omg!! 321!!! how random!!

 

i was watching this tonight and giggling at the awfulness of it esp the cheesy dancers.

 

i cant believe that people actually sat down to watch this and enjoyed this seriously esp the acts on the part of the show which is the variety show aspect (or was it the other way round, was the quiz show just tagged on as noone was watching live at the pallendium). probs the first post-modern gameshow???

 

why would anyone want to by an annual of 321? what the hell could it contain? a bernie winters centrefold??? in fact that bernie winters routein on tonights show, why???? (i dont wanna ask what the format of whos baby was, might be seen as tasteless these days :lol: )

 

http://tv.cream.org/images2/321.jpg

 

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/321_002.jpg

no one could ever understand the reasoning behind them clues...lol.

Ah the kids (me included back then) loved Schnorbitz though.

 

I've watched the odd 321 on FTN myself recently. The acts might be excruciating but have you seen the contestants? Jesus, I don't remember anyone ever looking that weird back then.

I could never say that I was an avid viewer of the show ‘3-2-1’ in the 1980s, though I have seen it on numerous occasions. ‘3-2-1’ was legendary in those days for being complete nonsense, so much so that I remember popular comedians of the day joking about the randomness of the clues.

 

I think it was a comedian such as Jasper Carrott or Ben Elton who had a ‘skit’ on the clue process. In this, he would give a riddle such as “A ‘Mini Metro’ is not slow, in this transport you must go” that made the contestants think they had won a car, when actually, it was word ‘go’ that was the important aspect of the riddle and the clue they were looking for. The word ‘go’ was extended into the word ‘gone’, which then formed the basis of the phrase ‘bin and gone’ resulting in the joke’s couple winning a bin.

 

I think the show was Spanish or Italian in origin, which would not surprise me as Italian television gave the world ‘Man O Man’ and also what I remember from their stations, such as ‘RAI Uno’, is that they seem to be fond of scheduling five hour nightly versions of these type of ‘3-2-1’ shows that combine ‘Variety’, ‘Comedy’, ‘Chat’ and ‘Quizzes’ into one show, all topped off with an ancient host and loads of glamour girls.

 

Of all the adult quiz and game shows broadcast in the 1980s I remember that I liked to watch shows such as ‘Blankety Blank’ and ‘Ultra Quiz’, as well as children’s games show series such as ‘Cheggers Plays Pop’, ‘Mouse Trap’ and ‘Knock Your Block Off’. In addition to these shows, I always enjoyed watching ‘Endurance’ when the clips were shown on ‘Clive James on Television’, even though in these days that ‘Endurance’ footage may seem tame if I were to see it again.

 

321 was HILARIOUS when they won the bin!

It was a pity it was not a ‘Dusty Bin’ figure, like the bully in ‘Bullseye’. I would have liked to have won one of those.

321 was the greatest quiz on earth, I ued to love that working out the clues

321 was the greatest quiz on earth, I ued to love that working out the clues

 

you could work out the clues? :o , youll be telling me you understand tigerboys posts next! :lol:

you could work out the clues? :o , youll be telling me you understand tigerboys posts next! :lol:

 

and on that bombshell

 

“A ‘Mini Metro’ is not slow, in this transport you must go” that made the contestants think they had won a car,

 

why would anyone want to win an Rover Metro?!?!?!? wouldnt they rather walk away with a trash can filled with stickin smelly rubbish :lol:

 

they are so bad, like the forerunner of the proton savvy, one step up from the (tata) cityrover. now theres a car thats such a f***up you'd rather drive a bucket of sick :lol:

 

http://www.carsurvey.org/images/rover_cityrover_1.jpg

 

but i guess on tv you cant insult the host or walk off (well if your not barry gibb that is!!!!)

You have a point you know, the car on 321 was always hideous, but then so were the cardigans the contestants wore...but they were always over the moon when they won it.

My family had a golden ‘Metro’ back in the 1980s, and it was a good little car.

 

At the time only cheap small cars could be given away as the top prizes as there was a limit on the amount of money that could be given away by game shows. I remember that ITV licensed the format of the ‘$64,000 Question’ for a show with the comedian Bob Monkhouse and at the time this show broke the monetary barrier for quiz shows because it gave away an unprecedented £6,400.