cheggers plays pop intro

[Jermyn78]

Nice epileptic-friendly intro...

[GBscottieUK]

Given that intro Cheggers Makes Fitz..

[joannalexus1]

anyone who has seen extras with ricky gervais..?..cheggers is fab " cheggers plays cock.....pop knob in fanny ' !!!!!

[SushiSunshine2000]

Cheggars looks skinny!!

[PM1970]

How COOL was that theme tune??

[hoffmanshades]

@PM1970 Excellent.

[IEatManure]

I love his discipline. Even someone sober would have a hard time hoping in a circle like that

[Feisty1967]

I want this theme played at my funeral, which will be very soon.

[helicopter618]

Keith Chegwin was the most annoying person on tv

[hoffmanshades]

@helicopter618 Yet married yummy Philbin though. Kudos.

[MOONST0MP]

@helicopter618 Nah, Paul McCartney is the most annoyin man what ever walked this earth!

[liams080172]

no wonder so many of us had seizures in the 80s and I'm not talking about the intro just look at cheggers jacket!!!

[umaralansari]

@liams080172 I don't remember any seizures... I do however remember the easy life, having tea 'n' toast and flopping down in front of the set to watch Cheggers etc... The garish presentation looks dated alright but the more relaxed, less "clinically-precise" presentation, as well as the silly exuberance, in retrospect, had a certain charm... Or is that what rose-tinted nostalgia does to a person... ;)

[Shrimpkin74]

Now I feel old :(

[PM1970]

That's one wicked theme tune! The best ever!!

[TheGodParticle]

@PM1970 Yeah, sounds like Thin Lizzy.

[umaralansari]

@TheGodParticle More like Noddy Holder... ;)

[GibbletsMcGinty]

Damn he's fleet of foot and fresh faced for a man who's just knocked off a double vodka in his dressing room

[JoseTwitterFan]

CHEGGARS SMOKES POT!

[water3three]

love him!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jazzchilli76]

is it me or did the red team ALWAYS win...

[giddygavin]

The man is a genius.

[MrNishi]

it's ok I guess but I suppose cheggers can't be boozers.

[electrogeek77]

@MrNishi Win, win, effing win.

[MrNishi]

@electrogeek77 I once saw Cheggers really drunk in Weston Super Mare after some Radio 1 road show back in the late 80s, he staggered out of a pub near the winter gardens and took a dump behind a bus, pulled up his kecks without wiping his arse before returning to the pub, never really liked him much after seeing that.

[GibbletsMcGinty]

@MrNishi You said the same thing about Keith Harris

[electrogeek77]

@MrNishi That does sound greatly disenchanting.

[barryw53]

@MrNishi that is fucking awesome hahaha

[tatty73]

@MrNishi - I hope this story is, as it's genius!!

[TheHarecat]

Must of been hell being that jolly and wacky when you're hanging out your arse.

[gallafey]

that is great classic tv the 80s cool shows, cool music

[utubeavenger2]

Groooovvvvyyyyyy

[carloswigan]

I always remember a Wigan school (Deanery I think it was) taking part and me thinking 'Wigan is on the map at last!' I was about 8 years old.

[KONAretro]

Illuminati?? are you mad?

Its a hand gesture nothing more, get a grip on life.

Next you'll be talking about lizard people taking over the world.

[sighingoftheseas]

I'm not talking about Liz people....I'm talking about our kids being affected by offensive subliminal messages......which by the way is illegal.....if it wasn't for the fact that so much of it is sinister and not related to advertising I wouldn't really care....it DOSEN'T make me a crackpot just because I feel the need to point this out....

[eclectica1]

@sighingoftheseas

You may not be a crackpot, but you're spamming this page with something completely unrelated. Plus you're overreacting.

[KONAretro]

@sighingoftheseas well unless your boy was doing the nazi salute i dont really see you have anything to worry about. But for the advertising, they (adverts) are made by ppl in think tanks and are taylored to reach a TARGET audiance. How close this is to being subliminal is anyones guess.

But in my opionion ALL adverts are overtly subliminal, what i mean is they give you the impression that it will enhance your life and lifestyle maybe even change it, but it wont because its just a can of cola.

[bladrunner6]

my older bro wwent on it, when he was a kid and though it was only on for half an hour, he said it took about seven hours to film it!!! Lol

[1975jp]

How wonderful... there was none of this 'epileptic fit' flashing graphics nonsense back in 1981, was there!

[seonidh]

I remember the kids used to run around on the floor answering questions and standing on a lafge circle.

[Specs76]

This has to be one of the best theme tunes ever! I don't like it when people swear on Youtube, but this 'effing' rocks :-)

[eclectica1]

Classic show. Just about old enough to remember it.

[PM1970]

I was only 9 when this came out, but I remember getting home from school and putting the TV on - I just loved the theme music!!

[gers69]

Cheggers entertained loads of us growing up, so what if he liked a pint or 10

[quelian]

I think it was the hitting Maggie Philbin that was the problem

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Cheggers DRANK Pop more likely

[eclectica1]

LOL...behave!!!!!!!!

[pawnsacrifice1]

I'd forgotten how good the themetune was

[GSIBOSS]

Im surprised nobody has mixed this tune

[joshuatrees]

Woooo! Staight back to 1981!!

[dunkiep]

Funny how much he looks like his sister, Janice Long, on this.

[typicalaussiebloke]

Man that is the coolest intro music ever aside from Led Zeppelin's ''Whole Lotta Love'' used for TOTP intro, man I wonder if there's a 70s heavy rock song that sounds like this?

[quelian]

I loved the way the rows in the audience would sway in opposite directions in time with the music.

[REECH321]

cheggars smokes pot.wtf,not a very good example to minors....

[Retardis]

Cheggers plays pop and polishes off a bottle of Smirnoff for breakfast lol

[potato73]

Cheggers can't be boozers

[wpinklady]

Thank you!!! I loved this show as a kid!!!! I was a expert!!

[headphone355]

Does anyone have the rules to this show?

[mikkifly]

cheggers plays..................with kids

[tracienall]

my school was in this, can ye tell me how ye got it, id live 2 c my school

[chuckieegg]

is it on Guitar Hero, and why the hell not??? :-D

[TomthatiscalledTom]

ch-ch-ch-ch Cheggars drinks Pop!

[ukusrule]

Evened out the thumbs down, as Cheggers himself used that version after his battle against alcoholism.

[THEDOCTORSCHANNEL1]

god that looks helish i used watch that when I was a kid loved it though.

[grundie]

Epilepsy!!!!!!!

[itsonelouder1]

This intro has a really good riff. It rocks!

[gilhams]

I'd second that - with decent lyrics it could have been a 70's rock classic!

[Northernlightshow]

In my big collar aged about 8 I used to like the torches being waved about at the end!

[snootster]

this reminds me of a tune by The Strokes, anyone know the title

[MickeyLove01]

Cheggars drinks POP

[gilhams]

LOL!! I think he had a liking for something a bit stronger than pop!

[MickeyLove01]

Pop is slang for alcohol.

[moonboots69]

beggars can't be choosers..

..or should that be

cheggers can't be boozers..

[Ashworth6]

I never liked this show much, even in the early 80s. The only reason I used to sit through it was because "Space Sentinels" was on straight after.

[EuroAlien]

Good grief, thinking back on this now, how many epileptic kids were going into seizures in front of the TV every week in the 70s when this was on? No "the following programme contains flashing images" either back then :)

Loved this show back in the day, always shouted for the red team if I remember!

[gurdyz]

cheggers was fine until he did that naked jungle show, that was bloody horrific!!

[Ashworth6]

Yeah, I was really drunk and channel-surfing when I happened across that show, I thought I was having a bad trip or something. Outa be a law against it...

[antster1983]

@gurdyz I missed that one. A lot of people who saw the show still missed it! :oP

[bensonscave]

cheggers is one of those blokes who enjoyed what he was doing...& can anyone remember him being a misserable bastard?? NO!...perhaps thats why he pisses people off....in my book cheggers is a legend...good luck to you mate in whatever you do cos theres plenty of misserable bastards ...but not enough like you!!

[CycolacFan]

I suppose everyone who calls cheggars a c*nt can be smug that they've had a far more successful broadcasting career than he has? And that they will be far more famous? No?

[ednathefoul]

So, CycolacFan, does that mean we should give all famous people our unwavering respect because they are inherently better than us?

Admittely, c*nt is a bit harsh in this case. I've seen his willy.

[CycolacFan]

Not at all, just felt calling him a c*nt was unjustified, he's harmless. Not saying celebrities are in any way better than non-celebs, in most cases they are just more lucky. I can't resist asking, against my better judgement, in what circumstances did you see his willy?

[stevensfunland]

Excellent!

I remember watching this in 80's!

Keith Chegwin still nutty now if you see him on GMTV!!

But he's a great guy!

[Mptangyangnippopoop]

Ratted.

[QueenieNoxious]

is it sad to want his jacket?

=D

legendary.

[Voxac100b]

Didn't he do a wee jig was it the Cheggers shuffle or something like that?

[alanamia]

my bro was on this in 1986!

[plinkplanky]

Got this as my ringtone on phone. Amazing how many people remember it!

[ollydriscoll]

"CHEGGERS DRINKS POP" my mates line when it came out about him being an alcaholic.

[ratty657]

pissed

[Jermyn78]

That intro gave me a headache - and its so pleasent to see that even 30 years ago, Cheggers was a talentless cunt.

[wsatb]

If only he'd stuck to drinking pop...

[lordilujah]

nice outfit

[youngpob]

legend!!!