Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment

2002
Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment

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EP1 Part 1 Sep 01, 2002

For 40 days and 40 nights DAVE GORMAN has given up normal life. Instead he has scoured the horoscopes of 20 leading astrologers

EP2 Part 2 Sep 08, 2002

Every day millions of people consult their horoscopes. Is it wise to follow the advice of astrologers? The world of science has not been brave enough to answer this question. Until now

EP3 Part 3 Sep 15, 2002

His task – to follow their advice. To ignore speculation, prediction and guesswork, but at all times to follow instruction and pursue luck.

EP4 Part 4 Sep 22, 2002

Receiving help and guidance from three world-renowned, independent experts in the fields of Love, Health and Wealth – DENISE ROBERTSON (TV agony aunt and Gemini), HILARY JONES (TV doctor and Gemini) and ALVIN HALL (TV financial advisor and Cancer) – the audience voteed on whether DAVE’S or the control’s life is turning out better.

EP5 Part 5 Sep 29, 2002

Whatever the result, in DAVE’S world truth is stranger than fiction.

EP6 Part 6 Oct 06, 2002

Series final and results.
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Dave Gorman, never one to turn down a daft quest, decides to live his life strictly by the advice of horoscopes for 40 days and nights. He picks 20 astrologers and picks one piece of clear advice each day to follow. To ensure that he can compare his happiness with how he would have been without the advice, he uses his twin brother as a control. A panel of experts on love, health and wealth sit in judgement on how he has done in order to ascertain his HQ (happiness quotient).

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bob the moo Is it wise to follow the advice of horoscopes? Dave Gorman, never one to turn down a daft quest, decides to live his life strictly by the advice of horoscopes for 40 days and nights. He picks 20 astrologers and picks one piece of clear advice each day to follow. To ensure that he can compare his happiness with how he would have been without the advice, he uses his twin brother as a control. A panel of experts on love, health and wealth sit in judgement on how he has done in order to ascertain his HQ (happiness quotient).Dave Gorman uses the same tools in his shows - the overhead projectors, the graphs, the charts and so on. Here his deadpan experiment takes his horoscope to the letter and makes comedy from it. It isn't quite as catchy as his first show (where he searched for his name sakes) simply because it is a lot more complex. Whereas with the DCC the graph was only for comedy value and was easy to understand, DGIAE has tonnes of data which you need to get - it also takes up time every week explaining it.Of course this is all nonsense and it's all a set up. I very much doubt that the control is really Gorman's twin but who cares. The horoscopes themselves are hilarious even if Gorman's antics are forced or repetitive. The `acting out' of the advice is very staged but is mostly very funny and very well presented - and I believe that some of it isn't a fix and really worked out for him (for example setting a lucky bet and winning £500).The graphs are a little bit of a downside because they take up more time. Or at least they take more time to do. For each day an expert panel give opinions on love, health and wealth and then the audience vote on Dave and his brother's status in each category. This takes time and a flash up of a stat during the voting is tired and not often funny.Overall however this is enjoyable. It lacks the pace and simplicity of the Dave Gorman Collection, but all his trademark methods are here and he still manages to get lots of laughs out of his experiment even if some of it is silly and the panel/voting bits drag on a touch too long.