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Re: Nicholas' interruptions

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lapsedcatJan 29, 2008
 

 
In certain shows Nicholas can be exceedingly irritating, particularly
when assigning points to guests (was it Marcus Brigstocke or Jeremy
Hardy who once sent him up by saying he was "giving a point to the
poor little lady..."?)

Listening to the older shows, he seems guilty of blatant favouritism
in the Aimi MacDonald editions especially - I tend to dislike these
shows as she annoys the bejaysus out of me with her simpering and
giggling and playing the "dumb blonde" card. Seems to work on that
old roue.




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

>
> 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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