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Originally called Cross Words, but renamed '''Songs of Phrase''' after a listener's suggestion, this was a competition that was used in place of [[Rockbusters]] when [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] got too sick of it. It ran for a few weeks in 2003, but Rockbusters couldn't be kept away.
Originally called Cross Words, but renamed '''Songs of Phrase''' after a listener's suggestion, this was a competition that was used in place of [[Rockbusters]] when [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] got too sick of it. It ran for a few weeks in 2003, but Rockbusters couldn't be kept away.


Basically, [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] would take a well-used phrase from the show, e.g. "There's this [[Hairy Chinese Kid]]", or "[[You never see an old man eating a Twix]]", and form it by splicing together bits of various songs. This came unstuck slightly when he couldn't find a song with "twix" in it, so he had to substitute it for "Mars Bar".
Basically, [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] would take a well-used phrase from the show, e.g. "There's this [[Hairy Chinese Kid]]", "Daddy won't stop robbin' from telephone box" or "[[You never see an old man eating a Twix]]", and form it by splicing together bits of various songs. This came unstuck slightly when he couldn't find a song with "twix" in it, so he had to substitute it for "Mars Bar".


Listeners had to name the artists used in the phrase, which were sometimes as many as 6 or 7, to win the [[Competition Prizes|usual tat]]. It was one of the harder competitions, and often people would win without getting all the answers.
Listeners had to name the artists used in the phrase, which were sometimes as many as 6 or 7, to win the [[Competition Prizes|usual tat]]. It was one of the harder competitions, and often people would win without getting all the answers.


[[Category:Features|Songs of Phrase]]
[[Category:Features|Songs of Phrase]]

Revision as of 00:56, 4 September 2006

Originally called Cross Words, but renamed Songs of Phrase after a listener's suggestion, this was a competition that was used in place of Rockbusters when Ricky and Steve got too sick of it. It ran for a few weeks in 2003, but Rockbusters couldn't be kept away.

Basically, Karl would take a well-used phrase from the show, e.g. "There's this Hairy Chinese Kid", "Daddy won't stop robbin' from telephone box" or "You never see an old man eating a Twix", and form it by splicing together bits of various songs. This came unstuck slightly when he couldn't find a song with "twix" in it, so he had to substitute it for "Mars Bar".

Listeners had to name the artists used in the phrase, which were sometimes as many as 6 or 7, to win the usual tat. It was one of the harder competitions, and often people would win without getting all the answers.