Just A Minute

Travel v London comedy value

Well, I've not done a careful study on this but I really cannot recall any travelling shows in the Kenneth Williams era.

But once the show took Paul on full time and say until recent times I can recall some excellent comedy arising from the show's location, often revolving around someone bating the audience, or making fun of the next town. Graham Norton's fantastic description of the Nottingham Goose Fair is an excellent example. And of course I loved the team's visit to Canterbury when the subject was the Canterbury Tales. Often the subjects were relevant to the place.

The best JAM period was from say 1990 to 2009. Sort of went off the boil after Clement. Dean, you did a popularity contest of Jammers for us all to vote on a few years back. It's sad that some of those we voted on are available (alive) but just don't seem to do the show anymore. The loss of those performers may be just as relevant as the London location.

Dave