BLOCKBUSTERS (with Bob Holness) (1988)

Here's a trip down Memory Lane for people of a certain age! This was filmed in December 1987 but broadcast in 1988. The two contestants from Farnborough Sixth Form College were friends of mine (I am the person mentioned who suggested the Sinclair C5). I'm still in touch with Kevin and this is uploaded as much to embarrass him mercilessly as it is to give YouTuber's a nostalgia trip.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Blockbusters
• Bob
• Holness
• Farnborough
• Sixth
• Form
• College
• FSFC
• 1988

[ItsLookingRatherGrim]

2 against 1 was never fair

[GuildfordGhost]

@ItsLookingRatherGrim Though the one only had to get 4 hexagons instead of 5 but, I agree, it didn't make sense to us even in those days.

[mrweir2407]

RIP Bob. Also: your continuing kinship with Kevin aside, do you still have Catherine's number?

[GuildfordGhost]

@mrweir2407 I never had Katherine's number... and bear in mind she is now 24 years older. I've not seen her since six months after this was filmed.

[BRUTALSHANZ1988]

the whole tv gameshow community has lost a legend

when i was a child growing up in my childhood i just loved watching gameshows and it's hosts like Bob,Roy Walker from catchphrase and Richard 'O' Brien from the crystal maze influenced gameshows and they had shaped tv gameshows to what it is today.

and to all those hearless bastards out there,death is not funny

losing a loved one is such a horrible feeling and for jokes like "can i have a coffin,

i'll have a R-I-P BOB"

get a fucking heart.

[GuildfordGhost]

@BRUTALSHANZ1988 The 'coffin' comment I've removed. However, I think the 'I'll have an RIP please, Bob' are genuine tributes. So nice to see so many people share this part of our youth.

[rosine101]

RIP BOB.I loved watching blockbusters, kids watch crap these days.

[rs5001988]

ill have an R an I AND A P PLEASE BOB! RIP BOB!

[mclarenguy22]

Rest in P's is another decent tribute to Bob.

[AidanLunn]

@GuildfordGhost It was to test the old saying if two heads really were better than one.

[glenclosed]

7.10.

Venemous Bob, not Poisenous.

[billiepipersteeth]

@eclectica1 You're a moron.

[eclectica1]

@ItsLookingRatherGrim Such a "disadvantage" for the single person was a bit overrated. Players good enough would always had a chance.

[eclectica1]

@billiepipersteeth Comparing the loss of one person to a massacre of thousands is a little far-fetched.

[havstormer]

Wow, that showing in the first game was like a service game from Goran Ivanisevic! Pow-15-0! Pow-30-0! Pow-40-0! Pow-game! all in about a minute.