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If
you remember, Wacaday was shown during school holidays on TV-am
between 1985 and 1992.
Timmy
Mallett presented Wacaday as well as it's sister show, The Wide
Awake Club, which was shown on Saturday mornings.
'Utterly
brilliant'
Wacaday
was a live 30-minute programme containing a mix of wacky features
which included Holiday Postcards, Talent on the Telly, and Wactors
and Wactresses.
The
most popular was the word association game Mallett's Mallet.
Two
contestants would sit opposite each other linking each word they
said to the last one.
If
a contestant failed to link their next word then they would be hit
on the head with the mallet.
The
person who lost recieved a Wacky Plaster which was stuck on to any
part of their face.
'Bleugh'!
The
rules, which Timmy repeated at the beginning of every game, went
something like this:
"Mallett's
Mallet is a word association game, where you mustn't pause, hesitate,
repeat a word, or say a word I don't like... The one with the most
bruises loses!"
The
never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase that accompanied the game is sure
to bring back some memories:
"Look
at each other and go Bleugh! Look at everyone at home and go Bleugh!
Everyone at home look at them and go Bleugh!"
Combine
Mallet's Mallet with Timmy's hit song Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow
Polka Dot Bikini and you're sure to be in for a blast from the past.
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