Countdown is a serious daytime gameshow, that is known to be popular among pensioners and known to be a bit dry and intellectual.. 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel show. Somebody had the brilliant idea of combining the two of them.
Yup, all I'd add is that the numbers game is you have to get as close as you can with the numbers given in 30 and the other round is picking a total of 9 letters and again, you have 30 seconds to come up with the biggest word possible, kinda like scrabble
I am from the US, and i have been down the the RU-vid British game show rabbit hole, it introduced me to Jimmy Carr and James Acaster both of them are outstanding comedians.
Jimmy Carr is a little bit forced at times but still very funny. Comedians such as Sean Locke, Ricky Jervais and Frankie Boyle are much more free flowing and satire. But yes all amazing comedians in their own right
@I am not who you think I am Robert is a god and the best natural comedic genius our great nation has ever produced. I would highly recommend just watching the Mortimorian tales video on this channel, the guy is a lunatic, in the best possible way.
you need to watch more sean lock stuff, he's brilliant and while we're on the topic of brittish shows, the johnny vegas outtakes on the last leg show is among the funniest things i've seen
8 out of 10 cats does countdown is a hybrid of two game shows. 8 out of 10 cats and Countdown. Double the funny as well. This show and Wilty (Would I lie to you) are 2 of my fav uk comedy panel shows.
I think, to understand 8OO10CDC, watch a little of the original Countdown. Susie Dent and Rachel Riley are on that. It's the serious version. Then watch 8 Out of 10 Cats. That's where you'll find Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, and Jon Richardson. A Q&A panel show with comedians and TV personalities. Then 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown is where Rachel and Susie join the boys for a late-night parody of sorts to Countdown. Then go and watch Taskmaster. And anything with James Acaster. And anything with Richard Ayoade. Who played Moss on The IT Crowd. And watch the old Mighty Boosh. British TV is so much better
I love this show and it's always a good laugh as most of the guests are comedians. Plenty of good highlights videos to watch and react to. Jimmy Carr also has some good stand up if you want a good laugh. I enjoy watching all of your reaction videos especially when you both are laughing. Cheers from australia
See the first 8 out of 10 Cats / Countdown Mash-up to appreciate how Catsdown came about. It was such a huge hit it grew and evolved into what it is today. Sean Lock is a treasure - truly.
9:00 “I embezzled money from the RNLI”. RNLI is a charity whose volunteers save people when their boats are in trouble in the sea/ ocean. RNLI is a very respected charity, and to say you embezzled them is an awful thing to do, which was surpassed by his seal clubbing competition.
I love watching you both, I love this series and watch it a lot in the UK. It’s a ridiculous show but still cracks me up. Glad to see you both enjoy it.
I'm joining this channel a bit later in the year, if you haven't worked out what countdown is just yet, as a Brit I will explain it to you... There are three rounds that repeat twice except for the last round, usually the game goes; letter round, letter round, number round, letter round, letter round, number round, countdown conundrum round.The letter round consist of one team picking 9 letters made up of consonants and vowels, the idea is to have the longest word in the round made up of those letters, the team with the longest legitimate word wins 7 points, if both teams for instance get a 7 letter word then they both get 7 points. If you can make a word using every letter on the board, you get 10 points.The number round is the same, sort of, they can choose an assortment of numbers, for example 1 large number, which is 10,25,50,100, and the rest small numbers 1-9. Then a button is pressed and they have to get to that total number if possible, 10 points for bang on, and I can't remember how many points you get for being the closest to the total number. The final round is the Countdown conundrum, which is a 9 letter world scrambled up, first team to buzz in with the right answer gets 10 points. Like Peadar Ruane said in the comment below, "Countdown is a serious daytime gameshow, that is known to be popular among pensioners and known to be a bit dry and intellectual.. 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel show. Somebody had the brilliant idea of combining the two of them." If you hear them mocking Carol Vorderman, she used to be the "Rachel Riley" of yesteryear. Rachel Riley and Suzie Dent, are the only members on the Original Countdown, and 8 out of 10 Cats do Countdown. Hope that helps!
Channel 4 did a week of show mash-ups and this was such a great idea they turned it into a long running series. 8 out of 10 Cats (named after the tag line from a cat food commercial) is a news quiz comedy show, and Countdown is a serious daytime word gameshow with some maths rounds. One of the running gags is the girl doing the writing Rachel Riley, stole the job from the previous woman Carol Vordeman, because she's younger. It's a brilliant show that'll have you crying with laughter.
Countdown is an gameshow for smart people that been on for years You have a letter games where you pick Vowels and consonants , 9 letters and try to create the longest word Numbers game you pick between big medium and small numbers , then a random target is given (closest to the target wins that round) 8 out of 10 cats is just the same show but with comedians also been on almost 10 years
'8 out of ten cats' is a comedy show hosted by Jimmy Carr, while 'Countdown' is a words and numbers quiz, hosted by someone else, but featuring Rachel Riley (The blonde maths genius). Hence, '8 out of ten cats does Countdown' is a mash-up tv show.
Ok, so Cats does countdown, as other people have said, is a spinoff of 8 out of 10 cats and the series countdown. One is a comedy panel show, the other is a serious daytime quiz show for the elderly. There are two types of round. In the first type of round they get a series of numbers and they have to add them up to total the same as the random number at the top of the board. In the second type of round, they are given 9 letters, either consonant or vowels - that they pick at the start. They've then got to make the longest word they can with the letters on the board. The mixing of the two genres makes some real comedy gold.
One of the best shows on British TV. It started out as a charity thing for just one show, combining 8 out of 10 cats (comedy panel show with regular comedians) with Countdown (a serious quiz show popular with the elderly). It was such a success Channel 4 decided to commission a series. It's been going for EIGHTEEN YEARS lol I think both the original shows are still going too.
Countdown is a British classic - it’s usually a serious show. 8 Out of 10 Cats is another show featuring Jimmy and a bunch of comedians in a panel-question show. Someone had the absolute genius idea to merge the two, and this is the result - quite possibly one of the funniest TV shows on British television!
"I don't need to say white in front of socialite actually". I watched this when it was aired and only now did I catch what he says. The R.N.L.I. is a charity that runs the coastal Lifeboats in the UK. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Diago Maradona was the Argentinian player who scored the winning goal against England in the 1986 world cup by hitting the ball into the net with his hand, seen on camera but apparently the ref thought it was a header.
Yeah Diego's 'hand of god', seen by everybody except the Ref, even people who wasnt watching seen it, same with the french footballer Thierry Henry in the World Cup against Ireland who stopped the ball going off the pitch with his hand and lead to a goal, again only it the Ref alone that didnt see it. Two Ref's that may have side bets on the match, controversial but match fixing happened a lot publicly.
It's quite ironic that the 'comedian' (and I use the term very loosely) who uttered that piece of social commentary happens to have attended Cambridge university. What a hypocrite.
There are two main games. The numbers where the players get nine letters and they have to create the longest word possible. For the numbers they get 6 numbers small numbers: 1-10 and large numbers: either a 25, 50, 75, 0r 100 and they have to get the three digit number above using basic arithmetic. They cannot use the same letter twice unless there are two of them and they cannot use the same number twice unless there are two of them. And they are timed 30 seconds for every game.
@After Work Reactions _"The money I embezelled from the R.N.L.I...."_ The R.N.L.I. is the _Royal National Lifeboat Institution_ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution). It's a Royal Charity here in the U.K. where people donate money to help run a fleet of lifesaving Lifeboats and their volunteer crew, to go out to sea in dangerous conditions, to save sailors etc who are in grave danger.
Countdown is a game show on channel 4 where people do letters and numbers rounds to a 30 second clock. Quite intelligent game. 8 out of 10 cats is a comedy panel show hosted by jimmy Carr. This is a mashup of both.
Theres a regular game show called countdown and then this comedy style show called 8 out of 10 cats that have countdown episodes. For the game itself half the game is trying to get the target number from 6 random picked tiled numbers and then the other half of the game is teams drawing a combination of 9 randomly lettered tiles sorted in two piles (they choose a vowel or consonant) and having to come up with the longest word with the 9 letters.
The joke about Sean embezzling money from the RNLI, is a charity The Royal National Life Boat Institution that rescues people and ships in distress at sea. This is a very big charity, close to many peoples hearts here in the UK. 🤣
With the number game, they have to reach the target number (like 666) by using the numbers, multiplying, adding, dividing etc displayed below it. Can only use each number once though. Closest who gets to the target number wins!
Here's how the Numbers Round works: They have to create a sum, using as many or as few as the numbers on the board, which equals the large number at the top. The can use basic arithmetic ( + − × ÷ ) to do it. Suppose the 5 numbers on the board were 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Let's also suppose that the number they need to arrive at is 10. Using the numbers given previously, we could say 2+3+5=10. Obviously in the actual game it's much harder. The contestant who can get closest to the number given (and explain how) is the winner.
The joke about the RNLI is that British pubs often had or have Royal National Lifeboat Institute charity boat placed on the bar so when you are ordering a beer or even often pissed in my case you are tempted to give to Charity but more than often than not prefer the next pint.
Richard Ayoade has written multiple books doing "serious" film commentary about ridiculous films. He even wrote an entire book about Gwyneth Paltrow's movie View from the Top, which is a woman's dream to become a stewardess. He is amazingly weird and funny and awkward, and when you catch him not playing the awkward character he has adopted as his persona he is still a funny guy.
The joke after the seal joke is he won 'asshole of the year', but literally. And went to the world finals, defeated by Diego Maradonna (former soccer player), who bent over and set off the fire sprinklers.😅
Loving these vids and your reactions and reminiscing. Has no one mentioned Dirty Sanchez to you? They were the UKs answer to Jack Ass back in the day. Just less cheesy and funnier
it's two shows mixe into one... so one was a comedy show (8 out of 10 ats) hosted by Jimmy Carr, the other was Countdown which was a daytime show about words and numbers that was popular with older people and students, and Rachel Reilly did the number calculations. Basically it the same game as Countdown and same studio but they just have a load of comedians doing it instead of menbers of the public. Mostly they just have a laugh and make jokes but it's really funny yet educational and entertaining all at the same time. It's one of my fav game shows.
There's a legitimate game called countdown which is taken very seriously by the contestants in the UK. There's another show where a bunch of comedians deal with current events called 8 out of ten counts. This show is the 8 out of ten cats guys playing countdown. It's hilarious!
She gets told the answers in an earpiece. She admitted it herself in an interview. That's why she was stuck on the answer to the math puzzle in this video, because the earpiece malfunctioned and she had to wait for the answer.
Guys - I'm just catching up on your great reactions. Just hilarious. Suggestion for your lady...Frank Spenser - Some Mothers Do Have em. I think that'll be right.
you really do have to have a typical dry british sense of humour to find sean’s seal clubbing joke hillarious. we share the same language but the american and british sense of humour could not be generally further apart.
You should check out Michael McIntyre. A couple of great places to start are his bit on names and his bit on the dentist. Search for ‘Ackle Ackinckacker’ and ‘why do people with the same name spell it differently’