Author: Stuart

The Doctor ditched the TARDIS for the U.S.S. Enya on tonight’s Sci-Fi Final Fantasy episode!

Shaun was of course dressed as Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor. The teams were Amanda and comedian Peter Burner (BB), as Lt. Saavik and Mr Spock from Star Trek; Charlie and musician Darren Hayes (Gen X), as Han Solo and Luke Skywalker (Star Wars); Josh and presenter Maude Garrett (Gen Y), as Jake Scully and Neytiri from Avatar.

The first games played were Human Fly, Chicken or Egg? and As Quick As, in which the timer was a bin full of ping pong balls combined with liquid nitrogen to create an explosive full stop!

The four buttons were all alternative planets: Earth 2, Altair IV (from Forbidden Planet), Solairis and Thundera (from ThunderCats).

• Gen X picked Earth 2, which was Name That Tune.
• The BB decided on Altair IV, playing Guess The Guest – who was Kate Richie.
• Gen Y emphatically chose Solaris, riding on HG Wells’ Time Machine.

The Your Gen topic was Metal! The end game envelope was delivered by Herbie the Lovebug, testing the theory of Which Generation is Best at Repairing a Space Station. The teams were all hung from wires as they attempted to repair their space junk. Gen X were fastest, winning Miss Karen’s Baby Concert award from 1993, donated by Alicia Kissas.

Welcome back… if that is your name…

A few Micallef alumni appeared as guests tonight, as Francis Greenslade joined the BB, Robyn Butler filled in for Matt Moran on Gen X and Katie ‘Monty’ Dimond on Gen Y.

The first games were Who Goes There? and Cinematic Smart Alec. For the game of As Quick As, cooking popcorn was the timer, and Shaun asked a barrage of ridiculous questions before being attacked by the cooked popcorn.

The four button options were all people who can’t ride a bike (apparently!?): Salma Hayek, Bernie Ahern, John Farnham, Chris Tavare.

• Gen X chose Salma, playing Guess The Guest – it was David Stratton, and the team successfully guessed him.
• Gen Y decided on Ahern and the game was It Could Be Worth, which was won for the first time ever.
• The BB picked Tavare, which was 7 Degrees of Separation – every time Babra Streisand was mentioned, the Duck Sauce song was played.

The Your Gen topic was Insects, with Shaun turning to his copy of ‘Cooking with Pooh’ to fill in time during the Gen X section.

Shaun donned his military uniform before Quentin Bryce’s husband Michael delivered the endgame envelope – the game was “Which Generation is Best at A Military Inspection.” Due the fact that Francis had been Shaun’s friend for 30 years, the Baby Boomers won the 2011 Under 13s Boundary Award donated by Davis Cooper of Brighton East Victoria.

On Sunday: the Outta This World special, also known as the Sci Fi episode – can’t wait!

Well, it’s finally here – after the sneak preview a few weeks ago – it’s the Freaky Friday role swap episode. (Did you hear me laugh in the background ;P)

Shaun’s role was played by Amanda. For the Baby Boomers, Charlie played Amanda and was joined by actor Cornelia Francis; Gen X was Josh as Charlie and comedian Jimeoin; and Gen Y was blogger Natalie Tran and Shaun as Josh!

After Shaun mangled Josh’s accent, the first games played were Name That Tee and What’s a Doodle Do?

The four buttons were all people who had passed themselves off as someone else: Milli Vanilli, Helen Demidenko, Tony Mokbel and Frank Abagnale Jnr.

• BB chose Vanilli – which was Draw That Book.
• Gen X decided on Demidenko, playing ¡Chronoloco! – vehicles had to be put in timeline order. Originally ‘Charlie’ caused a lot more damage with the car, but this was cut.
• Gen Y preferred Abagnale, which meant that Shaun was subjected to Trust Me: The Human Parfait. The entire cast (save Natalie) enjoyed as Shaun as Josh got covered in all three buckets. The watch Shaun asked to be removed was actually the one he got as a gift after the first season of TAYG!

The Your Gen topic was ‘The World of Pauls’. The end game was which team was best at laundering a bedsheet. Even though the BB had the steamiest sheet, Gen X had the cleanest, so won the The Redlands Strawberry Festival Fundraiser trophy, donated by Tenille Jackson of Beachmere QLD.

Don’t forget the next episode is Wednesday!

Strangely, Shaun put on his casual outfit this week, and took the teams on a strange, nonsensical ride. The guests were Simon Burke (BB), Wayne Hope (Gen X), Paris Wells (Gen Y).

The first game was Original or Sequel, but Gen X ended ahead by 1 point and Shaun didn’t want to appear to give favouritism to Wayne, so he levelled all the points back to zero. Nobody’s Business was where the teams matched the fictional business names with their Television shows. Shaun wanted to play a new game – Colonial Rule and the Legacy of European Nation States, but a phone call informed him that they had to play ‘As Quick As’ instead.

The four least remarkable members of the animal kingdom: the Jacaranda Hopping Mouse, the Aye-Aye, the Sea Cucumber and Grant Denyer.

• The Baby Boomers decided on the mouse, playing Watch Your Mouth, with Amanda successfully gussing all of Simon’s impressions.
• Wayne of Gen X picked Aye-Aye, a new game called HG Wells’ Time Machine.  The machine has been broken since next Thursday, so they had to hand pedal to different times and identify the year from the audio quote.
• Gen Y chose Sea Cucumber – the hidden Trust Me. The game was Human Celery Stick, and despite Josh’s best effort, he fell into the yoghurt dip one question early. He proceeded to hug Shaun and ‘share’ the yoghurt.

After a change of clothes, the Your Gen round topic was ‘The Wonderful World of Books’. Batman and Robin delivered the end-game envelope, but it was actually Stephen Hall and Michael Ward both dressed as Robin. The game was Which Generation is Best At… Working Part Time in an Ice Cream Parlour. To add injury to insult, the teams had to wear roller skates. Shaun and his girls placed their orders and the teams had to fill them. It was the Baby Boomers who won the 1986 Mid-Week Runner-Up Ten Pin Bowling Trophy, donated by Dianne Ryan of Albury NSW.

It was the Law & Order special, with Shaun dressed up as Benton Fraser from Due South, a Canadian Mountie. Stuart the Meerkat was dressed as his sidekick, a deaf half-wolf named Diefenbaker. Amanda was dressed as the Freak from Prisoner, Charlie as Ponch from Chips, and Josh as Mr Plod from Noddy.

The guests were Jay Laga’aia (BB), dressed as Shaft, Jane Allsop (Gen X), dressed as Farah Fawcett’s character from Charlie’s Angels, and Gyton Grantley as Mahoney from Police Academy. The set was transformed into a court room.

First game played was Missing Persons, followed by Frankenface. The teams were to play As Quick As, but Hello Kitty interrupted to describe the rules, before segueing into talk of power turtles and the riding a push-bike song, thereby running out of time for the actual game.

The four buttons were all scientists who have contributed to advancement of mankind: Dr Albert Schweitzer, Dr Jonas Salk, Dr Christiaan Barnard and … Dr Geoffrey Edelsten.

• Gen Y chose Schweitzer, playing ‘Who am I doing?’ – Shaun ‘assisted’ as Josh, then Gyton, as they acted lines from a number of movie scenes. Josh then stripped off his jacket.
• Gen X picked Barnard, which was ‘Name That Tune’. Shaun played one of the songs, and Stuart sung another.
• BB decided on Salk, where the game was Lost Luggage.

Matching the theme, the Your Gen topic was ‘Crime ‘n Punishment’. The super flying turtle referred to by Kitty came to deliver the end game envelope: ‘Which Generation is Best at .. Cleaning an Aquarium.’ Gen X won, after Gen Y was clearly ignored. The trophy was the 1978 (Coke-Cola) YoYo Champion Award, donated by Don Lee of Jeeralang Junction Vic.