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Mattman
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Hey sonic,
what's up with that "granda granda" sig of yours?
lol
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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 01:15
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It's Gronda and it's from some TV show where almost all the words were anagrams of Dragon.

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spooky
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Mouse is correct, It's a phrase from a classic UK show called 'the adventure game' which I remember as being really good when I was young but recently saw some old episodes on satellite TV and couldn't stop laughing at how bad it was.

Anyone remember the vortex!



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Mattman
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 01:27
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oh!
i'm from u.s. so i wouldn't know

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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 01:37
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I've never seen the show in my life, I just overheard you say that

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Dazzag
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Yep. Thought it was the best thing ever at the time. That and Space 1999. Both are pretty terrible when you watch them again.

Was a sort of Crystal Maze, except good. Well, at the time... The invisible beast on the Vortex was pretty lame if I remember rightly. Even at the time it seemed too lucky to win.

Wasn't it also exactly the same every damn week? Was basically like Power Rangers, except the monster didn't become huge, and there were no cute birds with a nice set.

Was quite good though how each week people could be left behind to rot (or be blown up, can't remember) on the planet. Nice happy ending there for the kiddies.

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Kangaroo2
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Hmm does anybody remember "Knightmare"? Similar show I imagine.

"Was basically like Power Rangers, except there were no cute birds with a nice set." - lol Mmmm Yellow and Pink Rangers....

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes, They got them hoppy legs & twitchy little noses,
And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
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Solidz Snake
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*remembered the first Pink Ranger..

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 14:58 Edited at: 18th Jun 2003 15:00
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Yes, I remember Knightmare... Never really liked it that much...
Technically very clever, but the infighting between the helpers get irritating. I'm surprised none of the adventurers got fed up, took off the helmet and walked out of the studio.

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins - oh my, yes!
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Kangaroo2
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Yes they had a lot of characters trying a bit too hard Cool effects tho. I think the reason the kids didn't walk out was because they wanted to win the huge 'prize' of a book token and board game lol

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes, They got them hoppy legs & twitchy little noses,
And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
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Shadow Robert
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lol... i liked Knightmare, always wondered why they only picked idiots to be on it though
(Bitter memories of never getting on to play come flooding back... WWWHHHHHHYYYYY!!)
The game on the Amiga was cool, like Abandoned Places - only i'd take 3 steps and die ... i always thought that was a cruely hard game

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well not without a good reason
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hehehe i just noticed ...Raven has possibly the coolest sig ever look at that little dude go!

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Mattman
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Posted: 18th Jun 2003 23:46
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raven, that dancin' sig dude of yours scares me!

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Kangaroo2
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1: YES the Amiga game was rock hard
2: YES the lil dancin dude rocks

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes, They got them hoppy legs & twitchy little noses,
And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
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Dazzag
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Knightmare was really crap. Both program and game. Yuck. Spell casting "C-R-A-P". Hated it. Ever see one of the episodes where they actually won? Crap. And they were all morons.

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spooky
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Knightmare was ok. Watched an old episode the other day (SKY show a lot of these old programs on 'challenge' channel). These kids got all the way to the end and because they forgot to ask one question they walked through a door and died instantly! They were gutted.

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Dazzag
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Yeah, was rubbish. One wrong move and you were toast. Out of interest the one winning episode I saw had them all walking off into the sunset. Crap. Blink and you missed it too, after about 4 episodes.

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Posted: 19th Jun 2003 02:20
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The Adventure Game!

I used to watch it religously! It was on Challenge the other week, and my 6 year old son watched it...he just didn't get it because it was so cheap and weak.

Am I right in thinking the King was a cheese plant?

And yes, the games were always the same. The contestants obviously never watched telly, or they would breeze through it. I have just one thing to say (other than Gronda Gronda, your highness) and that's...Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.

Thanks in advance.
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Evil Noodle
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speaking of challenge tv ,have youse seen 'Takeshes Castle' that program is soo funny. They just throw themselves at anything.

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spooky
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Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain : Ah yes, this is a clue as how to calculate the value of a 'drogna'. Multiply number of sides of shape by position of colour in ROYGBIV. So an orange square is 2 * 4 = 8

For the complete experience: http://www.joolsweb.co.uk/tag

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Solidz Snake
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Posted: 19th Jun 2003 04:09
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Raven's sig character is dancing the Gronda Gronda

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Ian T
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Er... may I ask what kind of sick kid's show forces real life kids to answer questions, and if they do them wrong, they get gutted? I knew we were so low as to have Icons of Idiocy like Spongebob, but I didn't know there were huge amounts of gore and life risks already...

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Arrow
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Posted: 19th Jun 2003 06:32
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So, Raven's old sig makes a return, and he brought an avitar friend too.

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