It’s time to rediscover the old BBC show Knightmare as The Spoony One braves the deadly Dungeons of Deceit. Whether you’ve seen it or not, we’re in for a wild ride.
Oooooh, nasty!
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WOW!!!, I’d have never expected Spoony One to review Knightmare. I loved this show as a kid so I really enjoyed this review.
My only problem with the review was that Spoony One never covered the entire series
Great stuff spoony, hit the nail on the head with this review, just to set the recored straight though this was originally broadcast on ITV not the BBC, keep up the good work
Awesome!! By typing “xyzzy” at the appropriate time, the player could move instantly between two otherwise distant points.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy
oh man that turning right joke was the shit.
What am i thinking. this whole video was the shit.
I ment that in a good way. ^.^;
I’ve watched this many times and O S D R H U never fails to make me laugh.
HAHAHA! Silly kids. I’d never seen this show before, but it looks like it was a hoot.
This was the one thing guaranteed to scare the shit out of me as a kid. I loved it!
Still lolling at “SHRUD”.
Wow… those kids are really a bunch of fucktards… Seems they skipped school.. How in god’s name could someone be so iliterate, for the love of god?
Never even knew this show existed, but i’m damn glad.. otherwise i’d have gotten some quite frustrating times out of watching those idiotic kids fucking up even the spelling part. What can I say… Wow…
absolutley hilarious… my only complaint is that you didnt show the infamous “simon, sidestep to your left” scene. youtube it people, its worth it.
I think he did show part of it, but it was in a montage with other scenes of kids dying. You see him falling off the left with the blue blocks flying around.
Treguard is the old dude out of Yor’s World!
“Play a while… Play forever!”
Wow, that’s almost straight out of Impossible Mission!
Yeah, both Smeagol and Deagol were Stoor Hobbits. Therefore, Bilbo was the wrong answer. I also seem to remember Gimli mentioning that female dwarfs have beards. How in the world are these kids supposed to get these questions right when the show has the wrong answer?
That guy that is suposed to be the realm master , remenids me of Sheogoreth from The Elder Scroll IV The Shivering Isles , he was the realm master too , and the god of madnes
Do I hear LoZ music in the background?
lmao would have been funny to see a clockwise clip at the right left bit
Lol, I’m 21, but I do remember this….barely! As soon as I seen the kid with the helmet and sword, it just clicked! Nice one Noah!!
that is very hilarious and i gotta say treguard throwing that o out there, now that was hilarious.
apology accepted Spoony :P awesome vid
Great review Spoony, but just a little thing – Knightmare was an ITV show, not BBC.
I remember seeing this show when I was a kid on vacation in Canada. I was amazed by the min blowing special effects HAHA. I totally forgot about it until i saw you talk about it on Youtube. Thanks for jogging my memory. Ooooooh Nasty!
This show was one of the best parts of my childhood. I sooooo wanted to take part in this show.
I know I would have done better than most of the other kids on the show.
“Spellcasting: D.I.S.M.I.S.S.” Classic.
Funny, I remember a show like that(quite probably the same exact show) that ran over here(Puerto Rico) under the name “Reto Sega”(The Sega Challenge). I’ve been unable to get any info on that so this kinda is my first clue in years!
Just saw this but by god how dare they say female dwarves don’t have beards by the stubble on their face they do.
Quoting xyzzy? .. that reference to so many things …. to move between two distant points, ”nothing happens”, …. good one :D
Who is the woman who plays the Elf maiden?
I must say the actors in this show were very professional, i would’ve burst my lungs laughing at most of the moronic burkes in participation, btw that guy who played mordred also portrayed a character in the Jeeves and wooster series, the man is a bloody brilliant actor.
Spoony, you now know one more guy who will debate that female dwarves have beards.
If you want to do a bit of research and commend the actors, there’s a list of all characters and such on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare
I loved this show, I think I still have some tapes of this show recorded from my childhood in the attic. Definitely one of the more innovative shows.
Wait a minute, what was that clip of the kid getting whacked by the sheet of glass from?
Not only Gimli, I think I’ve also read about female dwarve facial fuss in Dragonlance and Drizzt’s series.
And I have an edition of lord of the rings with a prelude from the hobbit. Between that and the book itself (which I haven’t even read entirely), I’m certain Bilbo’s not the answer. I didn’t realize it was Deagol though, so how would these kids.
Great video.
And yes, there’s Zelda music and the mos eisley cantina from Star Wars, as well as the epic music which also appears in the WARRIOR review (which I hope Spoony can tell us the name of).
OH GOD IT’S RICHARD GARRIOT
From wikipedia:
If the team managed to complete all three levels and master the dungeon, they were awarded with a prize, which changed over the years from the “Silver Spurs of Squiredom”, to medallions, to “Frightknight” trophies (a design of a Knight holding a sword).
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In its eight-year history, only eight teams managed to successfully conquer the dungeon: two in Series 2, one each in Series 4-6, two in Series 7, and a final one in Series 8.
aaah cool, i didnt think you would have gotten that over there in the states, but then again when this first came out it was lik :O its like a real life game.
Wasn’t it on ITV rather than BBC?
Looks like they’re trying to get it released on DVD on http://www.knightmare.com
Awesome game. I loved this as a kid. Treguard was my hero.
Spoony’s British accent sounds very much like Richard O Brien lol
@Meshi, that clip was from the movie Final Destination 2.
ace this series
I love the Spoony One. Comedy gold always awaits, but this one is especially great.
Doesn’t hurt that he used Building The Death Coaster from Army of Darkness near the start. Awesome.
Good review spoony but was that the Legend of Zelda theme being played in the background?
I grew up with this (yus, I am British!) :D At the Hobbit question, even I did a WTF at the answer. I knew it was Deagol but the show had the wrong answer. Anyway, this show almost single-handedly turned me into a massive fantasy geek and was part of my progression to D&D later on.
Oh and about female dwarfs… Yeah, I debated this too :P
Spoony, check out ebay for the complete Knightmare on DVD-R. You only reviewed seasons 1-4. In the UK theres another 4 seasons taking the total to 8 runs. And they were better in all; more characters, better graphics and even a ‘boss’ of all the baddies called Lord Fear who sat in this kick ass mansion surrounded by evil ‘Frightknights’. Treguard even became a sugar daddy to a ‘elf’ called Pickle and then a genie called Majida.
http://www.knightmare.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare
I can remember many a Friday afternoon watching this on ITV in the early 90’s. Shame they axed it in 1994 even though the producers were after kids for a 9th season!
Apology accepted.
Knightmare was the shit.
About that right joke, John Cleese actually starred as the main role in a movie based around that joke. It’s called “clockwise”, I highly recommend seeing it.
I watched this review after watching the review for you… As soon as Spoony says “Treguard is the man”, my mind immediately sang that out in the tune of the Yor theme. Huh…
Sorry, that should read “After watching the review for Yor”
I knew that brits spelled shit weird, but..JESUS!!
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