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Topic: Putting it to the audience

Message 1 / 7
Steve KenrickFeb 24, 2008

Listening today to an edition from 1973, prompted me to think that it’s been sometime since Nicholas Parsons has asked the audience to decide whom they would like to continue with the subject.

Does anybody know when the last time was?

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 2 / 7
Anthony HobsonFeb 24, 2008

Actually it was last year, when Marcus Brigstocke challenged his tablemate Clement Freud on the subject of "Three of a Kind" in episode 670...

CLEMENT FREUD: A straight followed by a full house would be other combinations of playing cards which you might well confuse the enemy or the people with whom you are playing. Three of a kind could also refer to a family, like triplets, one of which could be identical...

BUZZ

NICHOLAS PARSONS: So Marcus you challenged, and you're still trying to work out...

MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: Yeah, I'm write... I've written the whole thing down and I think it's deviation because...

NP: I would have him for hesitation if I were you.

CF: Too late.

MB: No, deviation, how could only one of them be identical?

NP: One of them could be identical to one of the other two.

MB: No! No that... two of them would have to be identical.

NP: No.

MB: Those are the rules of being identical.

NP: There would be two identical ones, there would be two identical ones then and one who wasn't identical.

MB: I'm sorry? There could be two identical ones and what?

NP: One, one who was not identical.

MB: Yes but...

NP: It's different.

MB: Yes I know it's different! But you can't, you can't call that third one different just because they are. But Clement said one of them could be identical, and at least two of them would have to be identical.

NP: Well if one of them was identical, then one of the other ones must look exactly the same, which means they're two...

MB: Yes!

NP: ... and there's one...

MB: My point exactly!

NP: I know! And I disagree with it! Clement I think, I give you the benefit of the doubt, you have a correct challenge yes...

MB: Even Clement can't believe it!

CF: I haven't...

NP: One of them is identical to one of the other two!

MB: Yes, which means, if they're identical, that one of the others must also be identical! That's how identical works!

NP: No, I'm going to put this to the audience! If you agree with Marcus, will you please cheer for him. And if you disagree with Marcus, will you all shout for me. And will you all do it together now.

CHEERS AND BOOS FROM THE AUDIENCE

NP: Marcus I actually think the audience agree with you. So... I disagree with the audience. But I'm always magnanimous in these situations and the audience has spoken, the final arbiters. So Marcus you have the subject and 14 seconds starting now…

This sort of thing only happens very rarely. The last time before that was in fact in 2002 J

Ant

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Subject: [just-a-minute] Putting it to the audience

Listening today to an edition from 1973, prompted me to think that it’s been sometime since Nicholas Parsons has asked the audience to decide whom they would like to continue with the subject.

Does anybody know when the last time was?

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 3 / 7
Steve KenrickFeb 24, 2008

Thanks for that Anthony, I must have missed that episode.

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Subject: RE: [just-a-minute] Putting it to the audience

Actually it was last year, when Marcus Brigstocke challenged his tablemate Clement Freud on the subject of "Three of a Kind" in episode 670...

This sort of thing only happens very rarely. The last time before that was in fact in 2002 J

Ant

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Subject: [just-a-minute] Putting it to the audience

Listening today to an edition from 1973, prompted me to think that it’s been sometime since Nicholas Parsons has asked the audience to decide whom they would like to continue with the subject.

Does anybody know when the last time was?

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 4 / 7
Robert TorresFeb 24, 2008

honestly I don't know because I'm still trying to get caught up with the newest episodes. nowadays it seems instead of putting things to the audience, Nicholas will tell the audience to shut up or that it has nothing to do with them.

Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:

Listening today to an edition from 1973, prompted me to think that its been sometime since Nicholas Parsons has asked the audience to decide whom they would like to continue with the subject.
Does anybody know when the last time was?

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 5 / 7
deanbedfordFeb 24, 2008

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Anthony Hobson" <antster@...>
wrote:

>
> Actually it was last year, when Marcus Brigstocke challenged his

tablemate

> Clement Freud on the subject of "Three of a Kind" in episode 670...

well done Anthony!

I have a recollection at some point recently of Nicholas saying he
didn't do this so much any more because he felt it slowed things up. I
think also that Paul doesn't like the audience interaction as much as
Kenneth did. Which seems strange given Paul's background in
improvisation with ideas being thrown in from the audience.

cheers, D

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 6 / 7
lapsedcatFeb 25, 2008

It happened a lot in the seventies, and it seemed almost to become an
irritant for the likes of Freud and Jones - I remember hearing an
edition recently from series 8 in which PJ challenged Nimmo, Nicholas
couldn't decide whether to award the subject to him, so he insisted
on asking the audience, despite Peter Jones's pleas to let Derek
continue. I think NP, being the showman that he is, always liked to
include the audience.

Kenneth used to like it, mainly because nine times out of ten the
audience would side with him! This possibly partly explains why the
other panellists found it tiresome.

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

>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "Anthony Hobson" <antster@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Actually it was last year, when Marcus Brigstocke challenged his
> tablemate
> > Clement Freud on the subject of "Three of a Kind" in episode

670...

>
> well done Anthony!
>
> I have a recollection at some point recently of Nicholas saying he
> didn't do this so much any more because he felt it slowed things

up. I

> think also that Paul doesn't like the audience interaction as much

> Kenneth did. Which seems strange given Paul's background in
> improvisation with ideas being thrown in from the audience.
>
> cheers, D
>

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Topic: Re: Putting it to the audience

Message 7 / 7
antster1983Feb 25, 2008

You need to remember here that Nicholas just loves himself so much,
that I think he might be asexual! ;o)

Ant

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

>
> honestly I don't know because I'm still trying to get caught up

with the newest episodes. nowadays it seems instead of putting
things to the audience, Nicholas will tell the audience to shut up or
that it has nothing to do with them.

>
> Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:
> Listening today to an edition from 1973, prompted me

to think that it's been sometime since Nicholas Parsons has asked the
audience to decide whom they would like to continue with the subject.

>
> Does anybody know when the last time was?
>
>
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