Cunningly titles Merrymind The buzzcocks (Its CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS)

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Jonathan Ross, Louise Wener
Sean Hughes (Captain), Noddy Holder, Boy George

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says, “There’s no one quite like grandma” although Ginger Spice is catching up pretty quickly!

Games Played:

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

Phill’s Team: -
Shakin Stevens “Don’t ?? me baby”
The Answer: – Shaking Stevens swings his microphone stand around, jumps over the piano player and pulls his guitarist down

Sean’s Team: -
The Drifters “Can I take you home little girl”
The Answer: – The lead singer chokes on the fake snow

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

Sean’s Team: -
Paul McCartney “Wonderful Christmastime”
Johnny Mathis “When a child is born”
Mud “Lonely this Christmas”

Phill’s Team: -
Wham “Last Christmas”
Jona Louie “Stop the cavalry”
The Ronettes “Sleigh bell ride”

Connected

Sean’s Team: -
Annie Lennox & Shane McGown – both born on December 25th

Phill’s Team: -
Marc Bolan & Bing Crosby – David Bowie appeared on both their TV shows shortly before they died.

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

Sean’s Team: -
Stuart Tosh (Pilot)

Phill’s Team: -
Great Uncle Bulgaria (Wombles)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 7
Sean: 14

Best Line: Phill: “The Welsh Elvis you said? So he comes from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio-uh huh uh huh uh huh”

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Norman Blake, Mathew Priest
Sean Hughes (Captain), Jeff Green, Louise

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says “I am the anti christ, I am an anarcist, you are slim, non smoker, good sense of humour, enjoy theatre, country walk, lets get together for mutual fun”

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you thought Adam and the Ants sang “Prince Charming, Prince Charming. Rita Coolidge is nothing to be scared of”, this ones for you.

Sean’s Team: -
The Jam “Strange Town”

Phill’s Team: -
Fuzzbox “Pink Sunshine”

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

Sean’s Team: -
Beatles “Come together”
Dire Straits “Walk of Life”
Golden Earing “Radar Life”

Phill’s Team: -
Bacarat “Yes sir, I can boogie”
Barry White “First, Last and everything”
Diana Ross “Love Hangover”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Sean’s Team: -
Lou Reed & Clive Dunn – The bass player on “Walk the wild side” and co-wrote “Grandad” for Clive Dunn

Phill’s Team: -
Bjork & Toyah Wilcox & Sean Hughes – They have all been stalked

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

Phill’s Team: -
Jo Dunne & Maggie Dunne (Fuzzbox)

Sean’s Team: -
Tommy Banner & Pete Budd (The Wurzels)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 17
Sean: 16

Best Line: You two make a great trio!

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Brian Molko, Bruce Dickinson
Sean Hughes (Captain), Saffron, David Baddiel

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says “There’s a lady who sure, all that glitters is gold” and she’s buying a bracelet from Ratners

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you thought 2 Unlimited had a hit with “No no no no no no no no no no no no there’s Noel Edmonds”, this ones for you

Phill’s Team: -
Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice”

Sean’s Team: -
Happy Mondays “Kinky Afro”

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

Sean’s Team: -
Alice Cooper “Schools out”
Anne Peebles “I can’t stand the rain”
Beck “New Pollution”

Phill’s Team: -
Bachman Turner Overdrive “Ain’t seen nothing yet”
Stray cats “Runaway boys”
Status Quo “Whatever you want”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Phill’s Team: -
ZZ Top & Jerry Lee Lewis – Dusty Hill shot himself and Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player.

Sean’s Team: -
Axel Rose & Cher – Both have divorced within a month of getting married

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

Sean’s Team: -
Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)

Phill’s Team: -
Paul Griggs & Martine Howard (Guys and Dolls)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 13
Sean: 17

Best Line: When the Stray Cats appeared on the scene they created a huge flap, so they could get in and out whenever they wanted!

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Richard Fairbrass, Lisa I’Anson
Sean Hughes (Captain), Mark Owen, Shovell

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says “Oh Carol, I am just a fool” so I’ll have eight vowels and one constanant please.

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played)If you think Culture Club sand “Do you really want my herpes” this ones for you

Sean’s Team: -
Manic Street Preachers “Australia”

Phill’s Team: -
Adiva “Respect”

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

Sean’s Team: -
Wildcherry “Play that funky music”
Queen “Another one bites the dust”
Michael Jackson “Thriller”

Phill’s Team: -
Bronski Beat “Smalltown boy”
Doctor and the medics “Spirit in the sky”
Anita Ward “Ring my bell”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Sean’s Team: -
Debbie Harry & Toyah Wilcox – Both have played female wrestlers on stage

Phill’s Team: -
David Dundas & Spinal Tap – Christopher Guest and Dundas are both lords

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

Sean’s Team: -
The Doctor (Doctor and the Medics)

Phill’s Team: -
Dan McCaffety (Nazareth)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 19
Sean: 11

Best Line: Jimmy Summerville was arrest for gross indecency, but he hired an accountant and got it down to net indecency!

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Graham Norton, Midge Ure
Sean Hughes (Captain), Shelly Poole, Math Priest

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says “Don’t know much about history” but I am just a history teacher in a Hackney comprehensive!

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you thought Kenny Rogers sang “You picked a fine time to leave me Lucile. With four hundred children and a crap in the field”, this ones for you.

Phill’s Team: – Human League “The Sound Of The Crowd”
Sean’s Team: – The Charlatans “How High”

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

Sean’s Team: -
Madness “I like driving in my car”
Fine Young Cannibals “She drives me crazy”
The Lightning Seeds “You showed me”

Phill’s Team: -
Europe “Final Countdown”
Irene Cara “Fame”
Ray Parker Jr “Ghostbusters”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Phill’s Team: -
Chris Isaak & Terence Trent D’Arby – both were boxers

Sean’s Team: -
Sid Vicious & Ray Davies (The Kinks) – Chrissy Hind nearly married both of them

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

Phill’s Team: -
Karol & Matthew Fialka (Hey Matthew)

Sean’s Team: -
Gary Long & Richard Coppen (Tenpole Tudor)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 13
Sean: 19

Best Line: Graham Norton after not recognizing the theme to Fame “I’m going to have my gay card taken away”

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Sarah Blackwood, Neil Morrissey
Sean Hughes (Captain), Richard Fairbrass, Billy Bragg

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says “I read the news today oh boy” and they said I would never make it with a name like Zane Apadari

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you think Rod Stewart had a hit with “Do you think I’m sixty”, this ones for you.

Sean’s Team: – Public Image Ltd “Appeal”
Phill’s Team: – Suzi Quarto “Can the can”

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

Sean’s Team: -
David Bowie “Jean Jeanie”
Jean Berkine & Serge Gainsberg “Je T’aime”
The B52’s “Rock lobster”

Phill’s Team: -
John Travolta & Oliva Newton John “You’re the one that I want”
Nirvana “Smells like Teen Spirit”
Spice Girls “Say you will be there”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Sean’s Team: -
Guns N Roses & Ozzy Osbourne – Being arrested for unrinating in public

Phill’s Team: -
Morrisey & Bay City Rollers – Both Morrisey and the drummer of Bay City Rollers, worked in hospitals.

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

Phill’s Team: – Lindsay  Danvers & Anita Chellamah (Toto Coelo)
Sean’s Team: – Colin Gibb (Black Lace)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 15
Sean: 15

Tiebraker (Who was the gay member of the Village People)

Phill: Construction worker
Sean: The Indian (Correct)

Best Line: The infamous Toblarone bar converstation

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Tony Wright, Gary Barlow
Sean Hughes (Captain), Edwyn Collins, Jeff Green

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says, This wheels on fire and look at the hamster go!

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you think that Nancy Sinatra sang, “These boots were made in Woking”, this ones for you.

Sean’s Team: – Blur “Song 2″
Phill’s Team: – Vortex “Open The Gate”

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

Sean’s Team: -
The Stranglers “Peaches”
Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women”
Oasis “Do you know what I mean”

Phill’s Team: -
Adam and the ants “Prince Charming”
Village People “YMCA”
George Michael “Faith”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Sean’s Team: -
Spandeau Ballet & Pulp – Both Jarvis Cocker and Tony Hadley appeared in teenage girls magazines”

Phill’s Team: -
Iggy Pop & Pink Floyd – Both have won awards from the Brick Association of America)

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

Sean’s Team: – Eve Graham (The New Seekers)
Phill’s Team: – Den Hegarty (Darts)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 15
Sean: 16

Best Line: Its not the first badly dubbed dutch film I’ve seen with a bone in a hand

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Suggs, Shaggy
Sean Hughes (Captain), Marie du Santiago, Mark Little

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue, I declare your latest operation a success Mr Jackson.

Games Played:

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you think that Oasis sang “All the Beatles right here right now”, this ones for you

Sean’s Team: – Hanson “mmmmBop”
Phill’s Team: – Shabba Ranks “Mr Loverman”

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

Sean’s Team: -
Spandeau Ballet – “True”
Donna Summer – “I feel love”
The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Sympathy”

Phill’s Team: -
Rose Royce – “Car wash”
Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
Coolershaker – “Gavinda”

Connected (what connects the two artists)

Sean’s Team: -
Def Leppard & The Wedding Present – Both have or had members missing limbs

Phill’s Team: -
The Housemartins & New Kids On The Block – Both bands had members arrested for arson

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

Phill’s Team: – Len Tucky (Suzy Quatro)
Sean’s Team: – Sally Carr (Middle of the Road)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 15
Sean: 15

Tiebreaker (Guess the number of artists on stage in the video clip)

Phill: 11
Sean: 9

14 members in total.

Best Line: anything using Shaggy’s trademark “mmmmmmm”

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Lauren Laverne, Neil Hannon
Sean Hughes (Captain), Glenn Tilbrook, Mark Thomas

Opening Joke: The show that says, “Nights in white satin”, not one of King Arthurs best ideas.

Games Played:

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

Sean’s Team: – The Pogues “Donegal Express”
Answer: – Shane McGown starts kicking the acordian player
Phill’s Team: – David Bowie “Blue Jeans”
Answer: – Another David Bowie falls through the ceiling and talks to another version of him

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

Phill’s Team: -
Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll part 2″
Pulp “Common people”
Dire Straits “Money for nothing”
Iggy Pop “Lust for life”

Sean’s Team: -
George Harrison “My sweet lord”
Bruce Hornsby and the range “the way it is”
ABBA “Gimmie gimmie gimmie”
Fun Boy Three with Bananarama “It ain’t want you do its the way that you do it”

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you were under the impression that the Monkees biggest hit was “I’m a bulemic”, this ones for you.

Sean’s Team: – Michael Jean “Billie Jean”
Phill’s Team: – The Dickies “Banana Splits”

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

Sean’s Team: – Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)
Phill’s Team: – Lulu Oliver and Patti Hammond (Legs & Co)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 21
Sean: 18

Best Line:  David Bowie’s acting hasn’t always engaged the audience. In Merry Christmas, Mr Lawerence, he had whole cinemas rooting for the Japanese.

Mark Lamarr (Host)
Phill Jupitus (Captain), Adam Ant, Crispin Hunt
Sean Hughes (Captain), Jo Whiley, John Thomson

Opening Joke: The pop quiz that says, “If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady”, I’d double the estimate and bugger off with the work half done.

Games Played:

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

Sean’s Team: – The stranglers “No Mercy”
Answer: – Hugh Cornwall comes out of Hugh Cornwall’s ear
Phill’s Team: – Robbie Nevil “Wots it to you”
Answer: – The cat dies, and then wears a grocho marx impression

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

Phill’s Team: -
Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer”
T Rex “Get it on”
Madonna “Papa don’t preach”
David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust”

Sean’s Team: -
Pig Bag “Papa’s got a brand new pig bag”
Status Quo “Roll over lay down”
The Kinks “Waterloo sunset”
The Beatles “Hard Days Night”

Indecipherable Lyrics (guess the lyrics of the song played) If you thought that Robert Palmer sang “You’re a dickhead to love” this ones for you

Phill’s Team: – Meatloaf & Cher “Dead Ringer for love”
Sean’s Team: – Manic Street Preachers “Kevin Carter”

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

Sean’s Team: – Jess Stroud & Stuart Neal (Kajagoogoo)
Phill’s Team: – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (The Bandit Beatles)

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

Final Scores:

Phill: 16
Sean: 13

Best Line: Jimmy Nail featured in Evita, well it wouldn’t be a Madonna movie without at least one twat in it.