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Re: today's show

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stevenwickhamAug 14, 2007
 

 
--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
> I thought it was a thoroughly entertaining edition. Tim Rice plays

the

> role of Clement-type grump very very well. Alun Cochrane possibly

didn't

> do enough to get a recall, but he was funny when he had the subject

and

> was engaging. Paul Merton was in his usual form and his usual form

is

> very very good.
>
> I thought Chris Neill was the star though - he has a unique style

now

> and camps it up magnificently. Every time he opens his mouth

something

> funny comes out.
>
> Alas, he has the poorest win record of anyone in JAM history -

equal

> with Sue Perkins - of no wins in 18 games. I mention this because

my

> scoring of what went to air showed he won. The scoring of what goes

to

> air is almost always different to the scores announced because the

show

> is edited - in this case two whole rounds were omitted. But still -

a

> positive sign perhaps?
>

I do like Chris Neill's style... it does hark back to the excesses of
Kenneth Williams, indeed even his vocal mannerisms do bring back
happy echoes of Mr W. I recently saw his one man show in London and
he is just as funny on stage. It was a small theatre and a sadly
small audience though.

 
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