out of the red
Zach Horan
On Debt, the slogan is out of the red and into the black, not the other
way around. Out of the red and into the black of course comes from My My
Hey Hey(Johnny Rotten's story by Neil Young circa 1978)
Randy Amasia
Bzzzzz! Wrong!
It was "My My Hey Hey" at the beginning of the album ("Rust
Never Sleeps") and "Hey Hey My My" at the end of the album. Or
vice-versa. And the line was "Out of the blue and into the
black." Autumn 1979.
Don't mess w/ me when it comes to popular music of the last 30
years, Zach. :-D
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Chris Dickson
Zach Horan (Ho...@tcnj.edu) wrote:
: On Debt, the slogan is out of the red and into the black, not the other
: way around.
Ah, but Jez is British, and the phrase he was referring to is from...
"Keep out of the black and in the red
Nothing in this game for two in a bed."
This is a quote from Bullseye (no, not THAT Bullseye, British Bullseye).
Oh, and two in a bed isn't anything jolly on this occasion - it just
means "avoid throwing two darts into the same section of the dartboard".
It makes for a damn funny YKYAGSNI, though.
Chris
chris....@keb.ox.ac.uk -maths spod- You know when you've been FERTANG!oed
To the UK Game Show Page: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~kebl0110/ Feed me doughnuts!
Jeremy Rogers
In message <545sjr$4...@news.ox.ac.uk>
kebl...@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson) writes:
> Zach Horan (Ho...@tcnj.edu) wrote:
> : On Debt, the slogan is out of the red and into the black, not the other
> : way around.
> Ah, but Jez is British, and the phrase he was referring to is from...
> "Keep out of the black and in the red
> Nothing in this game for two in a bed."
> This is a quote from Bullseye (no, not THAT Bullseye, British Bullseye).
> Oh, and two in a bed isn't anything jolly on this occasion - it just
> means "avoid throwing two darts into the same section of the dartboard".
> It makes for a damn funny YKYAGSNI, though.
Shouldn't that be "Super, Smashing, Great"?
In 1984 Bullseye was the top rated UK game show, and rated 6th over
all programmes, remarkable from a 17:30 Sunday timeslot (it beat
prime time shows Catchphrase and 3-2-1 by 2 to 3 million).
A long time director of Bullseye, Peter Harris, said recently: 'Jim
Bowen was crap at the start and crap at the end. The difference was
that when the show started he had a Morris Minor, and when it ended
he had a Rolls-Royce'.
All for the throw of a dart.
Jez
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Chris Dickson
Jeremy Rogers (jeremy...@zetnet.co.uk) wrote:
: > It makes for a damn funny YKYAGSNI, though.
: Shouldn't that be "Super, Smashing, Great"?
Lovely. Fantastic. Give them a big hand.
: In 1984 Bullseye was the top rated UK game show, and rated 6th over
: all programmes, remarkable from a 17:30 Sunday timeslot (it beat
: prime time shows Catchphrase and 3-2-1 by 2 to 3 million).
Yep. It amazes me just how long Bullseye kept going and kept going
despite darts' descent into beach-volleyball-like status of minority
sport in the UK over recent years. (What would be worse: seeing beach
volleyball players play darts, or seeing darts players play beach
volleyball?) Bear in mind that it got WORSE over the years - the prizes
they gave out got less and less generous. They used to give decent cars
and boats out but eventually it wound up at holidays. And game winners
had to gamble their first-round cash on Bully's 101 Challenge as well as
their prizes. Plus everyone just got plain worse at darts, too.
I hated that show. It was sooooooooo bad.
: All for the throw of a dart.
Look at what you could have won...?
Chris
chris....@keb.ox.ac.uk {maths spod} You know when you've been FERTANG!oed
Jeremy Rogers
In message <54b55h$6...@news.ox.ac.uk>
kebl...@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson) writes:
> Jeremy Rogers (jeremy...@zetnet.co.uk) wrote:
> : > It makes for a damn funny YKYAGSNI, though.
> : Shouldn't that be "Super, Smashing, Great"?
> Lovely. Fantastic. Give them a big hand.
Listen to Tony.
> : In 1984 Bullseye was the top rated UK game show, and rated 6th over
> : all programmes, remarkable from a 17:30 Sunday timeslot (it beat
> : prime time shows Catchphrase and 3-2-1 by 2 to 3 million).
> Yep. It amazes me just how long Bullseye kept going and kept going
> despite darts' descent into beach-volleyball-like status of minority
> sport in the UK over recent years.
Due largely to Greg Dyke, when he also got rid of wrestling.
> Bear in mind that it got WORSE over the years - the prizes
> they gave out got less and less generous. They used to give decent cars
> and boats out but eventually it wound up at holidays.
The Bully's Prize Board got more generous though. Saw an episode the
other day when a couple of over 60s won a speedboat. They didn't
look that happy about it.
> And game winners
> had to gamble their first-round cash on Bully's 101 Challenge as well as
> their prizes.
Yes I thought that was a poor change to the format which meant that
too often they would say, 'Well, we've had a lovely day Jim' etc.
> Plus everyone just got plain worse at darts, too.
I thought that the non-dartsplayers teneded to get better.
> I hated that show. It was sooooooooo bad.
Which is why it did so well. Reminded me of The Golden Shot, even
without the Norman Vaughan connection.
> : All for the throw of a dart.
> Look at what you could have won...?
But your charity money is safe, and we'll send it off at the end of
the programme.
Jez
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Keith Privett
Chris Dickson <kebl...@sable.ox.ac.uk> wrote
> Yep. It amazes me just how long Bullseye kept going and kept going
> despite darts' descent into beach-volleyball-like status of minority
> sport in the UK over recent years. (What would be worse: seeing beach
> volleyball players play darts, or seeing darts players play beach
> volleyball?)
I'd rather watch the beach volleyball players play darts. Especially if
the darts players have to wear the skimpy beach volleyball outfits, but
lack the physique to match.
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Keith Privett
Ke...@Privett.Com