At times I thought the theme tune was going to burst into the old one
@theotyler83509 ай бұрын
When Michael did blockbusters, and you can see in the video! The second hexagon was coloured purple, instead of blue! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SanFran513 жыл бұрын
This was the first version when they dropped the projectors and go full on computerized.
@theotyler83509 ай бұрын
The single player has always been white! But as you can see in the video! Two players were playing as the colour purple instead of blue! That was when Michael was the presenter! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SanFran513 жыл бұрын
"Wow a camera just as I always wanted what a great prize"
@theotyler83509 ай бұрын
Counting Michael, blockbusters has now been with four presenters! Bob Simon and Bradley Walsh included! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@jamesfish18 Жыл бұрын
I used to go to college with his son
@theotyler83509 ай бұрын
Are you saying, that you went to school once with the son of Michael? If you did, congratulations! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@LeotheTiger12343 жыл бұрын
I thought Michael Aspel was a comedian, but here he seems to be just going through the motions. Still, here in the US, we had adults play the game, so it confused me to see teenagers doing it in the UK. It therefore caught my attention to see there was a UK version played by adults. (Simon Mayo would do the second one in 2012.) Also, the video temporarily froze at 17:26. What was the correct answer to that question?
@thaivong66202 жыл бұрын
It was Whitbury as in Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre.
@LeotheTiger12342 жыл бұрын
@@thaivong6620 Thank you.
@kylebulger42404 ай бұрын
This is the first episode of the Aspel tenure.
@cleverhardy52305 жыл бұрын
Nice to have a full high quality episode of Michael Aspel's Blockbusters. The music isn't the same, possibly because the original was owned by Carlton, and the show aired on the BBC. Not the best theme ever; sounds cheesy if you ask me. Actual adults on the show seem like a decent idea, but it loses the charm of the original. And Michael Aspel isn't exactly Bob Holness. At least the original producer handled the show. It's an okay revival, but not to the standard of Central/Carlton's version.
@Dim43233 жыл бұрын
I remember they use this for lisa tarbuck era.
@LeotheTiger12342 жыл бұрын
It did look similar, but the version with Liza changed the pair back to blue instead of purple.
@peterwilliamskelhorn66756 ай бұрын
@@LeotheTiger1234and the background was blue
@LeotheTiger12346 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 That's true.
@peterwilliamskelhorn66756 ай бұрын
@@LeotheTiger1234 i didn't mind Liza Tarbuck's version
@LeotheTiger12346 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 Neither did I.
@97channel5 жыл бұрын
This is page 1 of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it.". It's not that change is always a bad thing. Admittedly, by 1997, there surely needed to be a refresh to some degree. There were changes during the Bob Holness years, most notably the opening titles saw a huge makeover in 1986. But it was well calculated and improved the show. Here, every change inflicted massive damage. Every single element was tweaked for the poorer. Okay, so they were lumbered with a couple of changes which circumstances forced upon them. But it was horrible to see good old Blockbusters downgraded so much. It's probably pointless talking in depth about what was wrong, it's obvious enough. But a dishonourable mention should definitely be made regarding Michael Aspel. Was he doing this as his community service? Don't get me wrong, I could praise him enormously for virtually all of his other varied work throughout his distinguished career. But this was undoubtedly his failure. Why did he appear so reluctant to be hosting Blockbusters? Even in the publicity shots for the series he looked like he was smiling at gunpoint. Would this show have pulled through with a different host? Hhmm, maybe not. The great Holness himself might have struggled to spin gold from it. But it would certainly have helped if the host could have been even remotely arsed.
@SanFran513 жыл бұрын
Well he needed the money. Also it was strange that he was wooden here because he had been in numerous quizzes before and was more natural.
@97channel3 жыл бұрын
@@SanFran51 He'd always had a rather nonchalant air about him, but in Blockbusters he looked pained at merely being there. I can only assume that he really did need the money desperately.
@christianengland5 жыл бұрын
I would love it if you had an episode of Relatively Speaking hidden in there somewhere. You know, with Gordon Burns?
@christianengland5 жыл бұрын
@Classic90stv Backintime It was the Virtual Reality that very nearly cinched it. He even had the knowledge to create the show of his own mind. Di you know he was his own producer of it too?
@DRAINPIPE575 жыл бұрын
Hes a chat show and T V presenter not a quiz show host Comes across deflated and would rather be elsewhere
@theotyler83509 ай бұрын
So, Michael must be the first presenter of blockbusters? Then Bob, and last, was Simon! And now Bradley Walsh is restarting blockbusters in the summer! ❤❤❤❤
@davidfearis73356 ай бұрын
Actually it goes BOB HOLNESS, MICHAEL ASPEL, LISA TARBUCK & SIMON MAYO
@peterwilliamskelhorn66756 ай бұрын
@@davidfearis7335then Dara O'Briain
@davidfearis73356 ай бұрын
@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 Can't help thinking that version of Blockbusters is best forgotten about
@peterwilliamskelhorn66756 ай бұрын
@@davidfearis7335 just as well i didn't want the comedy Central version
@beemoh8 ай бұрын
Three boards and none of them ask for a ''P'. Revival was doomed from the start.
@bletheringfool6 ай бұрын
Dreadful theme isn't it. This version always lacked a bit of oomf
@ScottyBoy365 ай бұрын
Its not coming back
@mclarenguy225 жыл бұрын
This aired at 4:00 pm, but midway through the series it moved to a 1:40 pm, likely due to poor ratings. You could tell from Michael’s body language, facial expression and somewhat deflated tone of voice that he was fed up all the time. This is one of the worst quiz show revivals of all time! The next two reincarnations improved, and I reckon if the 2019 version retained 5-Gold Run format without that Hexican Standoff crapshoot it would be close to perfect.
@mclarenguy223 жыл бұрын
I might be misremembering, but I believe it was actually Hexican as it rhymes with Mexican.
@C345OFR3 жыл бұрын
All kinds of wrong.
@lesliegilbertpayne77237 ай бұрын
Oooh aàar me handsome
@fnhlgn5 ай бұрын
I'll have a P please Michael
@christianengland5 жыл бұрын
Compared to the new version with Dara O' Brain, this version is a much better attempt at a revival.
@mclarenguy225 жыл бұрын
I like the O’Briain and Mayo versions. This version wasn’t right. Aspell was fed up all the time, the theme tune was a mess, the mirrored set looked wrong, the adult contestants made it dry and stuffy and the graphics were ugly. It compromised an iconic quiz format. It was a hot mess.
@mclarenguy225 жыл бұрын
No it doesn’t, the 2019 version had yellow and blue hexagons instead of orange and purple hexagons. Also the top-left corners of the new letters are truncated. The 1997 board looks as if it was made on Microsoft Paint. It was ugly.
@LeotheTiger12342 жыл бұрын
What did you think about Liza Tarbuck's version?
@christianengland2 жыл бұрын
@@LeotheTiger1234 I quite liked her as a presenter. She was really good.