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Re: Just a Minute at Gallifrey One, Los Angeles

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MiriamFeb 22, 2009
 

 
Not to brag I hosted a version of JAM at a couple Seattle area sci
fi/British media conventions in the late 90's ( Anglicon and
Norwestcon) with lots of help from my friends. One friend who is good
with electronics set up a system- no buzz but he used those 'tap
lights" for the panelist to hit and those were hooked up to some
2x4's that had Bright Light bulbs attached- when the "tap light " was
hit the row of lights lite up in front of the panelist.It was all
connected to a 'control' box that I could reset. And I had a standard
stop watch and toy whistle.
Both conventions had large Dr Who followings ( Anglicon was for all
British Media) and I did use some Whovian/ british and Sci fi
subjects. Strangely the one that the panelist had the most trouble
with was 'sex' ( we are truing to keep it somewhat clean )
The panelist were mainly friends of mine who had heard the show but
we did have one friend who is a magican and semi pro actor who was
very good at it. And we did managed to coax a few from the small
audience.
Thanks to Dean-who provided me with a copy of the JAM arena show-
I edited that down to be an "Intro" to people wandering in the room
as we set things up.
While we never got a big crowd we had a nice group that enjoyed
our version of JAM. Sadly with Anglicon no longer a convention and my
working weekends I don't get to host the show anymore and the JAM
electronics is sitting at the "builders" house in a box--maybe
someday we will be able to do it just once more. Miriam


--- In just-a-minute@..., "Sarah Falk" <minerva.moon@...>
wrote:

>
> I don't know how well-known this knowledge is, but Doctor Who
> scriptwriter Paul Cornell has for years hosted a rendition of "Just

a

> Minute" at the annual Doctor Who convention Gallifrey One, in Los
> Angeles.
>
> I was in attendance this year and got a voice recording of the whole
> thing, and I thought people might be interested. Doctor Who and

Just a

> Minute lovers are perhaps a niche audience, but there's sure to be
> someone.
>
> Download link:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?fn9jugm2mdl
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?fn9jugm2mdl>
>
> (Sorry for the audio quality; it was recorded from the audience and

then

> treble-boosted in Audacity afterwards. It really was a lot worse in

its

> original form.)
>
> The panellists were:
> (1) Toby Hadoke (stand-up comedian, and writer of the award-winning
> "Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf")
> (2) Phil Collinson (producer of the Eccleston/Tennant era of DW for

the

> past four years)
> (3) Wendy Padbury (played companion Zoe Heriot alongside Patrick
> Troughton)
> (4) Frazer Hines (played companion Jamie McCrimmon alongside Patrick
> Troughton's Doctor in the 1960s)
>
> Toby and Phil
> <http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-

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> 3526_1466981_9889.jpg> | Wendy and Frazer
> <http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-

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> 3526_1466985_6252.jpg>
>
> The timer was on an iPod and the whistle was Paul Cornell

saying "beep".

> Quite an interesting production, but laden with inside jokes about

kilts

> and sparkly jumpsuits that I'm afraid won't mean much unless you're

a

> fan.
>

 
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