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March 13, 2008

Nevermind The Buzzcocks – Series 1 – Episode 4

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Sarah Cracknell, Billy Bragg
Sean Hughes (Captain), Suggs, Jeff Green

Opening Joke: Welcome to the show that says “Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you”. My name is Keith Chegwin and I’m an alcoholic.

Games Played:

Freeze Frame (video shown then stopped and the team has to guess what happens next)

Sean’s Team: – Aerosmith “Living on the edge”
Answer: – A green man jumps out of Steven Tyler
Phill’s Team: – Chris Eubank doing the Top of the Pops countdown.
Answer: – He tries to say “At Six, Suggs with Cecilia

Intros Round (A guest and a captin must create the intro of songs without using words)

Sean’s Team: -
Free “Alright now”
Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus “We all stand together”
Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen “Theme from Mission Impossible”
Mud “Tiger Feet”

Phill’s Team: -
The Eurythmics “There must be an angel (playing with my hear)”
Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t go breaking my heart”
The Specials “Ghost town”
The Prodigy “Firestarter”

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played)

Sean’s Team: – Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”
Phill’s Team: – Chicory Tip “Son of my father”

Identity Parade (spot the artist in question in a line up)

Sean’s Team: – Alan Williams (Rubettes)
Phill’s Team: – Peter Hooson (Chicory Tip)

The Mars bar round
Sean’s Team: – Pink Floyd  – Pigs Knackers
Phill’s Team: – Chuck Berry – Ladies toilet

Next Lines (teams have to say the next line of the song)

Final Scores:

Phill: 21
Sean: 16

Best Line: Other German hits include “Ho Ho Silver Lining”, “Goering Underground” and “Is she really going out with Himmler”

January 25, 2008

Nevermind The Buzzcocks – Series 1 – Episode 2

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Cathy Dennis, Ashley Slater
Sean Hughes (Captain), Shovell, Graham Norton

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that say “He ain’t heavy”, thats just water retention.

Games Played:

The round where each team is shown a video which stops and the team must describe what happens next.

Phill’s Team:

Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

The Answer: – A choirboy flies towards the camera

Sean’s Team:

King Missile’s “Detachable Penis”

The Answer: – He reattaches his detachable penis

Intros Round

Sean’s Team:

Marvin Gaye “Heard it through the grapevine”
REM “Shiny Happy People”
The Sweet “Blockbuster”
Stereo MC’s “Step it Up”

Phill’s Team:

New Order “Blue Monday”
The Osmonds “Crazy Horses”
Bjork “Its oh so quiet”
Madonna “Material Girl”

Indecipherable Lyrics

Sean’s Team:

The Jacksons “Rocking Robin”

Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

Phill’s Team:

Ten Pole Tudor “Swords of a thousand men”

Deep in the castle and back from the wars
Back with my lady and the fires burned tall
Hoorah went the men down below
All outside was the rain and snow
Hear their shout, hear their roar
They’ve probably had a barrel of ale and much, much more
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Over the hill went the swords of a thousand men

Identity Parade

Phill’s Team:

Dennis Seaton (Musical Youth)

Sean’s Team:

Dave Bartram & Rod Deas (Showaddywaddy)

The Mars Bar Round

Sean’s Team:

Dennis Rouso – Ayatollah Khomeini

Phill’s Team:

Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Darts

Next Lines

Sean’s Team:

“No Woman” – “No Cry” – Bob Marley and the Wailers “No Woman no cry”

“You fill up my senses” – “Like a night in the forest” – John Denver “Annies song”

“No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no” – “There’s no limit” – 2 Unlimited “No Limits”

“You’re gorgeous, I’d do anything for you” – “Because you’re gorgeous” – Baby Bird “You’re Gorgeous”

“She ain’t no witch” – “I love the way she twitch” – T Rex “Hot Love”

“Is that the trees a rustling or the hinges or the gate” – “Or Ernies ghostly goldtops rattling in their crate” – Benny Hill “Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west”

“I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name” – “It felt good to be out of the rain” – America “Horse with no name”

“Little Willy will he won’t go home” – “And you can’t push Willy where Willy won’t go” – The Sweet “Little Willy”

“Been spending most our lives” – “Living in a gangsters paradise” – Coolio “Gangsters Paradise”

“The only boy who could ever teach me” – “Was the son of a preacher man” – Dusty Springfield “Son of a preacher man”

Phill’s Team:

“Music was my first love” – “And it will be my last” – John Miles “Music”

“It only takes a minute girl” – “To fall in love” – Take That “It only takes a minute”

“Strumming my fate with his fingers” – “Singing my life with his words” – Lynn Anderson “Killing me softly”

“Its only words” – “and words are all I have to take your heart away” – Bee Gees “Its only words”

“And they call it puppy love” – “Just because we’re in our teens” – Donny Osmond “Puppy Love”

“I’m moving on up” – “moving on out” – M People “Moving on up”

“I said what about breakfast at Tiffanys” – “She said, I think I remember that film” – Deep Blue Something “Breakfast at Tiffanys”

“They did the mash” – “They did the monster mash” – Bobby Pickett and the Crypt Kickers “Monster Mash”

“Ashes to ashes, funk to funky” – “We know Major Tom’s a junkie” – David Bowie “Ashes to Ashes”

“I would go out tonight” – “but I haven’t got a stitch to wear” – The Smiths “Charming Man”

“My lucky numbers two” – “Ah Oh Ah Oh” – Lena Lovich “My lucky number”

“Even though you sell your soul your conscience will be mine all mine” – “Da diddley qa qa da diddley qa qa” – Adam and the Ants “Stand and Deliver”

“The ones that ain’t good looking” – “They’re the ones that do the best cooking” – Moments and Whatnots “Girls”

Final Scores:

Phill: 16
Sean: 11

Best Line: Any featuring the words “Detachable Penis”

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