Just A Minute

Kenneth Williams got so worked up about these things! Such strong
language. I was listening to a Kenneth episode last night and remarked
that I'd have been afraid to challenge him lest I get slapped or
something--not that he would, you know, but he sure had a short fuse
at times. My roommate (not a JAM fan but finds them enjoyable when I
have them playing) is very frightened of him.

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

> The subject was "Macready" and Kenneth was so upset he mentioned it in
> his diary written when he got home. But as so often with Kenneth
when he
> was really genuinely aggrieved after an initial burst he actually
sulked
> rather than keeping on about it.
>
> This is the diary entry.
>
> Friday 29 October 1976
>
> Went to the Paris Studio for JAM. It was awful. Patrick Moore
> successfully challenging my line on Macready: "one of the great
> actor-managers of England" by saying "England's never been managed."
And
> the idiot Parsons allowing it! Oh my loathing for this rotten game!
>
>
>
>
> On the last sentence it should be noted that Kenneth's view of the show
> was inconsistent - this was his entry for Monday 2 August 1976, just a
> couple of months earlier...
>
> Got the contract for JAM and thought "bless the BBC" before I posted
> it...
>

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