Gauntlet of Villains Nicknames and Sayings

[Casey Buck]

In honor of Buzzr's recent airings of Whew, I've put together a compilation of Tom Kennedy's alliterative nicknames, as well as the villains' taunts in alphabetical order, from the episodes that have aired so far, plus ones that were already on YouTube. I'll update these as Buzzr airs more episodes.

I would like to introduce you to ten of the most ____ that ever stood between a contestant and their money:
Abominable Anathemas
Abrasive Antagonists
Amoral Apparitions
Bare-Faced Bumpkins
Belligerent Bumpkins
Black-Hearted Brigands
Bombastic Braggarts
Bubonic Bums
Cantankerous Cads
Cantankerous Carnivores
Carnivorous Combatants
Cheeky Cheapskates
Cockamamie Clodhoppers
Cold-Blooded Cockroaches
Conniving Curmudgeons
Creepy Crumbums
Crotchety Caterwaulers
Deceitful Dissemblers
Demented Derelicts
Deplorable Dodo-Birds
Disgusting Denizens
Dismal Double-Dealers
Fanatical Flunkies
Fearful Flimflammers
Felonious Fumblers
Foolsome Fakers
Gimlet-Eyed Gripers
Heavy-Handed Hooligans
Homely Hobgoblins
Horrible Harpies
Hypocritical Hardnoses
Ill-Natured Illiterates
Imbalanced Imbeciles
Impenitent Idiots
Incorrigable Imps
Juvenile Joy-Killers
Kaleidoscopic Killjoys
Lackluster Lackeys
Licentious Lackeys
Loquacious Lackeys
Lowdown Looters
Machiavellian Monsters
Malicious Mongrels
Menacing Meanies
Mendacious Mercenaries
Miserly Maniacs
Money-Grubbing Malingerers
Nefarious No-Goodnicks
Nefarious Nasties
Nitpicking Nitwits
Obstreperous Obstructionists
Odious Outlaws
Ostentatious Ogres
Peckant (?) Prodigals
Perfidious Punks
Perverted Pillagers
Predatory Partisans
Preposterous Polecats
Rambunctious Rotters
Rancid Rapscallions
Reprehensible Reprobates
Repulsive Rogues
Repulsive Roughians
Rotten Retches
Scandalous Scallywags
Scurrilous Scallywags
Scurrilous & Scurvy Scoundrels
Scurvy Skunks
Shady Shafters
Shameful Skinflints
Shameless Charlatans
Spaced-Out Spartans
Terrifying Titans
Thoughtless Thugs
Tragicomic Traitors
Treasonous Transgressors
Treacherous Troglodytes
Vacuous Vagabonds
Venal Vagabonds
Vicious Villains
Villainous Vagrants
Viriluent Varmints
Xenophobic Zombies
Yellow-Bellied Yahoos
Yucky Yokels
Zealous Xenophobics

What do you have to say today, Villains?
A BIG WALK FOR NOTHING
A FOOL AND HIS $$...
A VILLIAN A DAY...KEEPS THE MONEY AWAY
AIN'T WE CUTE?
ANOTHER BIMBO
AVOID THE RUSH.....LOSE NOW
BACK AGAIN ANDREA
BEGINNING OF THE END
BITE THE BULLET
BURRRRP
CANDY LITTLE GIRLS?
DON'T BUY A HOUSE
EASY MARK
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
FAREWELL MY LOVELY
FIND LEGIT WORK
FIVE TIME TURKEY
FOOLS RUSH IN
FOR GOD'S SAKE GET OUT!
GOBBLE GOBBLE
GONNA GETCHA
HAPPINESS IS A PANICKED CONTESTANT
HE'S A BIG SUCKER
HE'LL FALL IN 4
HE'LL NEVER LEARN
HER AGAIN?
HERE COMES THE SAD PART
HI, FOLKS
HI...ANXIETY
HISS ON YOU
HOPE YOU LOSE
HO..HUM...
HOW ABOUT...CELEBRITY VILLAINS??
HOWDY, BUCKEROO
HOWDY PARDNER
IT'S A NERD! IT'S A PAIN!
IT'S BEEN 20 WEEKS INTRODUCE US ALREADY
IT'S HARD BEING CARDBOARD
IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP
IT'S NOW OR NEVER
IT'S THE BLIND....LEADING THE BLIND
KILROY WAS HERE
LAST REQUESTS?
LOOKS LIKE A LOSER
MAKE LOVE, NOT MONEY
MORNING ALREADY??
NANOO NANOO
NO GO SCHMO
NO WAY, JOSE'
NO WAY RAY
ON GUARD, HOWARD
PALMS SWEATY?
POST NO BILLS
PUNT
SHE'LL DIVE IN FIVE
STARS MAKE US NERVOUS
SUCH A CUTIE
SURRENDER?
TEN AGAINST ONE
THE GUY FROM M*A*S*H...WON'T WIN THE C*A*S*H
THE LAST MILE
THE VILLAINS IS WILLIN'
THIS TURKEY AGAIN?
TRICK OR TREAT
VILLAINS 5, HOWARD 0
VILLAINS 65 PEOPLE 13
VILLAINS 80 PEOPLE 14
VIVA VILLAINS
WANNA BOGGIE?
WE GOT UP FOR THIS?
WE NEED A BREATH MINT
WE NEED LOVE, TOO
WE WANT A CONTRACT
WE WANT A RAISE
WELCOME TO THE...SLALOM OF SHAME
WE'RE CUTE BUT DEADLY
WE'RE ON THE ROPES
WE'RE JUST PAWNS...IN THE GAME OF WHEW!
WHEW! FOR TWO??
WOE BE TO MOBLEY
YANKEE GO HOME
YOU AGAIN?
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING
YOU WON?

Gauntlet Loss:
A FIASCO!
ACT LIKE A MAN
AIN'T WE GOT FUN?
...AND DON'T COME BACK
ANOTHER PIGEON
ANYTHING WE CAN DO?
BACK TO SCHOOL
BACK TO THE SADDLE
BEAT IT SONNY
BOMBS AWAY
BORN TO LOSE
BYE, BYE BIRDIE
CRYBABY
CRY ME A RIVER
DEVIL MADE US DO IT
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
EXIT LEFT
GET THE HOOK
GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT
GO BACK TO BED
GO FISH
GO SUCK AN EGG
GO WALK THE DOG
GONE WITH THE WIND
GOTCHA!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
HIP, HIP HOORAY
HIRE A TUTOR
IT'S ONLY MONEY
KEEP YOUR NIGHT JOB
MAYBE SOME OTHER SHOW
NEED A DRINK?
NEED A HANDOUT?
NICE GUYS FINISH LAST
NICE KNOWIN' YA
NO HARD FEELINGS
NOTHING PERSONAL
ONE UP ONE DOWN
PARTY'S OVER
PLOP, PLOP, FIZZ, FIZZ
REMEMBER YOUR DIGNITY
SAYONARA
SHOULDA PRACTICED
SO LONG, SAP
SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN
SOMEDAY NEVER COMES
SOOOOO SORRY
SO'S YOUR OLD MAN
SYMPATHIES
T.K.O.
TAKE 2 ASPRIN
THAT'S SHOW BIZ
THE SHAME OF IT ALL
TOLD YA SO
TOUGH TOENAILS
TRY AND COLLECT
TRY PASSWORD
WANT A KLEENEX?
WANT A TISSUE?
WE ARE SOOO SMART
WE STRUCK AGAIN
WE TOLD YOU SO
WE'LL MISS YOU
WE'RE SORRY.....ALMOST
WHO'S NEXT?
WHO'S SORRY NOW?
WIPE OUT!
YOU FLUNKED

Gauntlet Win:
BYE, BYE, BUDGET
CALM DOWN
DRAT!
GREEDY, GREEDY
HE HAS NO CLASS
IN PENNIES
IT'S I.R.S. TIME
LEND ME FIVE
OH NOOO!!
OUCH
SPARE A DIME?
TILT
TOUCHE'
WANNA BUY SWAMPLAND
WE WENT EASY
WOE IS WE

[Bryce L.]

One to add to the "What do you have to say today, Villains?" section...

WE'RE ON THE ROPES

[Casey Buck]

One to add to the "What do you have to say today, Villains?" section...

WE'RE ON THE ROPES

Fixed.

[MikeK]

VILLAINS 65, PEOPLE 13
VILLAINS 80 PEOPLE 14

That's a dry streak.  I'm thinking Deb Howard was that one win; Randy said she was either the winner before Randy or two before.  The winner just before Randy was the older guy from the first full week to air on BUZZR with the odd sideburns.

[weaklink75]

VILLAINS 65, PEOPLE 13
VILLAINS 80 PEOPLE 14

That's a dry streak.  I'm thinking Deb Howard was that one win; Randy said she was either the winner before Randy or two before.  The winner just before Randy was the older guy from the first full week to air on BUZZR with the odd sideburns.

Considering how big the prize was at the time, I figured the winning % would be low- I’d think about 1 in 5 is tries is optimal (about 1 win a week), but 1 for 16 between those 2 remarks? I guess it shows how difficult the round can be- you basically need to get 10 out of 12-15 (depending on extra time won), and missing one seems to throw people off a lot..


And HE HAS NO CLASS was after a Gauntlet win, not a loss (it was when the guy with the sideburns won)

[Ian Wallis]

I had started to compile my own list of some of the better ones - but this is a great idea.  I think Yellow-Bellied Yahoos is my favorite so far!

I really applaud the effort the writers put in on this show.

[Offshored2007]

From one episode where a pig farmer won the gauntlet:
WHOLE HOG

From watching the original run (summer 1979) He yelled Soooeee!
Had it on an audio tape.

[TimK2003]

Pre-Buzzr days, when there was only a handful or two of original episodes, it looked like they only had a dozen or so different board categories, which sounded about right since each board had 28 bloopers to start. Seems like an average round will reveal at most 7 or 8 bloopers, so a lot of bloopers carry over for use on future boards.

That being said, is anybody keeping track of the divergent categories being used?  Surprisingly, it seems like there are far more categories than what I expected (again, because of all the bloopers needed per board).

It would be interesting to track all the categories and the frequency of each over the series life. 

[weaklink75]

Pre-Buzzr days, when there was only a handful or two of original episodes, it looked like they only had a dozen or so different board categories, which sounded about right since each board had 28 bloopers to start. Seems like an average round will reveal at most 7 or 8 bloopers, so a lot of bloopers carry over for use on future boards.

That being said, is anybody keeping track of the divergent categories being used?  Surprisingly, it seems like there are far more categories than what I expected (again, because of all the bloopers needed per board).

It would be interesting to track all the categories and the frequency of each over the series life.

I didn’t count repeats but here’s a list of categories from the eps floating around (Buzzr & otherwise)

Music
Women
Literature
Birds & Bees
Movies
Travel
Science
Bad Guys & Girls
The 60s
Animals
Quote unquote
Legends & Superstitions
Show Business
Politics
Television
Food & Drink
The 50s
The Old West
Theater
Around The House
Dance
Landmarks
Business
20th century
Medicine
Fun & games
History
Kids
Customs & Traditions
Art
The Americas
The 70s

[JMFabiano]

As I mentioned in the W! thread on the Buzzr forum, this week introduced the new-ish design for the Villains that lasted until the end.  On this topic, however, was the "INTRODUCE US ALREADY" bit the first two-part message? 

The telly-bellies also turned a blue color when not in use. 

[SuperMatch93]

Another losing message: TRY PASSWORD

[KrisW73]

On this topic, however, was the "INTRODUCE US ALREADY" bit the first two-part message? 

I believe you are correct - I don't recall seeing a previous two part message.

[aaron sica]

I really applaud the effort the writers put in on this show.

Me, too. I would imagine that could be quite fun and laughter-filled with a room of people coming up with these and sharing their ideas.

[tyshaun1]

I really applaud the effort the writers put in on this show.

Me, too. I would imagine that could be quite fun and laughter-filled with a room of people coming up with these and sharing their ideas.

What's amazing is that the show only listed 2 writers: Gary Jonke and Jay Wolpert.

[aaron sica]

What's amazing is that the show only listed 2 writers: Gary Jonke and Jay Wolpert.

Wow! If that was indeed the only two people that came up with all of that, it's even more amazing.