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Titolo: GNW Night Light

Hi all. De-lurking here for just a sec.
Did any Aussie listers watch Good News Week Night Light last night? They had 
the section where the band plays a small piece of music off the television 
and the teams have to guess which show it was off. The used the Dr Who 
theme, and I must say that both the panel and the audience seemed to like 
this little inclusion.
Todd Girdler
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Yeah, I saw this as well :-)  I had to admit I was cringeing when the woman
got it wrong a couple of times, but yeah, the audience went off when the Dr
Who theme came up :-)
Catcha!
Paul
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 Angie
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GNW is Good News Week, a programme that screens in Australia on Channel 10.
It is based, from what I understand, on an English programme (cannot remember the name of it) which uses current news stories as the basis for its puzzles and games for two groups of contestants.  They do things like show 10 news stories in ten seconds and the contestants have to correctly identify all of them.  Also stuff like presenting photos of four things/people and get them to pick the odd one out.  It is all done with a humurous slant (most of the contestants are local personalities or comedians).
GNW Nite Lite, shown on Thursday nights however, is a more laid back version of the Sunday show.  It has a band, comedians providing links, and the puzzles and games, while still having a news bent, are more 'light entertainment' based.
The first puzzle with the Doctor Who reference was one in which the houseband (local Aussie group 'The Gadflys') perform quick grabs from a couple of tv shows/movies etc etc, and the contestants have to guess what they are.  It took the dimwitted team a while to get it!  Earlier on they played 'Million Dollar Riff', where two of the group have to mime/show without singing a song to the other one and they have to guess it.  They did the familar 'Doctor Who, hey, the TARDIS' tune, which unfortunately the gal said 'aint that the Doctor Who song?', which while being sorta right, wasn't the right answer.  They were actually looking for the original version, sung by Gary Glitter.
So, there you have it, a very long winded answer to what should have been an easy question :-)  Anything to pass the time on a slow day at work eh?
Trev.
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Angie
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The first puzzle with the Doctor Who reference was one in which the
houseband (local Aussie group 'The Gadflys') perform quick grabs from a
couple of tv shows/movies etc etc, and the contestants have to guess what
they are.  It took the dimwitted team a while to get it!  Earlier on they
played 'Million Dollar Riff', where two of the group have to mime/show
without singing a song to the other one and they have to guess it.  They did
the familar 'Doctor Who, hey, the TARDIS' tune, which unfortunately the gal
said 'aint that the Doctor Who song?', which while being sorta right, wasn't
the right answer.  They were actually looking for the original version, sung
by Gary Glitter.
As sad as this is I have to say a couple of things...
The band for that night were actually Karma County  (Not the Gadfly's must
have had the week off or something... They'd been on Good News Weekend
before. How do I know this? I've got all the Good News Weekends on tape, and
the GNW nightlights as well...), I've got to say I didn't think much of
there rendition, but each to there own...
The "TARDIS" tune is infact Doctor'in The TARDIS by The TimeLords, and the
orignal Gary Glitter song was called Rock 'n' Roll. The good thing is that
people recognised it as the Doctor Who version, not the original one! :)
Cheers
Scott
"Can somebody stop the world? I want to get off..."
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