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Re: (ISIHAC) Suggested replacements for Humph

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Dean BedfordJun 10, 2008
 

 
On Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at 08:59 PM, kj.naughton wrote:

> I think it would be a mistake to continue with "minimal change" (as
> someone mentioned on another post). A Clue that tries to be similar
> to the previous incarnation is doomed to failure. Humph can't be
> replaced and shouldn't be replaced. Anyone who sits in that chair and
> does roughly the same things as Humph did is likely to draw
> unfavourable comparisons.
>
> The show must evolve. It must move on. It must NOT be allowed to
> become a sorry post-Humph shadow of itself. Much as most of us wish
> the show continued as before and that Humph was still here to present
> it, he isn't. He's gone and so has that particular flavour of Clue.
> Just as the show moved to a different dynamic post Willie Rushton, it
> must do the same again to survive.

But isn't the real appeal of Clue its very familiarity, that it is
in-jokey, repeating the same jokes again and again? As the Observer said
in an editorial, you get the feeling that you're part of a club of funny
friends and routines you know so well. I mean whatever the joke is about
Mornington Crescent, it's clearly the same one every time. Similarly
Samantha keeping score, the Scottish pair, Gordon Bennett, Lionel Blair,
the panel is old, Jeremy can't sing, etc etc etc.

If you put in something totally different, I fear the fans will not be
happy.

 
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