Happy National Calzone Day!

Happy National Calzone Day 2019.

Where will you be getting your calzone from today?

Whether you call them calzone, or if you're like me refer to them as "trompone", I hope you have a wonderful day.

Mmmmm calzone.

Note: my trouser legs are not pictured

National Calzone Day is always celebrated on the 1st of November.

Watch the Nutters with Putter Pro Crazy Golf Team on Eggheads!

The Nutters with Putters team take on TV Quiz Giants the Eggheads on BBC Two and the iPlayer!

The 'legendary' episode of the great TV Quiz show Eggheads was shown on BBC Two this evening!

At the time of its repeat airing I happened to be buying a Calzone for my tea. What are the chances eh.

From today and for the next seven days you can watch the episode of Eggheads that featured the Nutters with Putters team of Crazy Golfers from the British Minigolf Association! Check out the show on the BBC iPlayer here.

I led the team through the application and audition process and got us onto the show that was filmed in late 2008 and first aired in July 2009! We were on Series 10, Episode 49.

Enjoy.

Front Row: The Nutters with Putters from l-r Kevin Botto, Richard Gottfried (Captain), Tim Davies, Andy Booth, Sean Homer and Chris Harding.
Back Row: The Eggheads from l-r CJ, Daphne, Barry, Kevin and Chris.

Link:
- Eggheads, BBC Two - iPlayer
- BMGA Players take on the Eggheads, again!

Related Blog Posts:
- Nutters with Putters on Eggheads
- Eggheads-related Blog Posts

More photos of the Nutters with Putters on Eggheads

Kevin Botto of the Nutters with Putters quiz team has uploaded the photos he took of the team when they headed to the BBC to face-off against quiz show goliaths - the Eggheads.

A selection of the photos are below.







See also:
http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/07/ham-eggheads.html
http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/07/nutters-with-putters-on-eggheads.html

Photos courtesy of Kevin Botto.

Trompone in the British Open

As a reminder of my wrong answer on the TV show Eggheads I had a shirt made up for my second day gimmick as the Italian Minigolfer 'Trompone'!

Eggheads, Crazy Golf and my Alma Mater

My old university (the University of Bedfordshire, formerly Luton) has posted news of my appearance on Eggheads and my second Mini Major win in the Manchester Miniature Open tournament on its Alumni news section.

You can check out the stories here and here.

You can read the Alumni Blog here.

The Nutters With Putters

Contributing to the Oxford English Dictionary

Following my invention of a completely new word during my appearance on Quiz Show Eggheads I would like to suggest the word ‘trompone’ as a new entry to the Oxford English Dictionary.

My suggested meanings for the word are:
1. An incorrect version of the Italian word for ‘Trouser leg’
2. A new type of Pizza
3. An answer given in resignation in the faint hope it may be the correct answer in a TV Quiz Show

If you agree with my idea please leave your comments.

You can contribute to the OED here.

Below, my team mates react to my answer.

Nutters with Putters on Eggheads

The Challengers area.

Our shirt selection lined up before wardrobe's inspection!

A 'star' is born ha ha.

Post-competition photo of the two teams.

NwP from l-r Kevin Botto, Richard Gottfried (Captain), Tim Davies, Andy Booth, Sean Homer and Chris Harding.

The Eggheads from l-r CJ, Daphne, Barry, Kevin and Chris.

Somewhere in Acton - the night before Eggheads

The Nutters with Putters spent the night before filming our Eggheads episode (Series 10, #49) in a hotel somewhere in Acton.

After dinner we had an inter-team quiz with Kevin Botto playing Dermot.



Below is the team's game plan.



It sort of worked, with each individual round going to sudden-death.

Eggheads - the Audition

The Nutters with Putters quiz team auditioned for Eggheads way back in September 2008.

Pictured after the auditions at the BBC are Great Britain Minigolf Internationals, from l-r Kevin Botto (eventual alternate and top-class substitute), Andy Booth, Tim Davies and me (Captain).

Bacon, Whiskey, Fish and...

...Trompone!?

Of course the answer was Calzone - I'll never get that question wrong in a pub quiz now.

Ham & Eggheads

Well, unfortunately we lost.



The Nutters with Putters team did very well, with each round going to sudden-death and I was proud to lead them out against the quiz giants.

If you missed the show you can watch it again on the BBC iplayer at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006z736

Or it'll be on again tomorrow afternoon on BBC2 Northern Ireland, Sky Channel 992.

Richard Gottfried & Team on Eggheads - BBC Two this Friday

I am going to be on the BBC Two TV Quiz Show Eggheads this Friday (31st July) at 6pm, leading a team of Crazy Golfers - 'The Nutters with Putters' - against the mighty Eggheads.

The contract I had to sign before the show means I can't say whether we won or lost, so you'll have to tune in to find out!

If you miss the show you can watch it again on the BBC iplayer at - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lybkk or here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006z736