Last year's Gameshow Marathon was a quirky, fun celeb-fest. Ant and Dec struck the pitch perfect tone between poking fun at gameshows of yesteryear and showing deference to the huge personalities who made the shows work. The whole idea, while being wholy unoriginal, seemed fresh and a welcome break from Saturday evening singing contests.
This year's Gameshow Marathon is just plain horrible. Instead of a group of famous faces seemingly up for a laugh, the contestants are fallen stars desperate to get a little more screentime. And the biggest horror of all is that ITV1 hasn't woken up to the fact that gurning, grinning ninny Vernon Kay is a huge turn off with his sub-Peter 'No Relation' Kay routine. Get him off the TV now and if your in need of a new presenter, why not Ricki Lake who presented the US version - and had to contend with slightly less B-List guests such as the demented Leslie Nielson. That's real watercooler TV for you.
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