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Re: Season 57

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Dean BedfordMar 18, 2009
 

 
On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at 10:27 PM, jeremy_keens wrote:

> Hi
>
> I noticed your blog the other day, Dean, wondering if you were being to
> easy on the latest series. As a listener for many years who was until
> recently caught in the Australian ABC timewarp (why won't they buy
> newer series - things like grumpy old men/women have introduced us to
> many of the more recent players, Jack Dee is on the TV anyway, it don't
> bother me cause i have this community [the web is good for something])
>
> anyway, I reckon this has been a brilliant series. Sheila Hancock back
> is enough alone, but Clement has been firing (I was worried that it was
> like the last few Peter Jones shows which often make me sad), the
> guests have been good (Jack Dee was quiet, but funny); Chris Neil is
> back; the guy from the comedy duo that you thought sounded gay but
> strikes me as just sounding like a plumby pom (am one myself, southern
> and not proud of it) was very good; Paul was Paul; and Nicholas wasn't
> doing too bad - though he did get lost with the toilet joke bouncing
> around the last episode; and strong women.
>
> Yep, all in all I think that this should get one of your very (very)
> positive series summaries.
>
> Jeremy
>

I agree with everything you've written really. The last show for example
was a real classic of its kind. Tony Hawks is always great. Chris
Neill - I really don't understand why he is not a MUCH bigger name in
the US because he always seems so damn funny to me. And Justin Moorhouse
just fitted in - he was witty, he was good at the banter, he had
something to say when he had the subject (I hate the ones that scrap to
get the subject and then have absolutely nothing to say about it), and
he was competitive. And with all due respect to your accent Jeremy -
it's nice to hear a Northern accent.

As a newcomer David Mitchell was even better. A show with say Justin,
David, Ian McMillan and Robin Ince, to mention four of the most recent
newcomers, would be a very good show I'd say.

I think Claire Jones gives a lot of thought to her teams and tries to
get the mix of old and new right. On half of the shows this time we had
Paul and Clement. On the other six, the "second" persons were Tony,
Graham Norton and Gyles Brandreth - if you like the next three in line
in terms of being "regulars". The third persons were all sort of middle
experienced people (except for the shows with Jack Dee and Josie
Lawrence) and then there was one person who was new, first or second
time on the show (again apart from one recording). That's pretty good
planning to get the mix of experience with new voices right.

On David Mitchell, I just thought he sounded camp like say Chris Neill
or John Inman and was curious. I do hope he gets asked back soon.

So yes, really enjoyed that season - a lot. Now I have to wait till July
to feed my habit further... :(

 
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