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Re: Clement

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stevenwickhamFeb 12, 2008
 

 
AT LAST!!! Someone else who thinks that Aimi McDonald was absolutely
terrible, and slowed up every show she was in due to Nicholas'
ridiculous attempts to be chivalrous and flirty!!


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

>
> Dean,
>
> I didn't mean to sound callous or dismissive of Clement in my

previous

> post - in fact, I rank him higher than Nimmo and Jones in
> the "classic" JAM pantheon. What I was trying to say was that I

think

> he should think about retiring soon, as I feel the other

contestants

> (bar Merton) and especially Nicholas tend to indulge him these

days,

> and while this is very noble, it doesn't necessarily make for a

tight,

> punchy programme... I'm reminded of the (in my opinion) ill-judged
> handful of Stanley Unwin editions in the late seventies, where even
> Kenneth Williams seemed to handle him (Unwin) with kid-gloves.
>
> Just A Minute has survived so long for many reasons, not least

because

> it has constantly evolved and hasn't "carried" people - with the
> possible exception of (again in my opinion) Peter Jones towards the
> end, Aimi MacDonald (and let me get all Daily Mail here and say

why,

> why, why did they continue to invite her back when she was so
> singularly inept and barely amusing?) and now Clement.
>

 
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