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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.