Anger over Vorderman's departure

apoplectic

still on the bright side she's free to do more loan shark ads now :D

But she still has a lovely bottom.

But she's a pretty unpleasant right wing shit so frankly am I bothered.

If they need a photogenic Oxbridge graduate to replace her, I'm sure a certain ILX-based 65daysofstatic afficionado could step up to the plate.

Has he got a lovely bottom too?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e387/Somnilocus/smilies/itisamystery.png

My prediction: Nicky Campbell and what's her face who's also on Watchdog.

No, it'll be Nicky Campbell and Carol Smillie, the old Wheel Of Fortune team but with a subtly altered balance of power.

My mum will be happy, she hates that false laugh Vorderman does, tho I argued that it was necessary to develop a false laugh when sharing a studio for Richard Whiteley for 20 years

Nightmare scenario: Stuart Maconie and Miranda Sawyer.

"Two Xs and three Ws? What was that all about? Eh? Eh?" for the rest of infinity.

This has robbed all the joy I'd been feeling in the run up to the 10th anniversary release of Bring It On.

Are Gomez the only band who look as though they are entirely made up of Countdown contestants?

http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/music/slideshow/mercuryprize2007/img_9.jpg

Actually looking more like the kids The Shadows bullied at school

Who would have known that Little and Large would have gone on to such fame and fortune?

Is that Gomez? Gulp.

.. after sacking ErnieEric Morecambewise, you mean?

I saw Bobby Ball, walking down the road, talking on his mobile phone, yesterday.

.. in Windsor.

What did Barbara have to say on the matter?

Great! Did you shout "Rock on Tommy"... errrrrr, no, that doesn't work.

ON IPHONE?

I saw bobby ball in hotel in leeds last year, he was complaining to the reception that someone woke him up with an unrequested early morning phone call to his room.

there was also peter jennings and that 'barbara' woman, who were extremely pleasant to me in the foyer.

30 years of "Can I have a pee, Tommy?" to anticipate with icy glee.

er of course I meant Peter 'Benson' (hartbeat cast obv)

Is that Gomez? Gulp.

No, it's the Young Knives.

This is what happens when liberal values have their say.

What, the Young Conservatives rise up and flourish?

I saw Bobby Ball, walking down the road, talking on his mobile phone, yesterday.

http://www.yardwear.net/blog/content/binary/jesus-south-park.jpg

"Jesus, Why am I in Windsor" he did say on the phone.

Oh all right, he didn't.

Hope Carol's got some Europe on her iPod.

subtlr.

Duh-duh-dah-dah Duh-duh-dah-dah-dah!

Vorderman is not at all keen on Europe. "From my cold, dead hands" she has been alleged to say.

something seems off about this whole 'poor vorderman' story. she's obviously leaked this to the press herself to spite the production company. the 'your wages are now 10%, you have 2 hours to decide' claim doesn't seem realistic, i'm hoping someone from ch4 will come out with the full story.

she's a ruthless right-wing shit and one of a handful of people who are long overdue a high-profile career-wrecking fall from grace.

No-one's denied it.

Carol in "cambridge math graduate is tory" shockah.

If she's strapped for cash she could always take out a Purple Loan, assuming that they haven't gone under.

Incidentally, the smart money is on Myleene "Did I Perchance Hear An Envelope Opening?" Klass to take over.

couldn't she have just accepted the paycut and then consolidate her debts with a high interest secured loan?

erm xpost

Carol in "cambridge math graduate is tory" shockah

Dunno what Bertrand Russell would make of that.

MG, it's not so much that she's a Tory, it's that she went for the jugular of the weakest members of society with the loan adverts. there's another thread about this somewhere if anyone can find it.

and isn't it a ch4 policy to not get down in the dirt and argue about this type of thing?

Vernon & Tess ftC

At least C4 are putting that money to good use:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2468002/Alan-Carr-signs-%C2%A33m-deal-with-Channel-4.html

To be fair, he probably saw what happened to Norton and decided it best to stay put/know his limitations.

Oh and we haven't yet mentioned Vorderman's echt-weepy pseudo-Mary Magdalene face of ersatz beneficence when she does those Courageous Children-type ceremonies.

See, here's the thing.

Richard Whitely and Carol V were neither household names when they started.

But suddenly, because the format worked, the makers panic into thinking the presenters have to be "as famous" as who they have.

So, do they replace RW and/or CV with a vaguely familiar local TV presenter and a recently graduated math girlie?

No, they do not.

See, they could replace Des with the bloke who does Thames Valley news, he'd be fine.

bloke who does Thames Valley news & Riz Latif ftw

Harry Gration! Also neatly circumvents problem of old men not wanting to commute to Leeds.

Note how Vorderman doesn't need a job description prelude...Amy's got some way to go to match that level of celebrity.

that's because SHE NO LONGER HAS A JOB INNIT LOLZ

She's got at least forty years of Blankety Blank to look forward to.

shame there's no vorderman HYS topic :(

HYS being the operative term.

it's all about capital punishment for smoking weed today

Finally something we can all agree on

suzie dent is the telegenic one anyway.

getting serious now

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2469801/Countdown-Celebrities-condemn-Channel-4-for-ousting-Carol-Vorderman.html

Um, wasn't Bruce Forsyth replaced TWICE on the Generation Game without any noticeable deterioration in ratings?

Rory Bremner's a good choice if they want to save money because he can just do everyone else as well. I'm looking forward to wry, mirthful quips from "John Cole" and "Bill McLaren" in Dictionary Corner!

Anger over Wagemann's departure

At least the Vord never linked her blog with every comment.

so true

ts vorderman vs winehouse

Countdown USA

Sorry, that show is rubbish.

suzie dent is the telegenic one anyway.

hopefully she will now be recognised as this and all the boring maths stuff put to one side (it's the crappest bit of the programme, isn't it? i mean, it's a WORD programme, the maths is incidental surely).

And Countdown will survive.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The result would've been different under Cameron.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/21/article-1088245-028D4749000005DC-38_468x786.jpg

WIN

"who is vorderman" indeed

nope.

The next two letters better be a C and a K.

Unbelievable Jeff

strange how in the original news stories there was only photos of stelling and not her - surely a facebook pic would've sufficed temporarily

Rachel Riley hasn't quite got the place, turn and smile movement down yet. It's quite sweet. I watched the first ever Countdown 27 years ago. I feel like I have completed a life-cycle.

how is Jeff getting on?

Watching with the sound off at work, so it's hard to tell. Both number rounds have been utter sitters so far.

I watched the first ever Countdown 27 years ago. I feel like I have completed a life-cycle.

― Alba, Monday, January 12, 2009 4:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

!!! i thought you were like, 27, 28 years old?

I was a precocious infant!

ha, and so did I. Watch it, I mean, not thought you were 28.

xpost or thought you were a precocious infant.

Actually, I'm 35 and was just enthused nine-year-old.

Ooh - a 75 in the numbers round. Chance for Rachel to show her worth?

No. These guys are good.

you add... no! you subtract, damn!!!

Blimmin heck - that was a fast Conundrum. That Irish guy.

NICE ROOTS!
(I shouted out "Rhinoceros!")

Jeff was solid. I don't consider that he had much to live up to.

I got the conundrum a few seconds after he buzzed but just before he said it, so that sort of counts, by my standards. Nowhere on that last numbers game, though, and as for "ethmodis"...

I bumped the Stelling thread for this but nobody seemed to care

Mostly textbook groanworthy jokes'n'such from the S-man but a good Plymouth Argyll zing at the end, mostly very composed and pleasantly ingratiating, Miss Riley seems quite demure and unpretentious as well, enjoyable stuff, helped that both contestants were great craic, the winner REALLY reminds me of someone I know

also the first numbers game was the easiest numbers game ever

I'm looking forward to seeing how Stelling deals with whichever token insanely precocious 10-year-old this series throws up.

Who was that absurd young'un they had a couple of years back? I remember a guy called Julian Fay who was insane but there was this kid as well...

Conor Travers, apparently.

There was a kid who used to go to my school called Allan Saldanha who was (I think) meant to be one of the all-time greats, he gets mentioned here.

There is a CountdownWiki, and this is Allan's entry. He got to the final aged 9. I was also in the year above his brother, Richard, who got to the final in 1998.

Er, Julian Fell, even

OMG, I watch too much Countdown, because I remember Allan Saldanha, and possibly maybe his brother as well. That Conor Travers was mad good, his run coincided with me being sick off work.

I missed today's and, much to my shame, have just looked it up on 4oD for curiosity value.

I thought this was gonna be about Harry Potter.

Well, I suppose everyone has to work.

I would, however, suspect that many people's "fear of maths" is based on working out how long they'll be paying off those debt consolidation loans that Vorderman is so keen on advertising.