478 Punchlines

First  viewed :  1981

Here's  another  show  that  you  don't  really  want  to  admit  you  ever  watched.

This  terrible  cross  between  Celebrity  Squares  and  Blankety  Blank   was  hosted  by  the  enduringly  useless  Lennie  Bennett.  Eight  celebrities  of  variable,  but  usually  low,  calibre  recited  silly  phrases  which  were  the  punchlines  to  a  series  of  jokes  read  out  by  Lennie. Two  contestants  , assisted  by  two  more , generally  higher  order , celebrities , had  to  match  the  joke  to  its  punchline. One  of  the  phrases  was  a  red  herring.

Very  little  brain  power  was  expended ; the  show  relied  on  cheap  innuendo  for  laughs

The  show  ran  for  five  seasons  from  the  beginning  of  1981  to  the  end  of  1984