Blankety Blank 1980 - Opening Titles

[yabbaguy]

The stand with the questions isn't anchored down properly, it nearly gets dislodged when the turntable stops!

[empirestatebuilding1]

It takes me back to my child hood. absolutely loved this show!

[411Nichola]

LMAO..... Holy crap Craig Ferguson was telling the truth lololol

[AndyGriff72]

I swear Roy Hudd, Beryl Reid and Lenny Bennett were in virtually every edition of Blankety Blank.

[colavfc70]

roy hudd, beryl reid, lennie fuckin bennett!! classis blankety blank line up

[morphic2008]

Lenny Bennett!!!!!

[waxonwaxoff520]

thumbs up if you watched this because of craig ferguson

[Feisty1967]

I loved this show as a 12 year old kid!! Terry Wogan rocks!!

[earthsunlover]

brill.. love it so much

[uexplorer]

I'm only here to see if craig ferguson is full of shit, apparently he isn't.

[skagemann]

same here

[juliab15]

@uexplorer

hahahahah me too !

[RaiohTheHunter]

@uexplorer HOW DARE YOU QUESTION CRAIG FERGUSON!

[adds3566]

what a bloody awful show this was!

[burgerontheside]

I still dont really see how the promise by girls aloud sounds like this.

also terry wogan is a fag

[moonboots69]

the spindly needle dick microphone was hilarious (looking back)

[dragonfitter]

it was well shit when wogan did it was a lot more serious when les dawson took over

[NielsShoe]

Mini microplone on the end of a stick :) class

[Hodmox]

A car radio aerial to be precise xD

[themachman19691]

at least celebrities then did work and have talent,even if you didint like them.not like the shower today.blimey i sound old,lol.

[neil9327]

tw, ee's the best!.

terry wogan

[dudeimamazingbeef]

the promise by girls aloud sounds as if it is based on this

love this theme tune

[filmfan17]

Lol, I thought the same thing!

[TiMeCapsule123]

(Sir)Terry Wogan himself said that on Children In Need a few weeks ago.

[roflman79]

me too, rubbish song

[matthew1st]

lol yeah. I prefer this song to girls alouds

[guardien1459]

Yeah thats why they put him on children in need?

[keithbyrne]

Terry wogan seems to present shows like they are a bit shit. Its a british trate that admiting things are crap you instantly make it better. If this was an american version it would be big and glittery and larger than life.

Wogan = legend

[canbac21]

Well, our version was certainly glittery, but not so large.

[fcrim]

Haha the classic mic

[BNCA70]

my mate's Dad was the voice announcing the guests. He got paid a packet apparently. This was based on a US show wasn't it? Or did we think of it first? (It does happen you know.)

[MGHSFAN]

Yes, it was based off from "Match Game '73" by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions which aired from 1973 - 1979 on CBS-TV and in syndication from 1979 - 1982.

[Pichon61]

It was certainly 'imported' as MGHSFAN says! I'm not sure now whether it was Alan Boyd or Marcus Plantin who made the deal to use the format!

The voice on the opening titles is the late (and sadly missed) Tony Hawes who was married to Stan Laurel's daughter Lois!

Happy memories of those halcyon days of 'real' television !

[kresblain]

@MGHSFAN Um... "Match Game PM" was syndicated from 1976 to 1982; you were off by 3 years. :P

Oh, and thank you, Craig Ferguson! *thumbs up*

[MGHSFAN]

@kresblain I wasn't taking about the nighttime version, I was talking about the daily syndicated version which aired right after the CBS daytime show was cancelled. The PM version aired with both versions which was from 1975-1981.

[kresblain]

@MGHSFAN It went from a weekly show to a daily show? I didn't know that. ^__^ ;

[MGHSFAN]

@kresblain No... Match Game '73 was a daily show from 1973 to 1979 on CBS-TV... when it was cancelled by CBS in 1979, the show moved to daily syndication from 1979 - 1982. Match Game PM was weekly and ran co-sided with the daytime Match Game from 1975 - 1981.

[seeem]

apparrently the mic was just a prop

[Pichon61]

Yes indeed - it was just a 'dummy' !!

[seeem]

hehe y'seen how much the contestants get thrown when the stage stops revolving, heheh get in :)

[Jnelson09Returns]

Based on the real thing in the US. The Sony ECM-51.

[stormthelantern]

LOL, best microphone ever!! *tears*

[Busterchin]

Nice set of celebs , really liked Lennie Bennett , fresh from Puchlines here l think

[cylon6]

Punchlines was actually ITV's rip-ofdf version of Blankety Blank and started afterwards I think.

[happyninjagirl]

blankety blank! blankety blank!

[JoshiTakanawa]

look at that microphone!

[nightfire620]

crikey a 1/3 of the panel are dead, saying that though, some of the others should be!

[heartandhumour]

Thanks

[RoadCone411]

my God, opening titles have come a long way in 25 years! I'm guessing "Blankety'Blank" was always a little cheesy though.

[unclemort1960]

@RoadCone411 it was more cheesy than a cathedral city factory

[allenjeremy]

The titles were from series 2.