Blockbusters Norn Iron

[gameshow2500]

RIP Bob Holness

[TheJonathanmt]

Your a legend Colin! From Queen's Pharmacy class level 2..... just please be nice to us in our exam next week :(

[NUTTER1234567890123]

Nice hand jive! :D God I am on a blockbusters roll just now! things like this just bring all the memories flooding back

[shoredude2]

A boom box as a grand prize??? In the US, they won $5,000 for finishing the gold rush.

[Lauraloos1981]

@jchrishall2000 how old were you then ? lol 

[GazAnders69]

wow look at what he won :D

[mistofoles]

I thought "Super-woofer" was a song by ABBA!

[sugarpuffsandwich]

so thats the blockbusters dance?!!! lol

[SimsMoyal]

San Bernard !! even i know that :)

[Stumaloo]

You still got your superwoofer man ? :)

[Scrabbler27]

I think Bob Holness was a good prestenter.

[K0K4NE]

nice hair, sorta like Rick Ashley

[djnemesisuk]

the look on the lads face when bob gans.. dont forget youve gota  photocopier for your skool as well hahaha

[djnemesisuk]

1:15 hahahaha "This powerfull machine" hahahahahaha fukin buckled

[daskagboyz]

thats sum hair you have on you back then mate, lol, but fair dues for appearin on it

[PINKxxFLOYD]

lol the end is fucking beautiful, a room full of window lickers

[mr2cooper]

See the Spasticks at the end!!

[Holygasoline]

Lol the audience at the end, kids today wouldnt be seen dead doing that ! I bet the 'Ghetto Blaster ' was in the skip long ago ...

[TicKlebro]

ow my so not

[marklfc07]

hahaha the women at 2.05 fucked the dance up lol

[cannywf1]

Dance......??????

[bradbeaver]

What has now happened to the set? Brad

[morgansifer82]

If this was filmed in the Nottingham studios then the studio will have long gone as they have been bought by Nottingham University and the studios now form part of their campus.

[colinmccoy]

No, it was done at Central's studio in Nottingham.

[Classictv90s]

@colinmccoy You can certainly tell that Blockbusters was recorded at Central's Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham because I spotted the rail which has been seen on other game shows like The Price is Right and Family Fortunes.

[colinmccoy]

1987

[broofer666]

give me an 'e' please bob.did they not stop using them because of that???

[jazzyjaz04]

i remmeber is and even the stupid dance th ey were doing at the end. loved the show.

[gianni737]

days of innocence.... gone forever

[Puppykins88]

Yes, RIP the "hand jive" generation..

[cujo9]

@gianni737 yes i know it makes me sad with tears looking back to these great days , i want to reach and touch but their gone forever.

[4godand4ulster]

oooooo wat a lovely prize just wat i always wanted!!!!!

[Thisisace]

... AND a photocopier for the school ! (Watch his expression there!)

[richiefirefly]

The 1980s clothes were legendary, loved the jiving by the audience at the end of the show, I forgot about that part hehe!

[deptford]

How come he did not say "Can I have a p?" lol

That radio was the size of a bus. No ipod then eh?

[fantastiked]

Can't beleive someone was doing that silly hand thinger with a straight face! xD

Yay! A cassette player! Worth a mint today, lucky devils!

[fogzax]

lolllllll

[pjbolas]

I liked the fact that there was the odd 1 or 2 hexagons on the Gold Run that were instantly solveable without a clue.

Heres a few examples

CZJ = Catherine Zeta Jones

QOTD = Queen Of The Desert (possibly)

QPQ = Quid Pro Quo

[namk19]

wtf they're doing the hand jive

[MadinahStudent]

He got a cassette player. FUCK!

[MadinahStudent]

He got a cassette player. FUCK!

[prontford]

There had clearly been some vigorous back-combing going on in Nottingham that year.

[mistofoles]

What a spaz! SB..Heaviest breed of dog? Saint Bernard! (Obviously)

[VirgLondon]

whats going on with that dance thing at the end, did the audience have to leave their dignitys in the cloakroom before taking their seats. Cracking sub woofer system though, I bet your neighbours wasn't too chuffed at you winning that

[623058]

that was only done on the Firday shows

[tubenoobster]

lool

[Knox1013]

"If you thought super woofer was a giant dog, think again" - ha ha ha! Classic!

Excellent. Wasn't there a point when Bob Holness used to stand and do the hand-jive to the theme tune along with rest of them?

[bradbeaver]

Any chance of the end and start theme colin Mccoy? Brad

[colinmccoy]

My copies aren't clean unfortunately - audience noise etc. sorry - basically they're the same as you can hear on the end credits on this video.

[bradbeaver]

Any chance i could still have it? B

[colinmccoy]

Try video kKhnVvHWJ3A

[MidlandNinja]

When was this?

[colinmccoy]

1987

[colinmccoy]

Haha! We always thought that about 'old' Lee!

[623058]

I wish there was a Clean MP3 of the blockbuster theme ( mainly the end one)

[623058]

Any chance you got the Clean copy of the theme?

[colinmccoy]

Start theme or end? Can put up either for you.

[623058]

both would be nice

[NUTTER1234567890123]

Any of them would be good to put up both start and end :)

[colinmccoy]

V busy with work - will try to get these sorted in a couple of weeks!

[bradbeaver]

Can i ahve them both too? Brad

[WilliamMorris]

Wonderful stuff!

[reverendfrog]

nice work mate, i'm from belfast as well, good to see someone flying the the flag for Norn iron! well done on winning the ghetto blaster btw. do you still have it??

[colinmccoy]

Cheers - don't have the ghetto blaster (it broke just after I got it and they gave me the money instead) but the other guy still has his. A design classic!

[colinmccoy]

A gentleman for sure!

[AdvertisingDream]

Lol you looked so thrilled when you got the photocopier for the school(!) Kewl kewl, im from belfast myself like, good to see norn iron ppl on television ya know.

[colinmccoy]

Fantastic fun at that age - the two of us are still friends and chat about it often.

[zeldafanii]

Thanks for the post! Must've been really fun to be on Blockbusters. Any chance of possible posting the whole episode?

[colinmccoy]

Can only do 10 mins per clip, so edited it down to this. The rest isn't much fun, I pormise you!

[bradbeaver]

Do you have any episodes on tape? B

[colinmccoy]

Somewhere....but the VCR went to the dump long ago unfortunately so I can't play it!

[anaandpeter]

saw this and couldn't believe my eyes. I went to medical school with Chris

[gj1690]

have ya still got the super woofer?

[colinmccoy]

It was broken when it arrived so it was sent back and replaced with lovely cash! Not sure how much carrying that thing around would have helped with the credibility!

[bradbeaver]

Did you enjoy your time on Blockbusters? How did it make you feel to win the Gold Run? Brad

[colinmccoy]

I messed up my gold run...:-)