"Whoever heard of a girl called Jeremiah?!"

"Whoever heard of a girl called Jeremiah?!"

There's a button on YouTube you have to press before you can upload videos longer than 15 minutes and we finally got round to pressing it the other day.

But what could we feature in such a piece? It would have to be something we could talk at length about, so obviously we went for '3-2-1's cowboy episode from 5th August 1978...

Known as 'The Wild West' or simply 'Western', it might not be stuffed to the rafters with guest stars like some of the Christmas specials, but as with so many of these early ones, there's a rich vein of material to discuss.

So last night's video clocked up a solid 18 minutes, and frankly we could have done a DVD commentary for the full 52 minutes without breaking into a sweat. And the idea does appeal, so be warned!

As usual, we start off with the quiz round, but it being early days for the show, this section does rather outstay its welcome. The mental arithmetic bit seems a little out-of-place compared to naming some 'Carry On' films or girls' names beginning with the letter 'J'.

You also have the oddity this season that if you win this, your prize is a sash, some cash, a seat in the audience and an invitation to come back next week. The reigning champions (who have come all the way from Romford in Essex) stick around for quite a few weeks, probably becoming as familiar to the security guard on the front gates as host Ted Rogers himself.

A decent amount of money has been spent on the West West town set and there's even a bit of stunt work on display. In fact, there's little left over in the kitty to buy a decent table for Ted...

You've got Mike Harding (The Rochdale Cowboy) and Beryl Reid lending a hand, though the portrait artist doesn't look too comfortable in front of a camera.

And the sudden cut to a message from jockey Jimmy Bleasdale is a trifle unexpected, but it beats the grimy photos you used to get illustrating the holiday destination.

Slick is not a word we'd use to describe this instalment, but the more professional '3-2-1' becomes over its run, the less interesting we find it. In its final years, it all seems to merge into a bland soup of singing and dancing that just plays it a bit too safe.

Here you've got awful jokes, Jimmy Stewart impressions and far too many people tasked with assisting Ted. It is, at least, memorable. Whether that's always for the right reasons is up to the individual viewer.

There's no accounting for taste, of course, but we're not here to knock '3-2-1'. Far from it, in fact, as there may well be more to come. Can we break through the 20-minute barrier?

I'm already remembering bonkers moments in such episodes as 1982's 'Space' and thinking that this would be a piece of cake...

(By Andrew Trowbridge)