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The panellists combine the names of films to make puns. Really, that's it. Puns can be literal (such as ''Film/HalfASixpence'', ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'' being combined to make ''Half A Dozen Eggs''). The meaning of the title can be used rather than the words. (Such as ''Series/AlloAllo'', ''Film/{{Boom}}'' and ''Film/FarewellMyLovely'' combining to make ''A Short, Meaningless Relationship''. Or ''Film/LordOfTheFlies'' and ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' combining to make ''Would You Mind Accompanying Me To The Station''?) Then there are the truly ''magnificent'' puns, such as Barry combining ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'', ''Film/KellysHeroes'', ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'', ''Film/AlCapone'', ''Film/FantasticVoyage'', ''Film/XTheManWithTheXRayEyes'', ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePea'', ''Film/NightmareAlley1947'' and ''Film/TheDuchessAndTheDustman'' to make ''[[Film/MaryPoppins Superkellyfrenchaltasticexpeaalleyduchess]]''. Used to be very popular, but the last time it popped up was in 1995.

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The panellists combine the names of films to make puns. Really, that's it. Puns can be literal (such as ''Film/HalfASixpence'', ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'' being combined to make ''Half A Dozen Eggs''). The meaning of the title can be used rather than the words. (Such as ''Series/AlloAllo'', ''Film/{{Boom}}'' and ''Film/FarewellMyLovely'' combining to make ''A Short, Meaningless Relationship''. Or ''Film/LordOfTheFlies'' and ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' combining to make ''Would You Mind Accompanying Me To The Station''?) Then there are the truly ''magnificent'' puns, such as (in Series 26, Episode 5) Barry combining ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'', ''Film/KellysHeroes'', ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'', ''Film/AlCapone'', ''Film/FantasticVoyage'', ''Film/XTheManWithTheXRayEyes'', ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePea'', ''Film/NightmareAlley1947'' and ''Film/TheDuchessAndTheDustman'' to make ''[[Film/MaryPoppins Superkellyfrenchaltasticexpeaalleyduchess]]''. Used to be very popular, but the last time it popped up was in 1995.
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Each team is given a punchline and is tasked with creating a story that ends in that line. When the chairman's horn sounds, the other team takes over and tries to drag the narrative towards their own punchline. Believable segues are theoretically required, but in practice not used. Not played nowadays. A rare, much more variant called '''Jest Expander''', which is an individual game where each player has their own punchline, has also been played.

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Each team is given a punchline and is tasked with creating a story that ends in that line. When the chairman's horn sounds, the other team takes over and tries to drag the narrative towards their own punchline. Believable segues are theoretically required, but in practice not used. Not played nowadays. A rare, much more chaotic variant called '''Jest Expander''', which is an individual game where each player has their own punchline, has also been played.
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Each team is given a punchline and is tasked with creating a story that ends in that line. When the chairman's horn sounds, the other team takes over and tries to drag the narrative towards their own punchline. Believable segues are theoretically required, but in practice not used. Not played nowadays.

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Each team is given a punchline and is tasked with creating a story that ends in that line. When the chairman's horn sounds, the other team takes over and tries to drag the narrative towards their own punchline. Believable segues are theoretically required, but in practice not used. Not played nowadays.
nowadays. A rare, much more variant called '''Jest Expander''', which is an individual game where each player has their own punchline, has also been played.
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!!Fourth Bridge
The teams must sing songs, omitting words at regular intervals (usually the fourth, hence the title). Not played nowadays, last appearing in the 1990s.


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!!Singing Relay
The teams must sing songs, but alternating words between each player at a time. Not played nowadays, last appearing in the 1990s.

!!Singing Sprint
The teams must sing songs absurdly quickly. After one team has finished, the other team is challenged to sing it faster, and usually is said to have won no matter the real time. Not played nowadays, last appearing in the 1990s.

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!!Critics Forum (or against 'em)
Each panellist must talk in favour of a certain subject, until the buzzer is pressed, and then they must switch to insulting it, continuing to switch with each buzzer press. Not played nowadays.



** The show has constant jabs at Colin Sell, pretending he - a very fine pianist - is one of these. Just about every explanation of "One Song to the Tune of Another" ends with a shot at his apparently lack of ability. The "Bad-Tempered Clavier" round has to take the cake, though, with the host explaining how the panelist will struggle to sing properly as Colin Sell plays like an imbecile with his hands the wrong way round... and the difference is, this time it's deliberate.

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** The show has constant jabs at Colin Sell, pretending he - a very fine pianist - is one of these. Just about every explanation of "One Song to the Tune of Another" ends with a shot at his apparently apparent lack of ability. The "Bad-Tempered Clavier" round has to take the cake, though, with the host explaining how the panelist will struggle to sing properly as Colin Sell plays like an imbecile with his hands the wrong way round... and the difference is, this time it's deliberate.

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* ScunthorpeProblem: An episode filmed in Nottingham has Humph recount how it was originally called "Snottingham", only to be renamed because Normans had difficulty pronounced "s". He then notes Scunthorpe resisted this renaming procedure, as the audience goes wild.

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An episode filmed in Nottingham has Humph recount how it was originally called "Snottingham", only to be renamed because Normans had difficulty pronounced "s". He then notes Scunthorpe resisted this renaming procedure, as the audience goes wild. It took Humph two goes to regain his composure and continue.
** Many years later, when the show returned to Nottingham, Jack did a similar joke. This time, the audience anticipated the punchline a mile off, causing Jack to get tetchy with them (though it went in a slightly different direction).
--->'''Jack:''' Can you let me get the punchline out, please?
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A re-enactment of a famous scene from stage or screen, with one player giving their dialogue using a swanee whistle so as to imitate the language of ''WesternAnimation/TheClangers''.[[note]]This is actually how Clanger dialogue was recorded in the original.[[/note]] Most infamous for the Clanger recreation of ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm that]]'' scene from ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally''. Not played nowadays.

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A re-enactment of a famous scene from stage or screen, with one player giving their dialogue using a swanee whistle so as to imitate the language of ''WesternAnimation/TheClangers''.[[note]]This is actually how Clanger dialogue was recorded in the original.[[/note]] Most infamous for the Clanger recreation of ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm that]]'' scene from ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally''. Not played nowadays.
nowadays. Occasionally showed up after its time had passed as a similar game called ''20th Century Duck'', with the swanee whistle replaced by a duck caller.
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!!Sounds Peculiar
The chairman plays a bizarre sound effect and asks the panel to identify it; invariably, the identity of the sound effect will be a setup for a bit of wordplay. Played mostly in the 1990s and 2000s, but not today.

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* TwelveBarBlues: The "Blues" round songs would always take this structure.

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!!Cheddar Gorge
The teams construct a sentence, taking one word each, with the goal being not to complete the sentence. If the chairman judges that a full stop has been reached, he'll honk his horn (ever since Jack took over, this has been replaced by a gong). Occasionally, each panellist gets a word that they'll have to "seamlessly integrate" into the story. Common ploys involve forming the phrase "and yet strangely" to force a player to describe something multiple times, or someone -- frequently Tim -- saying "comma" to buy time. On at least one occasion, Humph made it even harder by adding an extra rule, that all the words had to start with the same letter.

Nowadays, this is rarely played, being replaced with Letter Writing (or 84 Chicken Cross Road), which plays along the same principles with two major additions. One -- instead of assembling a sentence, the teams are "writing letters" between one famous personality to another. The other team then composes a reply. Two -- as you may have figured out, this is played in teams of two rather than both the teams saying words. This simplifies stalling, and someone -- frequently Graeme -- will often say "and" to force their teammate to come up with as many adjectives as they can. This version is still played frequently.



!!Closed Quotes
Also known as ''Quote Misquote'' and ''Complete Quotes''. The chairman reads the beginning of a quote, and one of the panellist finishes it in a humorous fashion. Quotes are generally taken from all manner of things -- songs, poems, interviews, classics, opening lines, and so forth. Still frequently played.

!!Cheddar Gorge
The teams construct a sentence, taking one word each, with the goal being not to complete the sentence. If the chairman judges that a full stop has been reached, he'll honk his horn (ever since Jack took over, this has been replaced by a gong). Occasionally, each panellist gets a word that they'll have to "seamlessly integrate" into the story. Common ploys involve forming the phrase "and yet strangely" to force a player to describe something multiple times, or someone -- frequently Tim -- saying "comma" to buy time. On at least one occasion, Humph made it even harder by adding an extra rule, that all the words had to start with the same letter.

Nowadays, this is rarely played, being replaced with Letter Writing (or 84 Chicken Cross Road), which plays along the same principles with two major additions. One -- instead of assembling a sentence, the teams are "writing letters" between one famous personality to another. The other team then composes a reply. Two -- as you may have figured out, this is played in teams of two rather than both the teams saying words. This simplifies stalling, and someone -- frequently Graeme -- will often say "and" to force their teammate to come up with as many adjectives as they can. This version is still played frequently.

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!!Closed !!Complete Quotes
Also known as ''Quote Misquote'' and ''Complete ''Closed Quotes''. The chairman reads the beginning of a quote, and one of the panellist finishes it in a humorous fashion. Quotes are generally taken from all manner of things -- songs, poems, interviews, classics, opening lines, and so forth. Still frequently played.

!!Cheddar Gorge
The teams construct a sentence, taking one word each, with the goal being not to complete the sentence. If the chairman judges that a full stop has been reached, he'll honk his horn (ever since Jack took over, this has been replaced by a gong). Occasionally, each panellist gets a word that they'll have to "seamlessly integrate" into the story. Common ploys involve forming the phrase "and yet strangely" to force a player to describe something multiple times, or someone -- frequently Tim -- saying "comma" to buy time. On at least one occasion, Humph made it even harder by adding an extra rule, that all the words had to start with the same letter.

Nowadays, this is rarely played, being replaced with Letter Writing (or 84 Chicken Cross Road), which plays along the same principles with two major additions. One -- instead of assembling a sentence, the teams are "writing letters" between one famous personality to another. The other team then composes a reply. Two -- as you may have figured out, this is played in teams of two rather than both the teams saying words. This simplifies stalling, and someone -- frequently Graeme -- will often say "and" to force their teammate to come up with as many adjectives as they can. This version is still played frequently.
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!!Sound Effects
One team tells a story, the other team provides an appropriate sound effect (sometimes a capella), then the first team reveals the last phrase they said was a BaitAndSwitch so the sound effect becomes inappropriate, repeat as long as it gets laughs (which is often a long time). Popular in its time, but not played today.


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!!Swankers
A game about boasting - players take it in turns to provide an unlikely boast and outdo each other. Played in the 90s and 2000s but not anymore.
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Its modern equivalent, which is still played today, is called ''Change a Letter, Ruin a Song/Film/etc.'' which is based on the classic social media game of changing, adding, or removing just one letter from a title to make it sound silly.


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!!Name That Joke
The panellists hear a series of tunes on the piano that refer to a classic joke, and suggest what joke that might be. The "wrong" jokes the panel suggests provide more than enough humour in themselves. A game that popped up around the mid-2000s, appeared semi-regularly, and disappeared in the late 2010s.
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!!Tag Wrestling
Each team is given a punchline and is tasked with creating a story that ends in that line. When the chairman's horn sounds, the other team takes over and tries to drag the narrative towards their own punchline. Believable segues are theoretically required, but in practice not used. Not played nowadays.
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!!Trail of the Lonesome Pun
Players take it in turns to announce new TV and radio programming with premises that are contrived to fit a clever pun in the title. Played once or twice a season since the turn of the millennium.
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Background historical note to give context to the joke about Mrs Trellis


** The letters are usually puns, topical jokes, or, as stated above, jokes about communication. (An e-mail from Mrs. Trellis is usually filled with confused strokes and slashes, for instance.)

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** The letters are usually puns, topical jokes, or, as stated above, jokes about communication. (An e-mail from Mrs. Trellis is usually filled with confused strokes and slashes, for instance.))[[note]]Doctor Anthony Clare was the [=BBC=]'s resident radio psychiatrist, a sort of British Series/{{Frasier}} Crane, who presented shows on mental health issues[[/note]]
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Disambiguated trope per TRS thread, Wick Cleaning Projects


The panellists combine the names of films to make puns. Really, that's it. Puns can be literal (such as ''Film/HalfASixpence'', ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'' being combined to make ''Half A Dozen Eggs''). The meaning of the title can be used rather than the words. (Such as ''Series/AlloAllo'', ''Film/{{Boom}}'' and ''Film/FarewellMyLovely'' combining to make ''A Short, Meaningless Relationship''. Or ''Film/LordOfTheFlies'' and ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' combining to make ''Would You Mind Accompanying Me To The Station''?) Then there are the truly ''magnificent'' puns, such as Barry combining ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/KellysHeroes'', ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'', ''Film/AlCapone'', ''Film/FantasticVoyage'', ''Film/XTheManWithTheXRayEyes'', ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePea'', ''Film/NightmareAlley1947'' and ''Film/TheDuchessAndTheDustman'' to make ''[[Film/MaryPoppins Superkellyfrenchaltasticexpeaalleyduchess]]''. Used to be very popular, but the last time it popped up was in 1995.

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The panellists combine the names of films to make puns. Really, that's it. Puns can be literal (such as ''Film/HalfASixpence'', ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'' being combined to make ''Half A Dozen Eggs''). The meaning of the title can be used rather than the words. (Such as ''Series/AlloAllo'', ''Film/{{Boom}}'' and ''Film/FarewellMyLovely'' combining to make ''A Short, Meaningless Relationship''. Or ''Film/LordOfTheFlies'' and ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' combining to make ''Would You Mind Accompanying Me To The Station''?) Then there are the truly ''magnificent'' puns, such as Barry combining ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'', ''Film/KellysHeroes'', ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'', ''Film/AlCapone'', ''Film/FantasticVoyage'', ''Film/XTheManWithTheXRayEyes'', ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePea'', ''Film/NightmareAlley1947'' and ''Film/TheDuchessAndTheDustman'' to make ''[[Film/MaryPoppins Superkellyfrenchaltasticexpeaalleyduchess]]''. Used to be very popular, but the last time it popped up was in 1995.
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Nowadays always proceeded by the chairman reading out a letter from a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mrs Trellis of North Wales]] which will be bizarre, incoherent, and addressed to the presenter of a different program.

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Nowadays always proceeded preceded by the chairman reading out a letter from a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mrs Trellis of North Wales]] which will be bizarre, incoherent, and addressed to the presenter of a different program.
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Cleanup requirement.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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--> '''Graeme:''' What did the [[CountryMatters|Cambridge University National Trust Society]] do?

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--> '''Graeme:''' What did the [[CountryMatters|Cambridge [[CountryMatters Cambridge University National Trust Society]] do?

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