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

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Dean BedfordApr 26, 2008
 

 
On Sunday, April 27, 2008, at 06:40 AM, forrests21 wrote:

> 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.

The Sunday Times today suggests the programme may continue. It suggests
Rob Brydon, Jeremy Hardy and Paul Merton as contenders for the chair and
quotes Barry Cryer ruling himself, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
out of the chair - but not ruling out the show continuing.

From the paper - "It has run for 36 years and the BBC must now decide
whether to relaunch it with a new chairman. The panel of Barry Cryer,
Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden yesterday ruled themselves out of
daring to sit in Lyttelton’s chair.

"Frontrunners for the role will include Rob Brydon, who hosted a live
show in Bournemouth last week after Lyttelton had gone into hospital for
an operation to repair a blocked artery; Jeremy Hardy, who frequently
guested on the show to sing the words of one song set to the tune of
another; and Paul Merton, who appears on television’s Have I Got News
for You and Radio 4’s Just a Minute, the Clue’s closest rival in both
longevity – it started in 1967 – and success.

"Cryer said yesterday: “They are big shoes to fill. Humph was the very
hub of the show and it revolved around him. Leading the kazoo band was
typical of him.

“Long-running shows become like soaps with clearly defined characters
and I don’t think it would work if a panellist became chairman. It would
need somebody of stature to be parachuted in."


http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3822583.
ece

Personally I don't see Paul as a contender - if he had wanted to be a
regular on Clue, he could surely have become one years ago. Jeremy
maybe... Rob maybe...

 
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