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Topic: ISIHAC Triva with 1 JAM Related item

Message 1 / 5
MiriamMar 29, 2008
 

 
The following article (which has a photo of the
ISIHAC cast) appeared
in The List:
http://www.list.co.uk/article/7217-5-things-you-might-not-know-about-
im-sorr
y-i-havent-got-a-clue/


5 Things you might not know about - I'm Sorry I
Haven't Got A Clue
Source: The List (Issue 599)
Date: 27 March 2008
Written by: Brian Donaldson

1. Humphrey Lyttelton had a top 20 hit in the 1950s
with 'Bad Penny
Blues' and played on Radiohead's 'Life in a
Glasshouse'. The
Humph appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2006.

2. Tim Brooke-Taylor's grandfather was a parson who
played
centre-forward for England in the 1890s. TB-T was the
subject of This Is Your
Life in 1981.

3. Big in Finland, Barry Cryer hit the top spot on
their charts in 1958
with a version of 'Purple People Eater'. Baz
presented the early
1970s comedy game show Joker's Wild in which
panellists had to tell a
joke based on topics picked at random.

4. Aberdeen-born Graeme Garden's son John is keyboard
player with the
Scissor Sisters. GG was president of Cambridge
Footlights in 1963, a
role taken in 1962 by Tim Brooke-Taylor and in 1964
by Eric Idle.

******5. Jeremy Hardy was booed by the Just a Minute***
audience in 2000 when
reacting to the word 'parasites' with a skit about
the Royal Family.
Jezza hasn't been invited back since. ( hmmmmmmm)

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Mar.

Thanks to The Goodies Rule OK!
http://www.goodiesruleok.com/

 
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Topic: Re: ISIHAC Triva with 1 JAM Related item

Message 2 / 5
Robert TorresMar 29, 2008
 

 
Actually, to be accurate, it wasn't a skit about the Royal Family.  In actual fact, Jeremy was referring to the Royal Family as being parasites.  Because I believe he said something to the extent of there being a family of parasites that exist in Buckingham Palace, which is what the audience reacted to. 

Miriam <delmelza@...> wrote:

The following article (which has a photo of the
ISIHAC cast) appeared
in The List:
http://www.list. co.uk/article/ 7217-5-things- you-might- not-know- about-
im-sorr
y-i-havent-got- a-clue/

5 Things you might not know about - I'm Sorry I
Haven't Got A Clue
Source: The List (Issue 599)
Date: 27 March 2008
Written by: Brian Donaldson

1. Humphrey Lyttelton had a top 20 hit in the 1950s
with 'Bad Penny
Blues' and played on Radiohead's 'Life in a
Glasshouse'. The
Humph appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2006.

2. Tim Brooke-Taylor' s grandfather was a parson who
played
centre-forward for England in the 1890s. TB-T was the
subject of This Is Your
Life in 1981.

3. Big in Finland, Barry Cryer hit the top spot on
their charts in 1958
with a version of 'Purple People Eater'. Baz
presented the early
1970s comedy game show Joker's Wild in which
panellists had to tell a
joke based on topics picked at random.

4. Aberdeen-born Graeme Garden's son John is keyboard
player with the
Scissor Sisters. GG was president of Cambridge
Footlights in 1963, a
role taken in 1962 by Tim Brooke-Taylor and in 1964
by Eric Idle.

******5. Jeremy Hardy was booed by the Just a Minute***
audience in 2000 when
reacting to the word 'parasites' with a skit about
the Royal Family.
Jezza hasn't been invited back since. ( hmmmmmmm)

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Mar.

Thanks to The Goodies Rule OK!
http://www.goodiesr uleok.com/

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Topic: Re: ISIHAC Triva with 1 JAM Related item

Message 3 / 5
Dean BedfordMar 29, 2008
 

 
On Sunday, March 30, 2008, at 06:42 AM, Robert Torres wrote:

> Actually, to be accurate, it wasn't a skit about the Royal Family.  In
> actual fact, Jeremy was referring to the Royal Family as being
> parasites.  Because I believe he said something to the extent of there
> being a family of parasites that exist in Buckingham Palace, which is
> what the audience reacted to. 

I'm not sure what you think is factually incorrect, unless it 's just
the word "skit". The word "quip" or "joke" would better describe what
Jeremy was doing as it was just one sentence, but it's hardly a
significant factual error. My dictionary defines "skit" as "a light
piece of satire" and that's not a million miles away from what Jeremy
was doing. Jeremy did use the word parasites and clearly was referring
to the Royal Family.

I would more question the claim - in the original trivia - that he
hasn't been invited back to JAM since. For all we know he may have been
invited back several times. I doubt this one joke has had any effect at
all on his JAM career and Jeremy has continued to make jokes about the
Royals on News Quiz and Clue. Indeed the fact that he appears so often
on other Radio Four panel games is more likely to be the reason he
doesn't do JAM, IMO.

Finally just a thought. I'd like us to try and avoid phrases like "in
actual fact" and "actually to be accurate". Firstly the phrases are
tautological - all facts are actual - but more importantly they just
have a condescending tone which we want to avoid in a group where we all
try to be friendly with each other and have fun.

 
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Topic: Re: ISIHAC Triva with 1 JAM Related item

Message 4 / 5
Robert TorresMar 30, 2008
 

 

On Sunday, March 30, 2008, at 06:42 AM, Robert Torres wrote:

> Actually, to be accurate, it wasn't a skit about the Royal Family.  In
> actual fact, Jeremy was referring to the Royal Family as being
> parasites.  Because I believe he said something to the extent of there
> being a family of parasites that exist in Buckingham Palace, which is
> what the audience reacted to. 

I'm not sure what you think is factually incorrect, unless it 's just
the word "skit". The word "quip" or "joke" would better describe what
Jeremy was doing as it was just one sentence, but it's hardly a
significant factual error. My dictionary defines "skit" as "a light
piece of satire" and that's not a million miles away from what Jeremy
was doing. Jeremy did use the word parasites and clearly was referring
to the Royal Family.

I would more question the claim - in the original trivia - that he
hasn't been invited back to JAM since. For all we know he may have been
invited back several times. I doubt this one joke has had any effect at
all on his JAM career and Jeremy has continued to make jokes about the
Royals on News Quiz and Clue. Indeed the fact that he appears so often
on other Radio Four panel games is more likely to be the reason he
doesn't do JAM, IMO.

Finally just a thought. I'd like us to try and avoid phrases like "in
actual fact" and "actually to be accurate". Firstly the phrases are
tautological - all facts are actual - but more importantly they just
have a condescending tone which we want to avoid in a group where we all
try to be friendly with each other and have fun.

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Topic: Re: ISIHAC Triva with 1 JAM Related item

Message 5 / 5
lapsedcatMar 31, 2008
 

 
Just goes to prove that Radio 4 audiences are largely made up of
middle-aged Home Counties Daily Mail readers. I seem to remember
Clement Freud groaned as well, but this was probably due to the
knighthood.


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

>
> Actually, to be accurate, it wasn't a skit about the Royal Family.

In actual fact, Jeremy was referring to the Royal Family as being
parasites. Because I believe he said something to the extent of
there being a family of parasites that exist in Buckingham Palace,
which is what the audience reacted to.

>
> Miriam <delmelza@...> wrote: The following article (which

has a photo of the

> ISIHAC cast) appeared
> in The List:
> http://www.list.co.uk/article/7217-5-things-you-might-not-know-

about-

> im-sorr
> y-i-havent-got-a-clue/
>
> 5 Things you might not know about - I'm Sorry I
> Haven't Got A Clue
> Source: The List (Issue 599)
> Date: 27 March 2008
> Written by: Brian Donaldson
>
> 1. Humphrey Lyttelton had a top 20 hit in the 1950s
> with 'Bad Penny
> Blues' and played on Radiohead's 'Life in a
> Glasshouse'. The
> Humph appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2006.
>
> 2. Tim Brooke-Taylor's grandfather was a parson who
> played
> centre-forward for England in the 1890s. TB-T was the
> subject of This Is Your
> Life in 1981.
>
> 3. Big in Finland, Barry Cryer hit the top spot on
> their charts in 1958
> with a version of 'Purple People Eater'. Baz
> presented the early
> 1970s comedy game show Joker's Wild in which
> panellists had to tell a
> joke based on topics picked at random.
>
> 4. Aberdeen-born Graeme Garden's son John is keyboard
> player with the
> Scissor Sisters. GG was president of Cambridge
> Footlights in 1963, a
> role taken in 1962 by Tim Brooke-Taylor and in 1964
> by Eric Idle.
>
> ******5. Jeremy Hardy was booed by the Just a Minute***
> audience in 2000 when
> reacting to the word 'parasites' with a skit about
> the Royal Family.
> Jezza hasn't been invited back since. ( hmmmmmmm)
>
> Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Mar.
>
> Thanks to The Goodies Rule OK!
> http://www.goodiesruleok.com/
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
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Blockbuster Total Access now

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