wagstaff
22 Mar 2005, 21:23
On SEN last Friday during a rain break in the NZ v Aust Test match, Francis Leach was joined by a bloke (can't remember his name) who recounted some of the TV shows Ch. 9 used to bring in whenever the cricket was interuppted by rain.
Some of the ones he brought up included, 'Wings' (incredibly average 1990s US sitcom), 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' and 'Benson' (going back to the early 1980s).
One caller then rang up and mentioned how in the mid-1980s, Ch. 9 would screen a music video clip of then flavour-of-the-month Greg Matthews in full flight, with a Hoodoo Gurus song in the background. As the caller said, worth remembering for Richie Benaud having to introduce it!
And of course, there were the shows Ch. 9 used to show during the lunch break before they created the 'Cricket Show', most of which were tripe, including:
- 10 pin bowling
- 18-foot skiff racing (dreadfully boring)
- Going further back, Chuck Connors hosting a show called 'Thrillseekers', a sort of prototype to the extreme sports we see today
- A show called 'Animals, Animals, Animals' which was about, err, animals
What are some of the shows you can remember they during rain/lunch breaks?
Some of the ones he brought up included, 'Wings' (incredibly average 1990s US sitcom), 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' and 'Benson' (going back to the early 1980s).
One caller then rang up and mentioned how in the mid-1980s, Ch. 9 would screen a music video clip of then flavour-of-the-month Greg Matthews in full flight, with a Hoodoo Gurus song in the background. As the caller said, worth remembering for Richie Benaud having to introduce it!
And of course, there were the shows Ch. 9 used to show during the lunch break before they created the 'Cricket Show', most of which were tripe, including:
- 10 pin bowling
- 18-foot skiff racing (dreadfully boring)
- Going further back, Chuck Connors hosting a show called 'Thrillseekers', a sort of prototype to the extreme sports we see today
- A show called 'Animals, Animals, Animals' which was about, err, animals
What are some of the shows you can remember they during rain/lunch breaks?