Adam & Joe had a good bit on the same subject, 'public pretending', on their radio show a while ago.

Thought I recognised that voice, this is by Joe Cornish of Adam & Joe.

According to Wikipedia:

The gameplay of E.T. consists of maneuvering the fictional alien character E.T. through several screens to obtain the three pieces necessary to assemble a device to "phone home". The phone pieces can be obtained by finding them scattered randomly in various wells (pits) or the player can collect nine Reese's Pieces and then "call Elliot," who will then bring him a phone piece. Additionally, the player must avoid an FBI agent and scientist in pursuit. If the scientist catches E.T., the player is carried to the Washington D.C. screen, although a skillful player can escape just before the scientist carries E.T. to the next screen. If the FBI agent touches E.T., one phone piece will be confiscated and randomly hidden in one of the wells (if E.T. has no phone pieces, all Reese's Pieces that E.T. has collected will be confiscated and if E.T. is carrying nothing, there will be no penalty).

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E.T. is also given a limited supply of energy and starts the game with 9999 points. Any action, including movement, depletes the energy. E.T. can use Reese's Pieces at an "eat candy" zone and press the button to replenish energy. If E.T. reaches zero energy, he will turn white and die. Three times per game, Elliot will then appear to revive E.T. by "merging" with him, letting the player continue with 1500 points. Locating and reviving a wilted flower adds an extra revival from Elliot. If E.T. dies more times than Elliot can revive him, the game ends.

Four of the six screens are riddled with wells of varying size that E.T. falls into if he gets too close, causing him to lose some energy. In order to get out, the player must levitate E.T. by pressing the controller button and tilting the joystick forward. Since phone pieces and wilted flowers are found at the bottom of wells, this often leads to the majority of the game consisting of players intentionally falling into wells in order to complete the round.

Once E.T. has all three phone pieces, the player may press the controller button at a "call ship zone." This causes a timer to appear and count down the time E.T. has to arrive at the landing zone in the forest. In most cases, E.T. cannot call his ship when a human is present (lower difficulty levels will allow it). Once the player finds the landing zone they may press the controller button again to call the ship. If no humans are present when the timer has run out, the ship will appear and pick E.T. up. This will end that round of play. The player is then given bonus points based on how many Reese's Pieces he has left and may continue playing for another round. Aside from bonus points earned, all rounds are functionally identical and do not increase in difficulty with play.

Remind anybody of anything?

What's this? Some kind of Adam & Joe Sift Renaissance?

Finally, two A&J's are going to have escaped the queue! (Check mine and NickyP's discarded Sifts for more of these guys).

There you go Benjee! 20 votes for an Adam & Joe clip. Soon it'll be Vic & Bob

Wow: finally an Adam & Joe video that's going to escape the queue!

I have to say I'm with deputydog on this one - it's definately the kid talking and knowing what Adam & Joe's comedy is like, this is probably a very rehearsed 'game' he plays with his kid that he has recorded.

Good luck Rickabruzzo - I posted this 10 days ago, but ended with just 5 votes (7 up & 2 down). I think there's no Adam & Joe on the Sift because they aren't liked here - check out: Adam & Joe sing 'Bobby DeNiro', Louises' Star Trek Song & The Footie Song - all of which were discarded.

Wow: Adam & Joe are really hated on VideoSift...

No - there is no point system (as there is no point!) It's a completely fabricated game show (by Adam & Joe: the host) where neither contestant is in on the joke...hence the look of pure confusion on theyre faces!

It's been done better before - Adam & Joes Quizzlestick [ http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=13758 ] was first & much funnier (as the contestants didn't know it was fake!)

I agree that a comment on down-voting would be helpful; I've had two so far (that I've noticed) without any kind of explanation. I think one may have been accidental (farhads down-vote for Adam & Joes Bobby Deniro - unless he really didn't like it!) And the other one, I guess; because Ant doesn't like the Aphex Twin Windowlicker video (not to everyones taste).

I've not used a down-vote so far (not deliberately anyway!) - but when I do I'll be posting why. Although, I think an earlier Sift Talk post suggested a mandatory comment for reasoning - but as the FAQ doesn't say you have to give a reason: it wouldn't be implemented (I think it's just Sifting etiquette).