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flameri t1_ir0lxyj wrote

I see you too have good taste in music.

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IBeTrippin t1_ir0pnzt wrote

I'll assume its an Airbnb now.

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Phishtravaganza t1_ir0qh7e wrote

Guano! That's what you slipped in! That's what was on your shoe! AND THAT EXPLAINS THE ABRASION ON YOUR PALM! DAMN I'M GOOD!

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fulthrottlejazzhands t1_ir0rixn wrote

And without Ft. Boyard, we would have never had Crystal Maze (with Richard O'Brian, although Richard Ayoade is reasonable. That Tudor-Pole pillock can piss off).

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pjabrony t1_ir0yr0h wrote

> TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long

HOW LONG WAS IT?!

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SilasMarner77 OP t1_ir13qew wrote

Replying to fulthrottlejazzhands (#28,682)

I used to love the Crystal Maze as a kid. Richard O'brien is the only host as far as I'm concerned. I tried watching the Ayoade reboot and while he was a reasonably entertaining host it just wasn't the same. I think perhaps the Internet and the intervening years have reduced my capacity for being entertained by game shows.

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moodpecker t1_ir1ephb wrote

I spent a semester in Moscow in 1998, and they showed Форт Баярд на НТВ all the time.

It's how I will never forget the Russian word for midget, "карлик."

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ingleacre t1_ir1xg1i wrote

Replying to SilasMarner77 (#29,248)

The budget on the reboot with Ayoade is clearly very low as well. The games are less imaginative, and the sets feel more claustrophobic. It always feels like watching people play through a series of Crystal Maze-themed escape rooms rather than the actual show.

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dmr11 t1_ir2hx16 wrote

> The fort was completely cleared of a huge layer of guano (50 cm thick).

That's a lot of guano, did they sell it or just threw it out? I've heard that guano can be rather valuable, or is that not the case in the late 1900's?

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The_Bravinator t1_ir2ocaj wrote

Replying to SilasMarner77 (#29,248)

>I think perhaps the Internet and the intervening years have reduced my capacity for being entertained by game shows.

This is often the same with reboots in general no matter how good they are. Nothing can replicate the fuzzy glow of childhood memory.

Though give me a Knightmare reboot and I'm absolutely fucking in.

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bozitybozitybopzebop t1_ir4ecy9 wrote

I've seen that show.

Isn't it like a French precursor to Americsn Ninja Warrior?

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jl_theprofessor t1_ir4fz40 wrote

I feel like the term “years later” vastly undersells just how long the timeframe was before it found its new purpose.

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kouignamann_kingdom t1_ir4lhom wrote

There is a excellent – albeit in French – Youtube video about it: L'HISTOIRE DE FORT BOYARD P1 - Les années Laffont | Le Télévisator. Yes, that's almost 2 hours long, quality Youtube content right there.

The story is quite a bit of fun. The fort was purchased by a dentist at an auction during the 60's. For the price of a very nice car: about 50,000 euros (adjusted for inflation).

When it got the interest of a very succesful TV producer, they had quite a genius move. They purchased it back from the dentist for 500,000 euros (adjusted for inflation) – nice markup mister dentist. It was then sold to the region Charente for 1 euro on the condition they finance the restauration (quite expensive, the fort was in poor shape) and agree to rent it exclusively to the production company.

Today, the fort is a symbol of one of the most succesful TV game ever created and is quite a staple of french television. This is also a good move on Charente part, even though this property is very expensive to maintain, it is a huge tourist attraction. Which is fun because before the 80's the existence of the fort was mostly unknown apart maybe from fishermen.

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ArtBoy54 t1_ir5xuk3 wrote

hey i remember this, when i was a kid i thought they built it specifically for the show lol

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validates_points t1_irj6duw wrote

The fort was completely cleared of a huge layer of guano (50 cm thick).

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