'University Challenged: Week Seventeen' (13.11.17)

Tonight it dawned on me that we’ve now seen all the candidates for this series of University Challenge, so there’s now no chance of any other amusing characters coming along to spice things up.

We now know there’ll be no contender to rival Monkman, or even Bobby Seagull; no-one’s going to steal their throne. In one sense this is annoying and in another, it’s a relief. In a way, I don’t want them ever to be bettered as those are some big shoes to fill; but at the very least it would nice to have someone even gently amusing as, without this, it can get a little tedious.

(I clearly watch the show for the wrong reasons).

See below for my twitter commentary (as exciting as it is).
Strathclyde Vs. Emmanuel Cambridge
8:02PM: Jeremy Paxman is weary with YOU.

8:04PM: Brown had planned that wave for weeks. His worry about this was all-encompassing: would it be a mistake? Should he do it? Shouldn't he? He shouldn't have done it.

8:05PM: Emmanuel's mascot is a knitted penis in a hat

8:06PM: Derby's hair's as big as Derby.

8:07PM: It's a lot less fun writing bitchy #UniversityChallenge tweets with a 280-character limit.

8:10PM: In the bar after the recording, Paxman offered to settle Chevallier's student debt.

8:13PM: Strathclyde's Brown has the dubious honour of being dubbed tonight's murderer.  
8:16PM: File Derby's hair in the dictionary under 'bouffant'. 
8:19PM: The scene at Paxman's wedding: Registrar: "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?" Paxman: "NO". 
:21PM: Is Dijkman actually there, or am I hallucinating again?

8:25PM: Paxman seems to think it doesn't matter how rude or disdainful he is while presenting #UniversityChallenge as long as he does that winning little smile at the end.

8:26PM: Paxman has the presenting style of a man who knows the meter's still running.

8:29PM: Logan would have felt a lot more relaxed if he'd undone his top button.

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