The Crystal Maze - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

BluebottleFlyer · 05-01-2008, 02:08 AM

Bit of a nostalgia trip here...anyone remember a show called "The Crystal Maze"? It was on in the early 90's:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze

Ditchy McAbandonpants · 05-01-2008, 05:17 AM

Who in Britain doesn't remember The Crystal Maze? It was always great to get home from school, sit back and watch a band of accountants and receptionists scrabble around an giant Aztec-themed jigsaw, or whatever, whilst Richard O'Brien sauntered around outside playing the harmonica and pretending to talk to his mother. If that sounds like a surreal idea for a game show, then you'd be right, but that was what was great about it.

Here's the ultimate nostalgia hit for you, from Channel 4's The Adam & Joe Show: it's The Crystal Maze - with Star Wars figures! (WARNING: Contains very strong language and scenes of Obi-Wan Kenobi as a drunkard from Newcastle.)

Sparky · 05-01-2008, 08:05 AM

(Next time BBF, try to post your own opinion of something instead of just basically asking other people to talk about it)

I have never heard of this, I'm pretty sure. I mean, I understand it's not American and all...plus I'm not really into "game" type programs. Still, it beats reality TV any day.

jekylljuice · 05-01-2008, 08:56 AM

Oh heck yeah, I remember this. We had Crystal Maze puzzle books, the board game, everything.

Years later, it completely blew my mind when I finally put it together that the Richard O'Brien who presented the Crystal Maze and the Richard O'Brien who played RiffRaff in the Rocky Horror Picture Show were in fact the same person.

BluebottleFlyer · 05-01-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

(Next time BBF, try to post your own opinion of something instead of just basically asking other people to talk about it)

I have never heard of this, I'm pretty sure. I mean, I understand it's not American and all...plus I'm not really into "game" type programs. Still, it beats reality TV any day.

Sorry about that Sparky, bad habit of mine.

I liked the whole concept of the show (team of people running round different "zones" and trying to complete challenges without getting locked in the challenge chamber (safe to say 9 times out of 10 they'd get locked in, heh). Add to that Richard O' Brien, and it's pretty much a classic.

Ditchy McAbandonpants · 05-01-2008, 10:22 AM

BBF: You know, I forgot all about the whole "locking in" concept. To be honest, that was something I always wondered about: did they actually leave the failed contestants locked in the challenge chambers for the duration of the filming? If so, it seemed a pretty harsh punishment; those chambers, once you took away the superficial "Medieval Zone" mystique, were essentially just cheaply made-up little cells filled with papier-mache boulders, dingy little pools and fog machines. I'm sure it was all fun and games in there when you're racing against the clock to find the crystal with all your buds cheering you on, but I'm guessing it would start to seem pretty grim if you got locked in there for over an hour, at the scene of your own humiliating failure, with the unsolved puzzle sat right beside you, taunting you for your inadequacies. Did anyone ever go crazy on the show?

jj: Yeah, that was a watershed moment for me, too. "Richard O'Brien wrote a musical? About transvestites??"

Then, having said that, he was kind of a weird guy; I guess it was par for the course.

frankie_fan · 05-01-2008, 09:08 PM

Yeah, I remember this show too, although it probably never aired in Australia.

I have a sister who's currently living in LA and married, and years ago, she used to go on holidays in London. For souviners, she brought back tapes from the UK. One of the shows was The Crystal Maze. So, that's how I got to know that show. (And I STILL have those tapes today!

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Another Castle · 11-13-2009, 04:04 PM

I loved this show, it was great, and I'd gladly watch it today, especially what with all the trash on ITV nowadays.

It's so cheesy, such a product of the 1990s, I miss that decade so bad!

I see Challenge are now showing it!

koosie · 11-16-2009, 01:37 PM

Bloomin'ell! When was there a thread about The Crystal Maze? May 2008 obviously.

I liked Ed Tudor-Pole as a presenter too. He was in the band 'Tenpole Tudor' who made the delicious Swords of a thousand men.

05-01-2008, 02:08 AM	#1
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05-01-2008, 05:17 AM	#2
Ditchy McAbandonpants At Home Sorry, you must have me confused with some other Harrier jet. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Here, there and everywhere Posts: 191	Who in Britain doesn't remember The Crystal Maze? It was always great to get home from school, sit back and watch a band of accountants and receptionists scrabble around an giant Aztec-themed jigsaw, or whatever, whilst Richard O'Brien sauntered around outside playing the harmonica and pretending to talk to his mother. If that sounds like a surreal idea for a game show, then you'd be right, but that was what was great about it. Here's the ultimate nostalgia hit for you, from Channel 4's The Adam & Joe Show: it's The Crystal Maze - with Star Wars figures! (WARNING: Contains very strong language and scenes of Obi-Wan Kenobi as a drunkard from Newcastle.) __________________ Well, well, well; if it isn't... Ditchy McAbandonpants "Is not dead, despite all external indications suggesting otherwise." Last edited by Ditchy McAbandonpants; 05-01-2008 at 05:21 AM.

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jekylljuice Executive Weasel Ball jekylljuice was here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the 44th floor (not counting the mezzanine) Posts: 1,568	Oh heck yeah, I remember this. We had Crystal Maze puzzle books, the board game, everything. Years later, it completely blew my mind when I finally put it together that the Richard O'Brien who presented the Crystal Maze and the Richard O'Brien who played RiffRaff in the Rocky Horror Picture Show were in fact the same person. __________________ That's it, The End, But you'll get over it, My Friend. Last edited by jekylljuice; 05-01-2008 at 08:56 AM.

05-01-2008, 10:22 AM	#6
Ditchy McAbandonpants At Home Sorry, you must have me confused with some other Harrier jet. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Here, there and everywhere Posts: 191	BBF: You know, I forgot all about the whole "locking in" concept. To be honest, that was something I always wondered about: did they actually leave the failed contestants locked in the challenge chambers for the duration of the filming? If so, it seemed a pretty harsh punishment; those chambers, once you took away the superficial "Medieval Zone" mystique, were essentially just cheaply made-up little cells filled with papier-mache boulders, dingy little pools and fog machines. I'm sure it was all fun and games in there when you're racing against the clock to find the crystal with all your buds cheering you on, but I'm guessing it would start to seem pretty grim if you got locked in there for over an hour, at the scene of your own humiliating failure, with the unsolved puzzle sat right beside you, taunting you for your inadequacies. Did anyone ever go crazy on the show? jj: Yeah, that was a watershed moment for me, too. "Richard O'Brien wrote a musical? About transvestites??" Then, having said that, he was kind of a weird guy; I guess it was par for the course. __________________ Well, well, well; if it isn't... Ditchy McAbandonpants "Is not dead, despite all external indications suggesting otherwise."

05-01-2008, 09:08 PM	#7
frankie_fan Resident Movie Buff But that's another show Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I come from the land down under Posts: 1,078	Yeah, I remember this show too, although it probably never aired in Australia. I have a sister who's currently living in LA and married, and years ago, she used to go on holidays in London. For souviners, she brought back tapes from the UK. One of the shows was The Crystal Maze. So, that's how I got to know that show. (And I STILL have those tapes today! ) __________________ My deviantART page My myCast.io page

11-13-2009, 04:04 PM	#8
Another Castle At Home Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 238	I loved this show, it was great, and I'd gladly watch it today, especially what with all the trash on ITV nowadays. It's so cheesy, such a product of the 1990s, I miss that decade so bad! I see Challenge are now showing it! __________________ What do you mean our Princess is in...... Alpha November Oscar Tango Hotel Echo Romeo Charlie Alpha Sierra Tango Lima Echo

11-16-2009, 01:37 PM	#9
koosie Moon-Calf It was just imagination Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Britain Posts: 695	Bloomin'ell! When was there a thread about The Crystal Maze? May 2008 obviously. I liked Ed Tudor-Pole as a presenter too. He was in the band 'Tenpole Tudor' who made the delicious Swords of a thousand men. __________________ Aw....Snicket