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Re: Remembering your first JAM

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Sarah FalkFeb 3, 2007
 

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

>
>
> On Sunday, February 4, 2007, at 04:32 PM, bobbyshaddoe3004 wrote:
> > I LOVE the episode that had to do with herbacious borders, I thought
> > that was so hilarious, cuz I was able to come up with more sarcastic
> > jokes about how you could be outwitted by an herbacious border.
> >
> > essentially I reference this episode every time I comment about
> > Nicholas' complete and utter ineptitude as chairman, only with several
> > other examples as well.
>
> But if Nicholas had made the logical decision, ie. that you can't be
> outwitted by a herbaceous border - we wouldn't have had that five
> minutes of pure radio magic...
>

Exactly. Exactly. They're playing for an audience; they're not trying
to run a quiz show! Would you want JAM to turn into University
Challenge or Jeopardy, straight-up win points/lose points, no
tangential discussions, no room for rule-breaking? What is the point?
That is the question.

 
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