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From: Miriam <delmelza@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 3:05 AM

Tonight while listening to JAM on my MP3 player- I listened to 2
different shows but both had the Same subject and I swear it's been
used once more besides those 2 times.
The subject was "Fudge"
-- the 1st show it was with Kenneth, Derek,Wendy R & Peter Jones
- the 2nd was with Kenneth, tim rice, peter, & derek
and I seemed to remember Fudge used again with wendey,clement, paul,and
someone else(graham ?)I remember a disagreement about "condensed milk"
in that one

So I got wondering is there any Other subject that has been used 3
times or more? I had the mp3 player on shuffle so it was odd that I
would get 2 shows with the same subject by randam chance. Miriam

--- On Mon, 9/1/08, William Clarkson <punch37179@...> wrote:

From: William Clarkson <punch37179@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 8:31 PM

I believe the subjects green fingers, and body language have also been
used more than once. You may recall the herbaceous border argument
that Paul made (on green fingers) and held up the show for almost 2
minutes. Both body language segments stood out, one Greg made and
obscene gesture, twice, and was had for repetition. The other was by
Stephen Fry, who brought the show to a standstill by claiming his
bottom spoke fluent German.

Dean, when I saw this subject come up, I too though about the How to
attract someone's attention episodes. It is interesting to note, that
Linda Smith appeared on both episodes. The one where Paul takes the
subject first and ignores Nicholas is one of my favourites and I have
to be careful not to mix it up with the other.

--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "howstean" <howstean2@. ..> wrote:
>
>
> > It is interesting that some subjects come up again and again. One of
> the
> > weirder coincidences is that the same subject "how to attract
someone's
> > attention" was used as FIRST SUBJECT in both 628 and 630 - two weeks
> > apart!
> >
>
> Yes, I wondered about that at the time. I know that recording sessions
> for Clue ran for a lot longer than broadcast, and rounds were tried
> and discarded to be re-recorded at a later session. But I believe JAM
> doesn't have that luxury, so an obvious mistake had to be left in.
>
> Does anyone know if a recording has ever been such a failure that the
> whole show had to be scrapped ? I seem to remember hearing of one
> episode when Kenneth Williams got in a temper and refused to
> contribute for most of the show, but it went out more or less as
> recorded, I believe.
>
> Regards
> Phil
>

--- On Mon, 9/1/08, howstean <howstean2@...> wrote:

From: howstean <howstean2@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 3:40 PM

> It is interesting that some subjects come up again and again. One of
the
> weirder coincidences is that the same subject "how to attract someone's
> attention" was used as FIRST SUBJECT in both 628 and 630 - two weeks
> apart!
>

Yes, I wondered about that at the time. I know that recording sessions
for Clue ran for a lot longer than broadcast, and rounds were tried
and discarded to be re-recorded at a later session. But I believe JAM
doesn't have that luxury, so an obvious mistake had to be left in.

Does anyone know if a recording has ever been such a failure that the
whole show had to be scrapped ? I seem to remember hearing of one
episode when Kenneth Williams got in a temper and refused to
contribute for most of the show, but it went out more or less as
recorded, I believe.

Regards
Phil

--- On Mon, 9/1/08, Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:

From: Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 8:51 AM

On Monday, September 1, 2008, at 07:05 PM, Miriam wrote:

> Tonight while listening to JAM on my MP3 player- I listened to 2
> different shows but both had the Same subject and I swear it's been
> used once more besides those 2 times.
> The subject was "Fudge"
> -- the 1st show it was with Kenneth, Derek,Wendy R & Peter Jones
> - the 2nd was with Kenneth, tim rice, peter, & derek
> and I seemed to remember Fudge used again with wendey,clement,paul,and
> someone else(graham ?)I remember a disagreement about "condensed
milk"
> in that one
>
> So I got wondering is there any Other subject that has been used 3
> times or more? I had the mp3 player on shuffle so it was odd that I
> would get 2 shows with the same subject by randam chance. Miriam

It is interesting that some subjects come up again and again. One of the 
weirder coincidences is that the same subject "how to attract
someone's 
attention" was used as FIRST SUBJECT in both 628 and 630 - two weeks 
apart!

From: linda <irishmanufan@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 4:43 PM

--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Robert Torres
<bobbyshaddoe3004@ ...> wrote:
>
> That particular instance was always something I found rather weird,
to have the same opening subject two weeks apart.  Its one thing to
reuse a subject from the past during the show, but to have the same
opening subject nearly two weeks running, it makes one wonder if the
subject setters are just getting sloppy.

i supopse it depends if the shows were recorded a while apart ( i
remember comments being made here about shows being recorded in one
season and not broadcast until the next one )

cheers
Linda

From: Cat <camc_84@...>
Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Subjects used muliple times
To: just-a-minute@...
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 2:51 AM

Yes, I think sometimes shows broadcast in one series can be recorded
over the full 12 months so it's not like a regular series recording,
but surely just writing the subjects down as you record them would
help? There shouldn't really be a situation where you run out of ideas
within 1 or 2 years.

It's not so bad with a bit of time between it, especially if you've
got different players. When they recorded in Manchester earlier this
year they used 'Old Trafford', which I'm almost certain was used last
time they recorded here with Arthur Smith, but as that was in 1994 (I
think!) it doesn't really matter as the subject is dealt with in a
different way.

I'm more amused with the fact it's straightforward repetition rather
than even a variation on a theme. But if different people can take it
in different directions then it's all fine with me!

PS: Herbaceous borders is in my humble opinion the funniest couple of
minutes on radio....possibly only rivalled by Jeremy Hardy singing.

--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "linda" <irishmanufan@ ...> wrote:
>
> --- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, Robert Torres
> <bobbyshaddoe3004@ > wrote:
> >
> > That particular instance was always something I found rather weird,
> to have the same opening subject two weeks apart.  Its one thing to
> reuse a subject from the past during the show, but to have the same
> opening subject nearly two weeks running, it makes one wonder if the
> subject setters are just getting sloppy.
>
>
> i supopse it depends if the shows were recorded a while apart ( i
> remember comments being made here about shows being recorded in one
> season and not broadcast until the next one )
>
> cheers
> Linda
>