@@bastogne315If Bullseye ever gets revived again into a new series, I might suggest that the winning team of the episode receive a Jim Bowen Memorial Trophy amongst the prizes in addition to the Bullys and the Tankards/goblets in memory of Jim Bowen the original host of the show.
Bullseye was really a super, smashing, great game show! Something for the whole family to watch for 30 minutes. Always remember this on a Sunday afternoon. 🙂🎯 They dont make game shows like these anymore 😥
Looking at the early series, it did kinda look a bit dull without Tony Green, and when he was phased in; I'm not sure what series it was, but when he began checking to see what the dart had landed in on the subjects dartboard in addition to the dartboard scores and checking to see what prize the dart has landed in on the prize dartboard, that's when he became a great co-host and became more well known.
Think they did do a newer version with Dave Spikey but nah didnt have the Bowen magic, dont think anyone could do it justice, and it would be all slick and flashy now.
@@RobertLocksley385You can't have watched very many episodes of Bullseye. Jim said Super/Smashing/Great/Marvellous etc ALL the time, and there's even an episode of Bullseye on here where he 'takes the Micky' out of himself for doing so.
Contestants representing HTV Cymru Wales, Yorkshire Television and Grampian Television. (Mentioning the ITV region was a practice that only started in series 2)
Fascinating to see how it changed, definitely the patter and Tony helped it along later, think Jim got more confident as it progressed. I only remember the late 80s and 90s ones because of my age, what gets me is how the dickens do they split the star prize, like cut the car in two lol, or take turns driving it! I guess they must sell it and split the profit.
I remember watching this episode, where 'Eric' for 'once' didn't shine, and that was a 'shock' at that time Eric had the beating of all of his 'contempories' virtually before a dart was thrown!
I'm still looking for Dean Weller our old section manager at Waitrose, Ealing in the late 90s early 00s. He was still there when I left in 2004. He told me he was on Bullseye once but RU-vid didn't exist then so I could never find any footage. Should of asked him for more details.
The same contestants desks for the non dart players, plus the background behind the non dart players and Jim Bowen asking the questions remained until 1986. The yellow that ATV and Central used on both Bullseye and Family Fortunes was truly horrendous.
I love Jim telling the contestants the even more rubbish prizes they get for hitting the black (or green here) segments in Bully's Prize Board like half an onion and a lemon peel! He should have done that more often in later series instead of just saying "That's black"
The thing that annoyed me most about that first series was Jim messing around with the darts after every throw, surely that must of put the darts players off of their stride having to wait while he messed about.
Why no VT editor credit, but there is one for a film editor. What does a film editor do on a show like this at all, never mind enough to deserve a credit?
The first surviving episode, episodes 1 and 2 were missing because Jim and the crew DESPIED the episodes, so they were never broadcast on TV and never made it into the archives
And because everybody hated them! They were so awful! There's also an episode from May 1989 that you'll never ever see in re-runs, because one contestant was convicted for armed robbery and burglary, and after forensic advances, two double murders and a rape - he is now serving a whole life term in prison (i.e. life without parole).
The first two will never be aired and has been binned because it was apparently really bad. According to Jim The first episode got scrapped because the winners got pissed up. And The Second one because the car had been won. Both were riddled with expletives.
Thank god for Tony Green in the later series; it gave the show more charm with his commentating on what the dart has landed in. No wonder why because poor Jim kept getting the scores wrong! lol😂
It's incredible Bullseye was recommissioned after this first series because it really was terrible in the beginning! That opening round to decide who goes first is largely pointless, the quiz round is all over the place "Here's a £10 question on history to give you £50" eh??? How blind is Jim that he has to keep stopping the player to fiddle with the darts... it lands point centre in the 1 segment; "That's in 1" yeah, thanks Jim. Pitting two couples up against a pair of county players that could give Eric Bristow a game is clearly unfair. Jim can't count; "That's 20, another 20 (fiddles with the bloody thing again) and 1 (long pause, looks at monitor) that's 41" and what's with Jim pointing at the bloody dartboard every time they go to throw... as if they couldn't figure out what it is they're supposed to be aiming at!!! Absolutely hilarious but for all the wrong reasons... 🤣
Bowen was born august 20th (leo chinease mont of the monkey) in 1937 year of the (ox or caprocorn) hard working noones fool with a flair for naturally being the center of attention and good company! Was he awre his career would so intrinsically be linked to Bulleye! Yes eggs where all it seemed firmly in one basket! But what a basket it was! The jewel in the crown of british sunday night entertainment for years the only two shows who could get near it throughout the week were surprise surprize and blind date both hosted by Cilla Black! If only any television executive has had the nouse to pair both Black and Bowen together in another show the world as we know it may have been very different!
like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth because of the present crisis i think it is good for you to remain as you are anyone in the audience?
They never won much money in the ATV series. You even had to answer the question correctly to win any money on the category board round. "Not easy these￡30 questions. They get progressively more difficult."
Jim had more to be excited about. The prizes were shit, the jokes were pathetic, the entertainment was only exceeded in banality by the moronic contestants. But the salary for Barrow Boy Jim actually increased.
