▁of ▁input ▁from ▁Mitchell ▁despite ▁him ▁being ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁good ▁performances ▁on ▁other ▁panel ▁games , ▁saying : ▁" This ▁sad ly ▁means ▁that ▁Mitchell ▁is ▁almost ▁redundant ▁and ▁is ▁reduced ▁to ▁the ▁roll ▁[ s ic ] ▁of ▁an ▁u mp ire ." ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁Z oe ▁Williams ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁Mitchell , ▁writing : ▁" The ▁Un bel iev able ▁Tr uth , ▁for ▁instance , ▁should ▁never ▁have ▁been ▁recomm ission ed . ▁It ' s ▁only ▁fun ny ▁when ▁C live ▁Anderson ▁is ▁speaking . ▁They ▁could ▁more ▁profit ably ▁dev ise ▁a ▁show ▁that ▁was ▁just ▁C live ▁Anderson , ▁speaking . ▁Its ▁fail ures ▁as ▁a ▁qu iz ▁are ▁ad mi rab ly ▁demonstrated ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁scoring ▁is ▁now ▁inverse ▁to ▁the ▁d roll ery , ▁so ▁that ▁C live ▁scores ▁no ▁points ▁at ▁all , ▁and ▁Lucy ▁Por ter ▁sometimes ▁wins . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁care ▁about ▁scoring ▁when ▁it ' s ▁like ▁I ' m ▁Sorry ▁I ▁H aven ' t ▁a ▁Cl ue ▁and ▁it ' s ▁meant ▁to ▁mean ▁nothing , ▁but ▁they ▁can ' t ▁all ▁be ▁spo of ▁game - sh ows . ▁Some ▁of ▁them ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁actual ▁games ▁that ▁work ." ▁ ▁The ▁BBC ▁received ▁" al most ▁ 5 0 " ▁compla ints ▁after ▁Mitchell ▁opened ▁the ▁ 2 6 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁episode ▁with ▁the ▁line , ▁" There ▁is ▁absolutely ▁no ▁truth ▁in ▁the