8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the programmes that were chosen to be merged for the evening of specials, production teams on "Countdown" and "8 Out of 10 Cats" agreed to merge the two formats of their respective programmes together - the crossover between the two formats meant that "Countdown"s arrangement of games would be interspersed with "8 Out of 10 Cats"-style banter. As part of the merger, both Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assumed their roles from the programme, while Jimmy Carr took on the mantle of host, with both Sean Lock and Jon Richardson competing as
The Who Sell Out released as a single and peaked at #10 in the UK and #9 in the US. "The Who Sell Out" has received widespread acclaim from critics, some of whom viewed it as The Who's best record. It has also frequently been featured on all-time lists of the best albums, including "Rolling Stone" magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", on which it ranked 113th. In his book "Maximum R & B", Who confidant Richard Barnes claims to have come up with the idea of the band recording commercial jingles after their cover of the "Batman" theme appeared on the "Ready