Ask the Family both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname, with all being quantity surveyors by profession (including the children). A spoof edition on the "Kenny Everett Television Show" featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the (female) heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families. Ask the Family Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005
Ask the Techies videos have been produced by D.Lee Beard and various Ohio University staff and students on a volunteer basis. ComputerWorld listed in their "Top How-to Tech Videos That Won't Cost You a Dime" "Ask the Techies" ' Episode 47 (Use Windows Remote Access): Chronicle of Higher Education wrote: "The hosts mix humor with geek knowledge." The Ohio Learning Network described the show as "A very informative and informal podcast" The New Media Consortium and Educause 2006 Horizon Report stated: "The vodcasts are informative, but also light-hearted and fun, designed to appeal to non-techies." http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2006_Horizon_Report.pdf Gina Hughes, of Yahoo! Tech, listed "Ask