Jokers Wild

Barry Cryer briefly referred to the series in his 2009 book "Butterfly Brain".

Among his memories, Barry stated: "It was freely based on an American radio show called 'Can You Top This?'. Ray and Mike tweaked the format from three to six comedians and added a host. I had this little machine that showed a subject category every time I pressed a button, and whoever's turn it was would tell a joke. The point of the game was that the other panellists could interrupt with a joke on the same subject. It didn't always work that way, and there was a lot of fun based around completely irrelevant interruptions. As a format for a game show, it worked a treat and we used a good mixture of the old heavyweights, including Ted Ray, Les Dawson and Arthur Askey, and younger comedians."

Featured in One O'Clock News: Episode dated 27 January 2021 (2021)