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{{a|negotiation|}}''[[Game For A Laugh]]'' was a British TV gameshow in the 1980s hosted by Jeremy Beadle, then chair of {{icds}}. The show’s format revolved around a variety of elaborate practical jokes inflicted on unsuspecting [[subject matter expert]]s in the [[financial services]] community. Studio games included the “[[NAV]] Tank”, “Glube Tube”, “Pie Chair” in which varying amounts of mess were dealt out. Upon being let in on the joke by a member of {{icds}}, who would then announce that [[negotiator]] had proved to be “game for a laugh!”'' | {{a|negotiation|}}''[[Game For A Laugh]]'' was a derivatives-based British TV gameshow in the 1980s hosted by Jeremy Beadle, then chair of {{icds}}. The show’s format revolved around a variety of elaborate practical jokes inflicted on unsuspecting [[subject matter expert]]s in the [[financial services]] community. Studio games included the “[[NAV]] Tank”, “Glube Tube”, “Pie Chair” in which varying amounts of mess were dealt out. Upon being let in on the joke by a member of {{icds}}, who would then announce that [[negotiator]] had proved to be “game for a laugh!”'' | ||
The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. | The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. | ||
Derivatives gameshows were very popular in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, [[Noel Edmonds]] forging his 50-year career with the ''[[Noel Edmonds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]] and the late Keith Chegwin’s similar ''[[Cheggers Plays Swap]]''. | |||
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