Puzzle Party (2)
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Seems to have been a proto-[[Fun and Games]] with games, puzzles, questions and jokes, and was obviously on the cusp of succcess given that it had a 1977 Christmas special but, erm, no second series. Apparently the competing teams were called The Coconuts and The Bananas. | Seems to have been a proto-[[Fun and Games]] with games, puzzles, questions and jokes, and was obviously on the cusp of succcess given that it had a 1977 Christmas special but, erm, no second series. Apparently the competing teams were called The Coconuts and The Bananas. | ||
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Whichever team was winning got to hold the Gnu (a furry creature with ping-pong ball eyes), until the other side took the lead. There was the odd prize such as a tin of Gnu food which turned out to be a tin of baked beans covered with a new label. | Whichever team was winning got to hold the Gnu (a furry creature with ping-pong ball eyes), until the other side took the lead. There was the odd prize such as a tin of Gnu food which turned out to be a tin of baked beans covered with a new label. |
Revision as of 10:51, 23 January 2010
Synopsis
Seems to have been a proto-Fun and Games with games, puzzles, questions and jokes, and was obviously on the cusp of succcess given that it had a 1977 Christmas special but, erm, no second series. Apparently the competing teams were called The Coconuts and The Bananas.
Whichever team was winning got to hold the Gnu (a furry creature with ping-pong ball eyes), until the other side took the lead. There was the odd prize such as a tin of Gnu food which turned out to be a tin of baked beans covered with a new label.
Trivia
The producer was Anne Wood, who went on to earn squillions as the creator of Tellytubbies.