Time for some brain torture – ASIO style!
The guests this week were actress Judith McGrath (BB), tennis player Todd Woodbridge (Gen X), and DJ Danny Clayton (Gen Y). First up was Panda-monium, where the teams had to guess which famous person had been replaced by a Panda in the photo. Shaun proudly displayed his John Lennon figure before playing Original or Sequel, determining from the still (not a chemical still) photo if the movie was the original or sequel (obviously). It seemed that somewhere in the middle, a game of “As Fast As” was skipped, or else the kettle mysteriously appeared and disappeared for no reason!
In the four buttons round, the teams could choose from Carl Sagan’s Nose, Vangelis’s Ear, Dakota Fanning’s Elbow or Trust Me.
- The Baby Boomers “picked” the nose, playing What Who am I doing? For a special treat, a celebrity was brought in to perform the lines: Milo Kerrigan, former Heavyweight Champion of Goat Island. Unfortunately, the BB had trouble understanding him (poor Milo), so he often had to refer to props to assist.
- Gen Y chose the ear, playing a new game: It Could Be Worth. They had a number of items from throughout the last $50, and had to “buy” as many as possible without going over $650. It was the VCR at $899 which was their undoing.
- Shaun was thrilled when Gen X was “bullied” into Trust Me – “Seed Bell Sombrero”. Todd wore a hat of seeds in a cage while Charlie answered questions. He got them all wrong and Todd ended up covered in pidgeons – he didn’t get even one cuttlefish as a reward!
The Your Gen segment was wisely not called “Bingolipstick”, but was on the tough subject of Eggs. Stuart the Meerkat popped in (and out) and few times to keep Shaun entertained while the teams deliberated on their questions. He then made the “If you have any information at all, please let me know as I’m writing an encyclopaedia” joke – a failover from the P(r)ogram(me) days.
The end game envelope was delivered by Justin Bieber’s carpet, and the teams had to dress a shop window. It was Gen X who took home the “Operation Smile Golf Day” winner trophy, donated by the Jones Brothers.
“Remember, a comma is a shorter break than a coma, but one letter longer!”
I was so thrilled to see Milo again! He should come bursting into the studio…but then, if Shaun’s already there that would make it quite difficult. In any case, I’m sure Micallef could invent magic if he tried 🙂
The appearance of Milo makes me wonder what his newfound young audience made of that segment. If they don’t know who the hell Milo was, that would have been completely bewildering for them!
The missing Quick As segment has popped up as a web extra on the TAYG website.