ITS A KNOCKOUT - 1985 - PART ONE - INTRO + LOCH NESS MONSTER

[TBoneTony]

I would have loved to see what It's a Knockout would have been like if it was filmed in Japan....oh what fun that show would be because Japan is perhaps the best when coming up with game shows.

I am thankful I was born just in time to see this show in Australia on old Southern Cross TV station back in those days.

[RockPrincess8786]

Yay there's a Geelong team!!

[bittylover2]

my god its the aussie shit show of its a knockout..good oldaussies..they know crap when they see it

[ukgladiatorsfan]

UPDATE : IAK IS RETURNING! Coming to TEN in Summer 2012.

Lets hope its as good as the original was.

PS almost 50,0000 views!

[diane2866]

I was 7 when this show started, i used to use the lounge room and everything in it to make my own its a knockout obstacle course,i don't think my mum was too happy!

[ukgladiatorsfan]

@diane2866 i was about 6 years old when IAK started but i do remember the whole family watching it!!

[PigeonPair]

Would this game pass OH&S regs in 2011?

[ukgladiatorsfan]

@PigeonPair probably not. Hence why the new series is being filmed overseas

[elpibegustavo]

I FUCKING LOVED THIS SHOW. And I'm not even Australian, they used to show re runs of this show in Argentina. The translation was awful, and the show was called "Supermatch". hahahah Bring it back best show ever!!!

[mc3kordz]

The first time I ever saw/heard an air horn...

[francis1971]

Was this episode 20 or 21 of 1985?

[hjoab]

TELEMATCH was too much better and funny.

[MrShearz25]

1 dislike, how alone does that person feel?

[elgutymerlo]

Here in Argentina it was very popular in the 90's. And it was known as "Supermatch"

[sicluciano92]

aca en argentina lo daban pero con el nombre de "supermatch" pero era solo una recolpilacion no el programa completo, y con comentarios de personas argentinas y charla con tematica infantil

[Lanthal]

Wow, thanks for putting this up! I have great memories of my family getting up early on the weekends to watch this together!

[bittylover2]

The English version is so much better than this Aussie crap!

[kvltdvl666]

@bittylover2 Then fuck off to your miserable little wet island and keep sucking on ya mums tit

[bozzp]

@kvltdvl666 Heh, I laughed.

[Karl0010]

@bittylover2 Yeah especially the episode with the horse head princess royal and the toe sucking skank who latched onto, albeit brifly, HRH Prince Andrew.

[bittylover2]

eh who watches this shite?

[ukgladiatorsfan]

This show shits over wipeout

[Badgerbitesback]

@ukgladiatorsfan this shows lethal over wipeout... thats why they cant do it anymore lol

[ukgladiatorsfan]

37,000 well done people!!

[ddphilswife]

Fiona MacDonald needs braces

[patymm162]

i loved this show!!!!!!!!!!

[o0backinblack0o]

I used to have the Its a Knockout board game when i was a kid.... loved it and love this show!!

[MegaMatute]

This was one of the most popular TV shows aired in Argentina on the 90s. It was called "Supermatch".

Thank you so much for uploading this show! I have never seen the original version of "It's a Knockout". It's easy to see why this show was so successful!

[Hammersley1967]

I forgot how much of a ridiculous show this was...

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Surely with the Success of Nine Bringing Back Hey Hey, 10 should think of bringing back IAK or at least showing re runs!

[ruantengyi]

@ukgladiatorsfan yeah, I agree. Dont know what's wrong with TV nowadays!

[TBoneTony]

@ukgladiatorsfan A year on, and I think they have just read your words and brought it back, although not as we used to remember it sadly.

[maxheadway]

I had a crush on Fiona MacDonald around this time (I was 11 or 12 then).

[magnarn1]

Champion for putting these up. I've been dying to see some It's A Knockout episodes after having fond memories of the show as a kid.

Keep them rolling.

[ukgladiatorsfan]

almost 30,000 views!! :)

[landshark25]

lol these days this would be an OH&S nightmare

[ukgladiatorsfan]

@landshark25 true, and they probably wouldnt have allowed the water events as well..

[elvenator]

@landshark25

One word... Wipeout.

[tottfan1993]

LMAO !!!

[Losagirl1980]

what is LMAO?

[TohruAdachiSan]

@Losagirl1980 Laughing My Ass Off.

[CelticReject]

@Losagirl1980 ROFLMAO

[Losagirl1980]

GOOD NEWS PEOPLE!!! "it's a knockout" are back on tv! They are moved to channel 7. How do I know? I spoke to channel 10 that they said channel 7 have bought it. I spoke channel 7 and they said, yes they bought it and will be on 7TWO coming soon. Not this sage not know when it be on. Just eyes on TV WEEK.

[some12b4]

that's beaut...the 80's hahaha

[roseanne74]

BRING BACK IT'S A KNOCKOUT!!!

[gooseman19871987]

QUEEENSLANDER

[randallg1973]

I remember watching this as a kid and loving it. So whatever happened to Billy J Smith and what did he actually do before this? Was he a sports commentator or something in Sydney?

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Yeh he was a sports commentator for Rugby League and he was a Sports Presenter on Ten News.. He's now got a radio show in Brisbane on AM Radio..

[hahn0000]

I loved this show... what happened to it?

[ukgladiatorsfan]

It got axed due to several complaints from locals in area about noise and lighting.. And you know, it cost about $100,000 to make an episode apparentley.

[Flotgus]

The 80's finished.

[camfay77]

always wanted to go on this show. My dream.

[mjtunstall1976]

i remember this show beena very long time wipeout do def. suck

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Yeh wipeout is shit compared to Knockout.

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Almost 20,000 Views! WELL DONE!

[xxxGOLDENGALxxx]

they had an english version of this show. but it was crap

[VerdantMoon]

Wipeout sucks compared to this stuFF!

[Todoscolores1]

aoisjcoajsdoiajsd

[thefonz22]

wow takes me back just watching it.

[ChupopteraXXX]

the man who host this show is a younger version of niles from the nanny

[ChupopteraXXX]

my fav team was south australia :D

[bris75]

Victoria never won it's a knockout :(

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Actually they did, a few times in 1986 and a bit in 1987, they actually won the 1985 Grand Final.

[diosdenada]

lo q daria por el subtitulado T.T

[VesperOttokrazy]

aguante supermatch, el original, osea este. YEAAAAAAAHHH

[brettshears]

Hold on hold on are they playing the AMERICAN national anthem, it's a grand old flag, it's a high flying flag, listen.

[pir8king1982]

i believe the american anthem is called "star spangled banner" lol

[brettshears]

I know that but listen to it

[elfquestfan22]

Grant Kenny was such a hero in the 80's. I used to watch this show with my family all the time when I was little. It was great. I wish they would would bring back the re-runs.

[Naylman]

You'd pay good money to participate in this how cool ! I don't remember QLD winning to often so this was a nice rarity

[openmindedaussie]

I wanted to be a cheerleading for this show so bad...lol...

[39RatRodCoupe]

tYpIcAl aUsTrAlIn GaRbAgE.

[openmindedaussie]

It originated in america... it started in 1966... So typical yank crap... But come on, it was fun back then, I was only 11 years old.. I also remember when Ricky May took over as host...

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Just thought i should let you know, Ricky may never hosted knockout he was just always a Guest Referee and he appeared on the show more times than anyone.

[IanGorton]

Yeah before he sadly passed away way to young. The referees they had were a who's who of Aussie celebrities of the time.

[moakley]

i got the board game for xmass once

[tommyrynberk]

how good are the costumes

[IanGorton]

But I do wonder how come WA and Tassie didn't take part. Or is it just cuz they could only have 4 teams so they only had the 4 most populated states taking part

[tvdude2000]

Not sure about Tasmania but Western Australia didn't have Channel 10 at the time. It came in 1988.

[sixpackrs]

no es lo mismo sin el COMO ESTAS PETERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[w3stivan]

Best. Show. Ever! Leaves Wipeout and Hole in the Wall for dead.

[IanGorton]

Exactly those ones are just a bastardisation of them

[ukgladiatorsfan]

Yeh i grew up with this show too. It ruled. Better than Big Brother or Idol or anything like that.

[bouzoukara83]

great show I grew up watching one of the last thins on telly before inoccence was lost ans the young of today started to get fed slut idols like paris and lindsay ..

[thebassetthound]

GOD! I loved this show as a kid!!

[Emiguilla05]

que buen programa

[Dmoe82]

hahah HOW EFFIN DANGEROUS!! no way wold they allow a show like this these days, could you imagine, there'd be safety harness's and helmets... how sad the world we live in today... bring back 1985 haha

[glen006]

haha what memories, yep 6am Saturday mornings for the repeats back in the 90's, how good is Billy J Smith!

[lebkyle]

ahhh omg I went and watched a show live!!! memories!!! how cool is that

[enterspacecapsule]

thank-you sooooo much for putting in the time and effort uploading the whole episode, it brought back so many happy memories of this show.

[Supermercado]

I'd love to see a quality Billy J "He's fallen over!"

[thebassetthound]

Followed by Jackie McD laughing hysterically!

[thebassetthound]

I meant Fiona McD of course!

[twinky075]

i'm suprised no-one became a quadlapegic from this show

[cantaffordit]

i just had a fuckin massive flashback

i used to get up at 6 in the morning in the early 90's to watch this...

kudos for putting this on.

[WilliamWallisVIII]

I remember this show and I was born in 1986... must have been re-runs that I saw

[aussieinoz83]

fuckin awesome, bring it back ya bastards. i remeber watching the repeats before primary school in the early 90's, it was the best show on.

[Kmenzie]

i loved this show

[sinnick1234]

i see this program in "la REd" from Chile xD

[banjotails]

I dont think the show would work with the lions clubs and stuff again.. it would have to be celebrites or have the channels plays 7,9,10,2

And dont let Eddie Mcfuck everywhere nob host it.

[thesportsfreak2]

...WOW! More... more!

You are a superstar for getting this on here

[cornerstone111]

This show would be a massive hit if it came back, better than Friday night Games.

[ukgladiatorsfan]

I actually think Friday Night Games got a lot of their ideas from knockout

[cornerstone111]

Yeah I dare say they did, but they don't even come close to this, this was the shit.

[ukgladiatorsfan]

There's been no other show like this ever.. I wish 10 would bring it back. Id imagine it would be very successful. More so than Gladiators

[Tanru2000]

Yay QLD!! WOO!

That was pretty high up!!

They have to bring this show back.

Fiona McDonald and Billy J. Smith were pretty good on here!

[Tanru2000]

Oh NO! I and of course I find myself focusing in on the crowd cheering and I remember something I picked up all those years ago - they put extra 'crowd noise' in - you can tell cause there is a particular cry/cheer that is high pitched and it sorta stands out... can you pick it? Just before 1:01 you can hear it. :)

[Tanru2000]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! THANKYOU! :)

[ndingo]

(SNIFF SNIFF) i cant beleve how much i missed this show YOU MATE ARE A GOD!!!