'University Challenged 2017/18: Volume Eleven (02.10.17)'


Tonight’s University Challenge was always set to be interesting, as it was a Cambridge Vs. Oxford affair.

One thing the show - and the series as a whole thus far - has lacked, however, is a Monkman. Oxford and Canada’s finest manic erratically fringed celebrity has yet to have his University Challenge crown stolen by a new contender to the throne. The closest we got tonight was Emmanuelle Cambrodge’s Derby and his spectacular hair, which stole the show for me, but this was still nothing when compared to the joy I felt each time Monkman appeared on the screen; something tells me he’ll never be bettered.

See below for my tweets on tonight's pompous, over-educated student-fest:

Emmanuel Cambridge Vs. St Hugh's Oxford (02.10.17)


8:02PM: Derby's hairstyle is an event.

8:02PM: Is Mistlin wearing a jumper, or is that his body?

8:03PM: Cambridge's Derby is studying Physics. I'm studying the physics of his hair.

8:05PM: De Witjze shows humorous promise.

8:05PM: Chevallier came as Pocahontas.

8:06PM: Grainger's beard. Discuss.

8:08PM: De Witjze's birdie jumper is sponsored by Hilda Ogden's living-room wall.

8:10PM: I recognised Beethoven's Fifth sheet music on sight. I rock.

8:14PM: Fraser wears the worried expression of that guy who wandered into the BBC Newsroom by accident & bluffed an interview.

8:15PM: Derby's suave expression is superbly undercut by his hair.

8:17PM: Derby would ride a horse side-saddle, while looking immensely proud about it.

8:21PM: Paxman's suit: GREY.
Paxman's tie: GREY.
Paxman's hair: GREY.

Paxman's mood: GREY.

GREY. GREY. GREY. GREY.

8:22PM: Mehigan has the diction of a man recovering from heavy dental work.

8:23PM: Derby's hair should be protected a National Trust.

8:27PM: De Witjze's jumper is a murmuration.

8:28PM: Is Mehigan mumbling in the hope his answers will sound vaguely correct?

8:29PM: Squint and Mistlin appears to have worryingly fleshy neck-folds and be wearing a strapless dress.

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