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Re: ISIHAC - Sad news......

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forrests21Apr 26, 2008
 

 
There are few people for whom the word "un-replaceable" is true but I
have a strong feeling that Humph was one of them. There are also only
a few broadcasters for whom there can be such a sense of loss e.g.
Brian Redhead, Brian Johnston and John Peel that would rate with
Humph

As to the future - It's not that no one could do the job (Fry springs
to mind) but I'm not convinced that the other regulars would want to
do it without him - and that dynamic that was quintessentiual "Clue"
would I believe be too different.

35 years is a good innings for any show and 85 years is one heck of a
whack for any one. Monday evenings will be a little more bare now. I
know there were steps to bring back the ISIHAC links on this group.
Can I encourage those who are doing this to continue their efforts so
that we can all enjoy Humph for many a year to come.

It's a sad sad day - Our loss is Mornington Crescents Gain -
"The Trumpet shall sound - and the dead shall be raised" I Corintians
XV v52



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

>
> On the one hand, it is sad the show has ended, but on the other

hand I'm not surprised. In some respects the show wasn't the same
without Willie Rushton, the fact that it managed to keep going for as
long as it did is a miracle.

>
> It certainly has left its mark on the radio comedy landscape.

One wonders what's next for the ISIHAC team?

>
> Clitheroe Kid <clitheroekid@...> wrote:
> I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Humphrey

Lyttelton, last

> night.
>
> Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor & Barry Cryer have always made it

clear

> that they would not carry on with Clue without Humph, so this

brings the

> show to an end after 35 years. The show would not be the same

without him.

>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>

 
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