Talk:Spicks and Specks (TV series)

Rendition of "I'm Just a Teenage Dirtbag"
A Great Episode featured a redition of im just a teenage dirtbag can anyone tell me who did that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.186.210 (talk) 23:36, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I just saw a repeat of that episode, and the guy's name was Earl Oakum. I'm quite sure about the spelling of his surname, though. Blarneytherinosaur 05:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Earl Okin. His version of Song 2 was awesome, too. Wwwhhh 04:26, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Merger
I believe that the proposed merger should go ahead. The two articles clearly refer to the same subject. Blarneytherinosaur 02:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks has a link here, should we link back there? Does anyone know if there's any link between the shows, or are they just a similar concept? 59.167.54.213 11:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)Dave

Maybe it's vandalism --Pezzar 04:47, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * From what I've read, they are similar and use the one song to the tune of another concept for a game - substitute in S&S BradK 05:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The list of question formats in the Never Mind the Buzzcocks article is different from that for S&S. There's no overlap, and the NMTB list doesn't include the 'Substitute' style of question. So what's the basis for saying they are similar? I don't think there's a justification for stating a similarity in the first line of the article. Most of the readers of the article will be Australian, why define the program for them in the opening sentence by comparison to a foreign show which has different question formats? I'm going to move this reference further down the lead section, unless there's a citation to show a more concrete link than the similarity of mixing comedy and music. Rexparry sydney 00:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

What a load of crap. It's a direct rip-off. But don't tell Australians that. They'll think it's 'original'. Wikipedia really is a pile of dogshite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.23.146.66 (talk) 07:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * ^^From an Aussie IP address, I'm not surprised that you sounded like one of the minority of whining ex-pats that have forgotten just how good they've had it in Australia since mooning Ol' Blighty out the cabin window. I trust, after 13 years, you've managed to realise that few Australians are ever surprised to hear that a TV show is a direct rip-off of an overseas show as it's happened too many times to count, particularly in the case of NMtB did actually show here for a time.  More importantly, that even fewer give a toss.220.244.237.149 (talk) 10:46, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Most confusing sentence on Wiki award
This must be in the top ten.

"Spicks and Specks" is the first hit song by the pop group The Bee Gees from which the TV show takes its name and which the show's theme music is based on, with all the lyrics but "the spicks and the specks" being replaced by "na na na's". --210.23.146.66 (talk) 21:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Split into a List of Episodes article?
I've been looking at this article and been wondering whether it would be worth splitting it into a List of Episodes article? There are over 250 episodes in the original run alone, which in my opinion increases the length of the article considerably. Thoughts? Reader781 (talk) 09:56, 13 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I strongly agree, especially with things like specials, and the 2014 revamp make things confusing to have all in one page. Hillsyism (talk) 03:58, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

removal of tv incorrect naming style template
hey all, just some justification to why i took out the template - i strongly believe it was used incorrectly. totally open to discussion about it though of course!

the guideline indicates that “series” typically only air for part of the year, and are produced within seasons. one of the examples specifically given as a "series" show is fixer upper, a show which also doesn’t have a continuous storyline like s&s, or even repeating guests across episodes (as i understand it). i believe “programs” tend to be primarily news shows, and most importantly, they are under the “non-series television” heading, but s&s is produced in series. finally, the "series" disambiguation follows precedent: similar panel shows like taskmaster and hypothetical are titled with (series) as well. Hillsyism (talk) 04:20, 10 June 2024 (UTC)