Some days, you just take what you can get. So here's Sunday's effort: Heineken was first brewed in 1873. I read it off the label, I ain't gonna go check it now cos Dragon's Den is on, what are you gonna do about it?
Moving on, and onto something else that's been around for centuries - Countdown. Not only that, but the show's recent travails have left a bitter taste in the mouth (seamless). That's right, the game show that taxes the parts other shows can't reach is on the rocks at present, with Des and Vorders storming out of the show under threat of massive pay cuts. To be honest, it's never been the same since Richard Whiteley went to the great numbers board in the sky - if the nation's old people could just stretch far enough to reach that remote, ratings would have plummeted. Richard Whiteley was given the nickname "Twice Nightly" because he used to have two shows on Yorkshire TV each night - Calendar, and Calendar Countdown, which later moved to Channel 4 and became Countdown itself. I had always thought that this was a libellous suggestion about his sexual prowess. Now there's a mental image for you - two from the top and three at the bottom, I'm guessing...
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