I’m crying with laughter at that, I just lost it when I saw that geeza throwing them darts, now on whenever I’m feeling down I’m gonna watch this clip, the NHS would save millions if they instead provide this clip instead of anti depressants.
yea thats why Bullseye would never work these days, the 'darts player' would be a LOT higher standard (its said a decent pub player these would be a top 50 in the world player in the 80s), but even more of a difference would be the 'non darts player' (those who applied would be professional game show players who would be practicing arrows night and day). Remember, back in the 1980s there was pretty much no way to practice darts like there is today, where anyone can go to a pub darts board and throw, or just spend £20 at sports direct for thier own board....
@@Debbiebabe69Almost every pub,function hall ,snooker hall had a dart board so there was places to go. Thats why a darts show took off because people were playing and watching darts. You could buy a board in the catalogues i remember that. Its almost as if the contestants sometimes were picked based on how bad they were rather than how good.
Tony Green must have been s***ing himself as he threw them! The dart player did well to keep his composure with his last three darts as he's clearly trying not to laugh his head off!
All he had to do was listen to Tony's soothing words of wisdom. "Take your time, no rush, just take your time, no rush at all, just settle in, plenty of time, all the time in the world"
If anybody placed their hands on people these days as much as Jim did you'd be stuck with a harassment charge. He literally never stops touching them whenever he's in range.
I feel for the guy actually. He knew his friend was good at darts and he was good at the questions (otherwise they wouldn't have got to the prize boards).
Reminds me of the scene from Pulp Fiction where the guy misses Samuel L Jackson with six shots from point blank range. I wonder if the board became a born again Christian as a result of this?
"you've won the mass of prizes, £567, and an embarrising viral RU-vid video which will be in existance for all of your adult life. It's a considerable gamble to go for whats behind the board". The whole studio audience not wearing safety goggles and armour, was also a considerable gamble that day, Jim.
If you won a fortune on the lottery ; after you've bought your mansion cars and holidays; will there ever be a time where you say' "I must get a speedboat ?" !!
Interestingly Stephen Hawking and Jim Bowen died on the same day. For all Stephen’s achievements in science, my cousin and I were more cut up over Jim’s passing. Greatly missed.
I can never understand how "non dart players" always throw darts in a stupid way! They see how others throw and it works, then they invent their way and fail miserably. It's not rocket science. Arm back, arm forward release. Grinds my gears
I play bowls and often feel the same way. Different body shapes and sizes naturally mean some variation in style, but the basic fundamental of delivering the object seems too obvious to get constantly badly wrong. Yet some people do. However, it is also possible this guy is a touch dyspraxic.
I can never understand why someone who can't play goes on there, you would think they would both be good players to give themselves a chance if they get to the star prize.
@@flyingvman1843 this is the 1980s, not the current day. The guy probably had never thrown a dart in his life. Unlike today when you can just go to the pub and throw, pub dartboards back then were STRICTLY members only. And there was no Sports Direct selling cheap dartboards so you could practice at home - not that it would matter, those were the Thatcher days, working people struggled to afford food so a dartboard would be WELL out of thier reach.
The best ones, in terms of entertainment, are usually the non darts players as they're most likely to somehow end up hitting treble 14s when they are just aiming to get the dart to stick anywhere at all in the board. Great show, RIP to Jim.
He's actually an astonishing darts player. Hitting the big red and black bits is childs play, he wanted to show you us how to hit the thin metal frame.
But why? After he did well at the world championships he said he was going to quit lorry driving to go pro full time, then within 2 years he'd completely vanished. Could have been another Rob Cross if he'd stuck at it, he was really good and full of confidence.
Once saw a professional championship match where all three darts hit the wire round the treble twenty and bounced out. The announcer built up the way he would with a 180 but with ''zeeeeeeeeerRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOO''. It was two minutes before they could continue because even the the players cracked up.
Couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo this fella, i suppose we will never know what gem of a prize was in bed 2 that made Ron so determined! He should of just aimed at Tony's head and he would of probably hit Bullys special prize
Yeah my family had a midi-hi-fi (not to be confused with wi-fi) in the early 90's, they seemed quite common 'back in the day'😂😂 great car crash tv though. R.I.P JIM BOWEN A TRUE WORKING CLASS LEGEND.
