ok you Quizzlestick fans. It's me - contestant called Michael. Had been on a few real quizzes when I saw an ad in The Stage paper. I applied. I got on. I looked at the quizmaster who had appeared out of nowhere thinking 'I know that guy' . We weren't actors and poor Peter next to me really was 100% confuddled and thinking he was on a real quiz. I was about 80% hence the occasional smirks. Good fun though. Watched Adam and Joe's earlier series. so cannot believe i didn't twig who it was.

I'll never understand why Michael didn't play his green quizzlechance. Absolute madness.

When will Adam and Joe get the credit they deserve for doing this long before Mitchel And Webb thought of 'Numberwang'?

Possibly the best thing about this is that the rules are so ludicrously complicated but the questions are ridiculously easy

I love the way the quiz host quickly jumps to "Good luck to you all" at 00:45 shortly after explaining some incomprehensible game rules.

This was made in 2001, pre-dating numberwang by at least 5 years (except when it's not a general knowledge question)

Possibly my favourite Adam and Joe sketch. Almost died with laughter when I saw this one.

"It's harder than it looks at home!" That was a good line!

After all these years, this has remained criminally underrated. ...And that noise at 1:57 almost made me choke to death laughing.

End of quiz sound - dog getting machine gunned. HAHAH!

Quizzlestick is a different idea to Numberwang. Quizzlestick has a berjillion rules, where as Numberwang has none at all. I think its ok to like both.

Miles better than Numberwang

I love this one so much. Any other sketch show would have done it every week but as a one off it was amazing!

"Can i ask you, why didn't you play your green quizzle chance?!" LOL

Even though the rules are ridiculously over complicated I wonder if they do actually make sense.

This is now the template for Britain's Covid-19 international travel regulations. 😟

The main difference between this and numberwang is that this is funny.

Oh man that is BRILLIANT! Can't stop laughing! Love the bit when the points swap around - wtf?!

"and that sound means its the quizzlestick secret swap around question" - f**king genius! Watched this at least 15 times now - no less funny each time

"see you tomorrow" lol -imagine if it was on every day, in all the nursing homes, confusing everyone further!

hahaha, the look on that guys face...'i've no idea what just happened'. brilliant!

Those Quizzlestick graphics are hilarious!

why can't we all just get along.We all love Adam and Joe that's all that matters!

Pisses all over Numberwang. ANyone remember the "Anecdote" quiz show Adam and Joe did as well?

overflowing with love for this vid. Geniusness.

Absolutely amazingly brilliant. I cried with laughter when I saw t this! CAdam Buxtons BUG is a great watch too!

Red things - Correct lol

hahaha i remember seeing this on TV. This is my favourite adam and joe sketch

so clear to follow. The contestant in the white looks genuinely confused at the end. Very funny clip. Thanx.

"aha, you could have won, it's a great shame."

Shows been down the shitter ever since they banned black stick plays. Don't know why you'd even watch anymore.

hahaha never fails to make me laugh - so straight forward

Numberwang is completely different though. The joke of that was that it has no understandable rules, the joke with this is that it has too many. They're both funny in different ways.

genius. the other gameshow piss-take they did, 200% is awesome as well. they were class acts. BRING BACK ADAM AND JOE!!

You’ve been bamboozled!

This beats Numberwang by several years!

"you could have won" lol

Love it, think this is funnier than numberwang just due to the fact these contestants are real people and have no idea wtf is going on.

hahahah "except when it's a general knowledge question"

This made my head hurt, but I love it.

what a ditz, Micheal should have chosen to swap and play off his blue quizzel blocks

Still better than half the quiz shows on daytime TV.

"Tied"

Ok, that was truly the most confusing quiz game erver known to man...Joe Cornish is a genius!

totally agree again, best comedy sketch ever

i am in total awe.

my head hurts.lol

i love the moment at 0:57

Spot on. The fam has just tried to explain how The Chaser works. Still dont get it. Complex rules reminded me of Quizzlesticks and I had to search for show and found this. Thanks Adam!

That's Numberwang! Rotate the board!

Classic

Mitchel and webb thought they could rip this off without anyone noticing

how could he forget to play his Green Quizle Chance, What a dope, he must be kicking himself now, haha! Good video, now to check out this Mitchell and Webs "Numberwang thing.....

The original Numberwang.

Simple, really.

*head explodes*

soo soo soo funny!

lol if its much harder than it looks at home everyone is doomed lol hehe i love this, so silly :0p

MUCH harder than it looks at home.

Haha I love this video, brings back memories!

totally agree

coming!

too right. and we havent even got proper dvds of all the A&J series' in their entirety. for shame

This is where Jasper Carrot got the idea for Goldenballs!

Waaaaaayyyyy before Numberwag! :)

Lol very funny

that hurt my brain

Just coming!

tut it's a great shame he coulda won!!! I always come back to this clip once everywhile cus it always puts a smile on my face!

I think he was doing the ironing

thats numberwang!

That was amazing!

better than numberwang, i dont know if joe did this in one take but the fella dont stop talkin!! its a comedy masterpiece

*lost intelligence* durrrrrrrrr

yep - I'm Michael. A slighter heavier and greyer version these days. Andy Warhol was wrong by 12minutes and 28 seconds. :)

I'm impressed that you managed to switch your computer on. Well done.

This is so confusing, this is awesome - but only if it's not a general knowledge question.

numberwang my arse! this is pure genius! long live saint and greavesy

let's just put this all behind us.

My Mom'd watch it

numberwang is crap compared to this because no thought went into it, people just shout out numbers. love the sound of the dog being machinegunned too, hah

Agreed.

I agree in a pontrpitonian sense, but, due to the fact that my antispections have been unqualifitied, I would have to disqualify my own point.

The green Quizzlechance isn't always the best choice. In this case, he would have lost his Quizzlemark option in the bonus round and -- oh, what the hell am I talking about?

that is so complico

What a tactical error not electing to use your green quizzle...errr... Ask me one on sport

Quizzlestick must be the UK version of Bamboozled.

Yep, that's Numberwang!

LOL

This was just a single sketch they made for one episode, and wasn't even meant to be an idea stretched across an entire series. You can't compare the two, they're completely different despite similar appearance.

lets play bamboozle....

The joke revolves around that the aim of the game doesn't make sense and is totaly random. That's where the similarities are. "Robot Chicken" = Adam and Joe too.

heh heh The questions were easy at least.

classic

Damn, why didn't he play the 'Beat the buzzer bonus booster'!

this was way before mitcheel & webb adam and joe are awesome i have there dvd's and they fucking rock!!!

I think i've just ruptured some thing inside me lol.

It makes you long for the days of simple, uncomplicated games -- like Fizzbin.

i cant believe people can compare this to numberwang...

ahaha thats gotta be the most confusing game show ive ever seen