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I knew I had heard of Countdown before at some point in the past. I searched my bookmarks and found this video, which apparently really happened in one of their

• unfunco 13y ago
  This one wasn't actually real. TV shows in the United Kingdom have a tradition of creating crude and funny references to their show as a Christmas gift to executives or people that work on the show and this happened to leak out, a similar thing happened with the children's TV show Rainbow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbcQIT7BMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbcQIT7BMc However, it is hilarious and deserving of attention.
  • JonnieCache 13y ago
    This did happen the other day though: http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2013/dec/18/countdown-channel-4-conundrum http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2013/dec/18...
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• jared314 13y ago
  That was an episode of the IT Crowd[1] showing a character on Countdown, like a character from The Big Bang Theory appearing on Jeopardy in the storyline of the show. As for the actual show, I am partial to the BBC "mashups" mixing "8 out of 10 cats", a comedy panel show, with Countdown. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1676563/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1676563/ Actual Countdown Episode: http://youtu.be/d1L8uBzW6hQ?t=45s http://youtu.be/d1L8uBzW6hQ?t=45s 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown: http://youtu.be/cu4chThprVk?t=8m6s http://youtu.be/cu4chThprVk?t=8m6s