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Re: Paul Merton and his obsession with Zoological Gardens

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MiriamOct 13, 2007
 

 
Kenneth Wms did it with his " came all the way from Great Portland
Street" and the "cult" line so Paul is in good company and carrying on
the traditon on JAM as well as in comdey in general- gee look at the
many running gags on ISIHAC and that "samatha" hasn't aged in over 40
yrs LOL-sorry as a mr merton lover I am bound to defend him :)
Miriam

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

>
> Paul,
>
> Zoological Gardens isn't funny in itself. Please stop. You are a very
> amusing man and extremely quick-witted, but you do have to stop
> trotting out the same material when inspiration fails you. Like when
> you tell Nicholas that it's you who writes him letters. Having said

all

> this, it's quite possible I'm being unremittingly humourless and
> missing the point. Paul knows better than anybody in the business the
> rules of comedy and realises that repetition can be funny. Look at
> catchphrases... ok, maybe a bad example. And of course, repetition
> plays a big part in JAM. So it's all probably deliberate. And I've

been

> played for a chump.
>

 
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