Richard Osman’s House of Games – Great Family Entertainment Quiz

But Four Famous Faces it Isn’t

I must admit I do like a bit of ROHoG, family entertainment with a different take on a quiz.

To be honest the whole family enjoy it and despite them being in various parts of the world they often tune in.

In fact I think it’s the only time when the kids at GM’s, are asked… no, told – to be quiet. Not that it makes much difference, but such is the draw of this iconic quiz.

One thing though that does jar is RO insistence that he has four famous faces on every show.

Now this week is a prime example. Four Famous Faces they definitely are not.

Now I would like to think I know more than most….Mary Poppins and I, as you know, are Practically Perfect in Every Way – but I usually know perhaps one contestant, and sometimes possibly two. Rarely I have known three.

But I can assure you none of them are ever famous.

Sometimes they are well known in the UK, perhaps a sportsman, maybe a comedian, often a TV presenter, and occasionally a singer. Famous though? Definitely not.

Are these – so called – celebrities very well known? Come on, some of their agents were just pleased to get a call from the BBC, to get their client onto Prime Time TV.

Many I am sure rock up not ever having watched the programme – which is sacrilege in its self – and then demonstrate that they are not famous, but also that they are definitely not quite the sharpest knife in the drawer.

But as always I digress. The programmes format – despite RO insistence that he doesn’t know what is coming next when he presses the buzzer – is different each day, but the types of questions are consistent for that day of the week.

Now I like this, because anyone – I’ll call them the celebs – can suddenly excel at a specific type of question the round throws up. Some clearly are better at seeing anagrams, or answers within the question, or Ryme Time. They often shine at some subjects but are dire at others. Not unlike our family.

GM again dislikes, Where is Kazakhstan, Distinctly Average and I’m terrible at dating, but they are three of my favourites. However give me anything musical – other than the 60’s or 70’s – and I might as well join the other dummies. Anything Shakespear is again not one for me – never read the Baird – but I can still answer more than the average celeb.

I am completely amazed that the celebs, who fly around the world, know virtually nothing about where places are, and many do not even know their own country. What has happened to the UK Education System? Or a desire to know something about the world we live in. But I guess they are wrapped up in their own little world.

The Prizes are now rather iconic, being run of the mill items with a RO Logo on the side. I think that makes it rather endearing, that, and obviously having RO berating the quality of the Trophy they are seeking to win. I think the only reason some go on the show, is to win the Wheely Luggage.

Now this I guess just about sums up the celebs. Trying to win a blue case, with a RO Avatar on the side – that costs about £50 – but apparently desperate, to heave one off the airport carousel, or drag it behind them, so they can be one up on their mates in showbiz.

As always we end with Answer Smash. Again, some celebs clearly are incapable of rational thought, or just lacking the ability to smash together two answers to form one. Some buzz in knowing one answer, – – hoping that somewhere in the back of their mind the other answer will come to them – but lose a point because they get it wrong.

But perhaps this is why I and the family enjoy the programme so much. To see others struggle, – while I under no pressure – shout out the answer, 3 or 4 seconds before them, and then feel smug and self-righteous at clearly proving once again, I am a bit of a Smart Arse….