"when they got all the real people to play their gameshow counterparts"
They did? I was disappointed that it was an 'android' rather than Anne R or a simulacrum (but the timing which had the real "Weakest Link" immediately before was priceless, whether they planned it or not). Who on earth (or anywhere else) Trinny & Suzannah? I assume it was the 'girls' having fun with Captain Jack, but I don't know the original...
(Which goes to emphasise the problem with using 'popular' TV shows -- fans of DW aren't necessarily fans of pop culture. I did know BB and WL, and I loved the reference to "Call My Bluff -- with guns", but I suspect that I missed a lot of references...)
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Date: 2005-06-13 04:02 pm (UTC)They did? I was disappointed that it was an 'android' rather than Anne R or a simulacrum (but the timing which had the real "Weakest Link" immediately before was priceless, whether they planned it or not). Who on earth (or anywhere else) Trinny & Suzannah? I assume it was the 'girls' having fun with Captain Jack, but I don't know the original...
(Which goes to emphasise the problem with using 'popular' TV shows -- fans of DW aren't necessarily fans of pop culture. I did know BB and WL, and I loved the reference to "Call My Bluff -- with guns", but I suspect that I missed a lot of references...)