World's Craziest Fools is a clip show made by Roughcut TV for BBC Three, presented by Mr. T. It showcases clips, sometimes viral, of people making themselves look like "Fools" (a reference to Mr. T's catchphrase), often by accident. Many clips were from CCTV footage. The videos are shown in different categories such as "Parking Fools", "Drunk Fools", "Workmen Fools", "Criminal Fools", "Assorted Fools", and "Fools Jumping Off Stuff They Shouldn't Be Jumping Off". As would be expected, some categories see more entries than others, and the categories that feature episode-to-episode are not bound to a predetermined structure. Writers on the segments featuring Mr. T include Lee Kern.
In some segments of the show, animations were used to tell the story of a fool or fools who had either done something reckless or stupid, or criminals who performed crimes and got caught because of a mistake they made or believing they could get away with it when they hadn't. Other animations were used for phone calls, either to the police or emergency line (the first series featured calls to the police in America, the second series did calls to British Police), or other dumb sounding calls. In the second series, some clips were used alongside animation for products created by "T-Industries", usually to the tune of a product advertisement. The animations were done by Big Red Button and Ben and Will Animation.
Every episode contains a 1-2-minute "Top 5" countdown segment on various categories, such as places not to park or tips on how to be a good policeman. This animation was produced by Christopher Poole[1] and Plastic Horse.[2]
BroadcastingEdit
The first episode aired on 6 June 2011 on BBC Three receiving a large 756,000 overnight audience viewing.[3] A new episode aired on Monday nights at 10:30pm. The show was repeated often throughout the week, from Tuesday to Monday - 7 showings in total. The second episode received a respectable 608,000 in the overnight ratings.[4] However, by the fifth episode, overnight ratings came to a series high peaking at 848,000.[5] Ratings stayed strong for the remainder of the first season. It was also one of the most watched BBC Three shows on BBC iPlayer.[6]
On 3 February 2012, BBC Three announced that the show would return for a second series.[6] It started airing on 7 January 2013 at 10:00pm.
Since October 2019 both seasons have been available on Amazon Prime Video although they are packaged as a twenty episode single season. Episodes differ slightly from when originally broadcast, due to clips being removed due to copyright reasons.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources World s Craziest Fools news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message World s Craziest Fools is a clip show made by Roughcut TV for BBC Three presented by Mr T It showcases clips sometimes viral of people making themselves look like Fools a reference to Mr T s catchphrase often by accident Many clips were from CCTV footage The videos are shown in different categories such as Parking Fools Drunk Fools Workmen Fools Criminal Fools Assorted Fools and Fools Jumping Off Stuff They Shouldn t Be Jumping Off As would be expected some categories see more entries than others and the categories that feature episode to episode are not bound to a predetermined structure Writers on the segments featuring Mr T include Lee Kern World s Craziest FoolsGenreClip ComedyWritten byLee KernDirected byLucy ForbesPresented byMr TVoices ofRupert VansittartTheme music composerErran Baron CohenEnding theme I Pity the Fool Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons2No of episodes20ProductionExecutive producerAsh AtallaProducersChris SussmanJoe McVeyEditorMatt JeffreysRunning time28 minutesProduction companyBBC Roughcut TVReleaseOriginal networkBBC ThreeOriginal release6 June 2011 2011 06 06 11 March 2013 2013 03 11 Contents 1 Animation 2 Broadcasting 3 Episode list and viewing figures 3 1 Season 1 2011 3 2 Season 2 2013 4 References 5 External linksAnimation EditIn some segments of the show animations were used to tell the story of a fool or fools who had either done something reckless or stupid or criminals who performed crimes and got caught because of a mistake they made or believing they could get away with it when they hadn t Other animations were used for phone calls either to the police or emergency line the first series featured calls to the police in America the second series did calls to British Police or other dumb sounding calls In the second series some clips were used alongside animation for products created by T Industries usually to the tune of a product advertisement The animations were done by Big Red Button and Ben and Will Animation Every episode contains a 1 2 minute Top 5 countdown segment on various categories such as places not to park or tips on how to be a good policeman This animation was produced by Christopher Poole 1 and Plastic Horse 2 Broadcasting EditThe first episode aired on 6 June 2011 on BBC Three receiving a large 756 000 overnight audience viewing 3 A new episode aired on Monday nights at 10 30pm The show was repeated often throughout the week from Tuesday to Monday 7 showings in total The second episode received a respectable 608 000 in the overnight ratings 4 However by the fifth episode overnight ratings came to a series high peaking at 848 000 5 Ratings stayed strong for the remainder of the first season It was also one of the most watched BBC Three shows on BBC iPlayer 6 On 3 February 2012 BBC Three announced that the show would return for a second series 6 It started airing on 7 January 2013 at 10 00pm The series also airs in Canada on the Much Music network in New Zealand on TV2 in Denmark on TV2 Zulu in Australia on 7mate in Italy on DMAX and in Portugal on Odisseia 7 Parts of the show can also being seen on the Dutch channel Veronica UPtv in the United States began running the show in syndication in October 2017 8 Since October 2019 both seasons have been available on Amazon Prime Video although they are packaged as a twenty episode single season Episodes differ slightly from when originally broadcast due to clips being removed due to copyright reasons Episode list and viewing figures EditSeason 1 2011 Edit Episode no Airdate Total viewers overnights 1 6 June 2011 756 000 3 2 13 June 2011 608 000 4 3 20 June 2011 643 000 4 4 27 June 2011 616 000 9 5 4 July 2011 848 000 5 6 11 July 2011 637 000 10 7 18 July 2011 616 000 11 8 25 July 2011 719 000 12 9 1 August 2011 729 000 13 10 8 August 2011 692 000 14 Season 2 2013 Edit Episode no Airdate Total viewers overnights 1 7 January 2013 2 14 January 2013 3 21 January 2013 4 28 January 2013 5 4 February 2013 6 11 February 2013 7 18 February 2013 8 25 February 2013 9 4 March 2013 10 11 March 2013 References Edit Christopher Poole s website Plastic Horse website a b Injustice beats Case Histories in Monday ratings TV News Digital Spy 7 June 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 a b c Glee season finale dazzles 1 2m on E4 Glee News TV Digital Spy 14 June 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 a b New Tricks returns with more than 8m on BBC One TV News Digital Spy 5 July 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 a b Ash Atalla 1 January 1970 Media Centre World s Craziest Fools returns to BBC Three BBC Retrieved 25 May 2012 Os Tontos mais Loucos Canal Odisseia odisseia pt Archived from the original on 11 December 2014 World s Craziest Fools Archives Sirens sound with 1 6m on Channel 4 TV News Digital Spy 28 June 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 Small Teen Bigger World appeals to 700k TV News Digital Spy 12 July 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 Show Me The Funny falls flat with 2 6m Show Me The Funny News Reality TV Digital Spy 19 July 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 New Tricks solves the case with 8 3m TV News Digital Spy 26 July 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 Channel 5 s cricket highlights catch nearly 1 5m TV News Digital Spy 2 August 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 Hugh s Fish Fight catches nearly 1 5m TV News Digital Spy 9 August 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2012 External links EditWorld s Craziest Fools at BBC Online World s Craziest Fools at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World 27s Craziest Fools amp oldid 1086924856, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
