many people have a Black and White television nowadays so we are looking at a general fee of £139.50. This works out at around £2.68 a week. Even if you just watch TV on the Internet, you still need to have an up to date Licence.
If the BBC did not exist, there would be no Licence Fee at all as all other Channels are paid for by advertising. So... is the BBC's Licence Fee value for money? After all, the choice of different alternative channels to choose from now is huge and continues to rise. Why should UK residents have to pay a Fee towards, what is becoming, a very small percentage of Channels, that some may argue, they do not watch much anyway?
The BBC justify the Fee by saying they produce quality programmes which are not interrupted by adverts. Also they are a traditional and World-known brand. Well, ok, there is some truth in this, but as more and more channels spring up should the BBC be reviewing their set up?
Below is Venessa Feltz in one of the Quality programmes, Hole in the Wall, presented by Dale Winton. This show has been aired prime time on Saturday Evenings and involves B-list celebrities in silver spangly costumes trying to position themselves through a moving wall.
Even though I found this show rather amusing, I'm not sure I would regard it as quality and its definitely not something I would wish to pay for.
Will the BBC's Licence fee be something that exists forever? Undoubtedly, if the fee was axed, the Government would bring in a replacement TV tax which they would be 100% beneficiaries to. That's how taxes seem to work. One is removed, a stealth one is quietly slotted in to replace it shortly afterwards.
Hmmmm, maybe the Licence Fee should stay then. I can't wait to see which Celebrity gets knocked into the Swimming pool this week. My money is on Kieth Chegwin. Or alternatively, I could go up the Pub.
The BBC thought Venessa was such a hit on this show, that she was brought back for another go.
Yep, it's definitely the Pub for me. I might not come back.
We surveyed 100 people and asked them have they ever been surveyed for the TV show Family Fortunes. The top one answer is up there. Yes, the Top answer is No.
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