Category: Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation (Tayg)

To be or not to be… that is… the… question? It was a Shakespeare themed episode, and Shaun was dressed as Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III).

Amanda and HG Nelson were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (BB), Charlie and Claudia Karvan were Marc Antony and Cleopatra (Gen X) and Josh and Josh Lawson were Romeo and Romeo (Gen Y). Both Josh’s thought the other were coming as Juliet.

First up was Wil.I.Am, where the teams had to identify the movies and the Shakespeare play they were based on. In Sounds Like History, garbled versions of headlines from history had to be deciphered. (I noticed a mistake in one question – Pink Floyd reformed for Live8 in 2005, not Live Aid in 1985)

For As Quick As, the teams had to answer questions before a fencing tournament completed.

As there is much conjecture on if Shakespeare actually wrote his own plays, the four buttons were all possibles ghostwriters: Mao Zedong, Pauletta Washington, Crosby Stills Nash, and Selena Gomeza.

• Gen Y chose Mao Zedong, which was Geilgud’s Feel Goods. Sir John read the lines from songs, for the Josh’s to guess. Shaun pointed out that due to a computer error in 1965, Video Killed The Radio Star became the national anthem of Bhutan.
• Gen X picked Selena, playing Chronoloco Regina! Different movie versions of Queen Elizabeth had to be put in order, but when it became apparent Charlie and Claudia had no idea, the Baby Boomers stepped in.
• The Baby Boomers decided on Pauletta. Liquidentify was the game, identifying foods from their blended version – including Sushi!

The Your Gen topic was Quills!

Finally, to prove the theory that one million monkeys using on a million typewriters would write the complete works of Shakespeare, the teams had to type the famous words from Hamlet.

And it was Gen Y who won the 2002 Hunter Region Senior Chess runner up trophy, donated by Matthew Koutnick.

Shaun was a bit confused this week, thinking it was Tom Cruise movie theme week. He’d even dressed up in the Marine uniform from A Few Good Men.

All of the guests were from the Young Talent Time reboot (how well cross-promoted): Johnny Young, Tina Arena, Rob Mills.

First up was Panda-Monium, with famous people replaced by a panda. Next, was Spoilers Ahoy, with a card of Harpo being used to indicate when the viewer should mute (to avoid the spoiler), and Kyle and Jackie-O when they should look away.

A new network policy prevents Shaun from singing, so they played Charlie was Wrong. A (doctored) clip of Charlie getting a question wrong was played, and a team had to get the right answer for 15 bonus points.

The four buttons were all Channel Ten “stars”: Jordy Lucas, Michelle Bridges, Yumi Stynes and Andrew Bolt.

• Gen Y picked Michelle, playing Draw that Book
• Gen X chose Jordy, which was What Just Happened? A clip from Harry Potter, with Shaun as Snape and Francis Greenslade as Harry, both searching for the missing invisibility cloak.
• BB decided on Yumi, and hopped in HG Well’s Time Machine to identify audio clips from throughout history.

The Your Gen topic was Cats and Dogs! The end-game challenge was making High Tea for Shaun and his grandmother, or at least an actress pretending to be.

Gen Y were the unanimous winners with their well cut sandwiches and pikelets, getting the 1st Place Clarinet Award donated by Bethany Wright, Brisbane.

For those who’ll be relaxing on their couch after a big Christmas feed, the Christmas special of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation from season 1 (2009) is being replayed on Christmas night at 6:30pm on Channel 10.

[Edit]: Sorry, I originally said it was season 2.

Alas, here we are at the last episode of the third season.
The guests were Lorraine Bayley (BB), Craig McLachlan (Gen X) and Jay Ryan (Gen Y). I was very jealous of Jay’s story of working with John Cleese.

First up was ‘Accessory Before the Fact’, where stars were linked with their ubiquitous accessory, like Florence Henderson and her hovercraft. This was followed by ‘What am I talking about Arnold?’ and ‘Anagrams of Calista Flockhart’ – which really needs no explanation. Did you guess James Cameron’s film CAT IN IT?

The magic window was full of things you would use to clean it: an Old Rag (a picture of Shaun as Dorothy), Vinegar, Squeegee and George Formby.

• BB picked the Old Rag, playing What Just Happened? A clip of Shaun playing Neville Chamberlain at the signing of The Munich Agreement preceded a series of questions.
• Gen X decided on George,  where the game was Who am I doing?
• Gen Y chose Vinegar, which was Lost Luggage.

The Your Gen round was Chairs, and Shaun delighted in pulling a few curly ones.

A Zebra disguised as Scarlett Johansen delivered the end game envelope, which was Which Generation is Best at… Sculpting a Bust. Max Walker sat in as the guest model, and Josh admitted he didn’t get Cricket. But Gen Y won — the trophy was a Gold Ring, donated by Gollum of Gladden Fields, Middle-Earth.