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Re: For those Clue fans

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lapsedcatApr 9, 2008
 

 
What does Samantha look like?

It was quite funny: every time Humph referred to her, the producer,
Jon Naismith (himself a very amusing man) walked out onto the stage
and handed Humph a piece of paper. This would lead Humph to apologise
for Samantha's continued absence and give him the opportunity to trot
out a stream of innuendo ("Samantha's been held up - apparently she's
been kept on the phone by a grumpy old acquaintance of hers who
insists on complaining about everything. But she doesn't mind
handling his testy calls.")




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

>
>
> On Monday, April 7, 2008, at 07:22 PM, lapsedcat wrote:
>
> > I went to see ISIHAC Live at the Lowry in Salford last night. It

was

> > really good and despite his frailty, Humph was on top form (I had

been

> > expecting lots of fluffed lines, but in the event he handled even

the

> > most intricate double-entendres with aplomb).
> >
> > My only minor quibble was that it was all recycled material, even

the

> > Sound Charades subjects - it was a bit flat watching Messrs Hardy

and

> > Brooke-Taylor pretending not to recognise a charade for Herbie

Goes to

> > Monte Carlo which had been performed in a recent series. But, as

I say,

> > overall it was excellent. Humph even played his trumpet at the

end.

> >
> > Maybe it's me, but there was definitely an air of valediction

about the

> > proceedings... you could quite believe that this was one of the

last

> > times the teams would perform together and that this was a chance

for

> > them to air some of their "Greatest Hits" for posterity.
>
> It does seem a shame they didn't create any new material, though I

guess

> a lot of the joy of Clue is familiar jokes. I rather think they'll

go on

> for a few more years more, assuming the main quartet remain healthy.
>
> But what I want to know is - what does Samantha look like? :)
>

 
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