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Re: Nicholas Parsons and Jane Gibson

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Robert TorresFeb 21, 2008

to be honest no, in fact the only other person aside from Nicholas who would badger a girl for not blowing the whistle correctly was Kenneth Williams. I think it was Mary Bell, who took over for Ian Messiter while he was sick, during the mid to late 80's and certainly before Kenneth started feeling so sick that he hardly contributed anything to the show as a whole.

But I agree, Nick just wouldn't leave the poor girl alone and he just kept at her, all because he felt she couldn't blow the whistle properly? I mean, the girl was already nervous because she was shaking, and the last thing she needed was some damn fool pressuring her to blow the whistle harder. Its no surprise she didn't stay with the show, she probably had a nervous breakdwon or something.

lapsedcat <lapsedcat@...> wrote:

I've been listening to the edition "Breeding Porcupines" (somewhere in
Scotland, PM, CF, FMc & GN), and Nick P was really quite merciless in
his goading of Jane Gibson to "blow the whistle harder". It was clear
that the poor girl, on what was presumably her debut, was struggling
with nerves etc, but Parsons kept on badgering her - excellent quip
from Paul, though ("Is she not blowing hard enough for you, Nicholas?").

I've noticed that Nicholas can be quite cruel and we all know he can be
patronising, but this was quite something else. Can anyone come up with
any other examples of him hectoring one of the whistle-blowers?

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