I watched Countdown for the first time in ages a couple of months ago, and the very first letters game I saw, "WANKER" was indeed the best word I could see. One contestant got it, and it was just bleeped, out and they just showed AWAKEN which the other guy got. Really funny.
@andycasdmx how dare you say Richard WHitely was one of the most boring bastards to ever live???? the guy was a legend, loved by all, excpet you obvioulsy
I was saddened to hear of Richard Whitely's death but was cheered to imagine his life support machine going da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! Boooooooooo! As he took his last breath.
it's not the MARTIAN'S fault that they crashed there FLYING SAUCER into that ICELANDIC VOLCANO. you trying flying straight whilst RACHEL'S NAKED IMAGE IS BURNING AWAY THE INSIDE OF YOUR BRAIN
thats a classic how did richard whitley not piss himslef laughing, god rest his sole, but why did they always have a 360 degree clock when it only ever used half of it.
Yes, I know it's filmed in front of an audience but I remember seeing the original and there was just a bit of sniggering. The countdown audience are rather reserved.
In fact I saw the very first ever episode of Countdown in 1982 as kids. It was the opening program for the then new channel 4. I remember us all being dissapointed as feck.
I don't mind a bit of canned laughter, but you have to admit that Lawrence Pearse's deadpan delivery is funnier than if he'd been giggling like a schoolboy.
If I remember correctly from reading some of the other comments on this video, this is from one of those bloopers shows, when this occured during filming of a Countdown episode there was a little bit of laughter from the studio audience but all the really loud laughter is from the audience for the blooper show.
Well said. The only thing that annoys me more than political correctness are the people who blame everything on the PC brigade. What? I can't say wankers on national TV in the middle of the day? Damn you political correctness!
Nine letters are chosen at random and in the space of 30 seconds, they have to come up with the longest word they can out of those letters. UNfortunately, both of them answers 'wankers'
The 2 contestants in each episode compete in three disciplines: eleven letters rounds, in which the contestants attempt to make the longest word from nine randomly chosen letters; 3 numbers rounds, in which the contestants must use arithmetic to make a random target number from 6 other numbers; & the conundrum, a buzzer round in which the contestants try to be first to solve a nine-letter anagram. The winning contestant returns the next day until he or she loses or has accumulated eight wins.
If you read the description to the right of the video, it says OUTTAKE, hence it wasn't broadcast (at least not as part of the episode). Countdown is not filmed live and in 1991 they would never have allowed such filthy language (funny as it may be) to be broadcast on daytime television. However now we have stuff like The Jeremy Kyle Show on during the day, so things must have changed.
lol @!! I miss Richard! but not Carol and i really like the new presenter of countdown!
I think there are many elderly people who have not even realised that they HAVE new presenters and still think they are watching carol and Richard still!! lol
Well, they did call him 'Twice-Nightly Whitely'! And, working with Carol Vorderman, you would certainly understand that he had to relieve the tension.
I know, but I just thought that my version was funnier. And kind of true, if you think about it. Carol Vorderman puts the 'mmmmmmm!' into MILF. I had to relieve myself at least twice an EPISODE while watching her on Countdown, never mind twice nightly.
LOL The fuck is wrong with you dude? Surely you would've found yourself wanking to shots of her interspersed with Richard Whiteley. Nigella Lawson is hotter, and there aren't any dudes with her.
Maybe somebody should teach you proper grammar. I think you meant to ask 'What the fuck is wrong with you, dude?' Anyway, have you never heard of the pause button? Plus it was a joke. I agree that Nigella is definitely hotter, but - let's face it - I'm never going to be offered the chance with either of them. And, even if that was the case, I'd do both if that was a possibility. And if I hadn't ejaculated myself inside-out, from the immense pleasure of doing the first one. Damn fine bitches...
To quote scousers everywhere 'Calm down, calm down, lad!'. I was also just kidding and my grammatical error was intentional, kinda meant to sound funnier; how do people put it......EPIC FAIL. A man can dream though, right?
Lol. You are obsessed aren't you. Although I do hope your obsession doesn't extend to dreaming that your dick is the pen Carol Vorderman writes on the board with. Cos that would be fucked, right?
Well it doesn't really mean a selfish person. Its more insulting really. you could say c*ocksucker but when you say 'wanker' you can make the hand sign (shaking the left hand up/down), but if you say c*ocksucker then you cant really do the sign (hand to mouth) or else you look gay.
GAME OVER. GILES WINS.
comface 1 week ago
Made another appearance in a recent episode too.
dnjp4life 1 week ago
I find this difficult to wank to.
electricmaster23 1 month ago 2
Was this broadcasted?
terryperring104 2 months ago
@terryperring104: No. That's why it's uncensored.
TheSmithersy 2 weeks ago
why wouldnt it be in the dictionary? and theres nothing wrong with the set you dickheads
weatherallc05 2 months ago
a definition? oh please lololol
weatherallc05 2 months ago
hard to take in Mr Whitley ( Ritchard ) is no longer never looked a picture of ill health ! just shows no ones got a sell by date .
bubs101able 3 months ago
"What is Richard Whitely doing asking for a definition?" Haha!
TVCriticAmy 5 months ago 2
I find this difficult to masturbate to
conorW062 6 months ago 3
I just love Mr Brandreth's line there! Ha ha ha ha ha!
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TubZeeTheEmcee 7 months ago
The MOST interesting thing to ever happen on this show.
KungfuCow5 7 months ago
23 people don't like wankers!
chain0fflowers 8 months ago
TV GOLD,LOVE IT
mrmister102 8 months ago
@mrmister102 TV platinum i think ;)
weatherallc05 2 months ago
Richard Whietly was the best
H1P2S 9 months ago 2
hahaha
Spraaaaay 9 months ago
I watched Countdown for the first time in ages a couple of months ago, and the very first letters game I saw, "WANKER" was indeed the best word I could see. One contestant got it, and it was just bleeped, out and they just showed AWAKEN which the other guy got. Really funny.
illwobble 10 months ago
Amazing even a complete cunt like Giles Brandreth has a sense of humour.
1965guitarboy 11 months ago 8
Nothing wrong with having a good old fashioned wank.
1939PlymouthRatRod 11 months ago 3
Class from Giles Brandreth, "What was Richard Whitely doing asking for a definition of wankers?"
swankyboy99 1 year ago 3
very funny so was the snake charmer from catchphrase
playfulpaul1985 1 year ago
:17 that's the face of a presenter who has just realised that his show has just been utterly derailed, and is about to enter a whole world of shit.
JimmyColls 1 year ago
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Most men would have ducked the obvious and gone for 'Dunkers', but Lawrence Pearse and Gino Corr more awesome than most men.
JimmyColls 1 year ago
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JimmyColls 1 year ago
WANKER'S CRAMP!!!!! The greatest of all British diseases!!!!!
that's for anyone who'll get the reference xD
MangekyouRook 1 year ago 6
@MangekyouRook I'd forgotten that expression.
amarone1956 1 year ago
Funny how all the haters come out online where they think they can't be traced.
falkerhard 1 year ago
22 people who didn't like this video are wankers too :)
estupido7490 1 year ago 5
Gyles brandreth is a wanker !
Russell230870 1 year ago
it's what all the men were doing under the desks watching corol vordermans ass.
the bunch of wankers.
hambonioful 1 year ago 2
One of the contestants should have made the international hand gesture...!!!!
thefrecklepuny 1 year ago 2
The only wanker in that video was in Dictionary Corner.
zionravescene 1 year ago 5
LOL......rofl
unkownreaper121 1 year ago
wanted to post this to facebook but it doesnt work - WANKERS
steveo7121 1 year ago
@steveo7121 it does work wanker
eddylon1983 1 year ago
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@eddylon1983 No it doesn't - "embedding disabled by request". Fuckstick.
steveo7121 1 year ago
@andycasdmx how dare you say Richard WHitely was one of the most boring bastards to ever live???? the guy was a legend, loved by all, excpet you obvioulsy
irlamdave 1 year ago 6
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Shneddon lovechu^__^
TheAwesomeWalter 1 year ago
Hahaa, HIIII EMMAAA xD
101kippers 1 year ago
showed my nan this n the poor bitch had a stroke
corkguy09 1 year ago
Cuntdown has been going for years !
louiseme 1 year ago
@louiseme
I'll have a bowel and a cuntstonent, please.
Cathain78 1 year ago 4
@Cathain78 . Ha ha ha .. excellent !!
louiseme 1 year ago
I notice Gino Corr didn't have to show that he'd written it down. LOL!
ecafssot 1 year ago
CLASSIC ITS TOOK ME TEN MINS TO RITE THIS OUT AS IVE WATCHED IT OVER N OVER AGAIN LOL
GREAT UPLOAD
Richard Whitely r.i.p
LAND OF WETWAG LEGEND !
krspursuit 1 year ago
Whitely's face is so funny....
FulchesterUnited 1 year ago
I was saddened to hear of Richard Whitely's death but was cheered to imagine his life support machine going da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! Boooooooooo! As he took his last breath.
00woolley 1 year ago
It's in the dictionary!
JohnnyTheWolfLupino 1 year ago
AHAHAHHA =))
missdolan05 1 year ago
the look on richards face at 0:18 :priceless :D
mjhartlebury 1 year ago
that's exactly how mens brains work
dramaking85 1 year ago
eyuhh i am really bored and need some action... Anyone feelin the same way
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it's not the MARTIAN'S fault that they crashed there FLYING SAUCER into that ICELANDIC VOLCANO. you trying flying straight whilst RACHEL'S NAKED IMAGE IS BURNING AWAY THE INSIDE OF YOUR BRAIN
JOJOBANANAZ1 1 year ago
this word perfectly describes most of Countdown's viewers, especially since Rachel Riley's hosting the show
calvooo 1 year ago
@calvooo heheheh
00woolley 1 year ago
I love watching Cuntdown !
louiseme 1 year ago
a proper wanker.....''giles fucking brandreth'' end of
stew2blue 1 year ago 5
@stew2blue What a smug twat he is!
pastrychef1985 1 year ago 2
A year after this, he became a Tory MP.
prben2 1 year ago
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stew2blue 1 year ago
i remember this one, i was so wet thinking about the two guys wanking at the same time....
carolvorderman1 1 year ago 48
Why do you hate carol vordeman so much mate?
tonyppe 1 year ago
@carolvorderman1 are you the real carol vorderman? only the real carol vorderman would say that..
willzer808 8 months ago
@carolvorderman1 Well that's a disturbing top comment. Upvoted.
Cnd0r 3 weeks ago
well, it is on Channel 4......
iamthestig1 1 year ago
Haha!
taistelutomaatti 2 years ago
we're a pair of wankers LOL priceless
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God I had a werid dream about him tonight
carol was in the countdown studio and she had came back to work with the letters and that
and then all i need was richard whiteleys body behind pulled along by a stretcher thing
werid
Homeandawayeps 2 years ago
lol i cant help how i dream
Homeandawayeps 2 years ago
I don't think this was an out-take, I remember my mum telling me about it :P
ReloadPsi 2 years ago 2
i like the look of that clock compared to the one to day
Homeandawayeps 2 years ago
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Damn i really miss Carol Vorderman on Countdown. I got such a big erection watching her.
NMtB4ev4 2 years ago 26
lool
i miss her too
Homeandawayeps 2 years ago
were u a "wanker"? haha
imbetterthanyouhahah 2 years ago
What a stupid thing to say Charles to Richard: 'a definition of a wanker because you one who personifies it.
Thelistener60 2 years ago
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graemeoliver84 2 years ago
thats a classic how did richard whitley not piss himslef laughing, god rest his sole, but why did they always have a 360 degree clock when it only ever used half of it.
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graemeoliver84 2 years ago
the first guy looks well pleased with himself lol
08lufcjoe 2 years ago
I suspect this was from a bloopers show rather than the original recording hence the canned laughter which rather ruins it.
funkydreddUK 2 years ago
Countdown is filmed in front of an audience.
tom1984uk 2 years ago
Yes, I know it's filmed in front of an audience but I remember seeing the original and there was just a bit of sniggering. The countdown audience are rather reserved.
In fact I saw the very first ever episode of Countdown in 1982 as kids. It was the opening program for the then new channel 4. I remember us all being dissapointed as feck.
funkydreddUK 2 years ago 2
I don't mind a bit of canned laughter, but you have to admit that Lawrence Pearse's deadpan delivery is funnier than if he'd been giggling like a schoolboy.
graemeoliver84 2 years ago 5
I couldn't agree with you more.
I loved how Gino struggled to keep a straight face when he said "a pair of wankers" and he then burst out laughing. Classic!! XD
KahnuevsKrake 2 years ago
@graemeoliver84
its not canned laughter
JoshRobertson142 1 year ago 6
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graemeoliver84 1 year ago
If I remember correctly from reading some of the other comments on this video, this is from one of those bloopers shows, when this occured during filming of a Countdown episode there was a little bit of laughter from the studio audience but all the really loud laughter is from the audience for the blooper show.
graemeoliver84 1 year ago
Utter Classic !!!!!!!!!
jon3m2007 2 years ago
Back to Base.
sjpampling 2 years ago
TIME'S UP!
ebdon2002 2 years ago
lol
i love richard whitley :)
headedofftheline 2 years ago
A classic RW moment. He is still missed.
mongrelvids 2 years ago 37
haha all tv should be like this, fuck the PC brigade
TheBrotherhoodOfSony 2 years ago 10
You clearly don't understand political correctness; it has nothing to do with this whatsoever.
quierounvaquero 2 years ago 12
Well said. The only thing that annoys me more than political correctness are the people who blame everything on the PC brigade. What? I can't say wankers on national TV in the middle of the day? Damn you political correctness!
armedpineapple 2 years ago 2
@armedpineapple It is you that has missed the point. This is an english language program and thus should be exempt from any ban on swear words.
DLPBurke 2 years ago
What year is this episode from?
deeveyboy 2 years ago
It clearly says 1991 in the description.
paulskelton88 2 years ago 7
a pair of wankers he says lol
argosy2006 2 years ago 6
Haaahaha xD
Rockangel199 2 years ago
Nine letters are chosen at random and in the space of 30 seconds, they have to come up with the longest word they can out of those letters. UNfortunately, both of them answers 'wankers'
Nogli 2 years ago
...!
Matthewj4x 2 years ago
Then you're officially dumb.
alchemist940 2 years ago
I mean what is the object of the show, I'm not British so I've never seen it.
physicalgrafiti12345 2 years ago
The 2 contestants in each episode compete in three disciplines: eleven letters rounds, in which the contestants attempt to make the longest word from nine randomly chosen letters; 3 numbers rounds, in which the contestants must use arithmetic to make a random target number from 6 other numbers; & the conundrum, a buzzer round in which the contestants try to be first to solve a nine-letter anagram. The winning contestant returns the next day until he or she loses or has accumulated eight wins.
ichorus 2 years ago 5
a wanker is someone who plays with their gentleman's area
kanenkitten 2 years ago
it is also a definition of you
FAVERSHAMBOY 2 years ago 6
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And the reason for you using that against me is.....?
kanenkitten 2 years ago
Wow, so witty!
jonomurphy3 2 years ago
HAHA PMSL QUALITY
BritishBlueLad92 2 years ago 2
this is sampled on a tidy trax 12 inch
75kev 2 years ago
Jizz?
EviceratedFoetus 2 years ago
It wasn't banned, it did go out on air
robert700818 2 years ago 2
HAHAHA 5*
linfieldtillidieftg 2 years ago
lol how did this get updated on oyutbe if it was banned
crispsandcakes 2 years ago
outtake tv shows show it all the time
haggiss 2 years ago
re your question about thumbs down. they probably take countdown very seriously and dont appreciate true genius.
DreamedOfHugeSpiders 2 years ago
Countdowns on my tv now....but I'm in bed and too lazy to turn it over....the music's sendin me crazy, so I thought I'd youtube it as well
poppygoestheweaselli 2 years ago
wank
lolokoperro 2 years ago
LOL, WANKERS!
stevocooldude 2 years ago
we got a pair of wankers.
hahahaha
shotta0121 2 years ago 16
hahahahahah!
XZXTHELEGENDXZX 2 years ago
lol, Lawrence has such a satisfied look on his face when he declares :D
avsfan331940 2 years ago
Want a definition of "wanker", Giles? Just stand in front of a mirror.
graemeoliver84 2 years ago 4
It should Giles who should of given definition of wanker cos his name's underneath the word in the dictionary.
turner681 2 years ago
your comment is as good as the clip. i've typed lol a few times in my life but it's almost always a lie. not this time. a well-earned lol.
DreamedOfHugeSpiders 2 years ago
Thank you!
graemeoliver84 2 years ago
Gino Corr, that's a good name.
graemeoliver84 2 years ago 2
You've got a pair of wankers!
FishFoodAndStuff 2 years ago
How appropriate that Giles Brandreth was in dictionary corner when this word came up...
lyverbird 2 years ago 2
Believe me, you're not the only person this thought occured to.
graemeoliver84 2 years ago
ok i know what a wanker is its what we say a jack off
RawHYPE 2 years ago
im american what the fuck is a wanker i just wanna know is that slang or something we have our own like murk you or creep out the cut
RawHYPE 2 years ago
Wank means masturbation. But wanker is normally said here to people we don't like, it doesn't actually mean the person wanks alot.
Chrystal80 2 years ago
ROFL @ "a pair of wankers" XD
ShiitakeWarrior 2 years ago
Some of the best comedy writes itself!
Gino's reaction is great too.
Richard Whiteley R.I.P
MrSkellum 2 years ago 6
Wanker?
I though that was a very mild word, a bit too worked up over that, eh?
Although, I get the fun of it and I laugh gently too, I suppose.
TossTheParadox 2 years ago
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Ah, the British are so innocent all worked up over wankers but totally ok with cunts.
Moredread25 2 years ago
Well, the program is on at about 3pm just before childrens TV
tomsega 2 years ago 3
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its fuckin shite, too much swearing on the telly and all that
TheKingfrat 2 years ago
this wasn't broardcast
kanenkitten 2 years ago
why are you giving out about swearing on tv, considering you just used 'fuckin' in your comment. Irony
SexyBuilder1888 2 years ago
:D OMG that is so funny!!!
willisgr8 2 years ago
Bet loads of people complained about this, but they are sad wankers with no sense of humour
fwuckarf 2 years ago 13
If you read the description to the right of the video, it says OUTTAKE, hence it wasn't broadcast (at least not as part of the episode). Countdown is not filmed live and in 1991 they would never have allowed such filthy language (funny as it may be) to be broadcast on daytime television. However now we have stuff like The Jeremy Kyle Show on during the day, so things must have changed.
graemeoliver84 2 years ago 5
oh my days!
IMperfection001 2 years ago
I want a jumper like Gyles' lol
SuperSonic44 2 years ago 3
richard deals with this so calmly, thats the strength of this clip! briliant
jakamneziak 2 years ago 13
I miss Richard 2 :(
spelqueka 2 years ago 12
weve got a pair of wankers lool
cbasswonderland 2 years ago 5
lol @!! I miss Richard! but not Carol and i really like the new presenter of countdown!
I think there are many elderly people who have not even realised that they HAVE new presenters and still think they are watching carol and Richard still!! lol
checkoutmyprofile 3 years ago 2
wonderful - solely for the way that "lawrence" utters the word wankers, in perhaps the coolest way possiblé.
samautumnwood 3 years ago
Well, they did call him 'Twice-Nightly Whitely'! And, working with Carol Vorderman, you would certainly understand that he had to relieve the tension.
TheAmazingMeatMan 3 years ago
because he used to present the Calendar news and Countdown on the same evening
kanenkitten 3 years ago
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I know, but I just thought that my version was funnier. And kind of true, if you think about it. Carol Vorderman puts the 'mmmmmmm!' into MILF. I had to relieve myself at least twice an EPISODE while watching her on Countdown, never mind twice nightly.
TheAmazingMeatMan 3 years ago
LOL The fuck is wrong with you dude? Surely you would've found yourself wanking to shots of her interspersed with Richard Whiteley. Nigella Lawson is hotter, and there aren't any dudes with her.
JB131170 2 years ago
Maybe somebody should teach you proper grammar. I think you meant to ask 'What the fuck is wrong with you, dude?' Anyway, have you never heard of the pause button? Plus it was a joke. I agree that Nigella is definitely hotter, but - let's face it - I'm never going to be offered the chance with either of them. And, even if that was the case, I'd do both if that was a possibility. And if I hadn't ejaculated myself inside-out, from the immense pleasure of doing the first one. Damn fine bitches...
TheAmazingMeatMan 2 years ago
To quote scousers everywhere 'Calm down, calm down, lad!'. I was also just kidding and my grammatical error was intentional, kinda meant to sound funnier; how do people put it......EPIC FAIL. A man can dream though, right?
JB131170 2 years ago
What, of a threesome with Carol Vorderman and Nigella Lawson? I dream of little else!
TheAmazingMeatMan 2 years ago
Lol. You are obsessed aren't you. Although I do hope your obsession doesn't extend to dreaming that your dick is the pen Carol Vorderman writes on the board with. Cos that would be fucked, right?
JB131170 2 years ago
Shit. You've got me there, I'm afraid.
TheAmazingMeatMan 2 years ago
you have good taste.
jtcfc 2 years ago
Thanks.
TheAmazingMeatMan 2 years ago
ahahaha whiteley's face!
xihopeyouchoke 3 years ago
The best thing is the way that Gino guy goes 'We have got a pair of wankers'
deco7869 3 years ago 4
Lawrence looks awfully smug with himself, the filthy bastard
beastmanbeastman 3 years ago 4
I think that's the best part about him saying wankers in the first place.
estupido7490 3 years ago
It means two things, a selfish person, or to masturbate.
Area5107 3 years ago
Well it doesn't really mean a selfish person. Its more insulting really. you could say c*ocksucker but when you say 'wanker' you can make the hand sign (shaking the left hand up/down), but if you say c*ocksucker then you cant really do the sign (hand to mouth) or else you look gay.
deco7869 3 years ago 2
Comedy gold.
a121509 3 years ago
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Shakepeare invented the word wanker along with 20,000 other words.
says my drama teacher
Tubtubrules 3 years ago
Then it's fitting that your drama teacher is a wanker.
a121509 3 years ago 14
Epic Win.
ZxArkillionxZ 3 years ago 6
Loving Gyles's jumper!
rebisdead 3 years ago 4
Quality, look at the set LOL! It looks awful and crappy.
GaryGarratt 3 years ago
it was 1991 you retard
nightwishfan60 3 years ago