How This Game Show ACTUALLY Works and Movie Sequels Better Than The Original

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How does Michael McIntyre's The Wheel really work? Richard took part in the show and tells us all the secrets. Are the letters sent to Agony Aunts real and what do they say about the wider public? Plus what are Marina and Richard's top 3 film sequels?
Plus how difficult is it to arrange logistics for a world tour, and how do they find interesting celeb stories for 'Who Do You Think You Are?' on this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment.
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00:00 Intro
01:38 Who actually writes to newspaper and magazine agony aunts and are the problems all real?
04:30 The history of agony aunts and problem pages
08:40 On ‘The Wheel’, are the contestants really in a separate area underneath the main celebrity wheel?
18:30 Richard & Marina’s top three movie sequels that are better than the originals
22:48 How do shows like ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ and ‘My Grandparents’ War’ find celebrities with interesting stories to feature on them?
27:18 What are the logistics of a huge concert your like Taylor Swift’s?
32:05 Outro

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@anthonysharp7427 6 күн бұрын

Marina, you have forced me to make a comment. As a group of 16-18 year old apprentices in the manufacturing industry during the early 90’s we used to spend our time during tea breaks writing letters to “Dear Deidre”. Many a letter was written , mostly from the perspective of a lady seeking satisfaction. On several occasions our letters were published and Deidre replied with help. On reflection now this probably wasn’t the most moral thing we could do at tea break but at the time this was quite exciting for a bunch of boys just out of school, especially waiting to see how many letters we composed would actually get published in the Sun. Just to confirm I do not condone this behaviour any more as the time spent by the agony auntie could have been spent helping genuine people. -

@Elwaves2925 6 күн бұрын

I've always suspected that it's a combo of both. If a letter matched a topic they wanted to cover, or isn't something they've just covered then it might get printed. Why pay someone to write it when it's there for free? After that I suspect they make it up. One thing to note, and I heard this directly from someone who worked with agony letters, is that there is no 'Deirdre' or whatever the column is called. It's a department of multiple people and they all answer the letters in the style of the agony aunt.

@muntox 5 күн бұрын

That raises the question of how much the incoming letters were screened to cull out obviously false and fabricated stories? So the challenge to the cheeky factory workers is to be as convincing as you can with the most absurd scenarios. I don't think it's morally unsound, it's all part of the game. In any case if the advice given to your I invented problem is genuinely useful to any readers at all, mission accomplished.

@themattitude 5 күн бұрын

Your hypothetical scenarios might have been real for someone. You may have done them a favour!

@danpalmer5451 6 күн бұрын

‘Seriously, Dude Where’s My Car’ sadly never got made.

@eyeyayayay 4 күн бұрын

True, but the Lord of the Rings triloigy was made, which was basically just "Dude, Where's My Ring?"

@RachelMay1989 6 күн бұрын

As much as the original is near perfect, Paddington 2 is better than Paddington 💖

@dippydogz 3 күн бұрын

Better than many films 😊

@eye_made_this 6 күн бұрын

Richard... tsk. There was no sequel to Dude where's my car!

@hotjavacool 5 күн бұрын

Given the topic (gameshow 'The Wheel'), the closing remark "And thank you for your help with the revolutionary wars" was spot on :)

@mouthstick-gaming 6 күн бұрын

8:40 I'm surprised that Marina called Richard 'Richard Osmond', & he let it slide! 🤣

@stephaniepjucker7963 6 күн бұрын

It's nice to see Marina's face from the front, she has such a cute smile and laugh! As does Richard of course!

@peter-lowe 6 күн бұрын

The Twitter account Fesshole is like a modern day advice column, where people have the same reactions - "Oh god I'm glad that's not me" or "Oh wow, I do that..."

@stephenbarrette610 4 күн бұрын

Marina, you are certainly not ‘the unattractive one.’ Thank you for your wisdom and wit in your Guardian column and in this brilliant podcast with Richard.

@DavidSmith-bc8nk 14 сағат бұрын

My biggest bugbear with the Wheel is sometimes you will get an episode where someone has a go on the wheel and then they'll go down but come straight back and they might come back several more times, especially I think there's been one episode where someone got to the end and got the first two questions wrong but then got a third chance - I think it can still be random at that point but also allow for the other two contestants to have a shot, don't think it's fair for someone to get three cracks at the end. That would be the one change I'd make to the show

@cipherhex 6 күн бұрын

I just cannot bring myself to believe Richard's answer about the people being under the wheel 😂 It just seems so logistically difficult to raise the entire set so high, for very little - especially since every shot I've seen of the contestant rising (tbf only watched it a couple times) is cut so late, with you only seeing them raise the final couple of feet, with a suspicious amount of smoke

@pd4165 6 күн бұрын

It's easier than digging an equivalent sized hole.

@Willy_Elres 6 күн бұрын

Seriously dude, one of the greatest sequels that *actually* exists: Mad Max 2. Sequel faux pas deux aside, love this podcast.

@thomasthomasson2319 14 сағат бұрын

I am amazed Paddington 2 didn’t get mentioned in the sequels chat, a film so good it toppled Citizen Kane as the highest rated movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes

@TheGreatSteve 6 күн бұрын

Every time I hear about Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, I'm disappointed that the show is not just him receiving the medieval punishment every week.

@Phil_Tutty 6 күн бұрын

If I was making TV shows I'd sooner make your version, along with companion shows also featuring MM, The Stocks, and The Rack.

@Elwaves2925 6 күн бұрын

The tortue is on the viewers watching McIntyre. 😁

@TheGreatSteve 6 күн бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 True.

@janersy2003 6 күн бұрын

Now that's a show i would watch!

@TheGreatSteve 6 күн бұрын

@@janersy2003 Me too.

@frankhumbug 6 күн бұрын

May I suggest Marina should keep her catchphrase "and welcome to questions..." "What do questions need?" "Answers."

@themattitude 6 күн бұрын

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

@FloatingAnarchy61 5 күн бұрын

I caught the end credits of the first film when I switched channels one time and heard the song Bullets by Bob Schneider. It's an absolute tune.

@andrew66862 6 күн бұрын

Regarding the entertainment logistics, I recall an interview with one touring guitarist who had a lot of pedals, so he taped them all to a board, and assigned his plank of wood an ID number. So he could declare "Pedal board 1A" with customs instead of declaring 20 distinct pedals.

@CulturePhilter 6 күн бұрын

Another sequel better than the first film? Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

@themattitude 6 күн бұрын

Here's me thinking you overlooked Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and then, bang!

@camera2painting 5 күн бұрын

I was listening to a different podcast episode with these two, and Marina was quite the motor mouth. I need to watch the KZfaq version and slow down the speed. Always informative.

@SleepingHowl 6 күн бұрын

Glad someone else thinks Iron Man 3 is the superior Iron Man movie. Also totally agree with The Godfather Part 2 & The Empire Strikes Back. I'd also throw in "The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King" "Frozen 2" "Dalek Invasion Of Earth 2150 A.D" "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2" "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" "Before Sunset" "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes" & "Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade"

@dmontes133 3 күн бұрын

Oh Richard, you have never looked so unintelligent until you explained your good movie choices. Haha

@stewartbrodie1720 5 күн бұрын

Logistics planners have to be amazing to plan how to get each venue set up and what the minimum number of complete sets of equipment that requires. I find it a fascinating challenge - but there's no way I could do it! The teams of people responsible for the packing, moving and unpacking are equally amazing, because they could stuff the whole operation up if they make a serious mistake. The concert tour logistics sound very similar to the way F1 teams move around from circuit to circuit. With F1 there's also multiple complete sets of equipment moving around the globe by ship, lorry or plane - and often not following the race calendar, but sometimes a set will just get shipped off, literally on a ship, to the next place it'll be used - in 6 months time, so it sits in storage, but it's cheaper that way.

@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414 6 күн бұрын

I made several sets/Backline cages for AC/DC whilst based at LSD Birmingham UK. Great band to work for. The first time I met Malcolm Young, he threw a can of beer at me in a most hospitable manner!

@cmoouk14 6 күн бұрын

Seriously Dude, Where's My Car? doesn't exist, seriously

@pd4165 6 күн бұрын

It almost does - script was written etc. Just needs fleshing out with acting 'n' stuff.

@fightthepowerman 5 күн бұрын

@pd4165 Yeah, seemingly Richard takes a writers approach to films.

@Wunderpantz 6 күн бұрын

Looking forward to Richard’s further tales, of his time embedded in Wheel Team Six.

@simonmandrakejones 5 күн бұрын

Richard champions the work of Drew Pearce here with Iron Man 3 and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. As I know that Richard also enjoyed it a lot(it is a lot of fun), it is worth noting that Drew Pearce also wrote The Fall Guy.

@iieee85 6 күн бұрын

Marina often does this cute meercat-like thing with her arms when she's talking about a fun topic.

@TravelingBibliophile 5 күн бұрын

Two of the more well known Agony Aunts in the US were Dear Abby and Anne Landers. They were done by twin sisters Esther Pauline Friedman and Pauline Esther Friedman.

@lakrids-pibe 6 күн бұрын

*After the Thin Man* (1936) is a good sequel. Now, the original *The Thin Man* (1934) is not a bad movie, but the "thin man" moniker wasn't refering to Nick Charles (William Powell) in that one. It wasn't until the seqel, which in turn was followed by four more successors. The Thin Man series reached six feature films. For those who don't know it: It's a series of cosy murder mystery comedies. The murders are solved by Nick & Nora Charles , played by Charles William Powell and Myrna Loy. A great deal of the appeal is the banter between the two.

@francampbell4097 4 күн бұрын

I was in one of those comic strip things also in NOTW, I have mine from the actual paper 😂

@Graysonn1 6 күн бұрын

Watching the fall guy and I noticed all the aerial shots. I know in the past they would have used helicopters and even hydraulic crane thingys, but do they use drones more often now?

@TheGumbs 6 күн бұрын

She was so close.

@jackabalas 6 күн бұрын

But he couldn’t last.

@BetmmaTipsUFC 6 күн бұрын

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, noodle soup. I mean soup. I mean noodle soup. < Marina's intros.

@madpixie2 5 күн бұрын

I agree with Marina that The Empire Strikes Back would make the top 3 but can you imagine that film without Irvin Kershner as director? It is by far the best directed of the nine main films with subtle touches you don't see in any of the others.

@all-range-mode 6 күн бұрын

Are video games allowed in the top 3s...? There would be some interesting discussions about sequels beating originals

@hadz8671 5 күн бұрын

Richard on The Wheel - in which subject were you the expert?

@amac2675 4 сағат бұрын

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York and American Pie 2 are both better (just) than the originals. (I’m ready to receive pelters on this.)

@giociampa 6 күн бұрын

Is there a reason why for some shows there is an absolute eternity between recording and broadcast? Examples... We were contestants on the Christmas edition of The 1% Club last December (2023)... which was recorded in February. (This one makes sense as they recorded the whole series as a block, and it was the last show to be recorded as I recall) On the other hand, we were in the audience for an edition of Tipping Point Lucky Stars which - as far as I can establish - has yet to be broadcast... almost 2 years after recording (which brings up a side question as to whether the charity has been given its prize money yet - knowing that game shows tend not to pay winnings until after broadcast, though I imagine that a charity win might be an exception).

@kinolibby6580 4 күн бұрын

Yes The Souvenir part 2 is better than the first one but I don't think it can be enjoyed without having seen The Souvenir. So much of what is brilliant about it is playing off what happens in the first film.

@poeiabird Күн бұрын

The question wasn't whether Iron Man 3 was better than The Godfather Part II; it was whether Iron Man 3 was better than Iron Man.

@barrieflix 5 күн бұрын

If the Wheel is truly random I don't understand how it always is the correct length for the broadcast slot. Ok, I guess there can be a lot of live banter which can be edited out as necessary. But it could be first contestant is very knowledgeable or lucky and get straight to the end and win - and it could be a run of ignorance or bad luck with very few steps forward. Sort of 20 min straight through, or 2 hrs of agony.

@Robalogot 6 күн бұрын

I'll throw Grumpier Old Men in the ring when it comes to comedies.

@ericjohnsmith874 Күн бұрын

Hi Marina...This is really for Richard, but I do hope he will either see it or you could "pass it on to him"........I have a quiz format I would like him to view, how would I go about getting it to him please?

@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV 6 күн бұрын

Another 48 hours ST 2: Wrath of Khan Evil Dead 2 & Army of Darkness National Lampoons European Vacation Sharknado 2 ;)

@simonmandrakejones 5 күн бұрын

Wrath of Khan and the Evil Dead sequels. Classics.

@Hexon66 6 күн бұрын

Can't agree with Godfather Pt.2, not because it's a cliche (which it is), but for context and the ability to *_stand alone_* . Probably true of all sequels to some degree, it's useful to have prior knowledge of the characters and situation, but all should become clear eventually, or could easily be back-filled. But with the prequel/sequel nature of Godfather Pt. 2, it's essential to have context for the characters. That's *really* the strength of the film, that it bookends the first film. As a stand alone, Pt. 2 throws away virtually all of Michael's arc. And the audience has to fill in the gap from the little boy waving from a train in Italy to the middle aged man celebrating his son's first communion in Nevada.

@EricAitala 6 күн бұрын

Pink Floyd's The Division Bell Tour had three complete stages being shipped around....

@markmcnulty7736 6 күн бұрын

Pics or it didn't happen, Marina...

@williamburnham3659 6 күн бұрын

Paddington 2

@giffgaffnettwork5626 5 күн бұрын

Slightly surprised me that Anna Raeburn didn't get a mention, surely the original agony aunt! On the strength of her Woman magazine advice page, she was employed by Capital Radio for many years for their radio phone in advice show. Countless radio stations later, she is still working in her 70's and her fine blog, Annalong or the occasional podcast guest.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7-KqrCS3pPHnKc.htmlsi=JAIlUby2k2OPyqiv kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7-KqrCS3pPHnKc.htmlsi=JAIlUby2k2OPyqiv

@Drucius 5 күн бұрын

That's nothing, I've been in a Jackie photo story.

@jackabalas 6 күн бұрын

Terminator 2 Aliens An American Tale: Feival goes west.

@biegebythesea6775 Күн бұрын

The Wheel is the only gameshow I can tolerate. I genuinely enjoy it. I just hate the chair dancing.

@jonathanyuen8820 6 күн бұрын

Sally does dallas 2

@sourface5820 4 күн бұрын

Bride of Frankenstein.

@finneganwoolley6557 6 күн бұрын

see you next tuesday. that's so fanny... i mean funny

@elwyndude 6 күн бұрын

Iron Man 3? Seriously.... ummmm wow, bold statement.

@EvilMidnight204 6 күн бұрын

I fear the See You Next Tuesday joke is getting a little tired, especially as the episode comes out on a Wednesday!!!

@TonyP_Yes-its-Me 6 күн бұрын

Maybe they should make it a John Landis reference. Many of his films contained the phrase "See you next Wednesday", for some weird reason.

@EvilMidnight204 6 күн бұрын

@@TonyP_Yes-its-Me or even a The Prisoner reference - "We'll be seein' you"

@Elwaves2925 6 күн бұрын

I was wondering if it's released somewhere else first on a Tuesday, Patreon maybe, then YT gets it a day later.

@michaelwaddington1356 6 күн бұрын

I think its the podcast version on Spotify thats released on a tuesday

@pd4165 6 күн бұрын

The actual podcast goes out on the days specified (I've tried it). I think the delay is in the video editing, whatever technical nonsense they get up to balancing their ying/yangs etc.

@jonathanyuen8820 6 күн бұрын

Titanic 2

@Hexon66 6 күн бұрын

Titanic 3D : 'Bergs on a Rampage

@bobthegrinch 6 күн бұрын

Seriously Dude Where's my Car was never made.

@trevorwilliams6404 5 күн бұрын

Better sequels top 3 From Russia with love Paddington 2 Mad max 2 And a film I know is not better but I prefer watching it Beverly hills cop 2

@user-rp1sw5ku4y 6 күн бұрын

The Lord of the rings : the two towers

@KristineMaitland 6 күн бұрын

FYI. Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. A long roster of stage and films include M*A*S*H, Clute, Pride and Prejudice, The Hunger games.

@highdownmartin 6 күн бұрын

Are agony aunt letters real? I’ve written fckn loads! Course they’re real

@xxkimbatron 5 күн бұрын

Sister Act 2 would be top of my list of sequels better than the original. The original is good but the sequel is great.

@cameronclark8052 6 күн бұрын

This podcast should be folded for not mentioning Paddington 2

@LeonEvans_Guyver1 6 күн бұрын

Aliens Tron Legacy Kill Bill Vol. 2

@RosClarkeCraft 6 күн бұрын

I think Michael Parkinson was a WDYTYA person they eventually decided they couldn’t find anything interesting enough to make a programme.

@Graysonn1 5 күн бұрын

three colours white was better than three colours blue. If we're talking about non block buster series.

@BoyceBailey 6 күн бұрын

"Unattractive best friend" is the worst casting, I don't accept it. As its the sun , "Thinking Man's Tottie" and not a 90s bit of inappropriate less!

@thenoise0001 6 күн бұрын

adds now and for sky? horrible.

@muntox 5 күн бұрын

I think 'less attractive best friend' would be both kinder and way more accurate than 'unattractive', in by case all that means is 'less made over and well lit best friend'. So.

@Dmanz67 5 күн бұрын

Terminator 2 Godfather 2 The Dark Knight

@adamj6645 6 күн бұрын

At the very end... "See you next Tuesday." with no clue what this phrase means 😂😂😂😂😂

@simonmandrakejones 5 күн бұрын

They know.

@Graysonn1 6 күн бұрын

top three plot holes? And has there ever been a case of a director not realizing there's a massive plot hole until after the movie was released.

@sams-pg7hj 5 күн бұрын

Terminator 2 is a better sequel, captain America winter solider is better, the exorcist part 3 is pretty fantastic too

@ActualGiles 6 күн бұрын

Iron Man 3 is not only the best Iron Man film, it ties with Winter Soldier as the best film from MCU Phases 1 and 2.

@TonyP_Yes-its-Me 6 күн бұрын

I knew a guy, 20 plus years ago, who was in the music biz, on the logistical side, who said he had arranged tours for a VERY famous performer. He said that he also arranged the "entertainment" for them, at their destination, including recreational pharmaceuticals, and person's who gave "physical relief". (I phrased it that way to stop youtube flagging the comment.) Who was it? I can't say for legal reasons, but let's say that when he told me, I wasn't that surprised.

@pd4165 6 күн бұрын

I've organised moving bands gear - at a very low level ie here's the band and here is their gear, get it/them to the venue and set up. It's a feckin' nightmare! It's like herding kittens when wearing a blindfold and boxing gloves....in the fast lane of the M1 at noon. Not only do you have to get fragile goods from A-B....you have to get their electronics there too! I think the first qualification you should get is in psychotherapy - someone is going to have a breakdown and it may well be you.

@FarmerJAB 6 күн бұрын

I don’t think that’s news - instead I think it’s fairly common knowledge

@muntox 5 күн бұрын

Of course Iron Man 3 isn't better than Godfather Part 2, but it can be argued if you feel like it that IM3 is more better than it's predecessors than what Godfather 2 is better than The Godfather.

@dibster_1976 6 күн бұрын

Really? Iron Man 3 is poor - Kingsley a legend that saved the film - I guess its better than Iron Man 2 but the first Iron Man is the best Marvel Movie

@PaulMcCaffreyfmac 6 күн бұрын

I cannot countenence "less attractive best friend" nor even 'not as attractive best friend'. I am the beholder whose eye it is in.

@andrewmontague9682 6 күн бұрын

Iron Man 3?!?

@666Eva 6 күн бұрын

Iron Man 3 is better than Iron Man 2? Dude. Unsubscribing.

@RichJT87 6 күн бұрын

I love Iron Man 3. The depiction of his trauma/anxiety is some of the best stuff in the whole MCU.

@666Eva 6 күн бұрын

I'll give it another watch so.

@andrewdarowski1975 6 күн бұрын

Iron man 2 is one of the worst in the early MCU movies. Iron man 3 is significantly better.

@richardsmith3917 6 күн бұрын

Airplane 2

@hjhw100 6 күн бұрын

Iron Man 3.... the worst of the Iron Man movies. The Idea was fine but man, the end of that movie was terribad...

@ajmcdonagh7730 6 күн бұрын

Alien is not better than aliens

@giociampa 6 күн бұрын

They're two different kinds of movie - the former a suspense thriller, the latter an action movie... both good in their own right. (I'll say I prefer the former, but enjoyed both)

@pd4165 6 күн бұрын

Alien is 10X better than Aliens. Even my mum knows this and she's seen neither.

@pjsixhundred 3 күн бұрын

Sky sponsorship. Sad. Keep it honest.

@ajmcdonagh7730 6 күн бұрын

Iron man 3 is dogshit

@dmontes133 3 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣Ironman 3 is the worst marvel movie, ever!

$@fracturedopal$

@fracturedopal 5 күн бұрын

I was unaware of this podcast until the furor around the fossil fuel funding. I have always kind of liked Marina and Richard, all very witty and comfortably upper-middle class. But this podcast is absolutely dire, what an embarrassment, just so smug and cringe. As are Marina's complacent and whiny views on politics and change.