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"Oh. He's called Clint!" This contestant's name badge on Pointless had everyone confused

"Oh. He's called Clint!" This contestant's name badge on Pointless had everyone confused

You would think the label-making team might want to make a new "CLINT" badge

Eleanor Bley Griffiths

Published: Tuesday, 25 October 2016 at 9:26 am

Note to the Pointless team: if you have a contestant coming in whose name is Clint, maybe think about spacing the L and the I out a little? Or switching fonts? Just a thought.

Fans of the BBC game show were left confused by Clint's uppercase name badge on Monday night, mistaking the word for something else...

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And then there was the dawning realisation:

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Of course, this is not the first time the game show, fronted by Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong, has had a Clint. Clints of years gone by have suffered from the exact same problem.

Take this Clint from three years ago:

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It might be time for the programme-makers to invest in a special Clint name badge... before things get really out of hand.

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Eleanor Bley GriffithsDrama Editor, RadioTimes.com

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