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Re: Yes, Clue will be back

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lindaAug 23, 2008
 

 
it would'nt surprise me if they did not replace humph with one
host . after all jon naismith and the team made the same choice
when willie rushton died . i wait with interest for the shows first
boradcast . lets hope no one writes it off wheather fan or in the
media until they have had a chance to hear it .
cheers
Linda

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

> On Sunday, August 24, 2008, at 07:25 AM, Dean Bedford wrote:
>
> > A week ago I wrote a piece predicting I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

would

> > return.
> >
> > Well, Barry Cryer has been telling audiences at Edinburgh that

I'm Sorry

> > I Haven't A Clue will be back.
> >
> > According to today's Guardian, he predicts a permament chairman

won't be

> > appointed, instead someone new will guest host each week.
> >
> > This comes from a column by the former News Quiz host Simon

Hoggart.

> >
> > Here tis...
> >
> > Barry had good news: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is now virtually

certain

> > to come back. The BBC asked listeners whether it should return

after the

> > death of Humphrey Lyttelton, and the overwhelming majority said

it

> > should. They haven't yet decided on a chairman, since nobody

could

> > replace Humph, so it looks as if they'll try a series of

different

> > people before settling on one. Someone has suggested John

Fortune,

> > another toff with a dry, slightly distrait manner, and he is

terrific.

> > But I think they should really go for someone who is the exact

opposite

> > of Humph, otherwise they'll just evoke unwanted comparisons.
> >
> > Personally, I'm not sure about changing the chairman every week.

The key

> > to Clue is its cosy familiarity - I would think different styles

in the

> > chair each week could be jarring. But of course it does avoid

having to

> > make a decision on who should "replace" Humph and I can

understand why

> > you might be reluctant to do that.

 
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