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A contestant on game show Family Feud Family Fortunes – is going viral after confidently giving a wrong answer to a high-stakes question.
The moment, which is being hailed as “iconic” on Twitter, saw a family come crashing out of the chance to win big money in a moment that incited gasps from the audience.
“Real simple,” host Gerry Dee said as a representative from each family arrived at the podium. ”There’s one question – only one answer. Whoever gets it, they’re playing for $10,000, that’s it. Whoever gets it wins the game.”
He then asked the winning question: “Name Popeye’s favourite food.”
Before he had time to finish the question, though, contestant Eve Dubois buzzed in and, while confidently dancing, answered: “Chicken.”
Show all 17 1 /1717 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Mariah Carey on This Morning Mariah Carey was left baffled after This Morning’s Alison Hammond sang a made-up Christmas song to her on air.
The singer watched on in bemusement as the presenter closed her eyes and belted out the invented lyrics, and once Hammond had finished her performance Carey asked: “Are you mocking me?”
Hammond laughed nervously before protesting: “No!”
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Boris Johnson hiding in a fridge The Prime Minister hid in a fridge while being pursued by a TV reporter attempting to interview him on the eve of the general election.
Boris Johnson was joining an early morning milk round in Leeds when he was confronted by Good Morning Britain’s Jonathan Swain about his “promise to talk to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid”.
“I’ll be with you in a second,” Mr Johnson replied, before escaping into a large fridge.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Maura on Love Island There are almost too many brilliant one-liners to choose from when it comes to Maura Higgins’ stint on Love Island – but one of the best has to be when she declared that her vagina was “throbbing” after she kissed Curtis Pritchard. TMI.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Claire’s haircut in Fleabag Sian Clifford is hysterical as Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s highly-strung sister in Fleabag, and one of her greatest scenes is when she gets a catastrophic haircut that makes her look “like a pencil”. This moment of panic then leads to Waller-Bridge’s legendary “Hair is everything” speech later in the episode.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Kendall’s rap in Succession This moment in Succession season two straddles the thin line between funny and agonising. It occurs during a party for Logan Roy to celebrate his 50 years of running Waystar Royco. His son Kendall raps the words: “L to the OG, dude be the OG, A-N he playin’, playin’ like a pro, see.” There are many more verses but it’s too painful to write them here.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 James Acaster’s appearance on Celebrity Bake Off Comedian James Acaster became the best worst Bake Off contestant this year when he had numerous crises in the tent.
To be fair, he didn’t have much luck on the show, which he called “the worst experience” of his life... his flapjacks were the consistency of soup, he spent most of the challenges with his head in his hands, and when the judges arrived to taste his biscuits, the comic simply said: “Started making it, had a break down, bon appétit.”
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Jamie Demetriou vs pigeon The pilot episode of Jamie Demetriou’s Stath Lets Flats served up what was arguably the best moment of the series. Watching a hapless estate agent chasing around (and at one point attempting to vacuum) a real-life pigeon = unmitigated joy.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Gemma Collins falling over on Dancing on Ice The GC’s epic fall on Dancing on Ice spawned hundreds of gifs and memes. She later said of the incident: “I thought I was dead. I literally thought I was dead.”
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Olivia Colman’s Oscars speech When Olivia Colman won her Oscar for The Favourite, she also won a whole new set of fans for her acceptance speech alone. "It's genuinely quite stressful,” she said through the tears.
“This is hilarious. I got an Oscar! OK, I have to thank lots of people, if by the way I forget anybody I'm going to find you later and I'm going to give you all a massive snog and I'm really sorry if I might forget now.”
17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 When a woman married her dog on This Morning There are often a lot of slow news days in July, so the producers of This Morning resorted to airing a live marriage ceremony between a woman and her dog, conducted by Alison Hammond and attended by Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Lorraine Kelly vs Esther McVey Lorraine Kelly appeared to snub her former GMTV colleague and Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey during an awkward on-air exchange.
When host Susanna Reid said: "Do you remember Esther McVey from her GMTV days?"
Kelly glossed over the question, shook her head and said curtly: "Yeah, yes I do. OK, coming up after half past eight..."
Piers Morgan then quizzed Kelly, saying: "So you got on with Esther then Lorraine?"
Kelly replied: "I don't remember, love. I don't remember at all, it was an awful long time ago."
Awkward.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Lorraine Kelly vs Jennifer Arcuri Jennifer Arcuri, who was at the centre of a misconduct controversy involving Boris Johnson, was challenged by Lorraine Kelly in a Good Morning Britain segment that ended up going viral.
"What's the point of you coming on TV to clear the air and then you don't say anything?" Kelly asked. “You didn't answer any of the questions that were put to you, and I don't really see the point of you coming on, to be honest."
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Alan Partridge’s train toilet routine The return of Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge to BBC1 this year was a huge success, not least because of skits such as the train toilet routine. It involved Partridge demonstrating how to go to the loo on public transport without using your hands, all in the interest of hygiene.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Elizabeth Banks’ Prince Andrew joke Elizabeth Banks’ fellow Graham Norton Show guests were taken by surprise when she made a pretty dark Prince Andrew joke.
The moment came when Norton attempted to embarrass Banks with a throwback photo from her teenage years, in which she sports hoop earrings and a big haircut.
Pointing at the mysterious hand resting on her shoulder, Norton said: “I’ve only just noticed this hand, is it someone saying, ‘You’ll regret this photograph’?”
“That’s Prince Andrew’s hand,” replied Banks.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Mick and Pam getting high in Gavin & Stacey A stand-out moment in the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special was Mick and Pam smoking weed in their living room and dancing to Bob Marley’s “I Don’t Like Cricket".
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Tom Wambsgans eating chicken in Succession In one ridiculous Succession scene, Matthew MacFadyen’s character Tom Wambsgans comfort-eats chicken off his father-in-law Logan’s plate after his wife Shiv insists on extending their open marriage into having a threesome.
And it’s just perfect.
He later admitted he almost choked when filming the scene.
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17 of the funniest TV moments of 2019 Tom Bradby’s huge sigh of relief after election night ITV news presenter Tom Bradby was caught on camera letting out a huge sigh as the cameras rolled at the end of an eight-hour election night show – although it’s hard to tell whether it was relief that his shift was over or disappointment/joy at Boris Johnson’s win.
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As an agonised Dee hunches over the podium, members of Dubois’ family can be seen raising their hands to their heads in disbelief.
The question is thrown over to the competing team who correctly guess “spinach”.
Dubois looks on in shock and can be heard telling Dee “I thought you meant Popeye’s Chicken”, referencing the fast-food chain.
Her sister, Domonique Dubois, previously called the episode a “must watch”.
“This might be the worst question in Family Feud (Canada or otherwise) history... one answer,” one tweeter wrote, with another adding: “This might’ve been one of the best moments in game show history.”
One viewer added: “I tuned in to Canada’s new version of Family Feud and may have witnessed one of the most iconic game show moments I’ve ever seen.”
The moment comes a week after a similar moment on Celebrity Mastermind .
British actor Amanda Henderson was asked which Swedish climate change activist wrote No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference .
The question left 33-year-old Henderson stumped, and after a short hesitation she replied: “Sharon?”.
Greta Thunberg jokingly changed her Twitter name to Henderson’s answer after the clip went viral.
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