Wow, that is an impressive list of individuals. I, for one, would love it if Mike McShane popped up on the show, he might have greater luck on the show than the other Whose Line veteran who has made a few appearances over the years, Greg Proops. --- On Wed, 8/6/08, Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote: From: Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> |
I’d love it if Mike McShane guested on JAM. To me he’s an absolute ledge! (Sic)
Ant
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Wow, that is an impressive list of individuals. I, for one, would love it if Mike McShane popped up on the show, he might have greater luck on the show than the other Whose Line veteran who has made a few appearances over the years, Greg Proops.
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I always found it a shame that Mike McShane never made the crossover to the American version of Whose Line. He must not get along with Drew Carey, or he prefers to be in the UK than America.--- On Wed, 8/6/08, Anthony Hobson <antster@...> wrote:From: Anthony Hobson <antster@...> |
No, I think its producer Dan Patterson he doesn’t get along with.
Ant
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I always found it a shame that Mike McShane never
made the crossover to the American version of Whose Line. He must not
get along with Drew Carey, or he prefers to be in the
UK than
America . From: Anthony Hobson
<antster@hobson1955. freeserve. co.uk> I’d love it if Mike McShane guested on JAM. To me he’s an absolute ledge! (Sic)
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> No, I think its producer Dan Patterson he doesn't get along with.
>
>
>
> Ant
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: just-a-minute@...
> On Behalf Of Robert Torresto the
> Sent: 07 August 2008 00:53
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Subject: RE: [just-a-minute] Edinburgh recordings
>
>
>
>
> I always found it a shame that Mike McShane never made the crossover
> American version of Whose Line. He must not get along with DrewCarey, or
> he prefers to be in the UK than America.ledge!
>
> --- On Wed, 8/6/08, Anthony Hobson <antster@...>
> wrote:
>
> From: Anthony Hobson <antster@...>
> Subject: RE: [just-a-minute] Edinburgh recordings
> To: just-a-minute@...
> Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:44 PM
>
> I?d love it if Mike McShane guested on JAM. To me he?s an absolute
> (Sic)
>
> Really? That would actually make more sense as they sort of phased himI read an interview with him a few years ago and he said he got bored
> out of the UK show towards the end....I don't remember seeing him much
> after series 5ish (in my opinion the peak!).
>
> Saw him with Paul Merton's impro chums in May. Stole the show as a
> headless man running into A&E asking for help!
--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 07:49 AM, Cat wrote:
>
> > Really? That would actually make more sense as they sort of phased him
> > out of the UK show towards the end....I don't remember seeing him much
> > after series 5ish (in my opinion the peak!).
> >
> > Saw him with Paul Merton's impro chums in May. Stole the show as a
> > headless man running into A&E asking for help!
>
> I read an interview with him a few years ago and he said he got bored
> with the very short form improv on Whose Line which he thought
> encouraged a quip, a gay joke and thats it. But he also said he was
> disappointed not even to have been asked to appear on the American
> version.
>
> Still, this is all a long time ago. You've seen him recently, is it
true
> he's lost a lot of weight?
>
--- In just-a-minute@..., "Cat" <camc_84@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, almost unrecognisable. I don't have any pictures from the
night
> though.
>
> RE: what you said about the short form Impro, I think quite a few
> performers felt that way - I'm sure I read something on the Comedy
> Store Players about why they prefer their style of show. I prefer
the
> longer form, but understand why a 30min tv show would be mande in
that
> particular way. But the US one was a bit too much like Mike McShane
> has described, for me anyway. Still funny though.
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 07:49 AM, Cat wrote:
> >
> > > Really? That would actually make more sense as they sort of
phased him
> > > out of the UK show towards the end....I don't remember seeing
him much
> > > after series 5ish (in my opinion the peak!).
> > >
> > > Saw him with Paul Merton's impro chums in May. Stole the show
as a
> > > headless man running into A&E asking for help!
> >
> > I read an interview with him a few years ago and he said he got
bored
> > with the very short form improv on Whose Line which he thought
> > encouraged a quip, a gay joke and thats it. But he also said he
was
> > disappointed not even to have been asked to appear on the
American
> > version.
> >
> > Still, this is all a long time ago. You've seen him recently, is
it
> true
> > he's lost a lot of weight?
> >
>
>On the subject of "long form improv", I was recently (i.e. yesterday)
>
> RE: what you said about the short form Impro, I think quite a few
> performers felt that way - I'm sure I read something on the Comedy
> Store Players about why they prefer their style of show. I prefer the
> longer form, but understand why a 30min tv show would be mande in that
> particular way. But the US one was a bit too much like Mike McShane
> has described, for me anyway. Still funny though.
Although I was a fan of Whose Line, and still am in some form, there is a valid point made regarding the short form of improv with the games they play. Although many of the games are quite good and very funny, but the longer forms of improv can be just as funny as well as is evident from the series 'The Masterson Inheritance'. --- On Sat, 8/9/08, Cat <camc_84@...> wrote:From: Cat <camc_84@...> |
>:-)
> Just a quick note to KJ RE: Masterson Inheritance. All the episodes
> are available on this very site thanks to the good souls who uploaded
> them (I can't remember who at this particular point but would like to
> extend my gratitude too!)
>
> *Just in case you can't wait for each weekly episode!*
>
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., "Cat" <camc_84@> wrote:
> >
> > Just a quick note to KJ RE: Masterson Inheritance. All the episodes
> > are available on this very site thanks to the good souls who uploaded
> > them (I can't remember who at this particular point but would like to
> > extend my gratitude too!)
> >
> > *Just in case you can't wait for each weekly episode!*
> >
>
> :-)
>
> Thanks. I did notice the Masterson Inheritance in the Links section
> of the group when I was adding the JaM series 56 link. However the
> mega-collection didn't download properly. I put this down to the fact
> that I'm using mobile broadband at the moment and will try again when
> I have access to a more reliable connection.
>
--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
>
> Are being done next week on August 12th - anyone going please let me
> know.
>
> Paul Merton and Clement Freud are on the panel and the practice in
> recent years has been that the other half of the panel is different for
> each show so four people get to try their wares rather than two.
>
> I wondered if Graham Norton, who has done just one JAM recording this
> year, his lowest total since 1998, might be going, but it seems not.
>
> I also wondered about Ross Noble who is in the UK at the moment and I
> assumed would include the Edinburgh Festival on his list given he has
> been a star there many times. But he is instead going to a festival in
> Devon.
>
> So other possibilities - Chris Neill has a show there this year and is
> due another go on JAM. Fred MacAulay returned last year and was - I
> thought - very very good. Janey Godley had a place at the JAM table at
> Edinburgh in the past two years. She did do the show again earlier this
> year however, and is I think, not so great that she deserves another run
> so soon. Other past JAMsters appearing at Edinburgh but I feel to be
> unlikely are Barry Cryer, Arthur Smith, Richard Vranch, Nick Revell, Lee
> Simpson, Bill Bailey, Kate Robbins, Rhod Gilbert, Robin Ince and Sean
> Lock.
>
> Newcomers are hard to pick of course, but I thought I'd mention a few
> I've spotted who are at Edinburgh this year and must have a chance.
>
> Mike McShane - is appearing with Paul at the Festival, and the Whose
> Line Is It Anyway veteran would make an excellent JAM panellist.
> Wouldn't it be nice to hear an American accent on the show again. I
> think he could even be a closet JAM fan as he mentioned Nicholas once on
> Whose Line!
>
> Rich Hall - I believe he is the most popular QI panellist after the two
> regularts despite not seeming to know very much. What he can do is a
> sort of deadpan surreal that is usually hillarious. His delivery would
> be a bit slow to make him a star at JAM but he'd be hillarious at the
> banter.
>
> Clive James - I used to love his TV show back 15 or 20 years ago. I'm
> guessing highly unlikely but I would love to hear him have a go.
>
> Jimmy Carr - yes the TV star has a show at Edinburgh this year. He does
> seem to enjoy doing game shows so again - unlikely but...
>
> Rhona Cameron - a rising name in stand-up and by all accounts, very
> funny. And the producers are always looking for a woman.
>
> Ed Byrne - have seen him a couple of times on the telly and thought he
> looked just the JAM type - sharp, witty.
>
> I'll be interested to see if I get even one of out of four guessed
> correctly!
>
On Thursday, August 14, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Sarah Falk wrote:
> I may be just incompetent in searching for these things, but no one
> seems to have written about the two Edinburgh recordings yesterday.
>
> Panellists for show 1 (to be broadcast 18 August)
> Paul, Clement, Mike McShane (well called, everyone), Rhod Gilbert
>
> Panellists for show 2 (to be broadcast 25 August):
> Paul, Clement, Fred MacAuley, Lynn Ferguson
>
> Whistle-blower: Sarah Sharpe -- these were her first shows
>
> The first show started at 12:15 pm, so taking my cue from QI, I queued
> at 10 am. (Cringesome alliteration unintended.) Instead of starting a
> one-person queue, actually, I sat on a bench by the theater, but was
> joined only 5-10 minutes later by several other people who had also had
> the same idea. I've attended many popular comedy shows at the
> Pleasance, and one really only needs to arrive about 45 minutes early
> to ensure a good seat; however, more than an hour before this recording
> was due to start, the line was already massive, stretching almost all
> the way down the wall of the theatre. I left briefly to pick up some
> food, and by the time I returned (about 40 minutes before start time),
> the line had grown so long that it had to be split into two, with the
> back end curving out of the courtyard area and spilling onto the
> pavement of the main road.
>
> During the show, Mike and Rhod were seated next to each other, and as
> the new boys (Rhod has only been on once, and Mike never), they put on
> a show of alternating teamwork and rivalry. Nicholas kept reminding
> Rhod to sit back from the microphone, because as a stand-up, Rhod's
> wont was to lean in closely. Near the last round, Nicholas also told
> Rhod that he always hesitated briefly every time he was given the
> topic. Rhod remarked, "So you want me to stand over there but speak
> immediately!"
>
> Mike did well for a newcomer, but got very frustrated with himself for
> tripping up (at one point alluding to the game "DIE!" that's played at
> the Comedy Store and with the Impro Chums, in which the audience shouts
> at performers who have lost the thread). Also funny was the way that
> Nicholas kept gesturing at Mike, who was on his left, to press his
> buzzer, and Mike would do it while clearly having no idea what he was
> challenging for. Nicholas told Mike to palm his buzzer at all times so
> that he didn't have to grab for it to make a challenge, but Paul called
> over, "Why don't you just press his buzzer for him, Nicholas?"
>
> Clement once made reference to Mike's "funny accent", and Mike replied
> that he enjoyed Clement's voice, which sounded as though he had "last
> night's dinner rolling around in his mouth". While the audience
> laughed, Clement looking at Paul questioningly, and Paul repeating
> Mike's joke in his ear. Paul was continually obliging to him in such
> ways, which was rather sweet. There was a time when Clement was
> silently having trouble opening his water bottle, and Paul took it and
> opened it for him.
>
> Clement was buzzed for hesitation after tripping over a punchline to a
> joke he was telling, but Nicholas persuaded him to finish his story,
> saying that we'd all want to hear even though it wouldn't make it into
> the recording. In case it doesn't, the gist was that Clement ostensibly
> elbowed a woman in the breast getting into an elevator in a hotel. He
> told her, "If your heart is as soft as your bosom, you'll forgive me,"
> and she replied, "If your willie is as hard as your elbow, I'm in room
> 265." It got raucous laughter, and eventually, Nicholas was forced to
> say (for radio purposes), "You were interrupted in the middle of your
> story, Clement, but knowing the end of that story, I think it's for the
> best."
>
> Afterwards, after one pick-up of the show's closer (Nicholas had
> initially stumbled a little and said "edible" instead of "Edinburgh"),
> Nicholas told us all to scarper so that they could get the audience in
> for the next show. I, and many others, literally sprinted out of the
> theatre to re-join the queue, since people who only had tickets for the
> second show would be already lined up outside. The queue was only about
> half-way down the theatre wall at that time, which wasn't too bad. It
> was raining, though, but the BBC staff let us into the theatre a good
> half an hour before the show actually began, which never happens at
> other performances.
>
>
> [It seems to be 1 AM and I'm a bit too tired to elaborate on the second
> recording, but will do my best to do so tomorrow. Or something.]
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
> >
> > Are being done next week on August 12th - anyone going please let me
> > know.
> >
> > Paul Merton and Clement Freud are on the panel and the practice in
> > recent years has been that the other half of the panel is different
> for
> > each show so four people get to try their wares rather than two.
> >
> > I wondered if Graham Norton, who has done just one JAM recording this
> > year, his lowest total since 1998, might be going, but it seems not.
> >
> > I also wondered about Ross Noble who is in the UK at the moment and I
> > assumed would include the Edinburgh Festival on his list given he has
> > been a star there many times. But he is instead going to a festival in
> > Devon.
> >
> > So other possibilities - Chris Neill has a show there this year and is
> > due another go on JAM. Fred MacAulay returned last year and was - I
> > thought - very very good. Janey Godley had a place at the JAM table at
> > Edinburgh in the past two years. She did do the show again earlier
> this
> > year however, and is I think, not so great that she deserves another
> run
> > so soon. Other past JAMsters appearing at Edinburgh but I feel to be
> > unlikely are Barry Cryer, Arthur Smith, Richard Vranch, Nick Revell,
> Lee
> > Simpson, Bill Bailey, Kate Robbins, Rhod Gilbert, Robin Ince and Sean
> > Lock.
> >
> > Newcomers are hard to pick of course, but I thought I'd mention a few
> > I've spotted who are at Edinburgh this year and must have a chance.
> >
> > Mike McShane - is appearing with Paul at the Festival, and the Whose
> > Line Is It Anyway veteran would make an excellent JAM panellist.
> > Wouldn't it be nice to hear an American accent on the show again. I
> > think he could even be a closet JAM fan as he mentioned Nicholas once
> on
> > Whose Line!
> >
> > Rich Hall - I believe he is the most popular QI panellist after the
> two
> > regularts despite not seeming to know very much. What he can do is a
> > sort of deadpan surreal that is usually hillarious. His delivery would
> > be a bit slow to make him a star at JAM but he'd be hillarious at the
> > banter.
> >
> > Clive James - I used to love his TV show back 15 or 20 years ago. I'm
> > guessing highly unlikely but I would love to hear him have a go.
> >
> > Jimmy Carr - yes the TV star has a show at Edinburgh this year. He
> does
> > seem to enjoy doing game shows so again - unlikely but...
> >
> > Rhona Cameron - a rising name in stand-up and by all accounts, very
> > funny. And the producers are always looking for a woman.
> >
> > Ed Byrne - have seen him a couple of times on the telly and thought he
> > looked just the JAM type - sharp, witty.
> >
> > I'll be interested to see if I get even one of out of four guessed
> > correctly!
> >
>
>
>
>
> Clement was buzzed for hesitation after tripping over a punchline to a
> joke he was telling, but Nicholas persuaded him to finish his story,
> saying that we'd all want to hear even though it wouldn't make it into
> the recording. In case it doesn't, the gist was that Clement ostensibly
> elbowed a woman in the breast getting into an elevator in a hotel. He
> told her, "If your heart is as soft as your bosom, you'll forgive me,"
> and she replied, "If your willie is as hard as your elbow, I'm in room
> 265." It got raucous laughter, and eventually, Nicholas was forced to
> say (for radio purposes), "You were interrupted in the middle of your
> story, Clement, but knowing the end of that story, I think it's for the
> best."
>
> I was definitely surprised to hear that Clement's story did indeed
> make it into the program :) Didn't expect that it would have survived
> the censors, as it were.
>
>
> I was definitely surprised to hear that Clement's story did indeedgood to hear from you Emile :)
> make it into the program :) Didn't expect that it would have survived
> the censors, as it were.
>
> As for Mike McShane, it was very nice to hear his voice again. He was
> definitely someone who I would have never expected to turn up on Just
> A Minute in a million years. Just goes to show I was wrong. And he
> didn't do that badly, in my opinion.
>
> Emile
On Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 02:48 PM, Emile Jumean wrote:
I was definitely surprised to hear that Clement's story did indeed
make it into the program :) Didn't expect that it would have survived
the censors, as it were.
As for Mike McShane, it was very nice to hear his voice again. He was
definitely someone who I would have never expected to turn up on Just
A Minute in a million years. Just goes to show I was wrong. And he
didn't do that badly, in my opinion.
Emile
good to hear from you Emile :)
And yeah - I thought he was quite god too. It's a shame they don't have singing rounds...
> Was it realy the 701st episode as Paul said?I thought that was interesting - it was (on radio) the 698th which is
>
> On Thursday, August 21, 2008, at 01:37 AM, marc wrote:Funnily enough, my friend Keith who has helped with the site, has just
>
>> Was it realy the 701st episode as Paul said?
>>
>
> I thought that was interesting - it was (on radio) the 698th which is
> very close. It did make me wonder though if someone is keeping track of
> the shows on the website.
----- Original Message -----From: marcSent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:37 PMSubject: Re: [?? Probable Spam] Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Edinburgh recordingsWas it realy the 701st episode as Paul said?
Dean Bedford escreveu:
On Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 02:48 PM, Emile Jumean wrote:I was definitely surprised to hear that Clement's story did indeed
make it into the program :) Didn't expect that it would have survived
the censors, as it were.
As for Mike McShane, it was very nice to hear his voice again. He was
definitely someone who I would have never expected to turn up on Just
A Minute in a million years. Just goes to show I was wrong. And he
didn't do that badly, in my opinion.
Emile
good to hear from you Emile :)
And yeah - I thought he was quite god too. It's a shame they don't have singing rounds...
anyone know where the "[?? Probable Spam]" in the title came from ?----- Original Message -----From: marcSent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:37 PMSubject: Re: [?? Probable Spam] Re: [just-a-minute] Re: Edinburgh recordingsWas it realy the 701st episode as Paul said?
Dean Bedford escreveu:
On Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 02:48 PM, Emile Jumean wrote:
I was definitely surprised to hear that Clement's story did indeed
make it into the program :) Didn't expect that it would have survived
the censors, as it were.
As for Mike McShane, it was very nice to hear his voice again. He was
definitely someone who I would have never expected to turn up on Just
A Minute in a million years. Just goes to show I was wrong. And he
didn't do that badly, in my opinion.
Emile
good to hear from you Emile :)
And yeah - I thought he was quite god too. It's a shame they don't have singing rounds...
>hasn't
> Funnily enough, my friend Keith who has helped with the site, has just
> sent me a note saying that he went to the London recording (which
> yet broadcast) and after the show told the team which included Paulthat
> it had been the 700th show. Paul promised to announce it at the nextI think there we have the key. On Monday's episode Paul specifically
> show, which he did - except of course that they play the shows out of
> order as we know.
>
> Still, interesting...
>
> --- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:if we are going in recording order
> >
> > Funnily enough, my friend Keith who has helped with the site, has just
> > sent me a note saying that he went to the London recording (which
> hasn't
> > yet broadcast) and after the show told the team which included Paul
> that
> > it had been the 700th show. Paul promised to announce it at the next
> > show, which he did - except of course that they play the shows out of
> > order as we know.
> >
> > Still, interesting...
> >
>
> I think there we have the key. On Monday's episode Paul specifically
> said "...this is the 701st *recording*..." (my emphasis). Not the
> 701st show.
>
> The Edinburgh shows are usually recorded later than the other shows as
> the Festival Fringe only runs for three weeks during August. The
> likelihood is that both Dean's count of broadcases AND Paul's count of
> recordings are correct.
>
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