Started well but grew old very quickly
I am going to partially disagree with the original review of this show. This was NOT a remake of "Candid Camera" which had its more disturbing & more thought provoking moments, this was purely a fun show. And fun it most certainly was for the first two series, with pleasant presenters and some interesting and amusing ideas, involving unsuspecting members of the public getting involved in bizarre but believable situations. And yes it did easily triumph in the ratings war over the BBC's outdated "Generation Game".
The problem was that there are only so many scenarios that can be used before the show either repeats itself, or just becomes too extreme. And that is what happened here, I suggest watching the first two series but not the subsequent three when the show became a parody of itself.
And as for a parody, in 1982 Not the Nine O Clock News featured a bad taste spoof of "Game For a Laugh". Considered amusing at the time, in retrospect the same is seen as smug middle class pseudo intellectuals mocking the simpler tastes of the proletariat. Its probably fair to say that in the new twenties "Game For a Laugh" is the more fondly remembered.
The problem was that there are only so many scenarios that can be used before the show either repeats itself, or just becomes too extreme. And that is what happened here, I suggest watching the first two series but not the subsequent three when the show became a parody of itself.
And as for a parody, in 1982 Not the Nine O Clock News featured a bad taste spoof of "Game For a Laugh". Considered amusing at the time, in retrospect the same is seen as smug middle class pseudo intellectuals mocking the simpler tastes of the proletariat. Its probably fair to say that in the new twenties "Game For a Laugh" is the more fondly remembered.
- chitara-69170
- Nov 21, 2023