Alan Carr said he was a member of an "endangered species" as a question on his Epic Gameshow revealed the apparent unpopularity of his name. Hosting a celebrity edition of Play Your Cards Right, the comedian was "insulted" to learn just 3% of parents surveyed by the programme would name their child 'Alan' today.
Mo Farah and Russell Kane were among the famous faces playing the rebooted ITV game show, which was originally presented by Bruce Forsyth in the 1980s. The contestants were tasked with estimating what percentage of people agreed with a certain statement before the opposing team guessed whether the correct answer was "higher or lower".
In response to the question – "We asked 100 parents: 'would you ever name your child Alan'. How many said yes?" – Farah and his wife Tania answered "45%". Kane, who was playing alongside his wife Lindsey, kick-started the somewhat inevitable insults with: "Lower, it's about 2% [...] Garys and Alans are dying names".
