MY FAVOURITE THINGS…

(Updated 26/12/2006)

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE GAME SHOWS

(AUSTRALIA)

1.  Sale of the Century

2.  Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

3.  Wheel of Fortune

4.  The Price Is Right

5.  Press Your Luck

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE GAME SHOWS

(OVERSEAS)

1.  Match Game (USA)

2.  Blankety Blank (UK)

3.  Sale of the Century (USA)

4.  Press Your Luck (USA)

5.  The Hollywood Squares (USA)

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE GAME SHOW HOSTS

(AUSTRALIA)

1.  Glenn Ridge (Sale of the Century)

2.  Tony Barber (Sale of the Century, etc)

3.  John Burgess (Wheel of Fortune, etc)

4.  Ian Turpie (Press Your Luck, etc)

5.  Larry Emdur (The Price is Right, etc)

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE GAME SHOW HOSTS

(OVERSEAS)

1.  Gene Rayburn (Match Game, etc)

2.  Bob Barker (The Price is Right)

3.  Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)

4.  Peter Tomarken (Press Your Luck)

5.  Jim Perry (Sale of the Century [USA])

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE SONGS

1.  Hey Jude – The Beatles

2.  Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

3.  Dancing Queen – ABBA

4.  Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley

5.  Down Under – Men at Work

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE OTHER TV SHOWS

1.  The Bill

2.  Monty Python’s Flying Circus

3.  Inspector Rex

4.  Blue Heelers

5.  Home Improvement

TOP TEN FAVOURITE MOVIES (UPDATED)

1.  Singin’ in the Rain

2.  The Sound of Music

3.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail

4.  The Little Mermaid

5.  The Wizard of Oz

6.  Star Wars (all six movies)

7.  E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial

8.  Full Metal Jacket

9.  Grease

10.  The Lion King

TOP FIVE FAVOURITE GAME SHOW MOMENTS (available for trade!)

1.  Michael Larson’s reign of terror on
Press Your Luck

2.  Gene Rayburn’s “pretty nipples” slip-up on Match Game 74

3.  Pat & Charlie Berg’s “closet queen” incident on The Newlywed Game

4.  Bob Johnson talking “turkey” on
Family Fortunes

5.  Richard Dawson’s farewell speech on
Family Feud (USA)

THE FIVE GAME SHOWS I’D LIKE TO SEE BACK ON TELEVISION AGAIN

1.  Sale of the Century (Episodes from the early 80s Tony Barber era)

2.  It’s A Knockout

3.  Press Your Luck

4.  Wheel of Fortune (It’s been off for at least six months now, but it should be given another chance)

5.  Now You See It

 

Time to go home…