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Re: Nicholas' interruptions

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juliajellicoeJan 28, 2008
 

 
When I got a new tape deck in my old car, I remember being startled to
hear Nicholas clearly whispering "Challenge" in the middle of
someone's spiel. I think it was the Margolyes eppy.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Robert L. Torres"
<bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:

>
> Some people may not know this, but there have been quite a number of
> occasions when you can actually hear Nicholas trying to prompt
> another panelist into challenging, its subtle, almost a stage whisper
> in some shows, but its there nonetheless.
>
> I remember when I was listening to episode #410, when Sandi Toksvig
> was a guest. It was during Paul's subject of 'The Thing in the
> Cellar', he was going quite well, but at around the 3 minute and 32
> second mark of the episode, you can faintly hear Nicholas whispering
> to Sandi that Paul repeated 'investigate'.
>
> another instance is during I think the first or second appearance by
> Gerry Kelly, in which Clement was speaking on a subject, and Clement
> actually stops and says to Nicholas 'Can you hear me over there? Cuz
> I can hear you.'
>
> another time I think was during an episode that had Tony Hawks and
> Fred MacAuley. I can't remember who else was there, I think it was
> Derek Nimmo that was speaking on some subject, and Tony challenged
> simply to stop Nicholas' gesticulations.
>
> now these are quite subtle, but no less sneaky and underhanded, as
> opposed to one instance back in 1979 when the panel was Kenneth,
> Clement, Miriam Margolyes and Kenneth Robinson, and during the first
> subject which was 'Hotch Potch', Nicholas just up and decides to
> interrupt Clement while he's talking.
>
> this follows along similar lines to when Nicholas just up and decides
> to press someone else's buzzer while someone is talking or decides to
> steal the subject away from someone that's speaking and hasn't
> committed any of the sins of the game and gives it someone else for
> no reason other than Nicholas decides he wants to hear from that
> person.
>
> now, I'd just like to get a general understanding of how people feel
> about this sort of thing.
>

 
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