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Topic: just discovered JAM, and two questions

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bob corriganSep 30, 2007
 

 
I wanted to say hello as not only a new forum member but as someone
who just discovered "Just a Minute". Since my discovery I've been
busily gathering up a collection of episodes, for which I have to say
thank you for all of you who have so diligently a) recorded them, b)
encoded them to MP3 and c) posted them here.

Two questions come to mind that I'd like to pose:

1. I'm curious to see that some episodes are listed as "unavailable" -
is there an effort underway to contact the BBC to obtain recordings of
these "lost" episodes, or are you (as a community) relying on
fan-recorded shows?

2. In the course of its long history, are there certain shows that
"stand out" in your opinion either as "especially funny" or
"extraordinarily competitive" or "a rare confluence of personalities"?

Again, hello all and thanks for making this resource available.

Best,

bob

 
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Topic: Re: just discovered JAM, and two questions

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Dean BedfordSep 30, 2007
 

 
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:11:59 -0000, "bob corrigan" <bob.corrigan@...>
wrote:
questions come to mind that I'd like to pose:

>
> 1. I'm curious to see that some episodes are listed as "unavailable" -
> is there an effort underway to contact the BBC to obtain recordings of
> these "lost" episodes, or are you (as a community) relying on
> fan-recorded shows?

There are only 14 out of 682 radio shows missing. That's a pretty good
record. I suspect the BBC itself doesn't have the missing ones, as they
don't appear on the shows being played around the world.

Feel free to write to them and see if you get a response. But bear in mind
the BBC has, as far as I know, never helped fan groups directly by
supplying them with shows.

>
> 2. In the course of its long history, are there certain shows that
> "stand out" in your opinion either as "especially funny" or
> "extraordinarily competitive" or "a rare confluence of personalities"?
>

I posted on the blog on my favourites a few months ago. I'll post it again
as it's always a good talking point.

best, Dean

 
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Topic: Re: just discovered JAM, and two questions

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bob corriganSep 30, 2007
 

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

>
>
>
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:11:59 -0000, "bob corrigan" <bob.corrigan@...>
> wrote:
> questions come to mind that I'd like to pose:
> >
> > 1. I'm curious to see that some episodes are listed as "unavailable" -
> > is there an effort underway to contact the BBC to obtain recordings of
> > these "lost" episodes, or are you (as a community) relying on
> > fan-recorded shows?
>
> There are only 14 out of 682 radio shows missing. That's a pretty good
> record. I suspect the BBC itself doesn't have the missing ones, as they
> don't appear on the shows being played around the world.
>
> Feel free to write to them and see if you get a response. But bear

in mind

> the BBC has, as far as I know, never helped fan groups directly by
> supplying them with shows.
> >
> > 2. In the course of its long history, are there certain shows that
> > "stand out" in your opinion either as "especially funny" or
> > "extraordinarily competitive" or "a rare confluence of personalities"?
> >
> I posted on the blog on my favourites a few months ago. I'll post it

again

> as it's always a good talking point.
>
> best, Dean

Thank you for posting your favorites - I have not yet perused the
whole depth of your blog yet, otherwise I would have found it. Thank
you for duplicating the effort.

14 out of 682 is remarkable - I had no clue so many episodes had been
found!

Curiously, in my effort to download all that are "found", I've had
only one file kick back:

JAM - #434 - Scarborough
Just A Minute - 1994.01.01 s30e01 #434 - Scarborough (CF, PJ, DN, J
Eclair) [DB].mp3 (26.76 MB)

The link for this file seems to be broken, at least to my efforts.
Every other file downloads flawlessly.

Back to listening,

bob