History Series / FamiliesAtWar

!!GameShow Tropes in use:

* Personnel
** GameShowHost: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
** LovelyAssistant: Alice Beer
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!!This show provides examples of:

* OverTheShoulderCarry: On a treadmill. With [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ Leo Sayer on his back, singing.]] Stephen Greaves had set records for running distances while carrying weights, so this wasn't very unusual ... for him anyway. Was probably one of Sayer's stranger gigs, though.

* OverTheShoulderCarry: On a treadmill. With [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ a famous (yet pint-sized) British singer to boot]]! For a ''whole'' song. Stephen Greaves had set records for running distances while carrying weights, so this wasn't very unusual ... for him anyway

The show only lasted one series on [[TheBBC BBC One]] in 1999.

* OverTheShoulderCarry: On a treadmill. With [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ a famous British singer to boot]]! For a ''whole'' song. Stephen Greaves had records for running distances carrying weights, so this was no biggy ... for him anyway

** TheVanna: Alice Beer

* OverTheShoulderCarry: On a treadmill. With [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ a famous British singer to boot]]! For a ''whole'' song.

* OneSeasonWonder: Pretty much so.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: An episode where Stephen Greaves was showcasing his ability to run on a treadmill with heavy weight on his back by having famous singer Leo Sayer ride on him whilst singing his hit "When I Need You".
** Also the Cubiscus. Enough said.

The part where it really got good was the bonus round, the Cubiscus, where Vic is dressed up like a spider and Bob plays the spider's piano player, and the family members must manipulate Vic around a giant cube in order to make him grab prizes off pedestals and deposit them down a chute and ramp. It's much funnier than it sounds.

* BonusRound: The Cubiscus. Guide Vic the Spider around using four control ropes operated by each family member to grab prizes off pedestals (preferably while ''not'' knocking them over) and take them out of the cube. Kinda like a human UFO Catcher, or something like that.

Funky British variety meets game show hosted by comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, where two families compete in performances of their respective talents (or in some cases, a task forced on by the hosts) to earn points from a panel of twelve judges.

The part where it really got good was the bonus round, the Cubiscus, where Vic is dressed up like a spider and Bob plays the spider's piano player, and the family members must manipulate Vic around a giant cube in order to make him grab prizes off of pedestals and deposit them down a chute and ramp. Its much funnier than it sounds.

The show only lasted one series on BBC One in 1999.

* BonusRound: The Cubiscus, guide Vic the Spider around using 4 control ropes operated by each family member to grab prizes off of pedestals (preferably while ''not'' knocking them over) and take them out of the cube. Kinda like a human UFO Catcher, or something like that.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "I am the spider!"
* CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo: The hosts in The Cubiscus
-->'''Alice''': Who is the spider?
-->'''Vic''': I ''AM'' THE SPIDER!
-->'''Alice''': Who is the spider's keyboard player?
-->'''Bob''': I AM THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP!
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: An episode where Stephen Greaves was showcasing his ability to run on a treadmill with heavy weight on his back by having famous singer Leo Slayer ride on him whilst singing his hit "When I Need You"
** Also The Cubiscus. Enough said.
* OneSeasonWonder: Pretty much so.

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