You played this game all your life but never quite as dull as this! 😣
@willmack59096 ай бұрын
ROFL
@danielwilliamson6180 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know there was a television version of the classic word game Scrabble. I was born in the UK in July 1984.
@anewfuture Жыл бұрын
I have never seen this version of scrabble, but I like it. Both teams get the same rack and have to find the best score. That actually sounds like a fun variant to play.
@LogoMan77779 ай бұрын
Still won't beat the Chuck Woolery version.
@austinl1693 ай бұрын
This is the REAL Scrabble game. In the US, "TV Scrabble" was a game where contestants solved suggestive crossword puzzle-style clues written by the writing staff, with positions placed on a replica Scrabble board. There were no values given to individual letters; scoring was done by the whole word only. It was nothing like the more faithful rendition this UK version did, but was popular for a number of years on the NBC television network because it was dumbed down for the viewers, and had massive cash prizes by comparison. Amazingly, Selchow & Righter, who created the original Scrabble board game, never objected to the American version, but would have loved the UK adaptation!
@HappySnoutHour2 жыл бұрын
I find it fascinating that both the UK and the US had Scrabble on the same period yet both are completely different game wise (except the set colors). While this version is a more traditional version of the board game, the US version was a then modern update to Crosswits which was cancelled about a few years before the revamped Scrabble premiered. The only thing that stayed the same were the blue and pink spaces which became money if an clue was correctly answered correctly instead of doubling or tripling points. Worth watching if you are a Crosswits fan.
@danielwilliamson6180 Жыл бұрын
Jozxyqk
@aaronbruceladner19832 жыл бұрын
The British Television Version of the Crossword Game You've Played All Your Life!
@JoeyLamontagne Жыл бұрын
But absolutely quite like this!!!
@hugoboss58952 ай бұрын
This is something my Nan would have been asleep in front of 😂
@aaronbruceladner19832 жыл бұрын
When My Folks and I Play SCRABBLE, We Play the Chuck Woolery Version
@ABCEasyas--8 ай бұрын
And this is why the American TV game show adaptation of the board game Scrabble had a much different format.
@Tubewings2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, there would be a much better TV Scrabble debuting in America a few months later.
@LogoMan77779 ай бұрын
Which, remarkably, was nothing like Scrabble in actual gameplay.
@user-ps5ux2sp6w8 ай бұрын
anpanman!
@aaronbruceladner19832 жыл бұрын
2:33, Let's Go to the Board
@wez45172 жыл бұрын
1984 TV Scrabble Champions yet at 3:52 try to spell the word "REMARK" even though they haven't got the correct letters!?!
@Lupton20002 жыл бұрын
I would have gone to sleep watching this (you can do this game with your folks).
@slobodanreka10882 жыл бұрын
Great memories!
@roberthorwat67472 жыл бұрын
Hardly anyone will have watched this. We would all have been out at work.
@roberthorwat67472 жыл бұрын
@@analogueavenue A) your memory is in error B) it was on weeknights at 16:45 sometimes 17:00 C) which means I was definitely still at work D) mostly everyone else was on their way home, so hardly anyone would be watching anyway E) I was not, am not now or ever have been a bouncer F) as for concussion, see 'E' above. G) yes I googled it.
@eclectica12 жыл бұрын
Not me. I was of school age and watched it regularly at the time.
@roberthorwat67472 жыл бұрын
@@eclectica1 do you remember watching Password? Presented by Esther Rantzen around that time
@user-ps5ux2sp6w8 ай бұрын
yakisoba!
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 Жыл бұрын
A TV show worse than watching paint dry.
@mabbamix Жыл бұрын
It's slightly better than Countdown
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 Жыл бұрын
@@mabbamix Pushing a broken pencil up my arse SIDEWAYS is better than Countdown
@ABCEasyas--8 ай бұрын
And this is why the American TV game show adaptation of the board game Scrabble had a much different format.
@ABCEasyas--8 ай бұрын
@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206And don’t get me started on Countdown. We never got that show in America. There was an unsold pilot which got rid of the math rounds.