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Re: People Who Should've Never Been On Just a Minute - Janet Brown

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lapsedcatApr 9, 2009
 

 
I agree. Funnily enough, I was only listening to her debut appearance last night (Peter Jones was on particularly fine form, even more irascible than usual).

She is a rightly forgotten telly impressionist, whose repetoire extended to three voices: Thatcher, Hylda Baker and Cilla Black.

What annoys me about these earlier "guest" artistes on JAM was the way Messiter would shoehorn in subjects for them to speak on which blatantly gave them licence to "showcase" their talents. Ray Alan springs to mind. In the case of Ms Brown, she missed no opportunity to trot out her rather dubious impressions and the other contestants tended to let her take her subject uninterrupted (for shame, Kenneth Williams!).

The best guests of the first decade were undoubtedly those like Alfred Marks who were funny in their own right and needed no crutch (like specialist subjects and a sympathetic panel) in which to pontificate.

That's my two penn'orth anyway.

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Robert L. Torres" <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
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> As a counterbalance to previous posts about people I consider to be 'Brief But Memorable', I'm going to dedicate a number of posts to individuals who (in my humble opinion) should've never been brought onto the program in the first place. The first object of scorn for me is Janet Brown.
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> She first appeared alongside Dr. Magnus Pyke, and then went on to have a number of other appearances on her own against the big mouths, Kenneth, Derek, Clement, and Peter in a rotating fashion. WHY!?
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> Her main talent seemed to be vocal impersonations, and I enjoy that sort of thing as much as anyone else, but for every other subject, she had this voice that sounded perpetually chipper and happy, and not in a natural fashion. She sounded like a Stepford Wife, and any time she opened her mouth to say anything it just grated on my nerves.
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> She wasn't all that funny nor was she at all interesting. At times she even seem perpetually befuddled for even interrupting because she kept forgetting the rules or something. its ridiculous that someone like her would get more appearances than Dr. Magnus Pyke, who was far more insightful, entertaining and enjoyable than her.
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