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MiriamAug 13, 2008
 

 
Re: "
so the performers are within touching distance of the

> front row. *****You'll be virtually sitting on Paul Merton's knee -

or holding

> the microphone for him!**************
> _________________________________________

Hmmm ....thanks for that Fantasty moment LOL I have a Thing for Paul
Merton and the idea of sitting on his knee well.......ahem... maybe I
had better stop there- some Fantasies are better not shared on a
Public forum :)
Actually the stage at the London Comedy Store is just a short raised
platform and I was in the center front row watching Paul and Company
perform a few yrs back-they often Were withing touching distance- but
I was good. Miriam


--- In just-a-minute@..., "Clitheroe Kid"
<clitheroekid@...> wrote:

>
> I've been to the "Rose Theatre", in Kingston-on-Thames, for other
> productions (not for BBC recordings).
>
> It's a VERY intimate (i.e. small) venue. It's really nothing more

than a

> tiny room above the Rose and Crown pub, with only seating for about

40

> people. Much smaller even than the Jermyn Street Theatre in Central

London,

> which squashes in an audience of about 70.
>
> If you go to a recording at the Rose Theatre, there are only 3 rows

of

> seats. And no stage; so the performers are within touching distance

of the

> front row. *****You'll be virtually sitting on Paul Merton's knee -

or holding

> the microphone for him!**************
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dean Bedford" <dbedford@...>
> To: <just-a-minute@...>
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:51 PM
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Julian Clary jokes about JAM...
>
>
> in The New Statesman this week
>
>
>
> As I arrived at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames to record

an

> episode of Radio 4's Just a Minute, I met Paul Merton. Paul always

has

> the best opening lines. I offered him a mint before we went through

the

> stage door. "Do you find it takes away the taste of your

boyfriend?" he

> asked.
>
> As we waited for the recording to begin, Nicholas Parsons was

pacing up

> and down. "Do you still get nervous?" I asked him. "Oh yes," he
> confirmed. "I still worry that maybe this time it won't work. Silly,
> really. This is our 700th recording."
>

 
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