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Re: Deviation challenges

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Robert TorresAug 30, 2008

I try not to pay attention to the rules and just enjoy the game, but it is hard to do that sometimes, or at least nowadays. Frankly because there isn't someone on the panel of JAM who takes the piss out of the rules and the chairman the way someone like Peter Jones or Linda Smith did.

I don't mind listening to Paul Merton riff on something and be able to go beyond the minute and all that, but I really hate it sometimes when panelists don't get a chance to say much o anything because either the other panelists or the chairman himself won't give such and such the 'benefit of the doubt'. As much as I love panelists like Paul Merton, when you get someone fresh and new on the panel, I would rather hear more from the new panelist, depending of course on whether the new panelist actually has anything interesting to say. Granted, many are the times I wish they never had such and such an individual even appear on the show, but that's as maybe, but if you have someone like Chris Addison, Alun Cochrane, Lee Mack, Pauline McLynn appearing on the show, I'd much rather hear more from them, especially if it's not even known whether or not that individual will even WANT to come back to the show more often. If someone makes ONE appearance, you want to hear the most from that one appearance.

Example, Elaine Stritch made only ONE appearance on Just a Minute and she may have had a hard time with the rules, but at least you got to hear here talk, unlike nowadays when a person will hardly get two sentences out without being buzzed for hesitation and then you hear nothing from them for the rest of the bloody show.

I'm glad we're in agreement that Nicholas is in fact the most unfunny person in broadcasting, and most of his paltry attempts at humor tend to consist of stealing the more brilliantly executed material of the other panelists! And I wish to God in Heaven that Nick would just knock it off and get on with the bloody show! All his attempts to try and prolong the humor of the moment only manage to do one thing... bring it to a grinding, screeching halt.

As I said before, I listen to Just a Minute for the humor of the panelists, NOT for anything Nicholas has to say, because anything Nicholas has to say is usually pretty pathetic and unworthy of national broadcast.

--- On Sat, 8/30/08, pjfitchett <Philipfitchett@...> wrote:

From: pjfitchett <Philipfitchett@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Deviation challenges
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 1:24 PM

I don't often write here but I do feel I have to agree with
Lapsedcat. I do sort of understand your point Robert because the
rules are certainly elastic. But I'm sure we mostly listen to the
game because it is fascinating, entertaining and overall funny. You
may hate this but I would much rather have a totally unfair game where
Paul Merton or Clement get to speak for whole minutes than have the
rules stuck to rigidly
just for the sake of it. In my personal opinion, after having
listened to the few episodes where others have attempted to take over
the chair duties, I've felt that they definitely lacked something.
Nicholas Parsons isn't the funniest, in fact I think he may be one of
the most unfunny that has appeared on JAM and it is cringeworthy
sometimes when he makes a terrible joke after others and gets a less
than enthusiastic reaction. But that is all I can really hold against
him, as a chairman he is excellent and keeps it flowing
magnificently. Sufficed to say, the rules for me are definitely
secondary, but each to their own.

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